Sep 11, 2008

Stanza-029

सुभुजो दुर्धरो वाग्मी महेन्द्रो वसुदो वसुः।
नैकरूपो बृहद्रूपः शिपिविष्टः प्रकाशनः॥

സുഭുജോ ദുര്ധരോ വാഗ്മീ മഹേന്ദ്രോ വസുദോ വസുഃ
നൈകരൂപോ ബൃഹദ്രൂപഃ ശിപിവിഷ്ടഃ പ്രകാശനഃ

சுபுஜோ துர்தரோ வாக்மீ மஹேந்திரோ வசுதோ வசு
நைகரூபோ ப்ருகத்ரூப சிபிவிஷ்ட பிரகாசன

ಸುಭುಜೋ ದುರ್ಧರೋ ವಾಗ್ಮೀ ಮಹೇನ್ದ್ರೋ ವಸುದೋ ವಸುಃ
ನೈಕರೂಪೋ ಬೃಹದ್ರೋಪಃ ಶಿಪಿವಿಷ್ಟಃ ಪ್ರಕಾಶನಃ

సుభుజో దుర్ధరో వాగ్మీ మహేన్ద్రో వసుదో వసుః
నైకరూపో బృహద్రూపః శిపివిష్టః ప్రకాశనః

subhujo durdharo vaagmee mahendro vasudo vasuh
naika-roopo brihad-roopah sipivishtah prakaasanah.

265. Subhujah - He who has graceful arms. This need not be taken as a description of the physical beauty of the anatomical structure of the arms but since those arms are ever working in the service of His devotees on sheltering them (Abhaya) and in blessing them (Varada) they are full of grace and hence graceful.
266. Durdharah - One who cannot be comprehended even by Great Yogis, who spend long periods of time in meditation. Transcending the mind and intellect is the “experience” of the Supreme and, therefore, the mind and intellect can never comprehend It.
267. Vaagmee - One who is eloquent of His Glory. The full sense or the term should embrace not only the eloquence in speech, but all physical capabilities in the world, all the Glories or the cosmos, all the beauties or the heart, the total might of the intellect-all are eloquent of His Glory. Through the scriptures of the world, it is again He, who speaks to us of our ultimate Harbour beyond the stormy seas; of Maayaa, in the simple words of brilliant suggestions declared by the Saints, Sages, Rishis, Prophets and other Divine Men.
268. Mahendrah - One who is Lord of even Indra, the Lord or gods. In philosophy the “Mind” is called lndra (lndriyaanaam Raajaa) and One who is the Lord of even the “mind” is the Self.
269. Vasudah - Vasu means wealth and, therefore Vasudah means One who enriches all, both in their outer prosperity and in their inner well-being. Once surrendered unto Him man learns to live ever in dynamic success, with all the glories of the loving heart, self-controlled mind, and contemplative intellect.
270. Vasuh – The term Vasu has got three meanings: Wealth (Dhana), Veil (Aacchaadana) and Sun (Aaditya); thus He is the One who manifests Himself in the form of the external wealth, for He, as the very sun, nurtures and nourishes the world. He is the One, who veils Himself from the comprehension and understanding of the unprepared men of evil temperaments and who possess no true devotion. The term Vasu also can mean “One who lives in” (Vasati iti) all things and beings of the universe; or it can also mean as “One who allows all things and beings to exist in Himself” (Vaasayati iti). In Geeta and in the Upanishads we find the Infinite described as the very Indweller everywhere in His Eesvara status, and as the very substratum for the universe in the Pure Transcendental nature.
271. Naikaroopah - One who is of Infinite forms in his manifestations; the single waker’s mind becomes itself variegated to serve as the endless items of the dream-world. The One Supreme “Cause” of the whole Universe is Vishnu; and all “effects” are but different expressions of their “cause”. In a very familiar chant, traditionally repeated by all devotees, this Idea has been brought out beautifully. Looking at Him through our distorting instruments of body-mind-intellect, we see the plurality, and only on transcending this equipment can we “experience” the Oneness of the Absolute Reality.
272. Brihadroopah - Vast of Infinite dimensions; pervading all. One whose very form (roopa) is the totality of the universe and therefore as vast as the universe, nay, in the description of the Supreme Person in the Rig Veda (Purusha- sookta) we read the Rishis declaring that Vishnu is not only of the total size and dimension of the Universe but He stands beyond it all by ten digits. – “Atyatishthat Dasaangulam”.
273. Sipivishtah - Sipi is the name given to the “Sacrificial cow”. The term denotes the One who sanctified all dedicated offerings poured into all fields of selfless sacrifices (Yajna). The root Si has also the meaning of waters; Sipi-‘that which drinks water’ –“The rays of the Sun”. Thus Sipivishtah would indicate the Supreme, who is the Presiding deity in the Sun, giving it both its energy of heat and light. In Geeta, the Lord confesses: “Understand that the light and energy that expresses themselves through the sun and moon is the Light and Glory essentially belonging to Me”.
274. Prakaasanah – The One who illuminates; expressing Itself as the All-pervading Consciousness in every equipment. He is the knower, knowing everything in each bosom (Sarvavit) and knowing all things that are happening in the universe at one and the same time in His omnisciency (Sarvajnah). He is the Illuminator of all experiences. Just as the One sun illumines everything in the world the Reality illumines both the fields of experiences and the knower-of- the-field.

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Credits

Inspiration & courtesy:
Contribution of Shivkumar Kalyanaraman, Professor, Department of ECSE, Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Troy, New York, U.S.A.

Sanskrit script Courtesy:
Shri. N. Krishnamachari