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SUra-s, He is called Saurih, and both vasudeva and his father were known by
the name SUra).
b) Or, He is in the form of Sauri rAjap perumAL in tirukkaNNapuram
(utpalAvartaka), as Lord kRshNa (SrI BhaTTar).
c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives the meaning from the root SUra –
vikrAntau – to be heroic. Thus Saurih means One who is heroic and victorious –
SUrayata iti Saurih. The alternate meaning he gives is: SUrasya apatyam
Saurih - atyanta SUrah. apatyam normally means progeny, as SrI BhaTTar has
used above, but SrI satyadevo vAsishTha points out that it can also mean
atyanta “the Ultimate”, based on a reference from niruktam (6. 32).
SrI Samkara uses the pATham “vIrah” in place of “Saurih” in this place, and
his next nAma is Saurih. The meaning of “vIra” is “He Who is valiant”.
The dharma cakram writer observes that unlike for all other creatures, for
man there are two types of potential enemies – those from outside and those
from inside. The enemies from inside are the more difficult to overcome –
desire, anger, fear, jealousy, pride, lust, etc. One who does not win over these
enemies will not make progress in life. A vIra is one who does not run away
from these enemies, but fights valiantly and overcomes them. For these
enemies who are fighting us from within, it is not enough for us to fight alone –
we need His help to overcome them. It is only when we realize this that He
helps us, as evidenced in purANa-s over and over again. It is only when the
deva-s realize that they can’t by themselves be victorious over the asura-s,
and go to Him and seek His help, that He takes His incarnations and comes and
helps them overcome the asura-s. We should learn to seek His help in fighting
and overcoming the internal enemies inside us.
Under the earlier occurrence of this nAma, SrI Sankara's interpretation is
that bhagavAn in His incarnation as kRshNa was born as the son of vasudeva,
whose father's name was SUra. SUrasya gotrApatyam pumAn Saurih or SUra
kulodbhavAt Saurih. This is the same as explanation a) for this nAma by SrI
BhaTTar for the current occurrence for this nAma.
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