SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 69 - nAma-s trilokAtmA, tri-lokeSah.
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• January 30, 2002
Previously I had posted one line of each Sloka in each posting. From this current posting, I am thinking of just posting one or two nAma-s at a time, hoping that this might be easier for those interested to read and enjoy. If any of you preefer the earlier way of posting one line at a time, please let me know at champakam@yahoo.com. -dAsan SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 69 - Part 2. 652. tri-lokAtmA - a) He who ever moves about in the three worlds. b) He Who makes the three worlds move about. c) He Who is the AtmA for everything in all the three worlds. Om tri-lokAtmane namah. a) SrI BhaTTar gives his interpretation based on the derivation of the word "AtmA" from the root ata - to be always moving about (ata sAtatyagamane) - trIn lokAn atati satatam gacchati. SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives reference to tiruvAimozhi, where nammAzhvAr beautifully expresses this concept - "viN mIdiruppAi! malai mEl niRpAi! KaDal SerppAi! maN mIduzhalvAi! ivaRRuL e'ngum maRainduRaivAi! eN mIdiyanRa puRavaNDattAi!.. (6.9.5). He keeps moving about in all the three worlds in order to be easily accessible to everyone. b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha extends this anubhavam to point out that not only does He move about in the three worlds, but He is the One who makes everything move about in all the three worlds - avan anRi Or aNuvum aSaiyAdu. So He is tri-lokAtmA in this sense as well. c) SrI Sankara gives the interpretation that He is the AtmA of everything in all the three worlds - trayANAm lokAnAm antaryAmitayA AtmA iti tri-lokAtmA. The three worlds here refer to the earth, the world above and the world below. SrI cinmayAnanda interprets the term tri-loka to refer to the three states of experience - the waking, the dream and the deep-sleep, and gives the interpretation that He is the Reality, the Self of the all the three worlds of experiences. Thus, He is called tri-lokAtmA because He moves about in the three worlds, He is the antaryAmi of everything in the three worlds, and He makes everything in the three worlds move about. 653. tri-lokeSah - The Ruler of the three worlds. Om tri-lokeSAya namah. tri-lokAnAm ISatayA tri-lokeSah - By virtue of His being the Lord or Ruler of the three worlds, He is known as tri-lokeSah. NammAzhvAr's well-known pASuram "agalagillEn" refers to Him as as "ulagam mUnRu uDaiyAi (tiruvAimozhi 6.10.10). SrI Sankara elaborates His Rulership thus - trayo lokAh tadA~jnayA sveshu sveshu karmasu vartanta iti tri-lokeSah - The three worlds, in obedience to Him, attend to their respective functions. SrI rAdhAkRshNa SAstri gives support from the Sruti-s - esha loka pAla esha lokeSah (kaushItakI 3). -To be continued. -dAsan kRshNamAcAryan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Great stuff seeking new owners in Yahoo! Auctions! http://auctions.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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