108 NAMES OF SRI BHAGAVAN We had posted the last Name 45th on the timeline. Descending from the 44th we will post till the 36th today. Interestingly each Name comes with a commentary and one of the Names we will be including today refers and infers us to Bhagavan Ramana and how each aspect which his Grace chanced upon became an exemplar and a teaching of Sri Ramana Maharshi, Bhagavan. 44.Gambirah: Majestic, deep and high, of vast vertical dimension. [Jnana gambhirya is “the stillness at the depth of the ocean whose surface may be ruffled by waves”, the firmness of a huge mountain unmoved by the winds that blow around.] Om Gambhiraya namah. 43. Rachitachala tandavah: Dancer dancing the dance of stillness. [Like the still foot of Nataraja, the state of pure Being, the bliss of Awareness is a joyous, vibrant sphurana which is both rest and movement . Siva as Arunachala is the Master of this dance of stillness.] Om Rachitachala tandavaya namah. 42.Purnah: The perfect one. [Free from body-consciousness, free from any trace of ego, he is firmly established in the perfect state of Pure Awareness. Like the full moon on the bright unclouded sun, He shines in His own intrinsic splendour.] Om Purnaya namah. 41. Uddipta nayanah: He of lustrous glance. [The Grace rising like a fountain from his heart streamed out through those lustrous eyes. The phrase also means: Distinguished leader on the well-lit spiritual path, one who leads others on the ever-present glow of the Heart.] Om uddipta nayanaya namah. 40. Virajadachalakrtah: One whose form is radiant stillness. [During the Virupaksha days not only men, women and children but even monkeys and other animals stood transfixed in blissful stillness in the presence of Bhagavan. Arunachala is ‘frozen fire’ and people saw in Bhagavan a human embodiment of this blend of brightness and stillness.] Om Virajadachalakrutaye namah. 39. Virupaksha guha vasah: Dweller in the Virupaksha cave. [ Here Bhagavan lived for about 16 years, 1900-1916. Virupaksha is one of the names of Siva, the god with a third , supernormal eye. The word also means the heart-cave. During this period Bhagavan’s radiance shone at its brightest and Ganapati Muni hailed him as Bhagavan Maharshi. If the power of presence was most obvious and compelling then, it was because clouds had not begun to hide the Sun which shines for ever the same. The cloudless sky in which to see this sun is the devotee’s own heart.] 38. Trigunatigah: One who has transcended the three gunas. [ Having no ego, no ‘I’,sense and being the pure, universal Awareness, Bhagavan is a jivanmukta, a sthitaprajna, a gunatita. His very nature and being is nirvikara chidakasa the immutable sky of pure Awareness, transcending all particularities.] Om Trigunatigaya namah. 37.Chimnudrine namah: Bestower of supreme wisdom by silence. [ THAT, which cannot be imparted to others by words, can only be taught by Mouna, utter silence. The SILENT PRESENCE of Bhagavan was His supreme teaching.] Om Chinmudrine namah. 36. Veda Vedanta tattvajnah: One who has understood the inner significance of the Vedas an of Vedanta. [ Having known, enjoyed and himself become the very chidananda, Awareness-Bliss, which is the essence and import, the source and the goal, of the scriptures, he now fully embodies and directly reveals the reality to which the scriptures are only pointers.] Om Veda Vedanta tatvajnaya namah.
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