युगादि-कृत युगावर्तो नैकमायो महाशनः ।
अदृश्यो व्यक्तरूपश्च सहस्रजित्-अनंतजित ।।
301. Yugādikṛd:
Yuga + adi + krut
Creator of the beginning of time
One who is the cause of periods of time like Yuga. He creates the
divisions of time starting from a Yuga.
Yugaadeh kaalabhedasya kartritvaat,
yugaanaam aadim aarambham karoti iti
vaa
Another meaning is that he gives us continuity between the four yugas.
The end of one Yuga marks the beginning of another.
Yuj means to connect
Yuga sandhi is the time period connecting the two yugas.
The Kurukshetra war happened in the yuga sandhi of dwapara to kaliyuga.
Yuga is also called a dvandva or a dilemma, confusion, or a fight
between two thoughts.
Yuga + adi means before the dvandva
Who was there before the beginning of the Yuga? What was there before the Yuga started?
The answer to both questions is - the Lord.
He was present before anything, he causes the Yuga to begin
and he causes it to end.
Yugasya adi antya karoti
This also indicates to us that our mind must be in the state before the
dvandva or confusion started. Our mind must be calm and cool.
The dilemmas/ confusions/ dwandva are there, but we must stand strong in
the face of it.
302. Yugāvartaḥ:
Yuga avartah
Avarthah means repetition or rotation.
One who as time causes the repetition of the four Yugas beginning with
Satya Yuga. He is also the administrator of time.
Yugaani kritadeeni aavartayati kaalaatmanaa iti
We are not able to overcome the dvandva so he has to continue the cycle.
Kaala also means black. When we have confusion or dilemmas, we are in darkness.
When the Lord blesses us with prakasha or light, we come out of the darkness,
attain moksha and the cycle of birth and death ends for us.
303. Naikamāyaḥ:
Na eka maya meaning Not one maya. One who can assume numerous forms of
Maya, not one only.
He has many forms and avatars but none of them are permanent. When the
purpose of their avatar or form is completed they attain niryaana. His
vibhootis are temporary, we can say, now it is there, now it is not there.
Meaning, it is there in one time and is not there at another time. This
temporariness of his forms is maya or false perceptions or illusion. Prakruti
or matter is also maya and it will also be destroyed one day.
We have to realise the maya and walk towards Him because he alone is the
truth.
304. Mahāśanaḥ:
Maha + ashana (food)
Mahad ashanam asya asti kalpaante sarvagrasnaat iti mahashanam
One who has a huge appetite and consumes everything at the end of a
Kalpa.
We must realise that all this is an illusion. And one day everything will
be destroyed.
It also means that his vyaapti is everywhere. He pervades everything.
305. Adṛśyaḥ:
Adrushya means one who cannot be seen.
Sarveshaam buddiheendriyaanaam agamyah adrishya.
He is not perceivable by any of our indriyas. Not only is he invisible
to the eyes but also to the other sense organs.
One who cannot be grasped by any of the five organs of knowledge.
We have earlier seen that in the Mundakopanishad, he is described as
adrushyam, agrahyam, and so on. Even in the Bhagavad Gita we have seen, avyakto
yam, achintyo yam, which tells us that He cannot be grasped by our senses, nor
by our mind.
306. Vyaktarūpaḥ:
While the previous name tells us that we cannot see him or sense him
through our indriyas, this name ‘vyaktaroopa’ tells us that we can experience Him
through his manifested forms.
If we have to look for the cow, we must search for its footprints. That will
lead us to the cow. We look at the evidence which are the objects left behind by
the subject.
Sthoolaroopena vyaktam svaroopam asya iti vyaktaroopa.
He is called Vyaktaroopa because His forms or vibhootis in this universe
can be clearly perceived. We have to grasp his vibhootis or his sthoola roopas
to find Him.
Svyamprakashaa maanatvaat yoginaam vyakta svaroopam asya iti
vyaktaroopah means that his form is so radiant that the yogis or the
sadpurushas can perceive him through their meditation.
Both these names together mean that we might not be able to see him
using our indriyas yet we can perceive him through our devotion.
307. Sahasrajit:
Sahasra means innumerable.
Jit means the one who has conquered.
Jitu means He has conquered us. We are jitu.
The one who is victorious over innumerable enemies of the Devas in
battle.
He also helps us conquer the asuri gunas in us.
308. Anantajit:
Anantha also means uncountable or limitless.
In his vyakta roopa too he is endowed with all powers, is victorious at
all times over everything.
In summary, he creates the Yugas, and administers its continuation. He
also makes the Yugas repeat themselves, after every destruction, a new Yuga
begins. He creates an illusory universe, which we can realise when we surrender
to Him. He has a huge appetite that consumes this universe at the time of
pralaya. Though we cannot perceive Him with our sense organs, he can be
perceived through meditation. He is also victorious in the war against asuras and
has unimaginable power which also helps us win over our asuri shaktis.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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