अपराजितः सर्वसहो नियन्ताऽनियमोऽयमः ॥
ധനുര്ധരോ ധനുര്വേദോ ദണ്ഡോ ധമയിതാ ദമഃ
അപരാജിതഃ സര്വസഹോ നിയന്താനിയമോയമഃ
தனுர்தரோ தனுர்வேதோ தண்டோ தமயிதா தம
அபராஜித சர்வசஹோ நியந்தாநியமோயம
ಧನುರ್ಧರೋ ಧನುರ್ವೆದೋ ದಂಡೋ ದಮಯಿತಾ ದಮಃ
ಅಪರಾಜಿತಃ ಸರ್ವಸಹೋ ನಿಯನ್ತಾನಿಯಮೋಯಮಃ
ధనుర్ధరో ధనుర్వేదో దండో దమయితా దమః
అపరాజిత సర్వసహో నియంతానియమోయమః
dhanurdharo dhanurvedo dando damayitaa damah
aparaajitah sarvasaho niyantaa niyamo yamah
857. Dhanurdharah - “The wielder of the Bow.” In His Incarnation as Sree Rama, He drew the great Bow as no one else ever could. Also in the Upanishad there is the famous metaphor of the Bow with which the arrow of the individuality is to be shot to strike and sink into the goal. The Rishi of the Mundakopanishad explains that the ‘Bow’ is the OM (Pranava mantra). (The significance is clear.)
858. Dhanurvedah – “One Who declared the Science of Archery.” The One Who propounded the unfailing technique of OM -meditation for realisation of the Self.
859. Dandah – “One who punishes the wicked.” In Geeta, Bhagavan declares Himself to be the policeman of the Universe. The term can also mean the ‘Sceptre’-the insignia of king-ship. Sree Narayana, the King of kings in the entire, limitless universe, holds the Sceptre of total royalty.
860. Damayitaa – “The Controller.” One who punishes the wicked, destroys the sinners and thus regulates and cultivates life in the universe, making it a garden for the blossoms of spiritual beauties.
861. Damah - That which is ultimately gained by the worldly punishments-the final experience of Beatitude in the Self.
862. Aparaajitah – “The Invincible; One who cannot be defeated.” The Self ultimately asserts within every bosom from wherein the spiritual values finally emerge victorious. The Self alone remains when all else has been destroyed.
863. Sarvasahah – “One Who carries the entire Universe.” The One Who meets heroically all the enemical impulses of unspiritual lusts. He carries the entire Universe as its very material Cause: as mud in pots.
864. Aniyantaa – “One Who has none above Him to control Him.” He is the One Who has appointed all other controllers of the phenomenal forces as the Sun, the Moon, Air and Waters.
865. Aniyamah – “One Who is not under the laws of anyone else.” He is the Law and the only Law- Giver. It is His hand that governs the inscrutable and un- relenting laws of nature.
866. Ayamah – “One Who knows no death.” He is the Eternal: how can He know death? - the principle of death cannot act in Him. Within Time alone there is change or death. The Pure Consciousness is That which illumines the sense of time and so is beyond Time-beyond death.
