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His devotees, as well as His swift move against His devotees' enemies.
This guNa of bhagavAn, namely His swift entry into the heart of His devotee
to please the devotee, and His swift effect on His devotees' enemies by
causing them terror, reminds one of the nArasimha vapuh incarnation (see the
detailed explanation for this nAma under Slokam 3). In this incarnation,
bhagavAn's form as Lord nRsimha terrorizes hiraNyakaSipu, but at the same
this same form is so pleasing to prahlAda. This is one more example of the
guNa of His possessing the anirdeSya-vapuh that we encountered in the
previous nAma - the form that cannot be described as this or that, because
simultaneously it is everything.
c), d) Other interpretations for this nAma that are given in the vyAkhyAna for
amarakoSa are: viruddhAn rAti hanti iti vIrah - One who destroys the enemies;
vidvishTAn Irayati iti vIrah - One who makes the enemies tremble and run
showing their backs (Ira -gatau kampane ca).
When this quality of being valiant applies to us human beings, the dharma
cakram writer emphasizes that we should be valiant against the internal
enemies even more than the external enemies. It is the fight against the
internal enemies - kAma, krodha, lobha, moha, bhaya, etc., that one should
learn to win effectively. It is by resorting to prayer and devotion to bhagavAn
that we can effectively overcome these internal enemies. Meditating on this
nAma of bhgavAn will help us achieve this objective.
References to the Sruti, smRti, divya prabandham, etc., that have been given
by the great AcArya-s in support of their interpretations for this nAma, have
been provided under nAma 402.
nAma 665. AnNt> anantah
a) The Limitless.
b) One who is beyond the reach of those who are not of pure mind.
anantAya namah.
Note that this is one of the nAma-s from the trio - acyuta, ananta, govinda,
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