Passage 7

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In plain words

Because He draws things from one place to another, His name is also ‘Saṅkarṣaṇa’. He has the power to move things. He drew the embryo in Devakīdevī into Rohiṇī's womb. That is why another name of His is Saṅkarṣaṇa. Saṃ-karṣaṇa. Ākarṣaṇa. Saṃ means purity. He who draws purity. The letter sa belongs to sālokya, sārūpya, sānnidhya and sāyujya. Such a Saṅkarṣaṇa is He Himself.

The third is Aniruddha. No one can attain Him. He can be attained only by His grace; by any other path no one at all can attain Him. The all-powerful one, the all-pervading principle, alone is called ‘Aniruddha’.

The fourth is Pradyumna. He who has infinite wealth. To fulfil the desires of those who love God, He keeps granting every happiness and every joy. This wealth is not merely money and gold, goods, vehicles and the like. Health is wealth, learning is wealth, Buddhi is wealth, character is wealth: all of these belong to wealth. So, because He is the form of all wealth, another name of His is ‘Īśvara’. Next, Bhagavān. Who is Bhagavān? Here, wealth, Dharma, prosperity, fame, Jñāna and Vairāgya: these six are called ‘bhaga’. The principle of these six is called bhaga. Because He has this bhaga, His name is ‘Bhagavān’. All the names of God rest on direct perception and proof; they were not uttered merely out of the devotees' frenzy of Prema. Because He is such a form of the year, all the ṛṣis have called on God as ‘Oṃ Saṃvatsarāya namaḥ’.

Men who live the life of pravṛtti cannot understand the principle of nivṛtti

God is the chief doer of creation; He Himself has taken on the form of creation.