SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75 - Part 1.
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• June 27, 2002
SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75. sad-gatih sad-kRtih sattA sad-bhUtih sat-parAyaNam | SUra-seno yadu-SreshThah san-nivAsah su-yAmunah || Om sad-gataye namah Om sat-kRtaye namah Om sattAyai namah Om sad-bhUtaye namah Om sat-parAyaNAya namah Om SUra-senAya namah Om yadu-SreshThAya namah Om san-nivAsAya namah Om su-yAmunAya namah. 704. sad-gatih - a) He Who who provides the right path for the good. b) He Who is Himself the right path for the good. c) He Who has superior intellect. d) He Who is attainable by the good. sat refers to that which is good, or those who are good. gatih means path. SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the derivation as - satAm sAttvika-sajjanAnAm gatih iti sad-gatih. We have seen the nAma "muktAnAm paramA gatih" (nAma 12, Slokam 2) earlier, which conveys that He is the Supreme Goal for all the Released souls. The current nAma describes His showing the right path for those who seek the Truth. The inner significance of the nAma sad-gatih is that He removes the shackles of samsAra and liberates His devotees and shows them the right path a) SrI BhaTTar gives the interpretation for the current nAma as "One Who provides the right path for the good or virtuous". The "right path" is that which leads to eternal peace and tranquility. SrI BhaTTar gives the example of how even at time of birth of Lord kRshNa, the virtuous people saw all signs of tranquility all around them. He gives support from vishNu purANam, 5.3, which elaborately describes the tranquility and auspicious signs at the time of birth of child kRshNa to devaki. One of the Sloka-s from the reference is: santah santosham adhikam praSamam canDa mArutah | prasAdam nimagnA yAtA jAyamAne janArdane || (vishNu purA. 5.3.4) "The virtuous experienced new delight, the strong winds subsided, and the river glided tranquilly, as janArdana was about to be born". SrI v.v. rAmAnujan gives additional examples. As soon as Lord kRshNa was born to devaki, He unfettered vasudeva from the shackles that held him in prison; Even as a child, and He ridded the asura-s from amongst the gopi-s and gopa-s in nandagopa's place. SrI rAmAnujan observes that in addition to His being sad-gatih (the path for the good), He is also asad-gatih - The Redeemer of the bad also, like SiSupAla. So He is the gati for asat-s also. nammAzhvAr refers to Him in his tiruvAimozhi pASuram 7.2.7 as "paRRilAr paRRa ninRAn" - He Who is the Refuge for even those such as kAkAsuran. b) SrI Samkara gives the significance of the nAma as "He Who is the Goal or Refuge for the good". He quotes from taittirIya Upanishad, which says that "If a person knows that Brahman exists, then the wise call him good" - asti brahmeti ced veda, santamenam tato viduh (taitt. 2.6). c) SrI Samkara also gives an additional interpretation using the meaning "intellect" for the term "gati". Thus the nAma can also mean "He Who has a superior intellect".- sati gatih, buddhih samutkRshTA asya iti vA sad-gatih. d) SrI baladeva vidyAbhUshaN uses the meaning "accessible or attainable" to the term "gatih", and gives the interpretation that He is accessible to the good, such as bhIshma - satAm bhIshmAdInAm prApyatvAt sad-gatih. -dAsan kRshNamAcAryan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list 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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