Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 24: Twenty Fourth NaamA: " ParamjyOthishayE Nama:"

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ChitrabhAnu , Aadi 5, Sukla Paksha DwAdasi ,

JyEshtA Nakshathram (July 21 , 2002)

 

SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

 

Let us reflect on the Twenty Fourth naamA of

SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam today :

 

21.(PraNavam) GopAlAya Nama:

22.(PraNavam) PurushOtthamAya Nama:

23.(PraNavam) GopIswarAya Nama:

24.(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishayE Nama:

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25.(Pranavam) VaikuntapathayE Nama:

26.(PraNavam) Avyayaa Nama:

27.(PraNavam) SudhA-tanavE Nama:

28.(PraNavam) YaadhavEndhrAya Nama:

29.(PraNavam) Nithya-youvana-roopavathE Nama:

30.(PraNavam) Chathur-vEdAthmakAya Nama:

 

The 24th Naamam:(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishayE Nama:

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This SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is connected with the following

SrI VishNUu Sahasra Naamams(VSN): (1) JyOthi:( VSN 881),

(2) JyOthirAdhitya:(VSN 569) , (3)JyOthir-gaNEswara:(VSN 625).

 

Meaning of NamaAm

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Salutation to the Lord of Sapthagiri , who is

the Supreme Radiance.

 

Additional Comments on the PurushOtthama Tatthvam

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The PaancharAthra Samhithais declare that Six essential/

Principal attributes define Brahman: (1) Jn~Ana/Knowledge

(2)Sakthi/Power (3) Bala/Strength (4)Isvarya /Lordship

(5)Veerya ( Energy)and (6) TEJAS/Spelendour.

 

Among the above Principal attributes , the sixth one (Tejas)

is the closest to the 24th NaamA of SrI Venkatesan:ParamjyOthi.

Tejas is the asAdharana dharmam that is the closest to

" Param JyOthi" svarUpam (distinguishing characterestrics)

of BhagavAn VenkatEsan.Although the general meaning of Tejas

is splendour and parAkramam without dependence on any other

"external aids", the particular/literal meaning is lustre as

defined by Mundaka Upanishad:

 

na tatra sooryO bhAti , na chandra-tArakAm

nEmA vidhyuthO bhanthi kuthOyamagni:

TamEva bhAntham-anubhAti sarvam

Tasya bhAsA SARVAMIDHAM vibhAti

 

Mundaka Upanishad: II.2.10

 

(Meaning): " There the Sun does not shine,nor the Moon ,

the Stars; these lightnings also do not shine--how then(can)

then this earthly fire (Agni)?Verily everything shines after

Him , who shines.This whole world is illumined with His light

(Supreme radaiance/Param JyOthi).

 

He is the "JyOthir-gaNEswaran" (i-e)., He is the Lord of

innumerable lustrous deities like the Sun and the Moon .

" agnir-moordhA chakshushi chandra-sooryou " declares

another MuNDaka Upanishad passage . The infinite

(VirAt svaroopam )in terms of finite , Param Jyothi Tatthvam

of the Lord is saluted here: " (the radiance of ) Heaven is

His head and His eyes are the Sun and the Moon.

 

He is " dhivyAsccharya JyOthirmayan , apoorva jyOthi " before

whose effulgence the radiance of the Sun pales . Althogh He

gives the power of luminescence to Sun , that is no comparison

to His Supreme JyOthi.Sun's radiance is a small part of His

Param JyOthi.

 

This JyOthi ( VSN 881) is equated by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar

with "archi" ( the domain of light, SrI Vaikuntam ), reached by

the Muktha Jeevans by ArchirAdhi maargam .Following this line of

thought , SrI next VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Naamam takes the form of

" VaikuntapathayE Nama: ".

 

Param JyOthi Tatthvam is DhIpa PrakAsa Tatthvam that is well

saluted by Rg Vedam through five different manthrams. The deep

meanings of "Param JyOthi " Tatthvam saluted by the Rg veda

Manthrams ( 9.86.20, 3.39.8 , 3.39.7 ,1.136.6 , 8.58.3, 8.58.3).

They are covered in the postings on SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai

archived in the sv-poetry list and Oppiliappan List.

 

The JyOthirutthaman that is resplendent on the top of

the Seven Hills and which is visible to our physical eyes is

the Param JyOthi that is visible to Nithya Sooris and

Muktha Jeevans in SrI Vaikuntam .

 

(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishE Nama:

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