Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 25: Twenty Fifth NaamA: " VaikuntapathayE Nama:"

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ChitrabhAnu , Aadi 5, Sukla Paksha ThrithIyai ,

Moola Nakshathram (July 22 , 2002).

 

SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

 

Let us reflect on the Twenty Fifth naamA of

SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam today :

 

21.(PraNavam) GopAlAya Nama:

22.(PraNavam) PurushOtthamAya Nama:

23.(PraNavam) GopIswarAya Nama:

24.(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishayE Nama:

25.(Pranavam) VaikuntapathayE Nama:

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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 25th Naamam:(PraNavam) VaikuntapathayE Nama:

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This SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is connected with

the 406th Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam :

"VaikuntAya Nama:" ( Vaikunta: Purusha:

PrANa: PrAnadha: PraNama: Prithu: ".

 

Meaning of NamaAm " VaikuntapathayE nama:"

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Salutation to the Lord of Sapthagiri , who is

the Lord of SrI Vaikuntam , the Supreme abode of

SrIman NaarAyaNan .

 

Additional Comments on the PurushOtthama Tatthvam

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SrI Vaikuntapathy is also ThiruviNNagarappan ( ILam

Kumaran Tann ViNNagar ) offering His dhivya darsanam on

top of the seven hills as well as at the dhivya dEsam of

Oppiliappan Koil as DakshiNa Venkatesan.

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar derives the word "Vaikunta"

from the root " kuti" , which means obstructing the paths

(obstacles to the paths to unite with Him ).Lord SrinivAsan

as Sri Vaiknuta NaaTan removes all the obstacles for

the ChEthanams to unite with Him at Vaikuntam

and blesses them to become Muktha Jeevans and

to perform nithya kaimkaryam for Him at His

Supreme abode .

 

The glories of the Lord at SrI Vaikuntam is

celebrated by AchArya RaamAnujA in His SrI Vaikunta

Gadhyam in raptourous passages .The descriptions of

the Beauty of SrI Vaikuntapathy seen through DhyAnam of

AchArya RaamAnujA are the most moving : " Achinthya-

dhivyAdhbhutha Nithya Youana svabhAva LaavaNyAmrutha

saagaram--prabhuddha-mugdhAmbhuja-chAru lOchanam -

savibrama-bhrUlatham , ujjvalAdharam , Suchismitham ,

kOmala GaNDam --tath-kshaNOnmeelitha puNDarIka-sadhrusa

saraNa YugaLam -- ". All of these most beautiful

desscriptions the Lord at Vaikuntam apply to

SrI Vaikunta Pathy at Thirumalai.

 

In bhUlOkam, many dhivya desams have suffix of

ViNNagaram (Vaikuntam ) to their names : ArimEya

ViNNagaram , SrI Vaikuntam , Thiru Nandhipura

ViNNagaram, Thiru ParamEswara ViNNagaram

(Vaikunta PerumAL Koil ) and Thiru ViNNagaram.

SrIrangam is recognized as BhUlOka Vaikuntam.

In all these dhivya dEsams , SrI Vaikunta Naathan

is present as ArchA Moorthy.

 

The Supreme abode of SrIman NaarAyaNan situated

beyond this earth is known as SrI Vaikuntam .

This dhivya desam can not be seen with our

human eyes and is saluted by AzhwArs through their

36 Paasurams as " TeLi Visumpu Thiru Naadu,

NalamathamillathOr Naadu , Sudar OLiyAi ninRa

Tannudai ChOthi ".

 

The 36 Paaasurams relating to SrI Vaikunta Naathan

at His Parama Padham (Supreme Anode ) are

the following :

 

PeriyAzhwAr(4) : Dhivya prabhandham(D.P) 190, 277, 399, 472.

AndaaL (1): D.P 482

Thirumazhisai(2): D.P 796, 2476

ThiruppANar(1): D.P 927

Thirumangai(1): D.P 2042

Poygai(2): D.P 2149, 2158

PEy(1) : D.P 2342

NammAzhwAr(24): D.P 2543, 2545, 2552, 2652,

2867 ,3000 , 3431 , 3465, 3585,

3627 , 3740 , 3747 ,3755-3765.

 

At SrI Vaikuntam , the Lord gives His darsanam (prathyaksham )

to Nithya Sooris (eternally liberated souls)and Muktha Jeevans

(librated Souls). Among the five states of manifestations of

SrIman NaarAyaNan (Param , VyUham , Vibhavam , AntharyAmi

and ArchA ), the First is Sri Vaikuntam or Parama Padham .

Here , He gives us His sEvai as Parama Padha NaaTan .

He is there seated on Adhi SEsahan . The river there is

VirajA nadhi; the pushkaraNi is aiyiramatha Pushkarani;

the VimAnam is AnanathAnga VimAnam.

 

(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishE Nama:

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan