Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol III-RR-edit.pub - Ibiblio

"By nature, He who has immense Mercy towards His creation is dark like the
water-laden clouds; in tretA yugam, He is known to have a reddish color; in
kRtayugam His complexion is white like that of the conch. In each yugam
devotees can worship Him in whatever form(s) He chooses to present Himself
in, but beyond worshipping, we cannot precisely understand His true form.
People can describe this nIla megha SyAmalan with lotus-like reddish eyes as
they want, but none can describe Him in the form in which He has revealed
Himself to me".
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan also gives reference to:
1. nammAzhvAr's tiruvAimozhi 8. 8. 2 - paDiyE idu enRu uraikkalAm
paDiyan allan paramparan - His Nature is not such that it can be
described as such and such;
2. IDum eDuppum il ISan - There is nothing that is equal to Him or above
Him (tiruvAi. 1. 6. 3);
3. oruvaraiyum ninoppAr oppu ilA enginRALAl (peria tirumozhi 8. 1. 2) -
There is no one comparable to Him.
4. In praising Lord oppiliappan of tiruviNNagaram, nammAzhvAr refers to
Him as "tan oppAr il appan" - oppu ili appan (tiruvAi. 6. 3. 9).
There are vast numbers of additional references in divya prabandham pointing
to the indescribable nature of bhagavAn, but one more from nammAzhvAr is
included:
kOlamE! tAmariak kaNNadOr a'njana
nIlamE! ninRu enadAviyai IrginRa
SilamE! SenRu SellAdana munnilAm
kAlamE! unnai ennAL kaNDu koLvEnE?
83
(tiruvAi. 3. 8. 8)
One can feel the depth of feeling that the great AzhvAr is trying to convey
through words, of the experience that cannot be described in words.
We have the tiatittirIya upanishd mantra - yato vAco nivartante, aprApya
mansAsaha (Anandavalli - anu. 4) - He is inaccessible to words or to mind; He
sadagopan.org