Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 26: Twenty Sixth NaamA: " SudhAtanavE Nama:"

[Guest guest]

ChitrabhAnu , Aadi 12, Sukla Paksha chathurthi ,

PoorattAdhi Nakshathram (July 28 , 2002).

 

SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

 

Let us reflect on the Twenty Seventh naamA of

SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam today :

 

21.(PraNavam) GopAlAya Nama:

22.(PraNavam) PurushOtthamAya Nama:

23.(PraNaavam) GopIswarAya Nama:

24.(PraNavam) ParamjyOthishayE Nama:

25.(Pranavam) VaikuntapathayE Nama:

26.(PraNavam) Avyayaaya Nama:

27.(PraNavam) SudhA-tanavE Nama:

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28.(PraNavam) YaadhavEndhrAya Nama:

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

30.(PraNavam) Chathur-vEdAthmakAya Nama:

 

The 27th Naamam:(PraNavam) SudhAtanavE Nama:

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This SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is close to

the 820th nAmA of Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam (SVSN):

"Amrutha VapushE nama:" This namaa is also an extension

of the 120th Naama of SVSN: "AmruthAya Nama:".

 

Meaning of NamaAm " SudhAtanavE Nama:"

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Salutation to the Lord of Sapthagiri , who has

a body , which is sweet like nectar .

 

Additional Comments on the PurushOtthama Tatthvam

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The darsana soubhAgyam of the limbs of His perfectly

proportioned limbs and body is such a delectable

experience to the Sages , AzhwArs , Nithya Sooris

and MukthAs that it is equivalent to drinking

the immortal nectar (SudhA=Amrutham). The drinking of

the beauty of the Lord of Saptha Giri is equivalent to

drinking nectar that is insatiable (aparyAptha amrutham).

His soundharyam has been described as "niradhisaya

maadhuryam " ( incomparable sweetness).

 

ANDAL salutes His beauty as " VengatatthuL ninRa

AzhappirAnAr". She enjoys Him as the integrated

essence of deelctable beauty and enjoys Him like

tasting amrutham. KulasEkhara AzhwAr swoons over

the beauty of His coral red lips (SempavaLa VaayAn)

and wishes to stay at His golden hills as any object

just to enjoy His beauty.

 

Amrutham is known for providing immortality for those

who drink it. Speaking of the immortality the Lord of

ThiruvEngadam provides , Thirumazhisai states:

 

"VengaDattu mEyAnai mey vinai nOy yeythAmal

TaaN kadatthum TanmayAn ThAL "

 

The rejuvenative nectar-like powers of the Lord's

sacred feet are being saluted here.

 

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr states once again that

the SudhA Tanu of ThiruvEngadamudayAn is the protection

for the DevAs and the Humans : " VengaDamE VaanOrkkum

MaNNOrkkum Vaippu".

 

Thirumangai is celebrated for His intense anubhavam of

ThiruvEngaDamudayAn's KomaLAngams ( Beautiful nectar like

limbs ). The passages from HIs Periya Thirumozhi are:

" Taamaraik-KaNNinan " ( Soft and beautiful eyes like

that of just blossomed red lotus flower);" Taamarai

adi EmpirAn "( The Emperor of all with lotus soft feet);

 

Thirumangai's enjoyment of the nectar-like beauty of

ThiruvEngaDamudayAn breaks out in to saluting Him

as insatiable nectar:

 

SeerAr ThiruvEngaDa maamalai mEya

AARAAVAMUDHE adiyERkku aruLAyE

--Periya Thirumozhi: 10.3

 

Thirumangai addresses the sweetness of experiencing

the Lord of Sapthagiri as the insatiable honey :

 

" ThEnE ThiruvEngaDa Maamalai mEya

kOnE yenn manam kudi kondirunthAyE "

 

(Oh delectable Honey to experience ! Oh Lord who

who has His home at the mighty Seven Hills ! What

an enriching feeling it is to know that You have

resided in my heart ).

 

In the ThiruvAimozhi decad 6.6 Swamy NammAzhwAr

takes on the role of ParAnkusa Naayaki and describes

how the "SudhA Tanu " of the Lord of VengaDam overpowered

Her senses and how she lost to His beauty totally as

a woman.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr in the decad 6.10 salutes the nectarine

beauty of the Lord of Saptha Giri with choice salutations:

 

"Ulaham uNDa Peru VaayA " the One with the huge mouth

that swallowed the world and its entities during PraLayam

 

" Thiru NEmi Valavan ( One sporting Sudarsanam in His

right hand)

 

" MEga VaNNan " ( One with the dark blue hue of the rain-

laden clouds ).

 

"kOlak-Kani Vaay PerumAn" (One with the beautiful mouth

like the ripe red BhimbhA fruit )

 

" SenthAmaraikat-senkani Vaay naal thOL amudhE "

( One with lotus-soft beautiful eyes , red lips

and beautiful four arms and nectarine to experience).

 

All the AzhwArs except ThoNDadippodi have enjoyed

the amrutha vapu of the Lord of Thirumalai and saluted

Him as : (PraNavam ) SudhA TanavE Nama:

 

Saptha Giri AparyApthAmruthAya Nama:

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