जीवो विनयिता-साक्षी मुकुंदो-अमितविक्रमः ।
अम्भोनिधिरनंतात्मा महोदधिशयो-अंतकः ।।
515. Jīvaḥ:
Jivati iti jiva.
The one who exists independently is jiva.
He sustains us and lives in us jiva. We need this body to achieve our
goal of reaching Him.
Pranaan kshetra rupena dharayan jiva uchyate
He as the prana, supports the body (kshetra) by giving it life hence he
is called Jiva.
In the Bhagavad Gita 13.2 the lord says,
Idam shariram kauteya kshetram ity abdidhiate
Etad yo vetti tam prahuh kshetrajna iti tad vidah
The body is referred to as the field or kshetra and the one who knows
this body well is called as knower of this field.
516. Vinayitā. 517. Sākṣhī:
We have seen that both the atma resides in us. The Kartratma performs
the actions while the Pratyagatma simply observes.
The lord resides in us as sakshi and observes us and guides us as to
what is right and wrong. When we surrender to him he vi naya ti (he specially
leads us) in the right direction. He protects us and nourishes us and ensures
that no harm comes to us.
518. Mukundaḥ:
He bestows Mukti or Liberation to his devotees.
Muktim dadati iti mukundah
When we surrender to him, he leads us to the
path of liberation.
519. Amitavikramaḥ:
Krama means strides, vikrama means huge
strides, amitavikrama means unmeasurable long strides, this name refers to the
vama avatar or trivikrama avatar of lord Vishnu.
Amita means unmeasurable
The strides are so powerful that we are unable
to understand it. Every stride of his is purposeful and leads us to moksha.
His strength, power and might is unmeasurable
hence he is amitavikrama.
Amitam vikramanam shauryam asya iti vaa
He gives us liberation that is endless meaning
that we are forever released from the cycle of birth and death. He helps us
move from antha to anantha.
520. Ambhōnidhiḥ:
Ambho means water ; Ambhonidhi means ocean.
The Bhagavad Gita 10.24 says, sarasaam asmi
sagarah
Among the reservoirs of water he is the ocean.
Hence he is called ambhonidhi.
Ambhas means pancha bhuta
The five elements come from him and go back to
him and he is ambhonidhi
He is the one in whom the Ambhas or all beings including
Devas dwell.
Ambhaamsi devaadayah asmin nidhiyante iti
ambhonidhi
Just like water is one of the most important
element for sustaining life, he too sustains life and hence is ambhonidhi
Bhibharti iti ambhas. He resides in and bears
the seven heavens above earth in his actual form hence he is ambhonidhi.
Similarly he also resides in our hrudaya and
bears us hence he is ambhonidhi.
521. Anantātmā:
The pure consciousness that is spread everywhere and has no beginning or
end.
He cannot be determined by space, time and matter and is present
everywhere.
Deshatah kaalo vasutah cha aparicchannatvat
anantha atma
All objects in this universe can be at only one
place at one time ,but since the lord is not bound by time constraints and
hence he can be omnipresent. He has no limitations of space, time or matter.
Hence he is anantha atma.
He has taken uncountable roopas as innumerable
atmas and hence he is ananthatma.
522. Mahōdadhi-śayaḥ:
Udhadhi means ocean, Mahodadhi a big milky
ocean which refers to samasara sagara
Sayah means reclines
He reclines in this vast ocean of life. It does
not imply that the lord sleeps. It means that he is in yoga nidra. After
pralaya, he reclines on the waters in yoga nidra till it is time for creation
of another universe.
Samhritya sarva bhutani ekaar navam jagat
kritva adhishete mahodadhim iti
With reference to us too, He simply reclines in
us and observes us with sakshi bhava. He does not participate in the karmas or
activities of the universe.
He is also the one who pervades the ocean of
knowledge hence also he is called Mahodadhishaya.
523. Antakaḥ:
He brings about the end of all beings.
Antam karoti bhutanaam iti antakah
He brings his creation to an end during pralaya
just so that he can restart the creation all over again.
Unless we surrender to him, he will destroy
only our body and we will have to go through the repeated cycle of life and death,
and if we do then he liberates us.
In the Chandogya Upanishad, Svetaketu asks 9 question to his father-
One question he asks is, ‘’Everyone dies- both jnani and ajnani, so what
is the difference?”
The answer to that was, ‘Both die but the process of dying and their
destination after death is what differentiate jnani and ajnani’
Jnani is liberated and ajnani is
born again.
Antaka also means nirnayaka means one who gives
a proper solution to our problems. Hence too he is called antaka.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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