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a) SrI BhaTTar - (samsArAt) na nivartayati iti a-nivarti - One who does not let
those who observe pravRtti dharma turn back from samsAra, and
b) SrI Samkara - na nivartata itia-nivartI - One who does not turn away
Himself from certain things.
nAma 604. inv&ÄaTma nivRttAtmA
a) He whose Nature is superior to other things.
b) He who is the AtmA of those who practice the nivRtti dharma.
c) He whose nature is that He is free from the bonds of samsAra.
d) He whose mind is turned away from worldly attachments.
e) He whose mind turns away from any feeling of self-glory over His kIrti or
fame.
f) He who naturally turns away from the objects of senses.
g) He who does not turn away from anywhere because of He is Omnipresent.
nivRttAtmane namah.
This nAma is one of the two nAma-s that occur 4 times in SrI BhaTTar's
interpretation (231 - Slokam 25, 453 - Slokam 48, 604 - Slokam 64, and 780 -
Slokam 83). (The other nAma which occurs 4 times in SrI
BhaTTar'sinterpretation is prANa-dah). Please see the write-ups under Slokas
25and 48. The write-up below supplements the previous write-ups.
nivRtti refers to detachment. SrI BhaTTar uses the word in this sense, as
also with the meaning "superior" - nivRttam - udgatam - superior. His
interpretation of the nAma in Slokam 25 uses the meaning "superior",
indicating that bhagavAn's Nature rises above all other things. The
interpretations of the other three instances of the nAma are based on the
meaning "detachment", and correspond to d) for nAma 453,b) for nAma 604,
and e) for nAma 780.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan elaborates on how bhagavAn is the AtmA of those who
practice the nivRtti dharma (interpretation b). These are the jIva-s who do
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