Courtesy: Smt.Saroja Ramanujam
namo namaH saharaamSo aadhithyaaya namo namaH 17
1.jayaaya- One who ordains victory. We have the namas, vijayaH, Jethaa and samithinjayaH, given to the Lord . VijayaH means one who brings victory. He secures victory to the devas by His power. Jethaa means one who wins. He wins over all , devotees by His gunas and foes by His valour.samithinjaya measn victorious in battle.
2.jayabadhraaya- One who ordains prosperity. When the Lord showers His grace prosperity in the real sense follows because He is also Lakshmeevaan.
3.haryaSvaaya- This name is the same as haridhaSva, refer to sloka 11.
namonamaH- salutations
4. saharaamSo -one who has thousand rays. We have the namas sahasraamSuH and saharaarchiH in Vishnusahasranama. amSu and archiH both mean rays. The Lord could be called one with thousand rays as it is His light that makes others shine. Also it means that He has innumerable rays of knowledge as the Upanishad says sathyam jnaanam anantham Brahma, truth, knowledge and infinity is Brahman.
5.Adhithyaaya namo namaH- salutations to Adhithya, son of Adhithi, which could mean both the sun and the Lord as Vamana.
nama ugraaya veeraaya saarangaaya namonamaH
namaH padhmapraboDhaaya maat rthaandaaya namonamaH 18
nama- Salutations
1.ugraaya- to one who is fierce
2.veeraaya – and valiant.
These two names leaves no doubt about their connotation. Ugram veeram mahaavishNum jvalantham sarvathomukham nrsimham bheeshaNam badhram mrthyumrthyum namaamyaham is the manthra of Narasimha and is known as manthraraja. The purusha seen inside the orb of the Sun who is golden from nails to His beard or mane could only be Narasimha. Veera is explained in the manthrarajapadha sthothram as
sarvairavasdhyathaam praaptham sakalougham dhitheh sutham
nakhaagraiH Sakaleechakre yastham veeram namaamyaham
Salutations to the valiant one who with His nails tore to pieces the son of Dhithi who could not be vanquished by anyone .3.saarangaaya namo namaH-The word means variegated colour and the Sun is called so because of the colours of the rainbow which are the refractions of white rays or dueto his appearance as red , yellow and white in different parts of the day. How this applied to the Lord Hari is due to the fact the word also means a large black bee, which when taken along with the next name makes ythis clear.
4.namaH padhmapraboDhaaya- salutations to one who makes the lotus blossom. Here padhma also means Lakshmi. The Lord makes Lakshmi blossom and hovers around like a large black bee. This can also refer to Krishna who is the brindavanasaranga, the bee hovering around the lotuses of the faces of gopis in brindavan.
6.maarthaandaaya namo namah- salutations to one who is fierce and omnipotent. This epithet fits Narasimha .
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