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Slokam 69
kalneiminha zaEir> zUr> zUrjneñr>,
iÇlaekaTma iÇlaekez> kezv> keizha hir>. 69.
kAlaneminihA saurih sUrah sUrajanesvarah |
trilOkAtmA trilOkesah kesavah kesihA harih ||
[ PLEASE ADD PRANAVAM BEFORE EACH NAAMA ]
At the outset, we will note that there are different versions of this Sloka in
use, where the nAma-s 649 and 650 occur as follows. vIrah SUrah, Saurih
SUrah, Saurir-vIrah, vIrah Saurih, etc. Thus the two names are chosen from
vIrah, Saurih, and Surah, depending on the pATham that is being used.
nAma 648. kAla kAla-nemi kAla nemi-nihA nemi nihA
a) The destroyer of the wheel of ignorance of Time.
b) The Destroyer of the asura by name kAlanemi.
c) He Who sets the direction for the sun who is the controller of Time.
d) He Who is beyond the wheel of Time.
kAla-nemi-nighne namah.
a) nemi refers to the outer ring of a wheel; nihanam means killing, slaughter.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan comments that the wheel of Time represents avidyA;
since bhagavAn destroys this avidyA, He is called kAlanemi-nihA.
SrI M. V. rAmAnujAcArya explains that kAlanemi – the wheel of Time- refers
to the bane of kali, and since He destroys the effect of kali, namely avidyA, by
firmly residing in the holy places and shrines, He is called kAlanemi-nihA.
SrI BhaTTar quotes the following words of bhagavAn in support, but the
reference is not available:
avidyAkhyA ca yA nemih kAlacakrasya durdharA |
sA mayIyam samASritya vigraham vidhunoti ca ||
“avidyA (Ignorance) is an irresistible folly of the wheel of Time; when it comes
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