Sep 29, 2008

Stanza-047

अनिर्विण्णःस्थविष्ठोऽभूधर्मयूपो महामखः।

नक्षत्रनेमिर्नक्षत्री क्षमः क्षामः समीहनः ॥

അനിര്വിണ്ണഃ സ്ഥവിഷ്ടോ അഭൂധര്മയൂപോ മഹാമഖഃ

നക്ഷത്രനേമിര്നക്ഷത്രീ ക്ഷമഃ ക്ഷാമഃ സമീഹനഃ

அநிர்விண்ண ஸ்தவிஷ்டோ அபூர்தர்மயூபோ மகாமக

நக்ஷத்ரநேமிர்நக்ஷத்ரீ க்ஷம க்ஷாம ஸமீஹன

ಅನಿರ್ವಿಣ್ಣಃ ಸ್ಥವಿಷ್ಟೋ ಅಭೂರ್ಧರ್ಮಯೂಪೋ ಮಹಾಮಖಃ

ನಕ್ಶತ್ರನೇಮಿರ್ನಕ್ಷತ್ರೀ ಕ್ಷಮಃ ಕ್ಷಾಮಃ ಸಮೀಹನಃ

అనిర్విణ్ణః స్థవిష్టో అభూర్ధర్మయూపొ మహామఖః

నక్షత్రనేమిర్నక్షత్రీ క్షమాః క్షామః సమీహనః

anirvinnah sthavishtho-abhoordharma-yoopo mahaa-makhah

nakshatranemir nakshatree kshamah kshaamahsameehanah

435. Anirvinnah - One who has no nirveda. This term nirveda means “the sense of disinterestedness that comes to the bosom of one who could not fulfil his passionate desires in life.” The Lord is one who is griefless as He has no desires to fulfil. In His fullness and perfection, He has no more any desires to fulfil, and therefore, Sri Hari has no occasion to suffer from the sense of nirveda.
436. Sthavishthah – One who is supremely gross. The entire cosmos being His form. He Himself is the universe, and as such in His total manifestation, He is supremely gross, Geeta says (Chapter XI-20) that the Lord spreads Himself covering the whole world and the atmosphere The Upanishad (Mundaka 1-4) also says how “the sky form' His head, the sun and the moon are His eyes.”
437. A-bhooh - One who has no birth, or the one, baying realised whom, the seeker will no more have births. Some people dissolve the line Sthavishthah + Bhooh. In that case instead of A-bhooh they give the Lord the name, ‘Bhooh’, meaning ‘earth.’ Just as the earth is the stage upon which the entire drama of life is being played, Sri Narayana is the substratum upon which the entire world of experiences is playing about.
438. Dharma-yoopah - Yoopah is the name given to the post to which the sacrificial animal is tied in a yaaga. The Lord is the very Post to which all Dharmas (righteousness) ace tied to. This means He is the very essence behind all righteousness.
439. Mahaa-makhah - The Great Sacrificer. Because the sacrifices dedicated to Him confer total liberation -(Nirvaana). Also in the Geeta we were told, “offer is Brahman, what is offered is Brahman, the fire is Brahman, the offerer is Brahman and the goal reached is also Brahman.”
440. Nakshatranemih - The Nave of the stars. One who is the nave around which all the star and the planets including the sun, moon and other planets always move around. For this brilliant glowing wheel of Light, Sri Narayana is the very Axle
441. Nakshatree - One who is the Lord of the stars. Lord of the stars is the moon. Geeta says, “among the stars I am the moon.”
442. Kshamah - One who is supremely efficient in all undertakings. One who has extreme patience with all the stupidities of his devotees.
443. Kshaamah - One who ever remains without any scarcity- (kshaama). During the final deluge all things in the world dissolve and perish away but even then the Lord remains untouched by all distinction and hence He is called kshaamah.
444. Sameehanah - One whose desires are suspicious. The Lord is considered as “Well-desiring” in as much as he desires the well-being of all His creatures at all times. He knows how to control and regulate His power of desiring (Icchaa-sakti) and thus He is extremely efficient in His creative activity.

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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