Friday 2 October 2020

Verse 56

 

अजो महार्हः स्वाभाव्यो जितामित्रः प्रमोदनः ।

आनंदो नंदनो नंदः सत्यधर्मा त्रिविक्रमः ।।

 ajō mahārha svābhāvyō jitāmitra pramōdana |
ānandō nandanō nanda satyadharmā trivikrama ||

 

524. Aja:

A +ja means no birth. He is ajah because he has no birth or death

Na jayate iti ajah

Akaara vachyataya jatah

The sound 'A' signifies Mahavishnu. The first letter of the primordial pranava mantra AUM stands for Vishnu.

Ajati iti ajah

He is responsible for destroying the enemies hence he is ajah.

 

525. Mahārha:

He who is fit for worship for any occasion is Maharhav.

Maham pujanam arhati iti maharhah

There is no one else who is fit for worship or maha puja except him.

Hence our surrender is also unto him.

 

526. Svābhāvya:

Being eternally perfect He is naturally without a beginning.

Svabhavena eva abhavyah nitya nish

He has permanent glory or nitya nishpanna.

He is eternal and thus he has no beginning. He is omnipresent.

 

527. Jitāmitra:

Jita + amitra

One who has conquered the inner enemies like attachment, anger, etc. as also external enemies too.

Avidya, kama, and karma are the three enemies. And they are present in three different roopas in our body.

Avidya is seated in karana sharira

Kama is seated in sookhsma sharira

Karma is seated in sthoola sharira

First avidya or ignorance must be destroyed through knowledge or jnana, then it destroys kama or desires then the karma will be destroyed.

 

528. Pramōdana:

Modanah means pleasure

He is always joyous as He is absorbed in immortal Bliss.

Pramodam karoti iti pramodnah

He fills the minds of the jivatma who has conquered these 3 amitras with joy and bliss. The lord gives supreme bliss or brahma anandam to the liberated souls and gives them moksha.

Dhyayinaam dhyanamatrena pramodam kaorti iti

He bestows pleasure to those who meditate on him through the act of meditation hence he is pramodanah.

 

529. Ānanda:

His nature or form is Ananda or Bliss. He himself is pure joy.

Ananda svaroopam asya iti anandah

The Brihadaranyaka Upanishad says that other beings enjoy only a part of the total happiness. 

Aanam (ana refers to mukhya prana; aanam refers to that which comes from mukhya prana ie. granthas) + dah (to give)

He gives us the wisdom to understand the knowledge of the Vedas and sashtras hence he is  anandah.

 

530. Nandana:

He is the one who gives delight to everyone around him.

Nandayati iti nandanah

His devotees experience bliss by meditating on him.

He gives us the pure bliss which is free of the accompanying grief.

 

531. Ananda:

Aa +nandah (reduce or diminish) the pleasure does not diminish.

He observes us enjoying and that itself it brings him joy without actually enjoying anything himself.

It teaches us that if we are a witness only, the joy last forever. If we are the enjoyer, the happiness does not last for ever and is also followed by grief. It also tells us that pleasure arising from sense organs is not the permanent happiness.

Sukham vaishayikam naasya vidyate iti anandah

 

532. Satyadharmā:

Sat + tyat + dharma

He guides this body made of panch butas – sat (that which is visible – earth, water and fire) and tyat(that which is not visible – aakasha and vayu) to the path of dharma

He is an embodiment of qualities such as truth and righteousness.

In the Bhagavad Gita 18.66, the lord says,

sarva-dharmān parityajya mām eka śharaa vraja
aha
tvāṁ sarva-pāpebhyo mokhayihyāmi mā śhucha

Abandon all varieties of dharmas and simply surrender unto me alone. I shall liberate you from all sinful reactions; do not fear.

Satya (nirakaara nirguna) + dharma ( saguna)

 

533. Trivikrama:

We have already seen this name of the Lord which tells us how he conquered the entire universe in three strides.

Here it refers to conquering the three gunas and become nistraigunya, as the Lord says in the Bhagavad Gita 2.45,

trai-gunya-visaya veda nistraigunyo bhavarjuna 

nirdvandvo nitya-sattva-stho niryoga-ksema atmavan

He stands above everything, having conquered all the triads – the three vedas (rig, yajur and sama), the three gunas (rajo, tamas, sattva), the three states (childhood, youth and old age) , three kalas(bhuta, bhavishya, vartamana) hence he is trivikramah.  

It also refers to the avasthatraya or the three states or three fields of experience ( jagruta, sushukta, svapna). Only when one goes beyond this one can attain the turiya state of infinite consciousness and helps to realise the Lord within.


Jai Shri Krishna!

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