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Narasimhan Krishnamachari • June 29, 2002 


     SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 75 - sat-kRtih.

705. sat-kRtih -  He of lovable acts, and full of good actions.

Om sat-kRtaye namah.

a) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the explanation - sati satyA
SobhanA ca kRtI racanA yasya iti sat-kRtih.   SrI BhaTTar gives the
examples of His stealing butter, getting tied to the mortar, etc.  SrI
v.v. rAmAnujan refers to bhagavAn's own words about His acts - janma
karma ca me divyam (gItA 4.9), where He Himself describes His karma-s
or acts as divine.  The mere contemplation of even His acts will
release the person who contemplates on these from the bondage of
samsAra.  

His divine acts do not just stop with the lovable acts in His
childhood, but extend to all aspects of creation, protection and
destruction.  nammAzhvAr starts the description of His leelA-s in
6.4.1, and goes on listing more and more of His acts in the next 11
pASuram-s, frequently interspersing with "maRRum pala", indicating that
they are countless, even though he is listing some examples (This list
reminds one of Lord kRshNa's description of just a few examples of His
indescribable vibhUti in chapter 10 of the gItA): 

- kuravai AicciyarODu kOttadum, kunRam onRu Endiyadum, 
  uravu nIrp poigai nAgam kAindadum maRRum pala Â…          (6.4.1);    
           
- kEyat tI'nkuzhal UdiRRum nirai mEittadum, keNDai oN kaN 
  vASap pU'nkuzhal pinnai tOLgaL maNandadum maRRum pala..  (6.4.2);
            
- nigar il mallaric ceRRadum, nirai mEittadum, nIL neDum kai 
  Sikara mAkaLiRaTTadum, ivai pOlvanavaum piRavum          (6.4.3);

- nOva Aicci uralODu Arkka ira'ngiRRum, va'njap peNNaic 
  cAvap pAl uNDadum, Ur SakaDamiDac cADiyadum              (6.4.4); 

- vENDi dEvar irakka vandu piRandadum, vI'ngu iruL vAi 
  pUNDu anRu annai pulambap pOi a'ngu Or Aikkulam pukkadum, 
  kANDal inRi vaLarndu ka'njanait tu'nja va'njam Seidadum Â…(6.4.5);

- igal koL puLLaip piLandadum, imil ERugaL SeRRaduvum, 
  uyar koL SOlaik kurundu oSittadum uTpaDa maRRum pala Â….  (6.4.6);

- manap parippODu azhukku mAniDa SAdiyil tAn piRandu 
  tanakku vENDu uruk koNDu tAn tana SIRRattinai muDikkum 
  punat tuzhAi muDi mAlai mArban Â…                         (6.4.7); 

- nInilattoDu vAn viyappa niRai perum pOrgaL Seidu 
  vANan Ayiram tOL tuNittadum uTpaDa maRRum pala 
  mANiyAi nilam koNDa mAyanÂ…..                             (6.4.8);
 
- kalakka Ezh kaDal Ezh malaiyum ulagam Ezhum kazhiyak kaDAi 
  ulagat tEr koDu SenRa mAyamum uTpaDa maRRum palaÂ…        (6.4.9); 

- maN miSaip perum bAram nI'nga Or bhArata mA perum pOr 
  paNNiya mAya'ngaL Seidu SEnaiyaip pAzh paDa nURRiTTup pOi 
  viN miSai tan tAmamE puga mEviaya SOdi Â….                (6.4.10);

- nAyagan muzhu Ezh ulagukkumAi muzhu Ezh ulagum, tan 
  vAiyagam puga vaittu umizhndu avaiyAi avai allanumAm
kESavanÂ…(6.4.11).   
In the issue of dharma cakram 48.8, several of kaNNan's sat-kRti-s are
described, and the associated lesson that is intended to be taught to
us by each of these acts is also described.  

b) SrI cinmayAnanda reminds us that even those acts of His that may
seem destructive (such as His role in the mahA bhArata war, the killing
of the rAkshasa-s such as rAvaNa etc.), are really for the good of the
individual and for the protection of the world.  All His actions are in
harmony and are meant for the establishment of peace.  SrI Samkara
specifically emphasizes that His acts are sat-kRti-s because they are
meant for  protecting the universe - sati kRtih, jagad-rakshaNAdi
lakshaNA asya yasmAt tena sat-kRtih.  

c) SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN gives the interpretation that He is
sat-kRtih because at the time of giving up the body by a devotee, if
this devotee is not capable of thinking of bhagavAn as a result of
his/her physical condition, bhagavAn takes the responsibility to give
this soul moksham.  

	yadi vAtAdi dosheNa mad-bhakto mAm na ca smaret    | 
        aham smarAmi mad-bhaktam nayAmi paramAm gatim    ||  

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan


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