Can you ever feel bored while spending time with Bhagavan Shree Narayana?
"No, never!" - replies Shree Ramanuja-Acharya in "Shree Sharanagati-Gadyam" - "because Bhagavan Shree Narayana is
अद्भुत (Adbhuta), that is "Wonderful and Beautiful in various new ways every minute" or "presenting new forms of beauty every other minute" as Sri Srutaprakasika Acharya writes in his Tika below:
"Sharanagati-Gadyam" by OM VishnuPad Shree RamanujAcharya, Mantra 03:
अक्खिलहेयप्रत्यनीक कल्याणैकतान स्वेतरसमस्तवस्तु विलक्षणानंत झानानंदैकस्वरुप ।
सवाभिमतानुरुपैकरुपाचिंत्य दिव्याद्भुत नित्यनिरवद्य निरतिशयौज्वल्य सौंदर्य
सौगंध्य सौकुमार्य लावण्य यौवनाद्यनंत गुणनिधि दिव्यरुप ।
akkhilaheyapratyanIka kalyANaikatAna svetarasamastavastu vilakShaNAnaMta jhAnAnaMdaikasvarupa |
savAbhimatAnurupaikarupAchiMtya divyAdbhuta nityaniravadya niratishayaujvalya sauMdarya
saugaMdhya saukumArya lAvaNya yauvanAdyanaMta guNanidhi divyarupa |
Translation: "O Supreme One, opposed to all flaws or shortcomings, The One and Only Shelter and Support for all auspicious things, Uniquely Different from all other things, Eternal and Embodiment of knowledge and bliss.
O Lord! Your Divine Form is most worthy of You and agreeable to You in all aspects. It is Eternal and Unchanging, beyond the grasp of human comprehension, Divine, Wonderful, Pure and Flawless, possessed of Exquisite Beauty, Loveliness and Incomparable Brilliance. It is a Treasure House of infinite excellent qualities".
Explanation by Sri Srutaprakasika Acharya: "Then Ramanuja goes on to describe the Divya Vigraha (Divine Personality) of Bhagavan Shree Narayana.
"Abhimata AnuRupa" are to be understood as in previous Tikas.
"EkaRupa" denotes that Bhagavan Shree Narayana is distinguished by 2 qualities:
1. Freedom from evils and fullness of good qualities hence to be worshipped.
2. being the object of attainment (Upeya).
"Divya" denotes that the Divya Vigraha is different in substance from common ordinary forms.
The second "Divya" means that Bhagavan Shree Narayana is also different in structure.
"Adbhuta" denotes "presenting new forms of beauty every other minute".
"Nitya" stands for "Everlasting".
"Niravadya" means "rare flawlessness, the fault of being not easily meditatable" (but unlike in the case Svaroopa of God, His Vigraha is easier to contemplate).
"Soundarya" means "Loveliness".
"Lavanya" stands for "Charm".
"Adi" may denote other beauties like roundness of limbs, lenth of arms".
English translation cited from
#translated into English by M.A.N. Prasad# [2006]
English explanation cited from
#Sri Bhagavad Ramanuja#
[with English translation and commentary
by Sri Srutaprakasika Acharya]
Sanskrit-English OCR
by Vishnudut1926, Moscow, December 2017
