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tri-vikrama incarnation – trilokye’pi aparya vasita vikramatvAt trivikramah
amita-vikramah – “In His incarnation as trivikrama, all the three worlds were
no match for His three steps. So He is tri-vikrama”.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan takes amita as a reference to “innumerable”, and gives the
interpretation that He has innumerable feet – tALgaL AyirattAi pErgaL
AyirattAi tamiyanEn periya appanE (tiruvAi. 8. 1. 10). Note the declaration in
purusha sUktam – sahasra SirshA purushah; sahasrAkshah sahasra pAt. SrI
Samkara has given this as the first of his two interpretations fpr the earlier
occurrence of this nAma (Slokam 55).
Vikrama also means prowess, heroic valor. For the current occurrence of the
nAma, SrI Samkara uses this meaning and gives the interpretation that He is
amita-vikramah because of His unequaled prowess which cannot be injured by
any one – amitah atulitah vikramah asya iti amita vikramah; a-himsita vikramo
vA. This interpretation in terms of His boundless valor was given by SrI
BhaTTar for the earlier occurrence of this nAma (519). SrI rAdhAkRshNa
SAstri makes a connection to the previous nAma by observing that since
pradyumna is the Lord of manas, He acts with unlimited speed of mind (power
of mind) in His role as pradyumna, and so He is also called amita-vkramah. SrI
cinmayAnanda remarks that as SrIman nArAyaNa, He is Omnipotent, and none
can stand against Him.
SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN, a follower of the gauDiya vaishNava
sampradAyam, interprets the nAma in terms of the Prowess displayed by child
kRshNa – ati-vikramiNAmapi cANUrAdInAm helaiva vinASanAt amita-vikramah
– He is called amita-vikrama because He destroyed the likes of the mighty
cANUra as if in a sport. Thus we see that the different interpreters
interpret the nAma-s in terms of their sampradaAya-s, all of which are equally
valid except when it comes to deep philosophical differences. Thus, in most
instances, we benefit by getting exposed to multiple, equally enjoyable,
anubhavam-s of His kalyAna guNa-s.
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