ब्रह्मण्यो ब्रह्मकृद् ब्रम्हा ब्रह्मः ब्रह्मविवर्धनः ।
ब्रह्मविद् ब्राह्मणो ब्रह्मी ब्रह्मज्ञो ब्राह्मणप्रियः ॥
ബ്രഹ്മണ്യോ ബ്രഹ്മകൃദ് ബ്രഹ്മാ ബ്രഹ്മഃ ബ്രഹ്മവിവര്ധനഃ
ബ്രഹ്മവിദ് ബ്രാഹ്മണോ ബ്രഹ്മി ബ്രഹ്മജ്ഞോ ബ്രാഹ്മണപ്രിയഃ
பிரம்மண்யோ பிரமக்ரித் பிரம்மா பிரம்ம பிரம்மவிவர்தன
பிர்ம்மவித் பிராம்மணோ பிரம்மி பிரம்மஞோ பிராம்மணப்பிரிய
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಣ್ಯೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಕೃದ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಾ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಃ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಿವರ್ಧನಃ
ಬ್ರಹ್ಮವಿದ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣೋ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಿ ಬ್ರಹ್ಮಜ್ಞೋ ಬ್ರಾಹ್ಮಣಪ್ರಿಯಃ
బ్రహ్మణ్యో బ్రహ్మకృద్ బ్రహ్మా బ్రహ్మః బ్రహ్మవివర్ధనః
బ్రహ్మవిద్ బ్రాహ్మణో బ్రాహ్మి బ్రహ్మజ్ఞో బ్రాహ్మణప్రియః
brahmanyo brahmakrit brahmaa brahma brahmavivardhanah
brahmavid braahmano brahmee brahmajno braahmanapriyah
661. Brahmanyah - One who is a great friend of Brahman. The term Brahman includes in its connotation the Sastra, Tapas, Vedas, Truth, Knowledge, etc. Sree Narayana is a protector and friend of all these. Here Brahman means Jeeva-a friend of all individuals.
662. Brahma-krit - The One Who performs the Brahman-meaning the one who lives in Truth, who abides in Tapas, etc. He is the author of Brahman as enumerated in the explanation of the preceding term.
663. Brahmaa – “Creator.” As the total Creative- power, it is Narayana Who functions as Creator through Brahmnaji.
664. Brahma – “The Biggest, the Vastest, the An- Pervading.” Upanishads thunderingly declare the Brahman to be “Existence-Knowledge Infinite.” The Knowledge which lifts all false perceptions of differences, pure in all its aspects, ever beyond the grasp of the senses, and that which can be experienced only in one’s own Self, is called Brahman.”
665. Brahma-vivardhanah – “One who increases the Brahman.” Here, of course, the term Brahman means “Austerities, Vedas, Truth, Knowledge.” These are increased in one who has earned the Grace of Sree Narayana through total surrender and constant devotion.
666. Brahma-vit – “One Who knows Brahman.” The meaning here is one who has intuited the Vedas and their full commentaries. In Geeta (XV) we listen to the Lord declaring that: “I alone am the Author of the Vedas and the Knower of the Vedas.” Brahman alone can “know” Brahman just as the “dreamer” can never survive to know the “waker.” The knower-of-the-waker is the “Waker” alone. Similarly, the individualised ego conditioned by the equipments of Body, Mind and Intellect experiences the Brahman only when it has transcended the entanglements of matter-and then the ego is no more a Jeeva but “becomes Brahman.” Thus the Higher is experienced only by the Higher. Sree Narayana is the Brahman-and therefore, He alone is the Knower of Brahman.
667. Braahmanah - One who has realised that the pluralistic world is a mere superimposition upon the Brahman caused by an error of judgement, and who experiences the Supreme Consciousness of the One Reality is a Braahmanah. His duty is to convey this knowledge to others with a pure missionary zeal and a higher proselytising enthusiasm. By mere accident of birth one does not become a Braahmanah. Visvamitra and others through their Tapas and Divine Experience had reached the status of Brahmin-hood, so we read in the Puranas. Narayana manifests as such mighty men of realisation, serving their generations through their teachings.
668. Brahmee – “One Who is with Brahma.” The term Brahma meaning as before –“Austerities, Vedas, Truth and Knowledge-divine.”
669. Brahma-jnah - One who lives ever in Brahman, and so “knows” the nature of the Brahman. He, the Lord, being the very Brahman, no one knows His nature as He Himself can. The “waker” alone knows the waking- the “dreamer” and “sleeper” can never realise and experience the waking-state until they “become” the “waker.”
670. Braahmana-priyah - One who is the beloved or and One Who is the lover of true men of full realisation, the Braahmanas. Not the caste, but the men of supreme experience-divine. The Lord is dear to them, and they too are dear to Him.
