SVS 62

56. OM AGRAHYAYA NAMA: ॐ अगरा ह्याय नम:
Unperceivable.

Today's [7th May 2008] lecture is from the banks of Kalyani pushkarini in Melkote.
Agrahya means unperceivable, to put it simply. We can not feel Him by our organs. Only in a pure mind He resides, just like the Swan will never resort to dirty water. In Hastigiri Mahatmyam, which traces the history of Kanchipuram, Brahma became egoistic and with pride thought that as he was chanting Vedas flawlessly, Paramatma would surely grace. But his mind became turbulent and could not perceive the Lord. After a long pondering he found the answer and purified his mind and then the Lord also appeared. Mind has to be without kama and krodha, for the Lord to reside.
There is yet another meaning. For any activity three things are needed. Upadhana karanam -raw material(s); sahakarika karanam - implements or tools; and nimitta karanam - person to do. The person doing the product has to collect the raw materials and tools. Then only the product can be found. But, in the product of this Universe, the Lord, Nimitta karanam, does not collect raw materials or tools, but out of His will [sankalpam] He creates the Universe and all others. Since He does not collect or grahya, in Sanskrit, He is Agrahyaya. Sanjaya and Dhridharashtra were classmates under the same teacher. As Swami Ramanuja says, but Dhridharashtra was physically and mentally blind and so never realized Sri Krishna properly. Once Dhridharashtra asked Sanjaya as to how Sanjaya was able to see things properly, while he was not able to. Sanjaya replied that he is not attached to any action and he is not doing for any result. He thinks of the Lord always and so he is able to see things in the right perspective.