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M.G.Vasudevan • March 30, 2002 


Post 20

Dear Srivaishnava perunthagaiyeer,

Continuing the gOvindha sthuthi by wives of kaaLiyan, the naama "om
mahaathmanE nama:" remains sweet on the tongue even after completing the
previous post. So let us have four more points.
1.	om mahaathmanE nama: - om, prostrations to you, the supreme being
possessing supreme valour. In bhattar bhaashyam this nama is given a meaning
as- 
		"mahaathmana: vaasudhEvasya veeryaaNi vidhruthaani
nakshathra arka aadhi ...." the stars, sun, moon, earth, etc are supported
by the supreme valour of that supreme being vaasudhEva. This proves the
prowess of the supreme soul.
2.	"sarvalOka saraNyaaya raaghavaaya mahathmanE" - viBheeshaNa
recognises and says, when he lands in the sands of the beach, where monkey
army is assembled just before starting to lanka. The full sloka is
		nivEdhyath maam kshipram raaghavaaya mahaathmanE|
		sarvalOka saraNyaaya viBheeshaNam upasthitham||
		17th slokam 17th sargam in yudhdha kaaNdam srimadh
raamaayaNam
		meaning: please inform quickly, to that raaghavan, the
supreme being, possessing supreme valour, who is the abode for surrender by
all in the entire world, that vibheeshaNan has arrived.
3.	mahaathmaa is one who does [or how he acts] what he preaches to the
world, and preaches what he does, as recognised in this world. [though
literally the word mahaathmaa may not give such a meaning]. It is well known
and established adequately that raama does what he talks, talks what he
does. So there is no wonder that one from enemy camp is addressing him as
mahaathmaa. 
4.	It is said in present day "quality management theories" as per
international standards organisation [ISO- which incidentally also means
equal], the mantra for quality is "say what you do, do what you say". So it
is clear that these modern management priciples are taken from ancient
scriptures- mahaathma is the person and his actions, sayings, qualities, are
the basics, principles for this "quality" and its management.

Continuing the next naama in the sthuthi is "om paraaya nama:" meaning-
"Prostrations to you oh ulterior". 
Dictionary says para: means ulterior, exterior, ancient, final, last,
highest, supreme, absolute being, universal soul etc.
In naaraayaNa anuvaakam in purusha sooktham comes up a sloka
naaraayaNa parO jyOthiraathmaa naaraayaNa: para: |
naaraayaNa parO dhyaathaa dhyaanan naarayaNa: para: ||
meaning: that naaraayaNa the supreme purushan is the jyOthi the light, that
naaraayaNan is the matter for doing dhyaanam, or mediation.

The next naama in the sthuthi is "om paramaathmanE nama:" - prostrations to
you the supreme soul. In SVSN this naama is appearing in 3 places- in the
introductory slokam 4, prelude to dhyana slokam starting "asya
sree-mahavishNu paramaathmaa---", and  as 11th naama in the 1000. 

Paramaathmaa is supreme soul, and is the transcendal reality. 
parO maa asya ithi parama: |
paramasya asou aathmaa cha ithi paramaathmaa ||
meaning: he, who has NO one above him is parama: supreme and aathmaa is the
inner soul. So such a lord is the inner soul for all and called
paramaathmaa.

Lord is glorified in sri vishNu puraaNam as 
paramaathmaa cha sarvEshaam aaDhaara: paramEswara: |
vishNurnaama sarva vEdhEshu vEdhaanthEshu cha geeyathE || 6-4-10
meaning: that supreme lord is paramaathmaa the inner soul and basic for all.
All vedhaas vedhaanthaas sing him with the name vishNu. 

See how these wives, of kaaLiyan the snake, have understood the lord and
sing his glory. Another excellent soul, who has understood the lord is
maNdOdhari wife of raavana. When raavaNa is slain and she enters the arena,
starts saying
mahaa balam mahaa veeryam dhEva sathrum mahoujasam|
vyakthamEsha mahaayOgee paramaathmaa sanathana: ||

anaaDhi maDhya niDhanO mahatha: paramOmahaan |
thamasa: paramO Dhaathaa sankha chakra gadhaaDhara : ||
slokas 11 and 12 of sargam 111 in yudhdha kaaNdam srimadh raamaayanam

Just observe the words, "mahaa yOgee, paramaathmaa, sanaathana:, paramO
mahaan, sanka chakra gadhaaDhara:" etc which are clearly attributable to the
lord vishNu, the raama avathaara, standing in front of maNdOdhari, who just
had slain raavana her husband.
 
It is all gOvindhan's leela. Hey krishna - you play your game so beautifully
that gives contrasts in minute things also as well bigger things. 

Eventhough husbands are bad in character, the wives are able to recognise
you, the supreme lord [in front in simple form as raama and krishna], and
you make them always to dwell on you in their mind, even though wedded to
such bad characters. 

What a way to establish your superiority-krishna krishna.

Dhaasan

Vasudevan  m.g.



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