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SHRI
SAILEELA
JANUARY- FEBUARY2005
THE
PANEGYRIC CONSISTING OF THE THOUSAND NAMES OF THE CELEBRATED
DATTATREYA
(Contd. from
Nov.-Dec. 2004)
229.
Ever-united (with the Supreme Brahman), 230. Ever-liberated, 231.
True, 232. One whose valour is true, 233. the Purificator of the
heart, 234. Reality and 235. the Refuge of those who are endowed
with Sattva (i.e. the quality of goodness and purity which is
regarded as the excellence of the three Gunas of Nature),
(30)
236. The
Possessor of splendour (or Endowed with glory), 237. Having
majestic form, 238. Prosperous, 239. the Refuge of excellence,
240. Adored by Gods, 241. the Abode of the royal glory, 242. the
Master of glory, 243. the Controller of the royal glory, 244. the
Heart of glory*10
(i.e.
the Centre of glory), 245. the Abode of glory and Rama (31)
246. The
Renouncer, 247. One who is endowed with the true sense of
renunciation, 248. the Soul of renunciation (or One who is all
renunciation - 249. the Embodied form of renunciation, 250.
the Accomplished soul characterised by renunciation, 251. the
Knower of renunciation and 252. the Cause of renunciation, (32)
253. the
Enjoyer of the objects and 254. the Object of enjoyments, 255. the
Source of the means of enjoyments, 256. the Enjoyer (or the
Ruler), 257. One who is possessed of the objects of enjoyments,
258. the Manifestor (or Bestower) of the knowledge of enjoyments,
(33)
259. the
Absolute Entity, 260. Keshava (literally ‘One having much, fine
and luxuriant hair’), 261. Krishna (i.e. One who attracts
devotees), 262. One whose residence is water (or One who resides
in happiness i.e. ever-delightful)*11,
263. One whose abode is lotus (or One whose abode is water)*12,
264. One who is adorable by Brahma (i.e. Who is respected
by the Creator), 265. Hari and 266. the Manifestor of ignorance*13
(of
people) (or the Manifestor of ignorance of himself apparently),
(34)
267. the
Great Soul and 268. the Origin of Mahat (i.e. Intellect,
the first evolution of Nature), 269. the Great Master, 270. Adored
by the elements (i.e. the Best of the elements), 271. One whose
nature is beyond mind and intellect, 272. the Respectful
personality and 273. the Lord of human beings, (35)
274. the
Lord of the worlds and 275. Magnificence, 276. Steadiness, 277.
Retentiveness, 278. Memorial power, 279. Mercy, 280. the
Extinguisher of the conflagration in the form of miseries, 281.
the Enlightened Soul, 282. the Great Lord, (36)
283. the
Destroyer of lustfulness and 284. the Destroyer of anger and also
285. the Destroyer of hypocrisy, insolence and pride, 286. the
Enemy of darkness in the form of ignorance, 287. the Foe of the
cycle of birth and death (or the Enemy of the recurrence of birth
i.e. the Emancipator (or the Liberator) from metempsychosis), 288.
the Lord of the universe, (37)
289. the
Creator of elegance (or beauty), 290. the Sustainer of elegance,
291. Possessed of elegance, 292. the Embodied form of elegance,
293. the Cause of elegance, 294. the Soul of elegance and 295. the
Witness of any visible object,*14
296.
Possessed of the qualities of names and forms and 297. the
Destroyer (or the Destroyer of the qualities of names and forms,
if the last compounded word is taken as which we think is the
probable reading), (38)
298.
Infinite, 299. and Finite, 300. Valid means of proof, 301. the
syllable Aum (‚), 302. Property, 303. Beyond the proof, 304.
Inconceivable, 305. Sentient and 306. One who is free from mental
afflictions, (39)
307.
Imperishable and 308. Beyond the indestructible spirit, 309. Free
from mental afflictions, 310. the Destroyer of mental afflictions,
311. the Distinguished One, 312. Modest, 313. a Learned Person (or
Versed in scriptures), 314. the Perceived One (or Visible or
Observable), 315. Beyond a similar Object (or Beyond the
Shastras), (40)
316. the
Lord of the ingredients of Nature and 317. Possessed of the body
of the ingredients of Nature, 318. the Soul of the ingredients of
Nature, 319. the Creator of the ingredients of Nature, 320.
Endowed with infinite virtues, 321. One in whose interior lie the
ingredients of Nature, 322. the Master of the ingredients of
Nature, (41)
323. the
Lord of the Ganas and 324. the Lord of Gods, 325. the Soul of the
Ganas, 326. the Creator of the Ganas, 327. the Kinsman of the
Ganas, 328. Endowed with the discriminative sight, 329. Associated
with the Ganas, 330. the Valour embodied, (42)
331. One who
is beyond reasoning, 332. a Sacrifice (or intelligence) and 333.
Fire, 334. Grateful, 335. the Abode of compassion, 336. the
Devotional Act, 337. the Fruit of the devotional act, 338. the
Donor (or Liberal), 339. Adorable by the sacrifice and 340. the
Best of the Gods, (43)
341. Born
from the golden egg (i.e. Brahma), 342. One who is
possessed of beauty in interior part, 343. Embriyo, 344. the Great
Lord, 345. One in whom resides Maya, 346. One in whom
regions are situated, 347. Self-born and 348. the Destroyer of the
worlds, (44)
349.
Sinless, 350. Firm, 351. Delightful, 352. Knowledge, 353. the
Abode of knowledge, 354. the Embodied form of knowledge, 355. the
Essence of the sentiment of knowledge, 356. the Destroyer of the
elephant*16
in
the form of dualism, (45)
357. the
Inherent state, 358. the Creator, 359. the Emancipated One, 360.
Distinct (or the Manifested One), 361. the Abode of the manifested
(world), 362. Ever-satisfied, 363. Without unreal appearance, 364.
the Refuge, 365. the Asylum, 366. the Cordial One, (46)
367. the
Master of the secret, 368. Profound with virtues, 369. the
Dispeller of the ingredients of Nature and vices (or the Remover
of virtues and vices*17),
370. Free from attachment of the ingredients of Nature, 371.
Subsisting on Yoga, 372. the Destroyer of conceit, (47)
373.
Delight, 374. Bliss, 375. the Inborn Delight, 376. the
Preponderater (the Enhancer) of happiness, 377. the True Delight,
378. the Delight of consciousness, 379. Absorbed in (or solely
devoted to) the absolute delight (i.e. Engrossed in supreme
bliss), (48)
380. the
Embodied Form of Reality, 381. the Natural disposition, 382.
Truthful, 383. Endowed with delight (i.e. delightful), 384.
Exceedingly charming, 385. the Entire Entity, more over (“Öî¾Ö),
386. the Destroyer of everything and 387. the Predecessor of the
predecessors (or all ancient-most things), (49)
388.
All-space (or Constituted of the ether), 389. Beyond space or
beyond the ether, 390. the Originator of the ether or space, 391.
Brahman in the form of the ether or space, 392. Possessed
of the body of the ether or space, 393. the Sun [or One who
flies in space], 394. Endowed with clothes in the form of space
and 395. Aloof from space, 396. the Treasure of happiness*18
[or
the Treasure of knowledge], 397. the High Refuge of knowledge [or
the Highest abode of space], (50)
398.
Infinite and 399. One who is the very beginning of all beings [or
the Primordial Existence] (or the Primordial Being), 400. Residing
in the orb of the Sun, 401. Unfailing, 402. Extremely infallible,
403. Beyond the range of sight [i.e. Invisible] [or the Ascetic*19],
404. the Bestower of excellence [or the Bestower of the final
beatitude], 405. the Seer [or the Sage or Omniscient], (51)
406. the Eye
of the world [or All-perceiving], 407. the Witness of everything,
408. Endowed with universal hands, 409. the Lord of wealth, 410.
the Conqueror of wealth, 411. Possessing great brilliance, 412.
Energetic*20,
413. Lustrous20a
and
414. the Happy One, (52)
415. the
Light of Brahman, 416. All Light [or Constituted of
abundant light], 417. the Conqueror, 418. the Lord of luminaries,
419. the Embodied form of light [i.e. Possessing enormous
brilliance], 420. One who is the light of all lights, 421. the
Progenitor, 422. the Fascinator of people, (53)
*10 The
word means ‘Liver’ and hence secondarily it means ‘the Centre’.
The compounded form should be and not
*11 The
word may mean ‘One who resides in the head’ [i.e. in the ²]
inasmuch as means ‘the head’ also.
*12 The
word in Sanskrit means (1) a lotus (2) water (3) copper (4) the
Saras-bird (5) a medicament etc.
*13 The
word may mean ‘Having insignia of ignorance’. Though Dattatreya
is a (i.e. possessing perfect knowledge of the Supreme Reality),
He assumes an air of being an (i.e. One who has not attained
perfect knowledge), which generally do.
*14 The
word in Sanskrit has various meanings – (1) Form (2) Figure (3)
Appearance (4) The quality of colour (5) Any visible object (6)
Beauty (7) Elegance (8) Grace (9) Nature (10) Property (11) Mode
(12) Feature etc.
*15 The
word should be and not as there is no such word in Sanskrit
means shame, modesty; but there is no word like means ‘firm’,
‘impenetrable’, ‘large’, ‘impervious’. Here, the word may mean
‘steady’. Can it be But, then there would arise metrical fault !
*16 The
correct word is (An elephant) and not. Here, we have followed the
printed text; but translated it as ‘elephant’, considering the
probable scribal mistake.
*17 It
means that Dattatreya has powers to lead an aspirant to the
inherent state which is beyond virtues and vices.
*18 The
word in Sanskrit means (1) The sun (2) The sky (3) The heaven (4)
The organ of sense (5) A wound (6) Happiness (7) Action (8)
Knowledge etc. The word may mean ‘One who resides in space’.
*19 The
word in Sanskrit means ‘An ascetic’ also, over and above its
popular meaning ‘Beyond the range of sight’.
*20
means lustre, brilliance, energy, light etc.
*20a The
word may be /… If is taken to-gether, it means ‘Brighter than
light’.
(To be contd.)
– Prof. Dr. K. J. Ajabia
50, Shree Sadguru Nagar,
Saru Section
Road,
Jamnagar,
Gujarat.
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