Shloka 43
Adhyaya 4 — Jaimini Meets the Dharmapakshis: Four Doubts on the Mahabharata and the Opening of Narayana Doctrine
आपो नाराऽ इति प्रोक्ता मुनिभिस्तत्त्वदर्शिभिः ।
अयनं तस्य ताः पूर्वं तेन नारायणः स्मृतः ॥
āpo nārā iti proktā munibhis tattvadarśibhiḥ | ayanaṃ tasya tāḥ pūrvaṃ tena nārāyaṇaḥ smṛtaḥ ||
Các bậc hiền triết thấy rõ chân lý gọi nước là “nārā”. Vì những dòng nước ấy xưa kia là nơi an trú (ayana) của Ngài, nên Ngài được tưởng niệm với danh hiệu Nārāyaṇa.
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FAQs
The verse teaches that sacred names encode metaphysical insight: Nārāyaṇa is not merely a personal label but a doctrinal pointer to the primordial condition (cosmic waters) and the Lord’s transcendence/immanence as the ground and refuge of creation.
Primarily Sarga (creation/cosmogony): it references the primordial waters as an early cosmological principle and connects the deity’s epithet to the pre-creation or initial-creation milieu.
“Waters” can symbolize the undifferentiated causal state (avyakta/prakṛti-like potentiality) from which forms emerge. Calling the Lord ‘He whose resting-place is the waters’ suggests mastery over, and repose within, the causal continuum—i.e., consciousness abiding in the unmanifest while remaining the source of manifestation.