सुवर्णबिन्दुरक्षोभ्यः सर्ववागीश्वरेश्वरः ।
महाहृतो महागर्तो महाभूतो महानिधिः ॥
സുവര്ണബിന്ദുരക്ഷോഭ്യഃ സര്വവാഗീശ്വരേശ്വരഃ
മഹാഹൃതോ മഹാഗര്തോ മഹാഭൂതോ മഹാനിധിഃ
சுவர்ணபிந்துரக்ஷோப்ய சர்வவாகீஸ்வரேஸ்வர
மஹாஹ்ருதோ மஹாகர்தோ மஹாபூதோ மஹாநிதி
ಸುವರ್ಣಬಿನ್ದುರಕ್ಷೋಭ್ಯಃ ಸರ್ವವಾಗೀಶ್ವರೇಶ್ವರಃ
ಮಹಾಹೃತೋ ಮಹಾಗರ್ತೋ ಮಹಾಭೂತೋ ಮಹಾನಿಧಿಃ
సువర్ణబిందురక్షోభ్యః సర్వవాగీశ్వరేశ్వరః
మహాహృతో మహాగర్తో మహాభూతో మహానిధిః
suvarnabindurakshobhyah sarvavaageesvaresvarah
mahaahrado mahaagarto mahaabhooto mahaanidhih800. Suvarna-binduh – “With limbs radiant like gold.” Chhandogya Upanishad declares: “He, having a golden body, even to the tip of his nails.” The great name of the Lord in the Vedic literature is ‘OM’ which consists of the sounds ‘A’, ‘U’, and the bindu ‘M.’
801. Akshobhyah – “One Who is ever unruffled.” Ordinarily an individual gets disturbed, subjectively, by the presence of desires, anger, passions, etc., and objectively an average man is constantly stormed by the enchanting dance of beautiful sense-objects all around him. Lord, the Self, is a state of existence wherein neither the subjective disturbances of the mind, nor the objective persecutions of the sense-organs can ever reach to ruffle the quietude and peaceful grace of His perfection. In describing the state of the Sthitaprajna, Bhagavan says in the Geeta that such a one will be Akshobhya like the ocean: “He attains Peace into whom all desires enter as waters enter the ocean, which filled from all sides, remains unmoved; but not the ‘desirer-of-desires.”
802. Sarva-vaageesvaresvarah – “The very Lord of the Lord of Speech.” In the Kenopanishad it has been made amply clear that it is not the instruments of actions and perceptions that act by themselves as they are all made up of inert matter. The immediate animation to the equipment is given by the ‘inner instruments.’ Therefore, for all the sense-organs, the mind-intellect-equipment is their immediate Lord. But these subtle instruments themselves get their dynamism to act only in the presence of Sree Narayana, the Consciousness. Therefore, it is most appropriate to invoke Him as the Lord of Lords in all living creatures. The term Vaageesvara (Lord of Speech) is often used in the language to indicate poets, writers and orators. Therefore, the term can also be interpreted as ‘the Lord from whose altar all ordinary speakers draw their powers. Theologically, some commentators have spun a meaning out of this term indicating that Sree Narayana, as the Absolute Reality, is the ‘Lord’ of even the Creator .
803. Mahaa-hradah – “One Who is like a great refreshing swimming pool.” In the hot summer season, plunging into the cool crystal waters of a pool holds the swimmer in a refreshing cool embrace on all sides. Similarly, the plane of Narayana-Consciousness revives, refreshes and en- thralls all meditators when they plunge into its reviving quietude. The Yogins often plunge into It from the springboard of their devotion, and after a time emerge out of It-cool, clean and refreshed. Sree Narayana is metaphorically addressed as the great (Mahaa) pond (Hradah).
804. Mahaa-gartah – “The great chasm.” Here the ‘chasm’ means the Lord’s maayaa which He Himself describes, in the Bhagavad Geeta as “My Maayaa (non-apprehension and the consequent misapprehension) is very difficult to cross over.” The industrious lexicographers enter here and additionally press out of this word garta the meaning, ‘chariot,’ and, therefore, the term can also mean that He is a ‘mahaaratha’ (Great Chariot).
805. Mahaabhootah – “The Great Being.” He is the Source from which even the Great Elements spring forth into existence and, therefore, in His Infinitude and Pervasiveness, Lord Narayana is called ‘Mahaabhootah.’ The entire play of birth and death, of integration (sanghaata) and disintegration (vighaata) are taking place in Him Who is the mighty substratum and, therefore, it is very appropriate that the Lord, the God, is considered by the devotees as the “Great Being.’
806. Mahaa-nidhih – “The Great Abode.” “The Eternal Source from which everything springs forth and the Infinite substratum upon which the entire play of the finite is held in animated suspension.” The term ‘nidhi’ means ‘treasure’ and, therefore, its indication here is that Sree Narayana is the richest treasure of all His devotees-to loot at will!
