<< Part 14<\/a><\/p>\n 141) chathurdhamshtra:<\/u> (\u091a\u0924\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0902\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0903)<\/p>\n Since bhagavAn shows his supremacy even in his vyUha forms, he is called \u2018chathurdhamshtra:\u2019 \u2013 the four teethed one. The possession of four fangs is said to be the characteristic of great men, as shown in this statement of SrI rAmAyaNam \u201crAma is a great man possessing fourteen equally proportioned organs, four fangs and four kinds of walking styles\u201d.<\/p>\n Etymology: Since bhagavAn possesses four fangs, he is called \u2018chathurdhamshtra:\u2019.<\/p>\n \u0926\u0902\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u093e\u091a\u0924\u0941\u0937\u094d\u0915\u092f\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0924\u094d \u091a\u0924\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0902\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930 \u0907\u0924\u093f \u0938\u094d\u092e\u0943\u0924\u0903 |<\/p>\n 142) chathurbhuja:<\/u> (\u091a\u0924\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0941\u091c\u0903)<\/p>\n Similarly, he is also \u2018chathurbhuja:\u2019 \u2013 the one with four shoulders. Even this characteristic of possessing four shoulders is said to be of great men, as shown in the scriptures thus:<\/p>\n Etymology: As a characteristic connoting of his greatness, he possesses four shoulders, and hence called \u2018chathurbhuja:\u2019.<\/p>\n \u092e\u0939\u093e\u092a\u0941\u0930\u0941\u0937\u0930\u0942\u092a\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0924\u094d \u0909\u091a\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0946 \u0939\u093f \u091a\u0924\u0941\u0930\u094d\u092d\u0941\u091c\u0903 |<\/p>\n ============================== 143) bhrAjishNu:<\/u> (\u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u091c\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0903)<\/p>\n bhagavAn is called \u2018bhrAjishNu:\u2019 since he is effulgent to his devotees who worship him with all the aforesaid qualities. The root \u2018bhrAj\u2019 (\u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u091c\u094d) is suffixed with \u2018ishNu:\u2019 (\u0907\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0903) as per the grammatical rules, resulting in this divine name. This name indicates that bhagavAn is the one who shows himself through his effulgence among his worshippers.<\/p>\n Etymology: BhagavAn is called \u2018bhrAjishNu:\u2019 due to his nature of showing himself through his effulgence to his worshippers.<\/p>\n \u0909\u092a\u093e\u0938\u093f\u0924\u0943\u092d\u094d\u092f\u094a \u092d\u094d\u0930\u093e\u091c\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0903 \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0915\u093e\u0936\u0928\u0936\u0940\u0932\u0924\u0903 |<\/p>\n 144) bhOjanam<\/u> (\u092d\u094a\u091c\u0928\u092e\u094d)<\/p>\n He is enjoyed by his devotees who see him with all his effulgence. He is called \u2018bhOjanam\u2019 since he is enjoyed as verily the food with all happiness by his devotees.<\/p>\n Etymology: He who is enjoyed by his devotees with all happiness is called \u2018bhOjanam\u2019.<\/p>\n \u0938\u0941\u0916\u0946\u0928 \u092d\u094a\u091c\u0928\u0902 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0939\u0941\u0903 \u092f\u094a \u092d\u0941\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0948\u0930\u0928\u0941\u092d\u0942\u092f\u0924\u0946 |<\/p>\n 145) bhOkthA<\/u> (\u092d\u094a\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e) (also repeated in 502)<\/p>\n The one who himself enjoys the various offerings of his devotees that are offered with love, as much as nectar itself, is called \u2018bhOkthA\u2019 \u2013 the enjoyer. This is as per bhagavAn\u2019s words in the bhagavath gIthA:<\/p>\n Etymology: bhagavAn is called \u2018bhOkthA\u2019 since he is the consumer of all offerings of his devotees offered with pure love. He is called so, since he is the consumer of nectar (food offered by his devotees with pure love).<\/p>\n \u092d\u094a\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e\u0930\u094d\u092a\u093f\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f \u092d\u094a\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0943\u0924\u094d\u0935\u093e\u0924\u094d \u092d\u094a\u0915\u094d\u0924\u093e \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u092e\u0943\u0924\u0938\u094d\u092f \u0935\u093e |<\/p>\n 146) sahishNu:<\/u> (\u0938\u0939\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0903) (also repeated in 570)<\/p>\n In order to attract his devotees closer to him, bhagavAn endures the various misdeeds of his devotees that they may have committed in the past or that they may commit in future \u2013 whether knowingly or unknowingly \u2013 with all their faculties (organs, mind et al), such as: disrespecting scriptural injunctions as in \u2018refraining from scriptural prescriptions\u2019, \u2018doing something that the scriptures have avoided\u2019, etc, which may be categorized either as ordinary faults or extraordinary faults such as criticizing bhagavAn himself, and also the endless list of faults that the devotees themselves cannot bear. Due to this infinite endurance, he is called \u2018sahishNu:\u2019 \u2013 the patient one.<\/p>\n Again, as seen previously, the root \u2018sah\u2019 (\u0938\u0939\u094d) (to endure) is suffixed with \u2018ishNu:\u2019 (\u0907\u0937\u094d\u0923\u0941\u0903) due to such patience being the inherent nature of bhagavAn.<\/p>\n How does bhagavAn possess such extreme endurance towards his devotees\u2019 misdeeds? It is purely due to his inherent patience. Just as the nature of moon, water, et al is to be cool always, so also such supreme endurance of bhagavAn is purely out of his own nature and not assumed anytime.<\/p>\n Thus ends the elaboration of names connoting the \u2018vyUha\u2019 forms of bhagavAn.<\/p>\n Etymology: bhagavAn endures all kinds of misdeeds of his devotees done in the past or future with their minds and other faculties, such as violations of scriptural injunctions, and some other types of misdeeds which are even unbearable to the devotees themselves! Since he shows such supreme endurance towards the misdeeds of all his devotees, as a natural trait, he is called \u2018sahishNu:\u2019.<\/p>\n Till now, the vyUha form of bhagavAn was elucidated. Henceforth, the \u2018vibhava\u2019 form (incarnations) is being said.<\/p>\n \u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u0917\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0927\u094d\u0935\u0902 \u0938\u091e\u094d\u091a\u093f\u0924\u093e\u0928\u093e\u0902 \u091a \u092c\u0941\u0926\u094d\u0927\u094d\u092f\u093e \u091a \u0915\u0930\u0923\u0948\u0903 \u0938\u0926\u093e | \u0905\u0924\u0940\u0924\u094d\u092f \u0915\u094d\u0930\u093f\u092f\u092e\u093e\u0923\u093e\u0928\u093e\u092e\u0938\u0924\u094d\u0938\u0946\u0935\u093e\u0928\u0941\u092c\u0928\u094d\u0927\u093f\u0928\u093e\u092e\u094d | \u0938\u094d\u0935\u092d\u0915\u094d\u0924\u0935\u093f\u0937\u092f\u093e\u0923\u093e\u0902 \u091a \u0928\u093f\u0930\u094d\u092e\u0930\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0926\u0915\u0943\u0924\u0948\u0928\u0938\u093e\u092e\u094d | \u0935\u0930\u094d\u0923\u093f\u0924\u094as\u092d\u0942\u0924\u094d \u0935\u094d\u092f\u0942\u0939\u092d\u0946\u0926\u094a \u0935\u093f\u092d\u0935\u0938\u094d\u0924\u0941 \u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0924\u0946 ||<\/p>\n 147) jagadhAdhija:<\/u> (\u091c\u0917\u0926\u093e\u0926\u093f\u091c\u0903)<\/p>\n Henceforth, the glories of bhagavAn\u2019s incarnations in his \u2018vibhava\u2019 forms are elucidated. This divine name \u2018jagadhAdhija:\u2019 \u2013 the primordial creator \u2013 refers to bhagavAn\u2019s incarnation as \u2018vishNu\u2019, the second of the trinity (brahma, vishNu and Siva).<\/p>\n This divine name indicates that bhagavAn manifested amongst the very first entities in this creation \u2013 the trinity namely brahmA, vishNu and Siva. The root \u2018jan\u2019 (\u091c\u0928\u094d) (to be born) is suffixed with \u2018da:\u2019 (\u0921\u0903) as per the grammatical aphorism \u2018\u0938\u092a\u094d\u0924\u092e\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0902 \u091c\u0928\u0946\u0930\u094d\u0921\u0903\u2019. The same rule is applied in other divine names as well, such as \u2018mEdhaja:\u2019 (\u092e\u0946\u0927\u091c\u0903) (759), \u2018gadhAgraja:\u2019 (\u0917\u0926\u093e\u0917\u094d\u0930\u091c\u0903) (770), et al.<\/p>\n This can be seen in the prayers of brahmA and other dhEvas as well, as shown below:<\/p>\n Etymology: Since bhagavAn is born among the primordial entities of creation \u2013 the trinity namely brahma, vishNu and Siva \u2013 in the form of \u2018vishNu\u2019, he is called \u2018jagadhAdhija:\u2019.<\/p>\n \u091c\u0917\u0924\u093e\u092e\u093e\u0926\u093f\u092d\u0942\u0924\u093e\u0938\u0941 \u092e\u0942\u0930\u094d\u0924\u093f\u0937\u094d\u0935\u0928\u094d\u092f\u0924\u092e\u0924\u094d\u0935\u0924\u0903 | 148) anagha:<\/u> (\u0905\u0928\u0918\u0903) (also repeated in 835)<\/p>\n Although born in this samsAra as one among the individual souls, since he is untouched by the effects of karma, he is called \u2018anagha:\u2019 \u2013 the one who is untouched by sins.<\/p>\n Etymology: The one who rivals sins is called \u2018anagha:\u2019.<\/p>\n \u092a\u093e\u092a\u092a\u094d\u0930\u0924\u093f\u0938\u094d\u092a\u0930\u094d\u0927\u0940 \u0905\u0928\u0918\u0903 |<\/p>\n 149) vijaya:<\/u> (\u0935\u093f\u091c\u092f\u0903)<\/p>\n Even for the other two entities in the trinity \u2013 brahmA and Siva, since bhagavAn is the one who assigns the tasks of creation and destruction and also makes them successful in their respective tasks, he is called \u2018vijaya:\u2019 \u2013 the victorious one. This is as said in the scriptures: \u201cThe creator and destroyer (four faced brahmA and rudhra) walk in the path laid down by bhagavAn\u201d.<\/p>\n Etymology: \u2018vijaya:\u2019 (bhagavAn) is the victor of all worlds.<\/p>\n \u0935\u093f\u091c\u092f\u094a \u091c\u0917\u0924\u093e\u0902 \u091c\u092f\u0940 |<\/p>\n 150) jEthA<\/u> (\u091c\u0946\u0924\u093e)<\/p>\n Also, bhagavAn ordains the other two entities (brahmA and rudhra) to act as per his wishes. Hence he is called \u2018jEthA\u2019 \u2013 the ordainer.<\/p>\n Etymology: The one who ordains brahma and Sankara to act as per his wishes is called \u2018jEthA\u2019.<\/p>\n \u0938\u094d\u0935\u093e\u092d\u093f\u092a\u094d\u0930\u093e\u092f\u0946 \u0938\u094d\u0925\u093e\u092a\u092f\u093f\u0924\u093e \u091c\u0946\u0924\u093e \u0938\u094d\u092f\u093e\u0924\u094d \u0935\u093f\u0927\u093f\u0936\u0919\u094d\u0915\u0930\u094c |<\/p>\n adiyen srinivasa raja ramanuja dasan<\/p>\n archived in\u00a0https:\/\/divyaprabandham.koyil.org<\/a><\/p>\n pramEyam (goal) \u2013\u00a0https:\/\/koyil.org<\/a> SrI:\u00a0 SrImathE SatakOpAya nama:\u00a0 SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:\u00a0 SrImath varavaramunayE nama: Full Series << Part 14 141) chathurdhamshtra: (\u091a\u0924\u0941\u0930\u094d\u0926\u0902\u0937\u094d\u091f\u094d\u0930\u0903) Since bhagavAn shows his supremacy even in his vyUha forms, he is called \u2018chathurdhamshtra:\u2019 \u2013 the four teethed one. 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