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       SrImate SrI ra'nga rAmAnuja mahA deSikAya namaH.

            SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam - Slokam 107.
               nAma-s 994, 995. nandakI, cakrI.

994. nandakI ? He Who has nandakI, the sword.

om nandakine namaH.

The root for the nAma is nand ? samRddhau ? to be pleased, to 
thrive.  Both SrI BhaTTar and SrI vAsishTha refer to the pANini sUtra 
3.1.150 ? Asishi ca, whereby the affix vun is added to the verb when 
benediction is intended.  This leads to the word nandakaH, with the 
meaning `may he be happy'.   nandakI then refers to One Who is 
inseparably associated with the sword that is prayed for with the 
prayer:  "May He keep me happy"m j.  SrI BhaTTar interprets the nAma 
as a reference to the divine sword that the Lord possesses, to whom 
the Lord makes the prayer to give Him joy in His victories.   

SrI vAsishTha on the other hand interprets the nAma as "One Who has 
beings for whom He wishes happiness always, and whom He can bless 
as "may he be happy always" ? ASamsanArham priyam vastu nityam asya 
asti iti `nandakI'.  Thus, he does not even refer to the divine 
weapon in his interpretation.   

Sri Sa'nkara explains the nAma as One Who carries the sword called 
nandaka, representing knowledge ?"vidyA-mayo nadakAkhyaH asiH asya 
asti iti nadakI".   This follows the description of the divine 
weapons given in SrI vishNu purANam that we discussed in the previous 
nAma.  SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN gives the same interpretation ? 
vi~jnAnAtmako nandako asiH asya asti iti nandakI. 

SrI cinmayAnanda gives the following explanation:  "The Lord's sword 
is called nandaka.  Therefore, this term indicates One Who holds and 
wields the nandaka sword.  The word nanda-kam means "that which 
brings bliss".  The SAstra-s sing that this divine sword in the 
sacred hands of Lord Hari represents the Knowledge-Spiritual (vidyA-
tattva) with which a seeker can destroy his ignorance of the Self in 
him".

995. cakrI ? He Who has the cakra, the Discus.

om cakriNe namaH.

We have studied this nAma earlier in Sloka 97 (nAma 908).  Please 
refer to that write-up as well.

Cakra refers to the Discus, and He Who has the Discus as one of His 
weapons is cakrI.  The cakra in bhagavAn's hand is called the 
sudraSana cakra.  As noted earlier, it serves as the adornment for 
bhagavAn, as well as a weapon against the enemies of His devotees.  
SrI BhaTTar notes that the carkra in His hands is always smeared with 
the blood of the rAkshasa-s who are the sworn enemies of the gods who 
are His devotees.  It is also adorned by the flames of fire that are 
shooting out of it.  periAzhvAr refers to Him as taDavarai tOL 
cakkarapANi (periAzh. 5.4.4) ? "One with the broad shoulders bearing 
the cakra (and the SAr'nga bow)".

SrI satyadevo vAsishTha takes a more generic meaning for the term 
cakra as something going round and round or happening again and again 
in circles, and gives the interpretation that bhagavAn has the nAma 
cakrI because He has established this world with events that happen 
again and again in circles ? such as the appearance of the sun, the 
moon, the planets, etc.

SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives references to SrImad bhAgavatam and 
SrI vishNu purANam:
   
-       sudarSanam cakram asahya tejaH ? "The sudrSana cakra with 
tejas that cannot be confronted" ? SrImad bhAga.  8.20.30.
-       namaste cakra hastAya (SrI VishNu purA. 5.30.22)

SrI cinmayAnanda explains the nAma as "One Who carries the Discus 
called sudarSana.  sudarSana means "that which gives the auspicious 
vision.  The SAstra-s attribute to this Discus-Divine the 
representation of the human mind". 

SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN captures the thought as: "tejas-tattvam 
sudarSana cakram asya asti iti cakrI" ? He Who bears the sudarSana 
cakra that represents the tattva of tejas.

SrI veLukkuDi kRshNan's anubhavam is that bhIshma has 
introduced `nandakI' between Sa'nkha and cakra just so bhagavAn's 
beauty with Sa'nkha and cakra does not get the dosham of dRshTi from 
those who are not His devotees.   

Other names for cakra noted by SrI kRshNan are:  hetirAjan, 
rathA'nga, and sudarSana.  rathA'ngapANi is the nAma we will discuss 
after a couple of nAma-s.

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan
(To be continued)




 
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