Oct 12, 2008

Stanza-060

भगवान् भगहाऽऽनन्दि वनमाली हलायुधः।
आदित्यो ज्योतिरादित्यः सहिष्णुर्गतिसत्तमः॥

ഭഗവാന്‍ ഭഗഹാ ആനന്ദി വനമാലി ഹലായുധഃ
ആദിത്യോ ജ്യോതിരാദിത്യഃ സഹിഷ്ണുര്ഗതിസത്തമഃ

பகவான் பகஹா ஆனந்தி வனமாலி ஹலாயுத
ஆதித்யோ ஜ்யோதிராதித்ய ஸஹிஸ்ணுர்கதிஸத்தம

ಭಗವಾನ್ ಭಗಹಾ ಆನಂಧಿ ವನಮಾಲಿ ಹಲಾಯುಧಃ
ಆದಿತ್ಯೋ ಜ್ಯೋತಿರಾದಿತ್ಯಃ ಸಹಿಸ್ಣುರ್ಗತಿಸತ್ತಮಃ

భగవాన్ భాగహా ఆనంది వనమాలి హలాయుధః
ఆదిత్యో జ్యోతిరాదిత్య సహిష్ణుర్గతిసత్తమః

bhagavaan bhagahaanandee vanamaalee halaayudhah
aadityo jyotiraadityah sahishnurgatisattamah


558. Bhagavaan - The word ‘Bhaga’, according to the Great Vishnu Purana means, “One who has all the Six Great Glories-Wealth, Power, Dharma, Fame, Character, Knowledge and Dispassion-is called ‘Bhagavaan’.” Again, Vishnu Purana says: “He is named Bhagavaan who knows (a) the beginning and the end, (b) the arrival and departure of beings, and also (c) Vidyaa and Avidyaa.” one who has all the six glorious in himself alone in Bhagavan and these great mighty power atomically come to Him, because his equipment is the Total-mind.
559. Bhagahaa - One who destroys, during the deluge, the six glories just mentioned. At this time, the lord absorbs everything unto himself, and in this sense the term, “destroyer of all great glories. When thus the total -mind rest from its self-willed projections, the world of plurality appears have to been absorbed by the lord unto himself.
560. Aanandee – “The one who gives delight.” The lord is himself Absolute Bliss, and those devotees who move towards him in pure surrender, come to share his divine nature of All-bliss. There is a version wherein we read this term as ‘Nandee’. Here, too, there is no difference in meaning. Also this term indicates: “Son of Nandagopal”-lord krishna-who was natured and tended by Yasodaa and Nandagopal throughout his childhood.
561. Vanamaalee - One who wears always a garland of leavers and flowers named Vaijantee. Vaishnavas declare this to represent the subtle aspect of very fine elements themselves, (Bhoota-tanmaatraas).
562. Halayudhah – “One who has the plough as his weapon.” He is brother of lord Krishna, Balaabhadra, who is considered as the eight incarnation of lord Vishnu. Even today in our country the farmer repeat Bala-rama’s name while ploughing for a successful cultivation and profitable harvest.
563. Aadityah - One who was born as the son of Adhiti and Kasyapa as Vaamana, who begged of Emperor Bali three steps of ground and got all the three worlds.
564. Jyotir-aadityah – “The supreme who is the resplendence in the Sun.” The Atman expressing as the glorious light and energy in the sun is meditated upon as lord Vishnu. “One must meditate upon Vishnu who is adorned fully, holding in his hands the conch and Discus, sitting in padmasana, enveloped in golden hue, in the centre of the orb of the sun.” The Deity residing in the disc of the sun is Narayana Himself. “Aat” -’from Vishnu’; “ityah” -’to be obtained and so He is called as Aaditya. This interpretation gives us an insight into the meaning of the word Sun, in Sanskrit-‘Aaditya’: “One from whom all creatures have to receive”! The great-grand-giver is the Sun.
565. Sahishnuh - One who calmly endures the pairs of opposites. One who is above them, and thus is never influenced by these experiences of the physical and mental realms.
566. Gatisattamah - The ultimate refuge for all devotees; the best (Highest) destination and at once the noblest path. Lord Narayana. “Gati” means both the goal and the path. In short, One who is himself the very essence of the spiritual liberation.

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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