All posts in this series
- Worshipping Name & Form (Sanskrit IAST)
- Power of Bhagavan’s Name & Form (Sanskrit IAST)
- Thirty-Three Crore Deities (Sanskrit IAST)
- Recognizing our Ishta Devata (Sanskrit IAST)
bhagavātaḥ nāmarūpayoḥ śaktiḥ
bhagavataḥ saguṇasākārarūpeṇa pūjayitumāvaśyakatāviṣaye purīśaṅkarācāryena uktam. etasmin vayaṃ tasya udāharaṇāni drakṣyāmaḥ.
bhagavataḥ rūpasya śaktiḥ
yadā bhīṣmapitāmahaḥ svaśarīraṃ tyajati sma tadā tasya darśanaṃ kurvantu iti śrīkṛṣṇena pāṇḍavān uktam. pāṇḍavaissaha bhagavān samāgamya. kiñcitkālaṃ yuddhavirāmaḥ abhavat.
bhīṣmaḥ uvāca:
prabhu sādhu yat tvayā darśanaṃ dattaṃ. adhunāhaṃ bāṇaśayane śayitaḥ asmi. kṛpayā mama netrayoḥ agrataḥ sthitvā eva tiṣṭhatu. tava madhurarūpaṃ dṛṣṭvā divyarūpadarśanaṃ kṛtvā śarīraṃ tyaktumicchāmi.
yathā vadati bhavān iti śrīkṛṣṇaḥ uktavān.
bhagavataḥ rūpaṃ mahattvapūrṇamasti. bhīṣmapitāmaho’pi śrīkṛṣṇasya divyarūpaṃ paśyan śarīraṃ tyaktumicchati sma. bhagavataḥ nāma atīva śaktiśālyastīti eṣā kathā asmān upadiśati.
purīśaṅkarācāryaḥ ityanena saralatayā etasya vyākhyānārthaṃ udāharaṇaṃ uktam. yadā kaścana janaḥ suṣuptaḥ bhavati vayaṃ ca tasya nāma āhvayāmaḥ tadā saḥ jāgarti . praśnaḥ utpadyate yat kiṃ vyaktiḥ svanāma śrutvā jāgarti athavā jāgaraṇānantaraṃ svanāma śṛṇoti. yadi saḥ svanāma śrutvā jāgarti tarhi prathamatayā saḥ na suptaḥ āsīt. yadi saḥ jāgaraṇānantaraṃ nāma śṛṇoti tarhi nāma tat na bhavitum arhati yat taṃ jāgaritavān. uttaram asti yat suptaḥ vyaktiḥ svasya nāma āhūtaṃ śrutvā jāgarti . vyaktisya nāma kimapi bhavatu tasya etāvat śaktiḥ bhavati yat tasya gahananidrāyāḥ jāgaraṇaṃ kartuṃ śaknoti .