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96) Mahate nama:
This is a tribute to the Lord's
greatness, whether it be in physical form or attributes.
The Upanishad tells us
that the Lord is greater than the greatest, physically--"ano: aneeyaan,
mahato maheeyaan". His form is unimaginably huge and is immeasurably
bigger than the biggest entity we could see or even
contemplate.
When shown a sample of
the Lord's visvaroopam, Arjuna is bewildered by its hugeness and bursts out
involuntarily in praise--
"Roopam mahat te bahu vaktra netram mahaa baaho bahu baahu paadam
bahoodaram bahu damshtra
karaalam dristvaa lokaa: pravyathittaa: tatthaham"
"Oh Mighty Armed One! All the
planets with their demigods are disturbed at seeing YOur great form, with its
many faces, eyes, arms, thighs, legs, stomachs and teeth"
The form of Trivikrama that the
Lord displayed during the Vamanavatara too was huge, transcending all the
Universes and galaxies. "Ongi ulagalanda Utthaman" "Amabaram
oodaratthu ongi ulagalanda umbar komane!" etc. are Sri Andal's tributes
to this huge Lord.
In greatness of qualities,
splendour, brilliance, and glory too, the Lord towers head and shoulders above
anyone with even a pretension to greatness.The same Arjuna bursts into praise,
this time over the non-physical and innumerous auspicious attributes of the
Lord--
"kasmaat cha te na nameran
Mahaatman! gareeyase Brahmanopi aadikartre
Ananta! Devesa! Jagan
nivaasa! tvam sad asat tat param yat"
"Oh Great One! You are
greater even than Brahma, You are the original Creator. How can anyone avoid
worshipping you, in the face of all Your glory! O Infinite One! God of Gods!
Sole refuge of the Universe! You are the invincible source, the cause of all
causes, transcendental to all material manifestation".
"otthaar mikkaarai ilay aaya
Maamaaya!" says Sri Nammazhwar too, attesting the Lord's unparallelled
greatness, physical and otherwise.
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