Thursday, October 2, 2008

Definition of Narayana in Shruti

Vyam Vedvyasaya Namaha
Sri Gurubhyo namaha
Sadagamaikvignyeyam samateetksharaksharam
Narayanam sada vande nirdoshasheshasadgunam
Samateetksharaksharam:
In the previous post we have dealt with Sadagamaikvignyeyam.
here we will elaborate samateetksharaksharam.
It means there is nothing greater than Narayana in this world of sentient and non sentient.
kshara means that which is perishable. it also means jiva and jada . the bodies of all the jeeva /souls are perishable.jada is ofcourse undergoes all kinds of deformation and alteration. at the end of the universe/kalpa pralaya all these perish .
Akshara refers to prakriti . the trigunas ie. chitprakriti satva rajas tamas. it also means Laxmidevi.
Narayana is infinitely above and different from kshara and akshara ie. jiva jada and laxmidevi.
In other words these jiva jada and prkriti are neither equal nor above Narayana.
Samateetksharaksharam is a definition of Narayana in Vedas.
Bramha shivaha suradyashcha shariraksharanat ksharaha
laxmiraksharadehatvadakshara tatparo hari (paramashruti)
srikrishnarpana.
in the next post we shall see what vedas say about this world: