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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 70 - dhana'njayah.

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Narasimhan Krishnamachari • March 1, 2002 


666. dhana'njayah - a) He Who surpasses all other wealth in being
desired.
	b) One Who manifested Himself as arjuna, the conqueror of wealth.

Om dhana'njayAya namah.

a) He is the source of redemption for everyone, and those who know this
will seek Him above all other wealth like gold and diamond, because of
His far superior qualities and possessions.  Those who know the Truth
will seek Him above all, and will want to keep Him secure with them. 
The nirukta author summarizes SrI BhaTTar's vyAkhyAnam as follows: 
maNi-mauktika ratnAdi hema-rUpyAdikam dhanam jayati - adhah karoti iti
dhanan'njayah - As wealth that is to be desired, He is the wealth who
surpasses all other wealth such as gold, diamond, etc.  Those who know
His value will consider the likes of gold and diamond as less than
grass.  

One is reminded of svAmi deSikan's views in this context from his
vairAgya pa'ncakam, on which a write-up on which can be found in one of
my previous postings in the list.  SvAmi deSikan points out that the
real dhanam or wealth is "dhana'njaya vivardhanam dhanamudUDha
govardhanam su-sAdhanam a-bAdhanam su-manasAm samArAdhanam" - The true
wealth that will never diminish, that will always give the utmost
pleasure to those who are of pure mind, that is the surest means of
attaining anything that is desired, is the One that bore the govardhana
mountain, and that gave arjuna the greatness that he attained.

nammAzhvAr describes Him as "enakkut tEnE, pAlE, kannalE, amudE" - He
is the honey, milk, sugar-candy, nectar, everything for me (tiruvAi.
10.7.2) - (quote from v.v. rAmAnujan).  

b) dhana'njaya is a common name for arjuna, because he conquered
several kings and accumulated enormous wealth to facilitate the
rAjasUya yAga by dharma putra.  In the gItA, Lord kRshNa declares that
arjuna is a vibhUti or manifestation of Himself - pANDavAnAm
dhana'njayah (gItA 10.37).  Thus, SrI Samkara interprets this nAma as
referring to Him as the Conqueror of wealth in His manifestation as
arjuna. dhanam ajayat iti dhana'njayah. 

Just as an example of how the different devotees enjoy bhagavAn's
nAma-s in their own way, Sri baladeva vidyAbhUshaN, a gauDIya vaishNava
sampradAya follower, gives interpretations for most nAma-s based on
Lord kRshNa's life in this world.  For the current nAma, he gives the
interpretation that bhagavAn is called dhana'njaya because He won over
all the wealth of kamsa, and gave them to ugrasena - kmasa sampado
dhanAni jayati, jitvA ugrasenAya dadAti iti dhana'njayah. 

c) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha gives the interpretation that the whole
Universe belongs to Him, and all this is under His control, and so He
is dhana'njayah - the Conqueror of all wealth.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan





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