The above given names are some of the 1000s of names attributed to God. However, God has no specific names, but we have given names to his various qualities and those are many. You can see and feel the presence of God in your own unique ways and sing praises to that very existence. One can realize God through questioning and reasoning the very existence of God. No God seeks blind following. Explore your own way to return to the very source where we all came from, the Supreme. The following is a beautiful concept of God in Sanatana Dharma:
Those who say He resides up in the sky, say so;
Those who say the Lord of divines residing down in the world beneath, say so.
I would say, the Lord of wisdom, Who got His throat brightly adorned with the stain of poison, is residing in my heart!
Because one can attain salvation / moksha through devotion and chanting the names of God in Kali Yuga which is much easier compared to the process of getting salvation in every other Yugas, the poet feels sorry that salvation is not possible to all those living souls in other thirteen worlds and in 6 islands, and eight continents, and those who lived in the past three Yugas! Thus he pays his respect to all those living in this Yuga and in the land of Bharata (Bharat).
According to Vedas, Dharma is depicted as “Vrusha” (bull) and it is said that the bull had four legs in the first yuga, Satya Yuga (aka Krutha Yuga). They are, Tapa (religious austerity), Soucha (purity), Daya (compassion) and Satya (truth). In the first Yuga, people possessed all these four qualities bringing out their godliness in full potential. Only through severe penance and austerity, people could attain salvation in this Yuga.
In the Second Yuga, Threta Yuga, the bull had three legs, meaning three qualities – all the above mentioned qualities minus Tapa. Though they had to strive lesser than in Satya Yuga to attain salvation, they still had to perform difficult Yajnas, purity of mind and compassion.
In the Third Yuga, Dvapara Yuga, the bull had only two legs, those two remaining qualities were Daya and Satya (Compassion and Truth). To attain salvation, people had to do various Yagas (sacrificial ceremony), worships, chanting of difficult mantras and tantric practices, etc.
Whereas in Kali Yuga, the bull only has 1 leg, meaning the only remaining quality that is left in people is truth. Falsehood, greed and our disconnect from godliness in Kali Yuga constantly tries to destabilize Dharma. In this yuga, all one has to do is to be truthful. To be truthful, the poet suggests to sing the praises of God all the time.
Because of all that, the poet feels blessed to be born in Kali Yuga.
To be continued…