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akSharaha = na kSharatIti akSharaha = The one who has no decrease = The one 
whose kaLyANa guNAs find no decrease even after being the sources of perpetual 
joy to all His seekers.

pASuram : Tiruviruttam - 91 (NammALwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)

samanvayam with pASuram : When He swallowed all of these worlds in a split of a 
second, His form was no different from the one that He had while stealing the 
butter. There was no change in that little divya mangaLa vigraham. There was no 
reduction to His kaLyANa guNAS both when He was a manikin and the all 
encompassing Trivikrama. He remains the same Sovereign one in all times and at 
all places. He is the one who is called 'akShara'.

pASuram :
Surungu uriveNNey | toDu puNDakaLvanai |
The little thief who stole butter from the pots

vaiga murTrum | orunguravuNDa peruvayirTrALanai
The one who swallowed all the worlds into His big belly

mAvalimATTu irunguraLAki iSaiya Or mUvaDivENDi ccenra
Who went to Bali as a manikin for a land worth 3 matchless steps (& tricked 
him).

perungiriyAnai yallAl | aDiyEn nengum pENaladE|
That great deft one alone is my heart's desire.

Detailed Interpretation : 
1) The little thief who stole the butter & swallowed all of these worlds at 
once into His belly : Well, when He swallowed all of these worlds, He was the 
same little one as He was when He stole the butter from the rope-shelves. There 
was no change in is tiny divya mangaLa vigraham.
Why did He steal butter from the gOpIs?...Its because they were devoid of the 
thought of surrendering the fruits of their actions to Him (sarvam SrI 
KriShNArpaNamastu). By stealing the butter, He filled that big void and blessed 
them with the rAsakrIDa mahOtsavam. Stealing the butter was just a pretext for 
showering His love on them. The gOpIs didn't give Him such a chance & He had to 
create one Himself. He didn't bother about all the chiding & mistreatment that 
He received in the process. His love for them was never lessened. For He is the 
akShara - whose love for us never knows any kind of reduction. Its always on 
the rise.
He keeps giving us many opputunities to realize Him. But when we misuse them 
and continue with our complicities & as our sins keep piling up, He decides to 
give it all a break and start all over again. And then He swallows all these 
worlds & preserves them with extreme care. The reason behind this act also, is 
His ever-lasting love for us. It is not lessened even on seeing the countless 
blemishes on our part. For, He is the akShara. He keeps creating again and 
again with the hope that we will recognize Him one day or the other; in one 
life or another.

2) The skillful one who went to Bali as a manikin and tricked Him : He went to 
Bali due to His love for Indra & the dEvatAs who had sought refuge in Him.
He became "Trivikrama" for the sake of all of us who are totally ignorant and 
are thus incapable in reaching out to Him. Through His SrIpAdams He measured 
all these worlds and bestowed the warmth of His affection on all of us.
His love for us was the same even when He donned the gigantic Trivikrama form. 
Whom else should we call 'akShara'?

3) He alone is my heart's desire : My heart is seeking Him & only Him. I cannot 
even think of any other God or any other theory. For I had recognized His 
overflowing love towards me. To create a similar love in my heart, He adorns 
all His kaLyANa guNAs in their totallity. They are the sole source of my joy 
and sustenance and know no decrease. They keep increasing as I experience them 
more and more. And so does my longing for that supreme Lord - The akShara.

4) akShara "eva ca" - The nAmAs "kShEtrajnaha" and "akSharaha" can be taken to 
imply the jIvAtma. For even the jIvAtma can be considered as a kShEtrajna and 
is also akShara. But...
Let us see How "eva ca" can be taken in this context. Till now we have talked 
about that Supreme Lord SrIman NArayaNa as the kShEtrajna and the akShara. He 
is the one referred to by the word "tat" in the famous Sruti vAkya - "tat tvam 
asi".
"eva ca" ( "also only" ) - indicates that the paramAtma reffered to by the word 
"tvam" in "tat tvam asi" also is the only kShEtrajna and akShara. It means that 
one need not stop at the level of jIvAtma and consider Him as akShara and 
kShEtrajna. One has to go to the paramAtma who is the indweller of all jIvAs 
(tvam in tat tvam asi) and refer Him as the one and only "akShara" and 
"kShEtrajna".

Jai Sriman Narayana 



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