स्वापनः स्ववशो व्यापी नैकात्मा नैककर्मकृत ।
वत्सरो वत्सलो वत्सी रत्नगर्भो धनेश्वरः ।।
466. Svāpanaḥ:
Sva + apana means to drink or swallow, he gulps us inside
During pralaya, he puts veryone to sleep and gulps us all down.
Svapam nayati
He hypnotises or puts the jivatma to sleep. The jivatma can wake up from
this sleep only by the grace of the Lord.
naham prakasah sarvasya
yoga-maya-samavrtah
mudho 'yam nabhijanati
loko mam ajam avyayam
He never manifests to the ones drowned
in the illusory world. The blanket of illusion or maya covers him and the
ignorant in the world cannot understand him.
This name teaches us not to be hypnotised. It prods us to wake up and
realise the Lord.
Svapa (sleep) + na , he never sleeps hence he is known as svapanah. He takes
care of us when we sleep.
Nitaram dravati iti nidra
Give up the attachment we have over things. As long as we are awake, we
keep wanting things. But when we are asleep we lose that need to own things.
He gives us that sleep in which we become detached to materialistic and worldly
things. Hence he is called svapanah.
467. Svavaśaḥ:
Sva (svatantra, independent, self)+ vasha (control)
The Lord is called svavasha because he is in complete control of himself
and his actions.
Svatantra svavasha jagatutpatti stithi laya hetutvaat
He takes actions independently. He is the master of his actions. His act
of creation, sustenance and destruction of the universe, emanate from Him
alone.
He is never controlled by prakruti, as he controls prakruti.
However, the illusory world beckons to us. We are in vasha of prakruti.
Hence we are paravasha, we are in control of prakruti. If we don’t fall in the trap of maya, we are
in svavasha or in control of our actions.
He is Sva + vasha , he is not in anyone’s control except himself, yet he
is also Su + avasha ; he can be in control of the devotees to those who
surrender to him.
468. Vyāpī:
He pervades everything.
Akashavat sarva gatatvaat vyapih
One who pervades everything like Akasha. He is all-pervasive and
omnipresent.
Akashavat sarva gatashcha nityah iti shruteh
He moves everywhere like the akasha
The lord is limitless and hence whatever we see is His manifestation.
If we bear this in mind, we will also develop the ability to realise
that he exists in each of his creations.
Visheshe + api ; he is everywhere to protect his devotees
469. Naikātmā:
Na + eka + atma
He is not confined to one single form.
Jagad utpatti aadishu avirbhuta nirmitta shaktibhih vibhootibhih
anekatha tishtan naikatma.
Time and again he manifests in various forms and is not confined to a
single form. We can see his splendour and energies from before the beginning of
his vast creation
The Bhagavad Gita, 7.21 says,
Whatever form the devotee seeks to worship Him with faith, he steadies
the faith of such a devotee in that form.
yo
yo yāṁ yāṁ tanuṁ bhaktaḥ śhraddhayārchitum ichchhati
tasya tasyāchalāṁ śhraddhāṁ tām eva vidadhāmyaham
470. Naikakarmakṛt:
Na + eka + karma + krut (not + one + activity + he performs) – he is a
person who indulges in many activities.
He engages in innumerable activities in the process of creation, sustenance,
destruction, etc. hence he is naikakarmakrut.
Jagat utpatti sampatti vipatti prabhriti kaamam karoti iti
naikakarmakrut.
When we surrender to him, He destroys our Sanchita karma that we have
done in the past and Agami karma that we will perform in the future.
471. Vatsaraḥ:
Vasati means to reside.
The lord resides in all his creations and in him everything in the
universe resides.
Vasati atra akhilam iti vatsarah.
He lives in his creations as Antaryami and guides them to the right
path, when they surrender to him.
matta eveti tan viddhi na tv aham tesu te mayi
everything in the universe has evolved from Him and not only does he
live in his creations, his creations also reside in Him.
Vadati iti vatsa ; he speaks hence he is Vatsa; ra means ramana or happiness.
He speaks the vedas and feels contented as he speaks.
Children and calf are called vatsa. Both speak, and the sound that comes
from their mouth is ‘maa’.
472. Vatsalaḥ:
Vatsalya means love. Vatsalah means the one who has immense love for His
devotees.
Bhakta snehitvaat vatsalah.
In the Bhagavad Gita Chapter 12.14 to 12.20, the Lord gives a detailed
description of whom he loves the most.
He says that those who are not
envious of others but are kind to all living entities, who do not think of himself
as a proprietor, who are free from false ego and equal both in happiness and
distress, who are always satisfied and engaged in devotional service with
determination and whose mind and intelligence are in agreement with the Lord, he
who is never anxious, who is steady in happiness and distress, they are very
dear to Him.
A devotee who is not dependant on
the ordinary course of activities, who is pure, expert, without cares, free
from all pains, and who does not strive for some result, is very dear to Him.
One who neither grasps pleasure or
grief, who neither laments nor desires, and who renounces both auspicious and
inauspicious things, is very dear to Him.
One who is equal to friends and
enemies, who is equipoised in honour and dishonour, heat and cold, happiness
and distress, fame and infamy, who is always free from contamination, always
silent and satisfied with anything, who doesn't care for any residence, who is
fixed in knowledge and engaged in devotional service, is very dear to Him.
And finally He says,
ye tu dharmamrtam idam yathoktam paryupasate
sraddadhana mat-parama bhaktas te 'tiva me priyah
He who follows this imperishable
path of devotional service and who completely engages himself with faith,
making Him the supreme goal, is very, very dear to Him.
Vaksha stala (hrudaya) + laati ( accept) he accepts the seat in our hrudaya
kamala to speak the vedas.
He sits in our hrudaya akasha and speaks the veda.
473. Vatsī:
He protects those who are dear to him.
Vatsanaan paalanaat vatsi
The Bhagavad Gita 9.22 says,
ananyas cintayanto mam ye janah paryupasate
tesam nityabhiyuktanam yoga-ksemam vahamy aham
Those who worship Him with
devotion, meditating on His transcendental form, to them He bestows what they
lack and preserves what they have.
Jagat pituh tasya vatsa bhutah
prajah iti vaa vatsi
He is the creator of the universe
and hence is the father of all beings, and they are His children. He has
countless children and hence he is Vatsi.
474. Ratnagarbhaḥ:
Rathihi geeryati abhivyajyate iti rathnagarbhah
The happiness that is within him, he spreads it outside.
He always has an ever-smiling face like that of a shining gem. His face
never tires
Also, The Ocean is called rathnagarbha because most precious gems are
found in its depths.
Ratnani garbha bhutani asya iti samudro rathna garbha.
The Lord is called rathnagarbha because he too contains treasures in his
depth. He is like a treasure that helps us when we need him.
Sarasam asmi sagarah
Among the water bodies he is the ocean. He has treasures within his
depth and can bestow whatever wealth they desire.
The jivatma who has realised the Lord is a ratna or a gem and the pursuit
of lord becomes the only desire for him.
475. Dhaneśvaraḥ:
He is the controller or Lord of all wealth.
Dhananaam ishvarah dhaneshwarah
The lesson for us is that he Himself is the wealth we can obtain. His
generosity and grace is without limits. The greatest wealth He can bestow on us
is that of moksha when we surrender to Him.
Daivo vidya hiranyadihi manushya parikititaha
The wealth that gives us happiness is the true dhana. For the Gods,
knowledge is wealth which gives happiness, but for jivatma, the worldly wealth
is happiness. He bestows whatever wealth we desire.
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