Stanza-084

शुभाङ्गो लोकसारङ्गः सुतन्तुस्तन्तुवर्धनः ।
इन्द्रकर्मा महाकर्मा कृतकर्मा कृतागमः ॥

സുഭാന്ഗോ ലോകസാരന്ഗ സുതന്തുസ്തന്തുവര്ധനഃ
ഇന്ദ്രകര്മാ മഹാകര്മാ കൃതകര്മാ കൃതാഗമഃ

சுபாங்கோ லோகசாரங்க ஸுதந்துஸ்தந்துவர்தன
இந்திரகர்மா மஹாகர்மா கிரிதகர்மா கிரிதாகம

ಶುಭಾಂಗೋ ಲೋಕಸಾರಂಗಃ ಸುತನ್ತುಸ್ತನ್ತುವರ್ಧನಃ
ಇಂದ್ರಕರ್ಮಾ ಮಹಾಕರ್ಮಾ ಕೃತಕರ್ಮಾ ಕೃತಾಗಮಃ

శుభంగో లోకసారంగః సుతన్తుస్తన్తువర్ధనః
ఇంద్రకర్మా మహాకర్మా కృతకర్మా కృతాగమః

subhaango lokasaarangah sutantustantuvardhanah
indrakarmaa mahaakarmaa kritakarmaa kritaagamah

782. Subhaangah – “One with enchanting limbs of perfect beauty.” The Beauty of all beauty is the Lord, and His captivating form and the rhythm of His shape are the theme of meditation for the devotees. In the Upanishads the Infinite Lord, the Self, is described as Peace-Auspiciousness-Beauty (Saantam-Sivam-Sundaram). Thus the devotees of the Lord, remembering the auspicious beauty of His sacred limbs, prostrate at His altar in their deep reverence and mounting joy of devotion.
783. Lokasaarangah – “One who has enquired into or understood the Essence behind the universe of names and forms” Or, Lokasaarangah can mean the essence, or the source, of the world which is the great Pranava, `OM.’ So the term means the State of Supreme Consciousness that is gained or reached through the contemplation upon the significance of OM.
784. Sutantuh – “Beautifully expanded.” Just as the thread is drawn out in different counts from cotton which is later employed as the warp and woof in the creation of infinite varieties of cloth, so too, from the Narayana-Consciousness, the endless variety of beings and things gets projected to constitute the enchanting tapestry of His mighty universe. As the thread is the substratum for all the various fabrics, the Narayana is the beautiful thread, the-substratum, for all this wonderful universe. The Lord Himself says: "There is nothing whatsoever higher than I, O Dhananjaya. All this is strung on Me, as clusters of gems on a string.
785. Tantu-vardhanah – “One who sustains the continuity of the drive for the family.” The family is maintained by the virility of the members and this potency in the individual is an expression of vitality which Life imparts to the living organism. Thus, the grace of the Self is that which is manifested in the fertility of the seed (Ojas). Generally in India, among the Hindus, it is customary to attribute the continuity of the family to the Grace of Narayana.
786. Indrakarmaa – “One who always performs gloriously auspicious actions” The root ‘Id’ is used in the sense of Supreme Auspiciousness, Parama-aisvarya.
787. Mahaa-karmaa – “One Who accomplishes Great Activities.” To create a cosmos so scientifically precise and perfect out of the five great elements, and to sustain them all with an iron hand of efficiency, all the time constantly presiding over the acts of destruction without which the world of change cannot be maintained, is, in itself, a colossal achievement of an Absolute Intelligence.
788. Krita-karmaa – “One Who has fulfilled all His activities.” There is nothing more for Him to achieve. He is the Goal. He is the Destination. In His Eternal Perfection there is nothing more for Him yet to achieve. This sense of complete fulfilment is described in all the scriptures as the State of Blissful Perfection-the Self.
789. Kritaagamah – “One who is the author of the Vedas.” The vedic mantras are called Aagamah. The mantras were revealed to the great Rishis during moments when they were not identified with the Body-Mind- Intellect and, therefore, they were not, at those inspired moments, limited individual egos. Where the ego is thus ended, the Self-alone comes to manifest. In this sense of the term, all scriptures have burst forth from prophets and seers when they transcended their limited existence to experience their oneness with the Eternal, Sree Narayana, In Bhagavad Geeta also, Lord Krishna confesses, “I am the author of all the Vedas; I alone am the knower of the Veda.”