SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam: RathnAngi Kaimkaryam Series:Part 91: Sahasra Naamam 3( .

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SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord SrInivAsa of Thirumalai:

 

The origin of this nAmaa is to be found in MaarkaNDEya

PurANam , Theertha KaaNDam, Second Chapter verses:

 

Jaya Deva! JagannATa ! SarvalOkaika Vanditha

Jaya VenkatasailEsa ! KaruNAkara ! Paahi na:

 

KrupAnidhE! Namas-thubhyam VaradAya NamO nama:

VenkatAdhIsa! VISVESA! Satha KruthvO namO nama:

 

(meaning): Hail to Thee Oh Lord of the Universe worshipped

by all the beings of Your universe! Hail to Thee Oh Lord

of Venkatam hills! Oh Most Merciful One! Please protect us.

Oh the treasure house of Daya! Oh matchless boon-granter!

Our salutations to You ! Oh VISVESA! Our repeated salutations

to You!

 

With the NaamAs " JagannAta" and " VisvEsa " , this section of

the above purANam connects to the Third Sahasra Naamam of

" VisvEsvarAya Nama:".

 

The salutation of the Lord of Venkatam (Venkatadhisa)

as VISVESA is the PurAnic connection to the third nAmA

of SrI VenkatEsa Sahara nAmam: "VisvEsvaraya nama:".

 

SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamams 3

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3. (PraNavam) VisvEsarAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord (Iswaran) , who is the undisputed

Soverign(Supreme Master) of the entire Universe!

 

Special Notes:

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The Upanishads call the Universe (Jagath) as Prakruthi,

the primordial cosmic matter. The Universe is not only

the material world and its beings but it also covers

the mid region known as anthariksha and the heaven

(dhyulOkA). It includes all the chEthanams (Sentients)

and achEthanams( insentients).This universe or Visvam

is created by Sriman NaarAyaNa , whose archa form is

Lord VenkatEsa of the Seven hills. He creates the Universe

with His mere sankalpam ( the will ) of Lord VenkatEsa

and He rules the world that He creates .He pervades

the entitities of His created universe (anupravEsam)

and controls them as their Lord( VisvEswaran).He is

the NiyanthA(Controller of all as their Lord).

 

At the time of creation , our Lord provides names and

forms to the undifferentiated moola prakruthi ,

which existed then in a subtle form ; As Iswaran

and Prabhu , Lord Venkatesa provides their differentiation .

Thus arose out of the Lord's creation the Naama Roopa

Prapancham.SvetasvatAra Upanishad describes that

the DevAthma Sakthi of the Lord is the power behind

the creation of this universe with names and myriad

forms.

 

The other Upanishad describe that the Lord has a special

intimate relationship with the entire Universe

( aitadAtmyam idham sarvam: ChAndhOgyam).The way in which

this Lord (Supreme Brahman of the Upanishads)

is related to the Universe is that of its Ruler

and as the Undisputed soverign of this visvam

( VisvEswaran = Visvasya Isvaran).Our Lord's

KaaraNathvam as the sole cause of this Universe

is undisputed . His VyApakathvam ( pervasive presence

in the entities of the Universe ) as a soverign of

the Universe is also noted by the Upanishads . His

Niyanthruthvam ( controller of all created entities)

is a natural outcome of Him being the VIsveswaran.

 

Dhivya prabhandhams (Tamil vedams ) of AzhwArs

salute the Lord of Venkatagiri as SrIman NaarAyanan,

the Lord of the Universe . In one of the famous

Paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr addressed to

Lord VenkatEsa, he salutes the Lord of saptha Giri

as " niharil puhazhAy ! Ulaham moonrudayAy !

yennai aLvAnE!" (ahalhillEn Paasuram passage).

Here Swamy NammazhwAr salutes the Lord as

"Ulaham MoonRu udayAy" , the Lord of the three

Universes.AzhwAr praises the Lord of Venkatam

as SarvEswaran , Sarva Swami and Sarva NiyanthA.

 

In the First Thirumozhi of the first decad of

ThriuvAimozhi, Swamy NammAzhwAr describes brilliantly

the VisvEswara Tatthvam of the Lord:

 

" it is not possible to distinguish the things of

the world as belonging to Him and as not His.

Because , all is His (as the Lord of all of them).

In each of the seven worlds , insentient things

with different forms and sentient beings are

aspects of His splendour( objects of His creation as

the Lord of the Universe). ..He has no second. We have

come near such a great One by some mighty

good fortune"..ThriuvAimozhi: I.1.3

 

"All things and processes , actions and inactions

are subject to His will(sankalpa)" as the Lord of

the Universe...ThiruvAimozhi: I.1.6

 

VenkatAdhri samam sTAnam BrahmANDE nAsthi kinchana

VenaktEsa SamO DevO na bhUthO na Bhavishyathi

 

NamO SrI VenkatEsAya,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan