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SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 30  =================================युगादिकृद्युगावर्तॊ नैकमायॊ महाशनः ।अदृश्यॊ व्यक्तरूपश्च सहस्रजिदनन्तजित् ॥ ३३ ॥================================== 301) yugAdhikruth (युगादिकृत्) Thence, the boundless wonder of bhagavAn is shown with the ensuing divine names. The divine form of bhagavAn as a baby lying on a banyan leaf is instantiated … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 28 281) manthra: (मन्त्रः) The etymologists show the purport of the word ‘manthra:’ to mean the one which protects those who meditate upon it. Since bhagavAn also protects his devotees who constantly meditate upon him, he is called ‘manthra:’. In the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 27 271) vasu: (वसुः) (also repeated in 105, 701) For his great devotees who live their life claiming bhagavAn to be everything for them (as in ‘vAsudhEva: sarvam’ वासुदॆवः सर्वम् – SrI bhagavath gIthA – 7-19), he becomes the greatest wealth … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 26 261) vrushOdhara: (वृषॊदरः) bhagavAn fills his stomach with the oblations offered by his devotees. He is easily available to every soul who yearns for his service. He is thus the one who possesses a stomach of righteousness (a stomach filled … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 25 251 and 252) Sishtakruth (शिष्टकृत्) Suchi: (शुचिः) (also repeated in 157) Also, since bhagavAn bestows all auspiciousness upon the sentient and insentient entities according to their merits and makes them tread the right path, he is called ‘Sishtakruth’ – the … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 24 241) viSvabhugvibhu: (विश्वभुग्विभुः) bhagavAn pervades all of his own creation and thus controls and nurtures the entire creation. Hence, he is called ‘viSvabhugvibhu:’ – the one who nurtures by pervading. The word ‘bhuj’ in this context refers to nourishment by … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 23 231) nivruththAthmA (निवृत्तात्मा) (also repeated in 453, 604 and 780) Since bhagavAn possesses a high stature due to his ownership of the SrIvaikuNtam – which is three times as large as this material creation, he is called ‘nivruththAthmA’. The scriptures … Read more

SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 22 221) grAmaNI: (ग्रामणीः) In his supreme abode of SrI vaikuntam, since bhagavAn leads the individual souls (his devotees) into an assembly of all the liberated and ever-liberated souls (nithyasUris and mukthAtmAs), he is called ‘grAmaNI:’. The word ‘grAma’ here refers … Read more

  SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 21 211) gururguruthama: (गुरुर्गुरुतमः) Thence the incarnation as the great fish – mathsyAvathAra – is hailed. bhagavAn is called ‘gururguruthama:’, since he is the foremost preceptor of all knowledge. He is hailed by hiraNya garbha as ‘the preceptor of even the … Read more

             SrI:  SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:  SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:  SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 20 201) sarvadhruk (सर्वदृक्) bhagavAn sees all the creatures – that are supportive, opposing as well as neutral to him – befittingly in order to control them. Hence, he is called ‘sarvadhruk’ – the one … Read more