SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 105 - nAma 979. yaj~na-bhuk.
979. yaj~na-bhuk ? The Enjoyer or the Protector of the sacrifice.
om yaj~na-bhuje namaH.
yaj~nam bhu'nkte, bhunakti iti vA yaj~na-bhuk. The root used is
bhuj ? pAlana abhyavahArayoH ? to protect, to eat, to consume, to
enjoy. Thus, both the meanings (He is the Enjoyer, and He is the
Protector) are given. Both SrI Sa'nkara and SrI BhaTTar give both
the definitions.
SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj emphasizes the meaning bhu'nkte = aSnAti =
consumes, and gives the following interpretation: "ijyante dIyante
samarpyante svajanaiH iti yaj~nAH, arthAt nAnA-vidhA rucirAH
padArthAH | tAn bhu'nkte aSnAti iti yaj~na-bhuk" ? He Who accepts
and enjoys the different kinds of offerings that are offered with
devotion by the devotees is ya~jna-bhuk. He gives support from the
gItA:
patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyA prayacchati |
tad-aham bhaktyupahRtam aSnAmi prayatAtmanaH || 9gItA 9.26)
"Whoever offers Me with true devotion a leaf, a flower, a fruit or
some water, I accept this offering made with devotion by him with
pure heart".
It is worth recalling from the write-up for the previous nAma that
yaj~na is anything offered with sincerity, and that bhagavAn is ever
ready to accept even the simplest offering as long as it is made with
love, as we saw from the pASuram-s of toNDaraDippoDi AzhvAr, as
elaborated by SrI veLukkuDi kRshNan. The gItA Slokam quoted here
confirms the same point. SrImad SrImushNam ANDavan refers to the
gItA Slokam 9.24: "aham hi sarva yaj~nAnAm bhoktA ca prabhureva ca" ?
(I am the enjoyer and also the Lord of all the sacrifices".
For the current nAma, SrI kRshNan points out that the protection
aspect of yaj~na-s by bhagavAn is very well illustrated in His rAma
incarnation, where He protects the yAga by sage viSvAmitra. Anyone
who came in the way of the yaj~na was finished off by Lord rAma.
This is a vivid and visible case of protection of the yaj~na by
bhagavAn. For all the yaj~na-s performed, bhagavAn is the means, the
end, the One Who is worshipped, the One Who is the Object of worship,
and is also the One Who ensures the successful completion of the
yaj~na by protecting it from all obstacles. This is the significance
of the interpretation that "He is the Protector of yaj~na-s".
SrI cinmayAnanda makes another important point: "All that is offered
into the sacred Fire during a yaj~na, though with an invocation to
any of the deities, in tender devotion and with joy, goes to Him
alone, "The One receiver of all that is offered"".
-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued).
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