Thread by @DefiledGod

There is a mantra in the atharva veda which dwells on the independence and easy accessibility of bhagavAn as rAma, by citing his anger at the Ocean, as follows

नमस्ते भव भामाय नमस्ते भव मन्यवे । नमस्ते अस्तु बाहुभ्याम् उतो त इषवे नमः

Meaning below+

[One who exists with all glories (भव)! Salutations to your anger at the Ocean (भाम)!

One who becomes manifest for the sake of his devotees (भव)! Salutations to your anger at the enemies of the Ocean (मन्यु) !

Salutations to your sturdy arms and the arrow (all your weapons).]+

नमस्ते भव भामाय – भवति इति भव – One who exists with everything as his possessions and all attributes like pervasion etc. Thus, he is the Supreme Brahman.

“भामाय” – I pay homage to your anger indicative of your supreme independence+

bhagavAn surrendered to the Ocean. The latter, being a devotee, did not want to accept bhagavAn touching his feet & did not come.

He got angry - समुद्रस्य ततः क्रुद्धो रामो - thinking, “how can the Ocean refuse my surrender to him? I never refuse those who surrender to me!”+

In thinking this way, bhagavAn revealed his independence. How?

He says, “ क्षमया हि समायुक्तम् माम् अयम् मकर आलयः || असमर्थम् विजानाति  ” – “This ocean has mistaken my patience for incapability”.

By this, he reveals he is not incapable+

A prerequisite of sharaNAgati is “incapability”. If someone does not have incapability, sharaNAgati fails, as a capable person never surrenders. 

But bhagavAn denies his incapability by this statement, which is why his surrender failed!+

And he said, “समुद्रम् शोषयिष्यामि पद्भ्याम् यान्तु प्लवङ्गमाः – “I will destroy this Ocean &  water element itself, let the vAnarAs walk using the other 4 elements.”

Who else but someone with independence can say this? Such a person is not qualified to perform sharaNAgati.+

Hence, “नमस्ते भव भामाय” – “Salutations to your anger at the Ocean, due to your supreme independence by which you are unconquerable”.

“भाम” also means “light”, implying that the ignorant cannot see his effulgence, showing his supremacy & reason for failure of his surrender.+

So much for his independence. Now, the next part of the mantra,

“नमस्ते भव मन्यवे ” –  भवति इति भव   – bhagavAn who becomes manifest to devotees like the Ocean by his will.

When Samudra rAja appeared and surrendered to him, he became pleased+

He spared the Ocean because of the latter’s sambandham with bhU devI who bears the Ocean as her belt, and because he himself reclines on the milky Ocean+

“मन्यवे” - He was then moved to anger against the enemies of his bhakta, the Ocean. Thus the Ocean says the following in the yuddha kANDa,

तैर्न तत्स्पर्शनम् पापम् सहेयम् पापकर्मभिः || अमोघः क्रियताम् राम तत्र तेषु शरोत्तमः+

[samudra rAja: I am not able to bear that touch of those sinners. rAmA, Let this excellent arrow that is never rendered in vain, be released over them there]

Thus, when the anger of bhagavAn towards the jIva is appeased, he directs that anger to the enemies of that jIva+

Hence,“ नमस्ते भव मन्यवे ” – “Salutations to your anger at foes of the Ocean, showing your accessibility". 

“मन्यु” also means “sacrifice” – he does a sacrifice for others who can’t do it – if they are unable to attain him, he makes himself attainable. Signifies his saulabhya+

नमस्ते अस्तु बाहुभ्याम् उतो त इषवे नमः - After relinquishing anger against the Ocean he protected the Ocean with his strong shoulders and his weapons+

“बाहुभ्याम्” - strong arms which protect. His arm is also praised by vAlmiki in that section as “शत्रूणाम् शोकवर्धनम्” – "that arm augments the misery of the foes of his devotees". This shows the VR is an UpabrahmaNa here. 

“इषवे” is indicative of all weapons that protect+

Thus, “नमस्ते भव भामाय” salutes his independence which makes him difficult to be conquered by anyone; so any sharaNAgati done by him failed. 

“नमस्ते भव मन्यवे ” salutes his easy accessibility despite that independence, since he chooses to be conquered by his devotees+

And this mantra can only be interpreted in light of this incident in the rAmAyaNa, owing to two different terms used for "anger", implying different types of anger, as well as dual meanings of "light" and "sacrifice" for those terms respectively//