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Prabhuḥ प्रभुः
Prabhu means capable, mighty, powerful etc. This nāma reaffirms His supremacy conveyed through the previous nāma. It is necessary for a ruler to be not merely excellent, but also should have the capabilities to effectively administer his kingdom. These two nāma-s say that the Brahman has both these qualities.
३५. ॐ प्रभवे नमः।
35. Om Prabhavey Namah
Prabhuh -The Almighty Lord. He who is the All-Powerful. He who has the supreme freedom to do (Kartum), not to do (Akartum), or to do quite differently from what He had already done (AnyathaaKartum) is considered as the Prabhuh.
INTERPRETATION GUIDED BY SANT VANI (WORDS OF SAINTS)
Prabhuh
The one who has unsurpassed skill.
Professionals highlight their skills and competence on the professional CV depending on their area of specialization. It is still limited to particular field/s of operation. The reason one is able to even develop a skill or even hone it, is because of the capacity that has been given. The skill of a spider in weaving its web, the beaver who builds his nest, the Nepali Sherpa who climbs mountains playing the role of a porter far more effortlessly than the mountaineers, the cook who can put a delicious meal together – all these beings and others reflect some skills and capacities. Every skill possessed by anyone in the world is just a miniscule fraction of the unsurpassed skill of the Lord that pervades everything and everyone. The one, who has unsurpassed skill in all actions is called a prabhu. Īśvara is that Prabhuḥ.
(Sarvāsuriyāsusāmarthya-atiśayavānprabhuḥ). What is the sāmarthya, the capacity for? The capacity in absolute measure to create, sustain and disolve this jagat, without requiring the help of anything else or anyone else is the sāmarthya of the Lord. If the Lord had to create the jagat, he necessarily had to find material from within himself to do so. This is important to note, otherwise we will still localize the Lord.
When we think of an object, let’s say table, in the table thought, all other objects stand excluded. When we think of a person, other people are not included. When we think of Bhagavān, what can we exclude? To the extent that we understand Bhagavān we may include some things or exclude other things and situations. The more we exclude people, situations and things from the understanding of Bhagavān, the more we need to expand our understanding of Bhagavān. Each word of the Sahasranāmā is helping us do this. The Lord is manifest as the principles of this universe and pervades the individual totally. As Prabhuh,there is excellence in His capacity. Being almighty and absolutely capable; there is nothing that He cannot do.
If we are to learn just one skill from the Lord who is the Master of it all what is it that meditating on this name could bring?
