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kadu stuvanta Rtayanta devata Rshih ko vipra ohate |
kadA maghavan indra sunvatah kadu stuvata Agamah ||
"What prayers shall we the mortals sing, so that You will appear in response to
the call of the praiser?"
The dharma cakram writer, in the issue of May 1998, describes the Agama-s
and the veda-s under the term darSana, and then gives a detailed description
of their different classifications under the groups of nyAya, vaiSeshika,
mImAmsa, sAnkhya, yoga, and vedAnta. He also goes into further subclassifications
under these. He points out that all these different categories
of darSana-s are provided to us by bhagavAn Himself, or by those who are
blessed with the right knowledge by Him, in order to guide us towards Him.
This is the explanation for the nAma kRtAgamah that is provided by the
dharma cakram author.
nAma 662. AindeRZyvpu> anirdeSya anirdeSya-vapuh
anirdeSya vapuh
a) He of indefinable form
anirdeSya-vapushe namah.
This nAma occurred earlier as nAma 179 (Slokam 19). Please visit the writeup
for nAma 179 as well.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the derivation thus: na nirdeshTum
Sakyamvapuh yasya iti anirdeSya-vapuh - He is anirdeSya-vapuh because He
has a body that is beyond the reach of the mind, words, etc.
In his vyAkhyAnam for this nAma under Slokam 19, SrI BhaTTar quotes from
maula samhitA, and gives an analysis of the difference between the nature of
bhagavAn's form vs. our forms. Our body is formed by the seven great
elements - the pa'nca bhUta-s, plus mahat and ahamkAra. We possess
intellect, mind, body and limbs. From the SAstra-s we know that bhagavAn also
has intellect, mind, body and limbs. So the question arises: "Of what substance
is bhagavAn's body composed?", and the answer is given: "BhagavAn's body is
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