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champakam • January 26, 2003 


      SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 84 - kRtAgamah.

795. kRtAgamah –a)  The Propounder of Agama-s (Spiritual texts) 
including those dealing with Buddhism, Jainism, etc..
		b) He Who propounded the Vedas – Rg, sAma, etc. 
		c) He Who is the Originator of the pA'ncarAtra Agama.
		d) He Who made His appearance at dvArakA after 
performing His several leelA-s.
		e) he Who makes His appearance repeatedly through 
different incarnations.
		
om kRtAgamAya namah.

The term Agama is derived from the root gam – gatau – to go.  SrI 
vAsishTha gives the derivation – Agamyate anena iti Agamo vedah – 
That through which  knowledge is obtained is Agama, namely, the veda-
s.  He Who created the veda-s is kRta-Agamah – kRta Agamo yena sa 
kRtAgamah.   

a) SrI BhaTTar explains the nAma as a continuation of His acts of 
deceiving the evil people.  To make them believe Him in these acts, 
He further propounded spiritual texts propounding the faiths of 
Buddhism, Jainism, etc.  – Buddha arhata sAmayika Agamah kRtAgamah.  
SrI v.v. rAmAnujan describes these Agama-s as attractive to the 
outward mind, very appealing, and something that can easily distract 
and deceive one intellectually.  

b) SrI Sa'nkara interprets the nAma as referring to bhagavAn being 
the Origin of the veda-s – kRto vedAtmaka Agamo yena iti kRtAgamah.  
He quotes the bRhadAraNya upanishad:  "asya mahato bhUtasya 
niSvasitam etat Rg vedo yajur-vedah sAma vedo atharvA'ngirasa 
itihAsah purANam vidyA vidyA upanishadah SlokAh sUtrANyanuvyAkhyAnAni 
vyAkhyAnAni…." – "The Rg veda, yajur veda, sAma veda, atharva veda, … 
are the breath of this Supreme Being".   The term Agama refers to 
scriptures.  

c) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj explains the nAma as referring to His 
being the Originator of the pA'ncarAtra Agama – "pA'ncarAtrasya 
kRtsnasya kartA nArAyaNah svayam" – The whole of pA'ncarAtra was 
originated by nArAyaNa Himself.

d) SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN interprets the word Agama as "arrival", 
and gives the meaning for the nAma as referring to the arrival of 
Lord kRshNa in dvArakA after performing several of His leelA-s -  
kRtas-tat-tat caritAni prakASya dvArakAyAm Agamo yena sa kRtAgamah.

e) The term Agama also means "appearance".  SrI vAsishTha gives an 
interpretation using the meaning "Avarta" – revolution or repeated 
appearance.  He gives the example of the sun appearing repeatedly, as 
a vibhUti of bhagavAn.  BhagavAn Himself appears in His incarnations 
repeatedly, and in this sense also He is "Agamah" – He Who appears 
repeatedly.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan




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