दुर्लभो दुर्गमो दुर्गो दुरावासो दुरारिहा ॥
സമാവര്തോനിവൃത്താത്മാ ദുര്ജയോ ദുരത്ക്രമഃ
ദുര്ലഭോ ദുര്ഗമോ ദുര്ഗോ ദുരാവാസോ ദുരാരിഹാ
ஸமாவர்தோநிவிரித்தாத்மா துர்ஜயோ துரதிக்கிரம
துர்லபோ துர்கமோ துர்கோ துராவாசோ துராரிஹா
ಸಮಾವರ್ತೊನಿವೃತ್ತಾತ್ಮಾ ದುರ್ಜಯೋ ದುರತಿಕ್ರಮಃ
ದುರ್ಲಭೋ ದುರ್ಗಮೋ ದುರ್ಗೋ ದುರಾವಾಸೋ ದುರಾರಿಹಾ
సమావర్తో నివృత్తాత్మా దుర్జయో దురతిక్రమః
దుర్లభో దుర్గమో దుర్గో దురావాసో దురారిహా
samaavarto-anivrittaatmaa durjayo duratikramah
durlabho durgamo durgo duraavaaso duraarihaa
773. Samaavartah – “The efficient turner’ -of the wheel-of-life. ' Aavarta’ is to turn. The wheel-of-life- and-death, the samsar, is constantly being churned by the Law, which is none other than the Lord. The Law and the Law-Giver are one and the same in this universe-Sree Narayana.
774. Nivrittaatmaa – “One whose mind is turned away from all sense indulgences.” The famous ‘two birds’ of the Mundaka Upanishad strike a simile here. “Two birds bound one to the other in close friendship, perch on the selfsame tree. One of them eats the fruits of the tree with relish, while the other looks on without eating,” The latter is the Nivrittaatmaa, Some commentators have taken the word as’ A-nivrittaatmaa’ in which case the meaning would be: “One who never turns away from anything, but enters into every- thing.” as the very Self is every thing and every being-that Supreme One, Lord Narayana.
775. Dur-jayah – “The Invincible”- One who cannot be conquered by anyone else. Even though, in the majority of us, there is a preponderance of the lower urges, in the patient grinding of time, the evolutionary goal ultimately wins and irresistibly pushes each one of us towards the altar of the Self. Battles may be lost but the war in the end is won by the Lord of our heart.
776. Durati-kramah – “One who is difficult to be disobeyed:’ This term declares a truth which is proven upon observation of this scientifically precise world where no object or being dares to disobey the Lord, the Cosmos The Rishi in Kathopanishad says “through fear of Him the Fire burns, through fear of Him shines the Sun, through fear of Him functions Indra, Vaayu, Lord of the Wind, and Death itself is the fifth”- as though He is behind each one with uplifted thunderbolt. The term ‘Atikromah’ means ‘going beyond’, therefore the term, as it stands, indicates “a state beyond which no one can go”-meaning Sree Narayana is the final and the absolute destination of all evolution He is the transcendental Reality and other than He there is no more a beyond to he achieved
777. Dur-Labhah – “One who is obtained with consummate effort.” The final destination of all evolution is He, the spiritual perfection. Therefore, He is only gained after millenniums of slow evolutions, from the insignificant unicellular existence to the status of man, and the fulfilment of man’s evolved, rational life is the state of Godhood. The reward for all the slow and steady efforts of evolution is bestowed when an organism reaches the height of the rational human being; and, thereafter, through selfless, dedicated service, deep and individual devotion, and sincere and serious study of the scriptures, man learns to remove his mind from all his worldly pre-occupations and brings himself to finally realise his divine Godhood. Indeed, the state of Narayana- Consciousness is an experience that is to be obtained with consummate effort.
778. Dur-Gamah – “One Who is realised with great difficulty.” In Bhagavata there is a statement that the Lord is easily obtained (A-dur-gamah). For those who have not already developed extreme meditative abilities in their devoted hearts, the processes of self development, when studied from a book or heard from a teacher, the immediate reaction in the bosom of such students will be that it is very difficult. But as he marches forward in his saadhanaa he gains the further guidance and inspiration to ‘go-forward.’ More bounteous aspects on him beam and the ‘kindly light’ leads him safely to the goal through all obstacles. A candle or torch can at best light up only ten or fifteen yards in front of a traveller. It can never illumine the whole path of one or two miles at a stretch. He has to start and proceed as far as he can see and as he marches ahead the forward stretches will be illumined.
779. Dur-Gah – “Not easy to storm into.” The term is used in Sanskrit to indicate a fortress; therefore the suggestion is that the essence of the Lord, Sree Narayana, is fortressed around by the matter vestures and their objects of fascination. Attracted by them, our attention is always distracted towards the joy contents in them. This seducing power of the matter vestures is itself the mighty Maayaa, which only very rare, courageous and blessed ones are able to cross over. Bhagavan Himself says: “Mama My Duratyayaa….” The Upanishads say that the truth, Narayana, cannot be perceived by the senses, imagined by the mind or thought of by the intellect. These being the only source of our knowing, it almost impossible to realize the Truth. It is only an all-out suicidal attack that enables some rare ones to storm the fort and reach the Goal. Hence to an extrovert man, the seat of Consciousness apparently seems to be impenetrably fortified. The direct meaning here indicates the great Lord seated in our heart who is “not easily realized.”
687. Punyah – “The truly–Holy.” When the devotee’s heart is filled with remembrance of the glorious from divine and infinite nature and supreme of the lord Vishnu, he then, in that very moment, removes all sin from his devotee’s heart. The lord is Auspiciousness itself, so where he is invoked, all inauspiciousness must immediately retire.
688. Punya-keertih – “Of Holy frame.” He is gloriously renowned as the holy one. Whoever glorifies him becomes himself holy. All the unholy animal passions in the devotee are routed and beaten back when his heart is wholly in tune with the lord’s Glory and Form.
689. Anaamayah – One who has neither the mental or physical diseases. Of pure unstained divine essence is his nature. He is not involved in karmas, thus the resultant of the karmas which visit us in terms of mental restlessness or physical pangs, never touch Him.
