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A:GAMA:S

THE NAME “PA:NCHARA:THRA”

REVEALS IT ALL

“The ve:da:s praise God by many names. A:ka:sa, Jyo:thi, Agni, Indra, Bramha, A:thma - many
such names are used to indicate the Supreme Reality (parathaththva). How will a devotee know
which name is best for his worship?

Translated By Ramakrishna Toopurani

God has innumerable divine forms and to destroy them once their entity which can bestow all the four
and countless auspicious names. utility is fulfilled – these deeds are states is called Jagathka:ranam
An aspirant of mo:ksha - liberation called srushti, stthithi and pralaya or Bramha. In the Thaiththiri:ya

cannot easily decide which name respectively. These constitute the Upanishath of Krushnayajurve:da,
he needs to use for his worship. Jagadka:ranathvam. Matter - there is a pointed reference to
The seeker of mo:ksha cannot ache:thana which is devoid of life, this idea. Bhrugu as a disciple

easily decide a suitable name exhibits all the three states. The approaches his father Varuna
for worship because these names beings with life – the che:thana:s who was a knower of Bramha. He
are popularly used in the context do not undergo such changes. seeks the science of divinity from
of physical elements or demigods However, as long as the soul his father. Pleased with his son’s
(de:vatha:s). The essential is associated with the lifeless desire for knowledge, Varuna

characteristics of the Lord who is matter, the change that the matter imparts knowledge to his son on
to be worshipped for attaining undergoes is attributed to the how to recognise the Supreme.
mo:ksha, are denoted by the term indwelling soul too. Just as we recognise a flower with

Jagathka:ranathvam. Physical its fragrance, so also the Bramha
elements like a:ka:sa - space, The state when the soul gets is to be recognised by virtue of its
jyo:thi - light, demigods like Indra, detached from the matter, once Jagathka:ranathvam. His father
Rudra, etc, do not manifest these for all and attains eternal bliss, says -
characteristics. is called mo:ksha. As long as the “yatho: va: ima:ni bhu:tha:ni
ja:yanthe:, ye:na ja:tha:ni
soul is with the matter, it goes
ji:vanthi, yath prayanthi
What does Jagathka:ranathvam through all the three states of abhisamvisanthi:thi, thad
mean? srushti, stthithi and pralaya. When vijijna:sasva, thadbramhe:thi| ”

Creating this world, upholding the soul attains freedom from
or protecting various substances bondage, it experiences a single “I shall tell you the attributes and
which keep changing their forms state of unending joy. The single you shall enquire into its nature”.

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