महर्षिः कपिलाचार्यः कृतज्ञो मेदिनीपतिः ।
त्रिपदस्त्रिदशाध्यक्षो महाश्रृंगः कृतांतकृत ।।
534 and 535. Maharṣiḥ Kapilācāryaḥ:
Kapila is called Maharshi because he was master of all the Vedas. He
could recite all four Vedas in one breath.
Maha + Kapila + acharya
Mahan chasau rishischa maharishi, the one who is a great sage and has
mastered the vedas
Swayam acharate astu
Acharya means a great teacher who follows what he teaches. He not only
imparts the knowledge to his disciples but also observes the said dharma
himself.
The lord appeared or manifested as the great rishi Kapilacharya with the
sole purpose of spreading knowledge.
The Bhagavad Gita 10.26 also
says,
Siddhaanaam Kapilo Muni
Among the enlightened sages he is Kapila Muni.
Kapilacharya is described as one having the lustre like that of a
burning ember and was considered as an embodiment of jnana. He is credited with
samvit prakaashanaaya – spreading the light of knowledge.
Kapila also means - Ka – happiness + pi (pibati) drinks – he drinks
(enjoys) happiness always + la gives the happiness to others.
536. Kṛtajñaḥ:
Kritam kaaryam jagat, jnah aatma, kritam cha tat jnah cha iti kritajnah
Kritam means the world which he has created,
jnah means he is the knower of the world. Hence he is kritajnah as he is the
world as well as the knower of the world. He is the created and the creator.
Kritam janati kritajnah
He knows everything about his creation – why it has been created, when
it has been created, how it has been created, where and what has been created
and how long it will be in existence.
We perform all our work without knowledge. This name teaches us to be
complete aware and do our work with knowledge of everything.
537.Medinīpatiḥ:
Medhini refers to shakti; patih is parameshwara. This is our kundalini
shakti.
Also, Medhini means the earth.
Medinyah bhumya patih medinipatih
He is the Lord of the earth. He not only created the earth but also
bears its responsibility to sustain and nurture it.
A story goes that, the demons madhu kaitabh came from the ear of the
lord and were finally killed by Lord Hayagreeva. From their body, medhas was taken
and the earth was formed, hence earth is called medhini.
It also means that he destroys the evil that falls into our ears.
538. Tripadaḥ:
While this is similar to his name Trivikrama and means the one who
conquered the world with three strides, here it refers to the three tattvas in which
the lord manifests - sthoola, sukshma and karana.
The jivatma must also take the three steps and
overcome these tattvas to reach higher consciousness. This helps us conquer our
avasthatrayas - jagruti, sushukta and svapna.
He is present in the three states also known as
eyes(jagruta), throat -kanta (tejas- svapna), hrudaya (pragnya - sushukti)
The three names of the lord, Achyuta, Anantha, Govinda,
is the medicine for curing all illnesses, of the body and mind.
539. Tridaśādhyakṣaḥ:
Tri + dasha + adhi + aksha
Dasha refers to the state of consciousness.
Gunaveshena sanjaatah tisro dashah avastah
jagrat adayah tasaam adhyaksh iti tridashadhyaksha.
One who is the witness of the three states of
waking, dream and sleep -jagruta, svapna and sushukti, which spring from the influence of the Gunas.
A tamasic person spends a lot of time in sleep
whereas a satvik person spends very little time sleeping.
The three states or dasha of the body - Balya,
kaumara, yauvana, he is the chief (adhyaksha) of all the states.
540. Mahāśṛuṅgaḥ:
Shrunga means peak or horn.
If we conquer the tridasha and tripada, it
takes us to the highest peak of consciousness.
Our spine is called as meru. The shrunga or
peak is our head. The kundalini shakti lies in the muladhara chakra. It means
that the shakti lies in us inherent form but we have to awaken it. When it
rises to the shasarara chakra and rises above to the peak, to maha shrunga to
turiya stithi, it causes complete awakening.
Also, he is the one with a great horn.
It refers to the lord’s matsya avatar where the
lord attached a big boat to his horn and carried it to safety during pralaya.
Matsya rupi mahati shringe pralayambhodau navam
baddhva chikreeda iti maha shringa
Srunati iti shrunga – he breaks open and
emerges, destroys/breaks open the obstacles and helps us emerge successful.
541. Kṛtānta-kṛt:
Jnanagni sarva karmani sat krute bhasmani
The jnangni obtained destroys all our karmas.
Kruta anta krit
Kritasya samsarasya antam samharam karoti iti
kritantakrit.
One who brings about (krit) the destruction (antha
or end) of the Kruta or the manifested condition of the universe. He is the
destroyer of his own creations.
Jai Shri Krishna!
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