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STUDIES IN THE UPAPUR膧峁咥S
Devam膩li's repentance after earning a large fortune by unlawful
means, his spending half of his wealth in benevolent work, and his
attainment of final liberation at V膩r膩峁嘺si by worshipping Vis峁噓 accor-
ding to the instructions of a sage named J盲nanti. (-Chap. 33).
Sum膩li's constant help to his reckless and licentious brother
Yaj帽amali, and his rescuing the latter from hellish tortures by offering
(-Chap. 34).
to him a part of his religious merit.
The above contents of the B峁沨ann膩rad墨ya-p. show that it is a
Vaisnava work dealing exclusively with the praise and worship of
Vis峁噓, who is very often named as N膩r膩ya峁嘺 and sometimes also as
Vasudeva, Hari, Janardana etc., but very rarely as K峁涐梗峁嘺. 121 According
to this work the highest deity in his supreme state is Mah膩vi峁ａ箛u (very
often called N膩r膩ya峁嘺), who is described as 'avyaya', 'ananta', 'sarva-
vy膩pin', 'nirdvandva', 'nirmama', 'm膩y膩t墨ta', 'sad膩nandaika-vigraha',
鈥榡帽膩na-svar奴pa', 鈥榡agac-caitanya-k膩ra峁嘺' and so on, 122 and said to be
existing as one and many."
123 It is he who assumes the forms of
Brahm膩, Vi峁ａ箛u and Rudra by taking to the three Gu峁嘺s and creates
the universe by means of his Par膩 Sakti (Supreme Active Power), which
is differentiated into Vidya and Avidya, the former being the intellect
(buddhi) that knows no distinction between the cognisor and the
cognisable and makes one perceive the unity of all objects 14 and the
latter making the universe appear as different from the god and caus-
ing miseries and rebirths. 125 The Sakti of Vi峁ａ箛u-N膩r膩ya峁嘺, which is
also called M膩y膩 or Mah膩m膩y膩 for creating infatuation of beings and
Prak峁泃i for effecting the origin of the universe 126 and is popularly
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122 For this name (K峁涐梗峁嘺) see Bn盲r. 2. 9, 11; 3.59; 15.71; 21, 73; 32.41.
Bn膩r. 3. 1, 25. 61-63, 29. 72-76, and so on.
123 Ibid., 3. 27-bhinn膩bhinna-svar奴pe峁嘺 sthito vai parame艣vara岣�.
124 lbid., 3. 8鈥攋帽膩t峁�-j帽ey盲ly-up盲膩dhis tu yad膩 na艣yati sattam膩岣�/
sarvaika-bh膩van膩 buddhi岣� s氓 vidyety abhidhiyate//.
125 Ibid., 3. 7-yad膩 vi艣vam mah膩visnor bhinnatvena pratiyate/
tad膩 hy avidy膩 samsiddh膩 tad膩 du岣�khasya s膩dhani//
Also ibid., 3.9a-evam m膩y膩 mah膩vi峁ａ箛or bhinn盲 sams膩ra-d膩yini.
126 Ibid., 3. 28-yasya 艣aktir mah膩m膩y膩 jagad-vi艣rambha-k膩ri峁噄/
vi艣votpatti-r.id膩natv膩t prak峁泃i岣� procyate budhai岣�//
See also ibid. 3. 9a (quoted above) and 3. 15 (quoted below).