381. Vikartā विकर्ता
The previous nāma kartā spoke about His doership. This nāma speaks about His creative abilities.
The subtle meaning conveyed through this nāma is that He creates multitudes of
creatures, out of His own Self. Everything is created out of Him. Without Him being present, none can exist.
382. Gahanaḥ गहनः
Repetitive nāma 544.
Gahana means imperishable and impenetrable. Though
everyone knows that He is the Absolute, yet it is difficult to know Him. He can
be realised within, only through knowledge and meditation.
Normal human consciousness is prone to multifarious
afflictions due to innumerable thought processes. When one begins to think about Him always,
other thought processes become weak and cease to exist over a period of time,
when His thought alone pervades his mind.
When thoughts about Him become intent, He is realised as the Self.
383. Guhaḥ गुहः
He conceals His true
nature through the effects of māyā.
Kaṭha Upaniṣad (II.i.12) says,
“Of the size of the thumb, He resides in the body…..When a spiritual aspirant
knows Him, He does not want to conceal Himself.” This means that He conceals Himself
to those, who do not make any efforts to realize Him. Such men are engrossed in
materialistic world, acting through their sensory organs. In spirituality,
sensory organs should be mortified, because they cause lasting impressions in
the mind. Unless mind is devoid of too
many extraneous impressions, He cannot be realized.
Kṛṣṇa says (Bhagavad Gītā VII. 24 & 25),
“The ignorant men think that I have assumed an ordinary form and fail to
understand Me as the Supreme Spirit…Because of the supreme power of my māyā, I stand veiled.”
384. Vyavasāyaḥ व्यवसायः
Vyavasāya has several meanings.
Contextually, determination, having a resolute mind, intellect incarnate, etc,
are applicable to this nāma.
Kṛṣṇa explains
this in Bhagavad Gītā (II. 40
& 41). “In karma yoga, there is only a single pointed determination (to
realize the Self). But the reasoning of those who have irresolute mind is
endless and ramified.”
Determination is the effect of a resolute
mind. Instead of determining to realize the Self, the mind wanders in the
materialistic world, gets afflicted with sensory and bodily pleasures. When the
mind gets addicted to worldly pleasures, it is difficult to tame the mind.
One has to be knowledgeable to realize Him,
as He is the embodiment of knowledge.
This is based on the fact that only two objects of the same type can
merge together to make a single entity. For example, river merges with an ocean
and because of this merger, the element water remains the same ever after the
merger. If fire and water are united, fire is extinguished by water. When one
wants to merge with Him, then he has to become knowledgeable.
385. Vyavasthānaḥ व्यवस्थानः
He is the cause for the framework of universal laws. The cosmos functions on certain foundational
principles, laid down by Him. If the laws are violated, He does not hesitate to
annihilate the violators, to restore normalcy.
He is like the foundation of a building, without which,
the building cannot exist.
386. Saṁsthānaḥ संस्थानः
He is the abode to all the beings at the time of annihilation.
This nāma is one
of the well known names of Viṣṇu.
Please refer nāma also.
387. Sthānadaḥ स्थानदः
It is derived from the words sthāna (place) + dā
(to give) forming an attributive compound (masculine gender), which means ‘one who assigns
a place’.
He assigns different positions
to different beings based on the law of karma. What one sows, so he reaps is
the basis for law of karma. Karmas are accumulated only by one’s own actions,
either good or bad. Karmas stop accumulating only if one surrenders to Him.
388. Dhruvaḥ ध्रुवः
He is fixed (no changes happens in Him) like the polar
star. Changelessness is the unique quality of the Brahman.
Kaṭha Upaniṣad (II.ii.13) explains this as “nityo'nityānāṁ
नित्योऽनित्यानां” which means ‘He who is
permanent among the impermanent.’
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