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SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 88 - cANUrAndhra-nishUdahnah.

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champakam • March 25, 2003 


   SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 88 - cANUrAndhra-nishUdahnah.  

829. cANurAndhra-nishUdanah – a) He Who slew the wrestler by name 
cANura.
		b) He Who causes utmost misery to those who cause 
hardship to the good people of sAttvik  disposition.
		c) He Who slew cANura, duryodhana and the like.

Om cANurAndhara-nishUdanAya namah.

a) SrI BhaTTar's interpretation is that this nAma refers to 
bhagavAn's slaying of an asura wrestler by name cANUra, belonging to 
the andhra race, or one who is from a low-caste, and who was the 
enemy of indra and other gods – tad-virodhinam cANUra-nAmAnam 
asurAndhra mallam nishUditavAn iti cANUrAndhra-nishUdanah.  SrI v. n. 
vedAnta deSikan comments that this cANura is different from the one 
that kamsa had deputed for killing kRshNa (it so happens that this 
later was also a wrestler).   

The term andhra in this nAma is translated differently by the 
different translated – either that it refers to a race called andhra, 
or a location called andhra, or a low-caste called andhra.    Some 
interpreters of SrI Sa'nkara vyAkhyAnam indicate that the cANura that 
was sent by kamsa was from the kingdom of andhra.

b) SrI satyadevo vAsishTha derives his interpretation starting from 
the basic roots for the component parts of the nAma.  

-	caN – dAne gatau ca – to give.  caNanti = dadati dAna-SilA 
sAttvika-vRttayah cANUrAh – Those who are sAttvik by nature and who 
perform acts of giving to others are called cANUra-s.  Or, cAi – pUjA 
niSAmanayoh – to worship, to observe.  cAyyante = pUjyante iti 
cANUrAh, praSasta-hRdayAh sAdhavah – Those noble people who are 
worthy of worship because of their noble hearts are called cANUra-
s.   Thus, the term cANUra in SrI vAsishTha's interpretation refers 
to good people.  
-	andhra – derived from andha – dRshTyupaghAte dRshyupasamhAre –
 to be blind, to close their eyes.    andhayati iti andhrah – Those 
who cheat or deceive are andhra-s.  So cANUrAndhra-s are those who 
cheat or deceive the good people.
-	nishUdana is derived from the root sUd – ksharaNe – to 
destroy.  nishUdana means "One who gives or causes extreme pain 
through multiple ways" – sarva-prakAreNa nitarAm bhAdate..   

Thus, SrI vAsishTha's interpretation for the nAma cANUrAndhra-
nishUdanah is:  "One Who causes extreme pain and misery to those who 
trouble the good and sAttvik minded 
people".                                                              
                                                                      
c) SrI satya sandha yatirAja uses the pATham cANuRAndha nishUdanah, 
and interprets the term andha to refer to duryodhana and his 
associates (andha means blind;  the reference to duryodhana and his 
associates as andhAh could be because they were blind to truth and 
dharma;  it could also be because duryodhana and his brothers were 
sons of dhRtarAshTra).  So his interpretation is that the nAma 
means "He Who destroyed cANura, and duryodhana and his brothers" – 
cANUraSca andhASca duryodhanAdayah, tAn nishUdayati iti.     




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