Amanda ananda sandoha santoshitajagattrayam|

Narayanam aniyamasam vandedevam  sadatanam||6||

Shloka 2 says : “Sachidanadam  roopam tham anamaya anantharam”. This shloka also gives same meaning.

Manda – insignificant

A+manda – ananda – complete bliss

The universe (brahmanda) is divided into different lokas.

1. 3 lokas – bhur, bhuvah, swaha – vyarhthi  bhagavantha – has 3 types of Jeevas (sattva,rajas,tamas)
2. 7 lokas –
3. 14 lokas –

Sandoha – abundance of bliss.

The bliss experienced by all Jeevas in the world is a fraction of this complete bliss.

Narayana – Vedavyasaru in MahaBharatha says “apo Narayana iti prokthaha apo vy narasunavaha ayanam thasyata purvam thena Narayana smruthaha”In samskruta Nara means water, Narayana means one who is in water. One who is present even before creation began. Before creation there was only paralaya samudra ie there was only water and there was darkness. This water is not same as what we see today, because creation starts only after the panchabutas are destroyed. This is the sukshma (micro) roopa of prakruthi.

 Madhwacharyaru in brahmasutra bhasya gives 4 different meaning to the word Narayana  – one who is complete, devoid of flaws, one who is to be understood by all, one who liberates.

Narayanam gunaihi sarvairudiranam doshavarjitham| Gyeyam gamyam guram chapi nathva sutra artha ucchate||1||

• In samskruta ”ara” means dosha, hence “nara “means who is devoid of all flaws. “Ayana” means shelter/refuge.
• Narayana – one who is refuge for all guna(qualities).
• Nara means which is present in chetana and not in jada which is jnana. Narayana means one who can be known through knowledge.
• Narayana – “sarva jnana gamya”
• Nara means group of sadaka Jeevas. Narayana means the refuge for all such Jeevas.
• Nara means one who stays in everybody’s heart.

Aniyamasam- Anu means jeeva/atom. Aniyamasam – smaller than jeeva . Narayana is smaller than atom and also bigger than everything.

“Eko devaha narayanaha” – there is only one god.

• Devam – For one whom the process of creation, sustenance and destruction is a play.
• Deva – greatest of all and controls all happenings in the world, cause behind the light emitted by all light sources, every word is a epithet of God.
• Deva – Deva yati ito deva – one who gives bliss to all
• Deva –divo kantho – kanthi – desires – one who is satyasankalpa
• Deevu – knowledge – one who is aware of everything
• Deevo – one who is present everywhere
• One who governs us when we are awake, asleep.

Sadathanam – present always