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kRt because he creates the big things, namely the worlds. BhagavAn is the Big
One who creates this brahmA. So He is called brahma-kRt-brahmA.
SrI nammAzhvAr captures this thought in his pASuram 2. 2. 4 intiruvAimozhi
(quote from SrI v. v. rAmAnujan): dEvum epporuLum paDaikka, pUvilnAnmuganaip
paDaitta dEvan emperumAn
“This emperumAn created the four-faced brahmA so that he could create all
the other things including all the deva-s,and all the sentient and non-sentient
objects”.
SrI Samkara considers “brahma-kRt-brahmA” as two nAma-s, brahma-kRt, and
brahmA. For brahma-kRt, he assigns the generic meaning tapas etc. for the
word brahma, and thus interprets the nAma as meaning that He is the
Originator of tapas etc.
SrI cinmayAnanda gives a slight variant – He is brahma-kRt because He
performs the brahma – tapas etc., and abides in tapas.
SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN gives asimilar explanation – brahma karoti
brahmacarya lakshaNam tapas carati itibrahma-kRt.
SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the meaning that bhagavAn makes His devotees
big, and so He is brahma-kRt. Or, He created the four-faced brahmA, the
veda-s, the brAhamaNa-s, tapas, etc. as special (magnanimous), and so He is
brahma-kRt (SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri).
For the second part, SrI Samkara gives the interpretation that He is brahmA
the creator. Since He is the antaryAmi ofbrahmA the four-faced creator, He
is the real Creator.
nAma 669. äü brahma
TheSupreme Brahman, parmAtmA.
brahmaNe namah.
This nAma signifies that He is the paramAtmA. There are two aspects to this
that are brought out by the vyAkhyAnakartA-s:
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