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composed of His form itself". In other words, there is nothing else of which
He is composed, and so He can't be described in terms of something else. This
a-nirdeSya-vapuh is further revealed thus: "BhagavAn is of indescribable form
because His body is knowledge incarnate, lordship incarnate, power incarnate,
like the glowing ember, of the burning khAdira or silk-cotton that has fire on
all sides, like pure honey, when drunk, that is sweet on all sides, like a bar of
gold that is being polished is gold all around, like a mansion that will be
attractive when viewed from all angles. Similarly, bhagavAn is entirely lordship
and power in full. Whatever He wants to become, He becomes". It is very clear
that this description keeps looking for similes to describe Him unsuccessfully,
illustrating that He can't be described.
SrI BhaTTar also gives reference to SrI vishNu purANa (1. 2. 10-1. 2. 12),
which states the impossibility of describing Him: "Who can describe Him who
is not apprehended by the senses, who is the best of all things, the Supreme
Soul, Self-existent, who is devoid of all the distinguishing characteristics
ofform, color, etc., is exempt from birth, growth, aging, death or decay, who
exists everywhere and in whom everything exists always……. . ". - varjjitah
Sakyate vaktum yah sadA asti iti kevalam - All we can do is say that He exists
always, but we can't describe Him in words.
SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri quotes kaThopanishd 2. 2. 14 -
"anirdeSyamparamamsukham" in support of the interpretation of this nAma.
Those who have realized Him give up after struggling for words in their
description of Him, as evidenced by the pASuram-s of AzhvArs. The thought is
poured out by tiruma'ngai AzhvAr in his 3rd pASuram in tiruneDunTAnDakam
(referenced by SrI v. v. rAmAnujan):
tiruvaDivil karu neDu mAl Seyan enRum, tirEdaik kaN vaLai uruvAit
tigazhndAnenRum peru vaDivil kaDal amudam koNDa kAlam, perumAnaik karu
nIla vaNNan enRumoru vaDivattu Or uru enRu uNaral AgAdu, Uzhi tORu Uzhi
ninRu Ettal allAl karuvaDivil Se'nkaNNa vaNNan tannai, kaTTuraiyE yAr oruvar
kANgiRppArE?
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