व्यवसायो व्यवस्थानः संस्थानः स्थानदो-ध्रुवः ।
परर्रद्वि परमस्पष्टः तुष्टः पुष्टः शुभेक्षणः ।।
386. Vyavasāyaḥ:
Vyavasayah means consciousness or intellect.
The Bhagavad Gita 2.41 and 2.44 says,
vyavasayatmika buddhir
ekeha kuru-nandana
bahu-sakha hy anantas ca
buddhayo 'vyavasayinam
bhogaisvarya-prasaktanam
tayapahrta-cetasam
vyavasayatmika buddhih
samadhau na vidhiyate
Those who trust the consciousness or intellect, for them the path to the
lord is clear. But those who have a wandering mind, they keep walking on
undefined paths none of which take them to the Lord.
People who let themselves to be ruled by their mind and become attached
to indulging the senses, they stray away from the path to the Lord.
Thus it is important to surrender the mind to the intellect or buddhi.
Because intellect is steady, it does not suffer from dilemma. It helps us be
rid of the fickleness and unwavering nature of the mind.
The Lord is called Vyavasayah because he is steady with a pure
intellect. Samvinmatra svaroopaat vyasaayah. He has rue knowledge of the self.
Also, the entire universe – the circle of planets- is tightly bound by
the Lord, to the Lord, thus he is called Vyavasayah.
Atishayena siyate asmin jyotishchakram iti vyavasayah.
He holds everything together.
387. Vyavasthānaḥ:
Everything in the universe is Vishnu tattva.
Asmin vyavasthitih sarvasya iti vyavasthanah.
He establishes everything, he is the basis on which everything resides.
Vyavastaanam karoti iti vyavasthanah.
He keeps the universe working in an orderly manner and ensures that everything
is in its respective place.
Yasmin vyavasthitih sarvasya iti vyavasthaanah.
388. Sāṁsthānaḥ:
Samyak means good; tishtati means stands
Sarvam etasmin santishtate – samapyate iti samsthanah
Everthing in the universe meet their rightful end in him.
Samsthana also means property or to whom it
belongs.
The entire universe is his property. Whatever
we can see and even that which we cannot see belongs to Him. Everything is
Vishnumayaa.
Atra bhootaanaam samsthitih pralayaatmika
It is in Him, that all beings dissolve into at the time of laya.
389. Sthaanadaḥ:
Sthana means position; dah means
to give
Sthaanam dadati iti sthaanadah
He gives us the position.
Dhruvaadeenaam karmaanuroopam sthanam dadati iti sthanadah
According to our karmas he gives us an appropriate position, how and
where we are born, what we get to enjoy in life, etc.
The Katha Upanishad also says, karma phaladaata Narayana.
The position we enjoy right now is temporary. It keeps changing as per
our karma. We cannot be satisfied with a temporary position. We must strive for
a fixed position, like that of the Dhruva nakshatra. That permanent position in
with Him.
390. Dhruvaḥ:
One who is fixed or indestructible.
We just saw that our position is temporary, but his position is fixed.
Dhruva comes from the root dhru, which means
steady.
Just like the Dhruva nakshatra, whose position
is fixed in Vaikuntam.
In the entire universe nothing is permanent except
Him. So our goal should be for a permanent position in Him.
391. Pararddhiḥ:
Para means the best or utkrista; Riddhi means prosperity
Para riddhi vibhooti asya iti parariddhi
He is rich with all kinds of prosperity. This
includes his many vibhootis and forms.
In The Bhagavad Gita 10.40 he says,
nanto 'sti mama divyanam
vibhutinam parantapa
esa tuddesatah prokto
vibhuter vistaro maya
There is no end to the
divine manifestations of his opulence.
392. Paramaspaṣṭaḥ:
Parama means the greatest or the supreme.
Spashta means something that is very clear or obvious.
There are two ways this word can be split to arrive at its meaning.
Parama aspashta and Parama spashta
We have leant about para and avara, the two banks of the samasara
sagara.
As long as we think that he is on the other side or somewhere outside, he will be parama aspashta.
But the sooner we realise he is within us, then
he becomes parama spashta
Also, parama means para + maa, the one who is
always with Goddess Lakshmi.
The Narayana sukta says, Narayana paro jyotih
atma Narayana para. He is the supreme light and supreme self.
393. Tuṣhṭaḥ:
Tushta means to be contented.
A person who is free from all kinds of wants and desires is Tushta.
Paramananda svaroopaat tushtah.
He is extremely contented and he is bliss personified. Hence he is
Tushta.
In the Bhagavad Gita 2.55, He tells us how we can be contented too.
prajahati yada kaman
sarvan partha mano-gatan
atmany evatmana tustah
sthita-prajnas tadocyate
When a man gives up all kinds of sense desire that arise from
his mind, and when the mind finds satisfaction in the self alone, then he is
said to be in pure transcendental consciousness.
This contentment or satisfaction is what leads to the state of pure transcendental
consciousness.
This name prods us to act on the mind.
394. Puṣṭaḥ:
Pushti means healthy or perfect.
Sarvatra sampoornatvaat pushtah
He is perfect in all respects and hence he is Pushtah.
This name prods us to act on our body, keeping it healthy and pure.
Both body and mind is equally important.
When he becomes parama spashta, he does good
for our mind and body.
conversely, if our body and mind is pure, we
can observe him as parama spashta.
395. Śhubhekṣaṇaḥ:
Shubha means good; eekshana means drusti or glance.
He looks at us with a good or favourable drusti. Means, he bestows us
with his grace.
The Mundaka Upanishad says,
Bhidhyate hridaya grantih chidyante sarva samshayah
Ksheeyante chaasya karmani tasmin drishte paravare
Merely by his benevolent glance, all the knots of the heart are cut, all
doubts are removed and all our bad karma is destroyed.
When we are tushta, pushta, (pure of body and mind), he becomes parama spashta,( clear). He shows us with his
subhekshana (his blessings) which means we can attain liberation from the cycle
of life and death (janana marana) and attainment of moksha.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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