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    SrI vishNu sahasra nAmam ? Slokam 106 - nAma 985. Atma-yoniH.

Atma-yoniH svayam-jAto vaikhAnaH sAma-gAyanaH     |
devakI-nandanaH srashTA kshitiSaH pApa-nASanaH     ||

om Atma-yonaye namaH.
om svayam-jAtAya namaH.
om vaikhAnAya namaH.
om sAma-gAyanAya namaH.
om devakI-nandanAya namaH.
om sRashTre namaH.
om kshitISAya namaH.
om pApa-nASanAya namaH.

985.    Atma-yoniH ? He mixes with His devotees very easily.

The root from which the word yoni is derived is yu ? miSraNe amiSraNe 
ca ? to join, to separate.  The affix ni is added by application of 
the uNAdi sUtra 4. 51, leading to the word yoni ? womb.  One 
explanation for the nAma is AtmA = svayameva, svasya yoniH = kAraNam ?
 He Who is the Cause for Himself.   

SrI BhaTTar uses the root yu ? `to unite, to mix', and interprets the 
nAma as -  "dughdeneva sitAvalayam AtmanA bhoktAram miSrayati iti 
Atma-yoniH" - One Who mixes others with Himself easily like milk with 
sugar.  In other words it is bhagavAn's sauSIlyam that is emphasized 
by SrI BhaTTar through this nAma.   

As has been pointed out in many previous nAma-s, Sri BhaTTar's main 
emphasis in his sahasra nAma vyAkhyAnam is to bring out the two guNa-
s of bhagavAn that are of utmost significance and importance to the 
devotees ? namely bhagavAn's sauSIlyam and saulabhyam.  The 
interpretation of the current nAma is a vivid example where SrI 
BhaTTar uses his skills in interpretation to emphasize bhagavAn's 
guNa of sauSIlyam ? or His ability to mix with His devotees with the 
greatest ease, and let them enjoy Him easily and completely, as long 
as they are sincerely devoted to Him.  

SrI baladeva vidyA bhUshaN echoes the same thoughts as Sri BhaTTar in 
his interpretation ? AtmAnam svam yauti bhaktaH sahavAsa bhoge iti 
Atma-yoniH ? He Who mixes the bhakta-s with Himself indistinguishably 
for the purpose of their enjoyment of Him.  He quotes the ananda maya 
vidyA from Ananda valli of taittirIya upanishad  ? "yo veda nihitam 
guhAyAm parame vyoman | So'Snute sarvAn kAnmAn saha  | brahmaNA 
vipaSciteti |  - "He who knows Brahman hidden in the cavity of the 
heart, enjoys in the supreme abode all the auspicious qualities of 
Brahman along with the all-knowing Brahman".

SrI v.v. rAmAnujan refers us to nammAzhvAr's tiruvAimozhi pASuram 
2.3.1 in support of SrI BhaTTar's interpretation:

        Unil vAzh uyirE nallai pO unnaip peRRu
        vAnuLAr perumAn maduSUdan en ammAn
        tAnum yAnum ellAm tannuLLE kalandu ozhindOm
tEnum pAlum neyyum kannalum amudum ottE.    (tiruvAi. 2.3.1)

"O my mind! Even though you are present in this physical body of 
flesh and the like - all filthy, you have served me right in the 
direction of deliverance.  What I have enjoyed is what nityasUri-s 
enjoy in SrI vaikunTham.  BhagavAn has subdued me even when I was in 
a mood to leave Him, and has made me a happy servant of His, and he 
has become one with me.  It is like honey mixing with honey, milk 
with milk, sugar with sugar,  ghee with ghee, and nectar with nectar."

It is worth noting that while SrI BhaTTar says that bhagavAn mixes 
with His devotee like sugar and milk (see his vyAkhyAnam above), 
AzhvAr says bhagavAn has mixed with Him like milk with milk itself 
(honey with honey, milk with milk, ghee with ghee, etc.), a level 
more intimate than the mixing of milk and sugar.  

SrI Sa'nkara brings out an aspect of bhagavAn's function of creation 
through this nAma ? Atmaiva yoniH ? upAdAna kAraNam na anyat iti Atma-
yoniH ? Because He alone is the material cause of the universe, and 
no other, therefore He is called Atma-yoniH.  

SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj also gives the interpretation that since 
bhagavAn has no cause other than Himself, He is called Atma-yoniH ? 
svambhUtvAt Atma-yoniH.  He gives support from the Upanishad:

        sa viSva-kRd viSva-vid Atma-yoniH (SvetASvatara. 6.16)

While SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the meaning svayam-bhU to the 
word Atma-yoniH in the upnaishadic passage above, SrI N. S. 
anantara'ngAcArya translates the term as "indweller in the jIvAtman" 
in his book titled "Selections from the Upanishads", and this 
translation is based on the vyAkhyAna of SrI ra'nga rAmAnuja muni.  

-dAsan kRshNamAcAryan

(To be continued)





 
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