BhArabhrut kathitO yOgee

BhArabhrut kathitO yOgee yOgeesa: sarvakAmada: | 

Asrama: sramaNa: kshAma: suparNO vAyuvAhana: || 

BhArabhrut -- When surrendered to Him He Himself takes upon Himself our burden. 

Kathita: -- According to Sri Adisankara -- ' All the Vedas and other sastras unanimously declare and talk about His exclusive superiority and He being the only way out of samsara to moksha.' 

YOgee -- Wisdom is that which conjoins the soul with Him and He is that yoga. Yoga means highest ecstatic samadhi state and He is always in that state. 

YOgeesa: --  He is the master of all yogis and He is the goal of all yogis. 

SarvakAmada: -- In the highest state of yoga He gives the satisfaction of all desires accomplished. 

Asrama: -- He is the resting place and refresher of all yogic aspirants across various births. 

SramaNa: -- By giving suitable births in conducive atmosphere He makes the yogis to strive all the more and grow to perfection speedily. 

KshAma: -- He is the unchanging patience that conserves the yogis' efforts across births and thereby never allowing their good beginnings to go waste. 

SuparNa: -- He has beautiful and benevolent wings to take them across samsara. Int he world tree the Vedas are said to be the leaves. 

VAyuvAhana: -- The great vehicle through air, viz., Garuda is His vahana. In the Sri Rama incarnation Hanuman, Vayuputra, was His great servant. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

ANur bhruhat krusa: sthUlO

ANur bhruhat krusa: sthUlO guNabhrun nirguNO mahAn | 

adhruta: svadhruta: svAsya: prAgvamsO vamsavardhana: || 

ANu: -- He is the subtlest and hence all pervasive. 

Bhruhat -- He is the biggest and makes the soul to grow big in knowledge. 

Krusa: -- He is also the finest of the fine. 

SthUla: -- He is again the gross because He is the whole cosmos. 

GuNabhrut -- Guna is the entire cosmos and He is the support. 

NirguNa: -- The world is made of three gunas like Satwa, Rajas, Tamas. He is not touched by any of these gunas. 

MahAn -- He is great in all aspects, beyond matter and whatever He wishes are already accomplished. 

Adhruta: -- He is the support of all existing things but He needs no support for Himself. 

Svadhruta: -- He is the one truly independent reality established in nothing but Himself. 

SvAsya: -- His posture, whether sitting, standing or reclining is full of auspiciousness. 

PrAgvamsa: -- He is prior even to the eternal muktas around Him. He has to be prior to them to enable their existence. 

Vamsavardhana: -- The commune of eternal muktas in Sri Vaikunta is increased by Him by liberating souls in this world from samsara. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

SahasrArchi: saptajihva:

SahasrArchi: saptajihva: saptaidhA: saptavAhana: | 

amUrthi: anaghO S chintyO bhayakrut bhayanAsana: || 

SahasrArchi: -- He is the Sun with innumerable rays from Him. This indicates He can choose to enlighten any soul at any time in any way. 

Saptajihva: -- Fire according to Sastras has seven tongues like kali, karali etc. He is the Supreme Transcendent Fire. His seven tongues are symbolic of seven chakras or states. 

SaptaidhA: -- Again lot of fire and yajna symbolism are used here. In yajnas Agni is kindled in seven ways, 'Edha'. The soul's journey according to Vedas are through seven stations. He is the real kindler behind all the stages. 

SaptavAhana: -- Seven vehicles or horses in the mystic journey of the soul are implied here. He stands as all those transportations. 

AmUrthi: -- His form cannot be explained in terms of material forms. That is why His form is called Divyamangala Vigraham. 

Anagha: -- Anything that goes into formation has to bear some blemish. Since His form is beyond no blemish attaches to Him. 

Achintya: -- Really speaking He cannot be thought about and comprehended. 

Bhayakrut -- When the soul strays away from Him that becomes the cause of its fear. 

BhayanAsana: -- When the same soul goes to Him fear vanishes of itself. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

Sulabha: suvrata: siddha:

Sulabha: suvrata: siddha: satrujit satru tApana: | 

nyagrOdhOdumbarO S svattha: chANUrAndhra nishUdana: || 

Sulabha: -- If you have true love in your heart it is very easy to worship Him. He always looks at the love at heart rather than what you offer. 

Suvrata: -- He has the firm and good unchangeable resolve to protect those who have surrendered. It is His vow unto Himself. 

Siddha: -- It is not that we slowly win Him over to us. He has been and He is always full of grace and anxious expectation that we should come to Him the sooner. 

Satrujit SatrutApana: -- He has no enemies. But whoever does harm to sadhus and pious souls He treats them with utmost sternness and chastises them for their good. 

NyagrOdha: udumbara: -- There is a beautiful symbolism inlaid in this name or double-name. Nyagrodha: is the banyan tree which drops its roots downward to the ground and grow. Udumbara is Atti tree that grows very tall towards the sky. Bhagavan is both banyan-like and also atti-like. This signifies both His height and greatness and also His flowing towards the lowliest of the low. He is Nyagrodha - Banyan in the sense that even an anjali is enough to attract Him to help us and save us. But He is waited upon even by Brahma to get darsan. The highest of the highest rushes down to help the lowliest of the low. example - Gajendra Moksha. 

Asvattha: -- The asvattha tree is samsara, this world when seen with the unenlightened eyes. But with the eyes of knowledge the same Asvattha is the form of Bhagavan. 

ChANUrandranishUdana: -- He is the killer of wrestler ChaNUrAndra, the enemy of devas. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

Kumuda: kundara: kunda:

Kumuda: kundara: kunda: parjanya: pAvanO S nila: | 

amrutAsO S mrutavapu: sarvajna: sarvatOmukha: || 

Kumuda: -- By His birth He gladdens the earth, called Ku. Highest spirituality fulfills the purpose of the basic earth. 

Kundara: -- He is the giver of the Paramatma-knowledge. Kunda means knowledge of Paramatman. 

Kunda: --He develops the spiritual knowledge He gives to successive stages by destroying the sins blocking the progress. 

Parjanya: -- He is the cool and assuaging and life-giving rains of highest knowledge that pours on the scorched souls in samsara. 

PAvana: -- He is the greatest purifier and still He goes freely to all the beings like the wind. 

Anila: -- He gives knowledge, protects the souls all by Himself with nobody to induce Him. 

AmrutAsa: -- The devotees are always overwhelmed by the nectar of His auspicious gunas. 

Amrutavapu: -- Everything about Him is blissful, His nature, His very form is made of immortal nectar as it were. 

Sarvajna: -- He knows all the things, each and every detail. He knows the state of maturity of Jivas, their potential to advance and so on. 

SarvatOmukha: -- He has an accepting and compassionate face in every direction, in every possible way, so that the souls may reach Him from where they find themselves. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

SuvarNabindu: akshObhya:

SuvarNabindu: akshObhya: sarvavAgeesvarEswara: | 

mahAhradO mahAgartO mahAbhUtO mahAnidhi: || 

SuvarNabindu: -- His teachings seem to be so easy and clear but really laden with subtle and mystic dimensions. 

AkshObhya: -- None can confuse Him in debates for He is too deep to rush in assumptions. 

SarvavAgeeswarEswara: -- He is the Master of masters of language. 

MahAhrada: -- He is a sweet and cool pond in the scorching wastes of samsara. 

MahAgarta: -- He is deeper than abyss if approached in the wrong way and for the pious, He  is the deepest, gaping hole of immortality, falling into which there is no question of returning back. So the pious can rest assured. 

MahAbhUta: -- He considers great Jnanis to be His own soul. 

MahAnidhi: -- He keeps great souls with so much owning like a miser keeps the hoards of wealth. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***

Udbhava: sundara: sundO

Udbhava: sundara: sundO ratnanAbha: sulOchana: | 

arkO vAjasana: srungee jayanta: sarvavijjayee || 

Udbhava: -- He appears on earth only to lead the souls to moksha. 

Sundara: -- Even those who are adamant against His teachings are bewitched by His beauty and come to the good path. 

Sunda: -- His heart is full of compassion regarding the souls on earth. 

RatnanAbha: -- His waist studded with His navel as a gem is charming and His gait wins the hearts of many. 

SulOchana: -- His eyes look so benevolently and deep into the hearts of people that multitudes are won over to the path of mukti. 

Arka: -- He is worshipped as very great even by persons and gods of very great calibre. 

VAjasana: -- He gives food for the mouth and food for the soul in plenty. 

Srungee -- He has a bewitching head-style that imprints Him on the hearts of many. 

Jayanta: -- In debates He wins without any strain. 

Sarvavijjayee -- In debates it is the all knowing scholars that He wins very easily. 

Srirangam Mohanarangan 

***