Fw: SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam: RathnAngi Kaimkaryam Series:Part 97: Sahasra Naamam 11-20

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SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord SrInivAsa of Thirumalai:

 

SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam 11

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11 . (PraNavam) Sesha-bruthyAya Nama:

 

Salutations to SrI VenkatEsa , who is borne on the head of AdhisEshan,

while he keeps singing about the glories of his Lord !AdhisEshan thus

serves as the servant of the Lord with joy.

 

Special Notes:

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As a nithya soori , AdhisEshan is looking for opportunities to serve His

Lord either as His umbrella or bed or throne or as paadhukAs. At

Thirumala , AdhisEshan takes the form of the Sesha hills and on the peak of

that Seshagiri ( VenkatAdhri , he serves as the peetam for the Lord

to stand on to offer His darsanam to all the devotees that climb

the seven hills to reach Lord VenkatEsa.

 

The first reference to AdhisEshan's kaimkaryam is the passage of

Swamy AlavanthAr's ChathuslOki slokam : " PaNipathi: SayyAsanam vAhanam "

( AdhisEshan is both the bed and the throne to sit upon " for Lord

SrinivAsan.

 

The second reference to AdhisEshan's kaimkaryam to the Lord is

the Paasuram of Poygai Azhwar:

 

" senRAl kudayAm irunthAl singhAsanamAm

ninRAl maravadiyAm neeL-kadaluL--yenrum

puNayAm amNi-viLakkAm poompattAm pulhum

aNayAm, ThirumARkkaravu

 

-- First ThiruvandhAthi: Paasuram 53

 

(meaning according to Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan)): " What a variety of

proximate services does AdhisEsha perform to the Lord, Sriyahpathi !

When the Lord moves about , he serves as an umbrella; When seated ,

he constitutes the throne , when the Lord stands , AdhisEshan is

the foot-sandals; AdhisEshan becomes the soft couch for the Lord to recline

on in the milky ocean; Adhiseshan provides the eternal auspicious lamp by

the

light radiated by the gems in his hoods. For the Lord , he acts as the

divine

garment , he will become the pillow either to cause a distancing in

divine love-play or to substitute himself as a pillow in the place of

the consorts , when they are estranged! Sesha is all in the service to

the Lord". At Thirumala , AdhisEshan carries the Lord on his thousand

hoods.

 

Sahasra Naamam : 12

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(PraNavam) Sesha SaayinE Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord , who is resting on AdhisEsha !

 

Special Notes

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At the milky ocean(KsheerAbdhi) , Lord VenkatEsa is resting on His snake bed

(AdhisEshan) in the state of Yoga Nidra . Hence , our Lord is known as Sesha

Saayee.

 

At this dhivya dEsam of ThiruppARkkadal (Milky Ocean) , our Lord is in the

vyUhaa state. There are 51 paasurams dedicated to Sesha Saayee by TEN

AzhwArs. Only Madhura Kavi and ThiruppANar have not performed

MangaLAsAsanam for the Milky Ocean dhivya dEsam and the Lord

resting there as Sesha Saayee.Three excerpts from the selected paasurams of

PeriyAzhwAr are:

 

"PaiyyaraviNaip-PaaRkadaluL paLLI koLhinra Paramamoorthy

uyya ulahu padaikka vENDi unthiyil tORRinAi Naanmukhanai--"

-- PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi : 4.10.5

 

Here the reference is to the Supreme Lord(Parama Moorthy) resting

on the beautiful bed of the giant serpent (AdhisEshan) in the middle of

the milky ocean and creating Brahma Devan on the lotus growing out of

His Naabhi to engage in the creation of the world with the help of the

VedAs..

 

"veLai veLLatthin mEloru Paampai metthayAha viritthu

athan mEl kaLLa nithrai koLhinra maarkam kaaNalAm yenru--"

 

--PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi: 5.1.7

 

Here the reference is to the AzhwAr is visualizing the Lord

engaged in a simulated sleep (KaLLa Nitthirai) resting in the middle of

on top of AdhisEshan that He spread out as His bed.The white waves

of the milky ocean gently bounce on the Lord's bed.

 

"aravatthamaLiyinOdum azhagiya pARRkkadalOdum

aravindhap-paavayum thAnum ahampadi vanthu puhunthu---"

 

--PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi: 5.2.10

 

Here the reference is to AzhwAr enjoying the presence of the Lord

and MahA Lakshmi resting in his heart lotus . He sees the divine couple

resting on the bed of AdhisEshan in the middle of milky ocean

in his heart and enjoys that auspicious scene .

 

Sahasra Naamam 13:

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(PraNavam) VisEshaj~nAya Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the omniscient Lord( Sarvaj~nan) ,

who has blessed us with the VisEsha Jn~Anam about Tatthva Thrayam

and arTa panchakam (through His SadAchArya linege/paramparai) !

 

Special Notes

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A clear understanding of the Tatthva Trayam --chEthanam, achEthanam

and Iswaran--is vital for gaining Mukthi (Moksham).The individual

lakshaNams of the three doctrines of ChEthanam (Sentients) ,

achEthanam (insentients) and Iswaran ( the Lord , who is the Sarvaj~nan)

has to be clearly understood to avoid hurdles met with on the journey

towards Liberation from the cycles of births and deaths .

 

ArTa Panchakam means five meanings. These five meanings relate to

the following five topics:

 

(1) ParamAthmA: PrApyan , the Lord who is the goal sought by

the JeevAthma and the Svaroopam of this Lord( PrApya Svaroopam).

This Svaroopam is always with MahA Lakshmi ; it is free of

any blemishes and is full of auspicous attributes.It is of the form of

true Jn~Anam and infinite bliss. This PrApyan has a dhivya MangaLa

vigraham ( divine body made of Suddha Satthvam ). This Lord has

the two kinds of wealth-- LeelA VibhUthi ( this world) and

the Nithya VibhUthi (Eternal SrI Vaikuntam) --for His enjoyment.

This Lord has the sport of creating , protecting and dissolving

the universe and its entities.

 

(2) JeevAthmA: PrApthA ( The svaroopam of the JeevAthma seeking

the Lord as its goal to attain.The Svaroopam of the Jeevan divides

in to three categories: the bound one, liberated one and the

eternally

liberated. Jeevan is of the atomic size ; it has also the JN~Ana ,

Aanandha Svaroopam ; it is the liege (Servant) of the Lord;

it has the sole goal of attaining the Lord, its Master even if it takes

many janmams .

 

(3) The UpAyam (Means) by which the JeevAthman gains the Lord.

This UpAyam is the anushtAnam (observance ) of Bhakthi or

Prapatthi yOgam . Prapatthi or total surrender of the Lord's property

(Aathma) to Him as the owner and resting the burden of protection

at His sacred feet .This is easier to do than the complex and

lengthy anushtAnam of Bhakthi yOgam.

 

(4) The fruits resulting from the attainment of the Lord.The matchless fruit

from the completion of Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam is ParipoorNa

BrahmAnubhavam or the total enjoyment of the Lord and His consort

at SrI Vaikuntam and performing eternal service (nithya Kaimkaryam )

to Them.

 

(5) The obstacles.deterrents (VirOdhis) that one faces during the efforts

to attain Moksha Sukham granted by the Lord are many .The principal

VirOdhi is the anger of the Lord over the trespasses of His commands

housed in Sruthis and Smruthis.This anger of the Lord arises from

twelve different kinds of lapses and trespasses.Our Lord's anger over

the

Jeevan's trespasses is known as Nigraham. The powerful and unfailing

cure

(parihAram) for that anger of the Lord is SaraNAgathy at His sacred

feet .

 

 

 

 

 

Sahasra Naamam: 14

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( PraNavam) VibahavE Nama:

 

(meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is all pervading

and existing everywhere !

 

SahasranAmam 15:

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(PraNavam): SvabhuvE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is self-born and is responsible for

His own

birth to perform His leelAs.(The other version of the name is: SvambavE

nama:)

 

Special Notes:

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SahasranAmam 16

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(PraNavam) VishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Lord VishNu-VenkatEsan , who protects the world

through His many incarnations as Raama, Krishna , Narasimha and others.

 

Special Notes:

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Sahasra Naamam 17

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(PraNavam) JishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning):Salutations to the Lord, who is the synonym for victory

in all His undertakings on behalf of His devotees!.

 

Special Notes

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Sahasra Naaman 18

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(PraNavam) VardhishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord Thrivikram-VenkatEsan , who can grow to

any dimensions and fill out the space in all directions!

 

Special Notes:

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Sahasra Naamam 19:

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(PraNavam) UthsavishNavE Nama:

 

(Mening): Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who is celebrated for

His sankalpam to protect His devotees and destroy their enemies.

 

Special Notes:

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Sahasra Naamam 20

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(PraNavam) SahishNukAya Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord , who tolerates all the trespasses

of a Jeevan once that jeevan surrenders to Him unconditionally!

 

Special Notes:

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NamO SrI VenkatEsAya

Daasan, Oppiliappn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

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Sahasra Naamam: 14

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( PraNavam) VibahavE Nama:

 

(meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is all pervading

and existing everywhere !

 

Special Notes:

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"Vibhu" means Supreme One , who is Sarvasakthan.

He is eternal and exists everywhere.He is the Lord,

Emperor of Emperors and has unimaginable riches and prowess.

 

The meaning closest to "Vibhu" can be discerned from

the 76th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam: " Vikramee"

( the most powerful Supreme One). Swamy ParAsara Bhattar

quotes a slOkam form VishNu purANam to elaborate on

this "Vikramee (Vibhu) " nAmam:

 

manasaiva jagath srushtim samhAram cha karOthi Ya:

Tasya ari-paksha KshapaNE kiyAn udhyama visthara:

 

--SrI VishNu PurANam : 5.22.15

 

(Meaning): " By His sheer will (Sankalpam) , He creates

and dissolves the universe.When He has such capabilities

and power , defeating His enemies is nothing to Him.

 

This Sri VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam also is an echo of

the 733rd SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam: " Vaaya Nama:".

He is VakarArTa Svaroopan . Another SrI VishNu PurANa

SlOkam elaborates on this VakAra / Vibhu artham :

 

vasanthi tathra bhUthAni bhUthAthmanyakhilAthmani

Sa cha bhUthEshvaEshu VakArArTastathO munE!

 

(Meaning): He is denoted by the word "Va:" since

all beings dwell in Him , while He Himself pervades

all souls as their indweller.There is no jeevan in

which He is not present .

 

The anthraathma Tatthvam and Omnipotence

are celebrated by this SrI VenkatEsa Naamam.

 

SahasranAmam 15:

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(PraNavam): SvabhuvE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is self-born

and is responsible for His own birth to perform His leelAs.

The other version of the name is: SvambavE nama:

 

Special Notes:

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Our Lord has no father or mother. He is yet the Father

and Mother of all. In this matter He has no match

(TannoppArillappan).

 

When some special devotee performs upachArams for Him with

tender affection , then He recognizes them and elevates them

to the status of His"Mother". When a great devotee of Lord VaradarAjA

offered milk every day at the right temperature so that it was neither

too hot or too cold for our Lord's enjoyment , our Lord called this devotee

from NadAthUr as His Mother ( NadAthUr ammAl).He inquired whether

the special devotee was HisMother ( Yenn AmmAvO?).

 

This 15th SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is close to the two SrI VishNu Sahasra

Naamams :

 

"Svayam-jaathAya Nama:" ( 986th Naamam) and "SvayambhuvE nama:"

(37th Naamam).

 

Svambhu means that He manifests Himself out of His own free will for

enjoyment of His own leelAs. In distinction to other gods like Siva and

Brahma , He is not bound by karmAs and therefore His birth is not controlled

by any others .The other gods are Karma Vasyaas , whereas our Lord is

unaffected by the Karmaas. He makes this self-manifested appearances

time to time through His own Maaya (aathma Maaya) entirely out of His

sankalpam to please and protect His devotees. In dhivya dEsams like

ThiruvEnkatam , He appears as Svayambhu or Svyam Vyaktha Vigraham.

He manifests Himself for Loka Hitham . Swamy ParAsara Bhattar quotes

an apt passage in this context: "Sa yEsha Svyam udhvabhou"( He manifested

by himself). He is born without anticipating any prayers or predictions

from others ( " PrArTanA nirapEkshathayA Svayam Jaatha:").

 

SahasranAmam 16

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(PraNavam) VishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Lord VishNu-VenkatEsan , who protects the world

through His many incarnations as Raama, Krishna , Narasimha and others.

Salutations to the Supreme Lord , who pervades without exception all

the created beings ( sentient and the insentient).

 

Special Notes:

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The second, 259th and 663rd SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamams are

"VishNavE Nama:". Three times , the powerful VishNu sabdham

is invoked by the SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam.

 

The sentient and the insentient beings of His creation are His wealth

(VibhUthis).He creates them and enters in to them with His own

sakthi anf glory (Sva-mahimnA , Sva-SakthyA charAcharANi

anupravEsithavAn ithi VishNu:).The definition given here is :

"CharAcharEshu bhUthEshu vEsanaath VishNuruchyathE " .

His anupravEsam thus leads to the Naamam of VishNU .

His total pervasive presence (PoorNathva Vyaapthi) is

saluted here.

 

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar quotes the UNAdhi sooktham :

" na tadhasthi vinA yath MayA bhUtham charAcharam "

(" There is no object , moving or non-moving , which can

exist without Me").

 

The name VishNu is thus derived from the root "Vis" as understood

from above references.

 

Sahasra Naamam 17

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(PraNavam) JishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning):Salutations to the Lord, who is the synonym for victory

in all His undertakings on behalf of His devotees!.

 

Special Notes

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Lord VenkatEsa is :" JishNu " since He is Sarva-Vijayee. He wins over

anyone.

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He protects His BhakthAs from every direction and from inside their heart

lotuses as saluted by DhwAdasa Naama Panjara sthOthram . He adorns various

weapons befitting the locations from which He protects us. For example , He

stays at the heart lotus as PadhmanAbhan and shines there with the

brilliance of

thousand Suns. He is armed with all kinds of weapons and moves everywhere

without hindrance as the Omnipotent and Omniscient Lord :

 

Hruth-PadhmE PadhmanAbhO mE , SahasrArka Sama-prabhah

Sarva-aayudha: Sarvasakthi: Sarvaj~na: SarvathOmukha:

 

--6th slOkam of SrI DhwAdasa Panjaram

 

His victory over all who oppose Him is celebrated in SrImath RaamAyaNam,

SrImath BhAgavatham and PurAnams dealing with His avathArams such as

Nrusimhan , HayagrIvan , Mathsya , Koorma and others.

 

Sahasra Naaman 18

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(PraNavam) VardhishNavE Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord Thrivikram-VenkatEsan ,

who can grow to any dimensions and fill out the space in all directions!

 

Special Notes:

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This naamam slautes His "Ongi UlahaLantha Utthama " vaibhavam.

As Trivikraman , He moved everywere without obstruction and

measured the earth , interspace and sky all the way up to the limits of

this aNDam and further upwards.

 

Swamy Desikan in the first slOkam of SrI DehaLeesa Sthuthi salutes

the Thrivikrama avathAran ( the Lord of ThirukkOvalUr dhivya dEsam)

as:

 

" Vikramya yEna vijithAni Jaganthi bhUmnA

Visvasya yamm parama-kAraNam aamanathi--"

 

(meaning): After recieving the deed of three feet of Earth, Vaamanan

grew in to the gigantic form of Thrivikraman and with His two feet ,

He pervaded (measured) all the universe and placed it under His control

with His own might . He is the first cause of the Universe and is saluted by

Vedams as the performer of such a wonderous deed .

 

In the tenth slOkam of SrI DehaLIsa Sthuthi , Swamy Desikan salutes

this VardhishNu Svarropam of Thrivikraman beautifully :

 

VairOchanE: sadhasi Vaamana-bhUmikAvAn

vikrAnthi thANDava-rasEna vijrumbhamANa:

chakrE BhavAn makara-kuNDala karNa paasa:

syAmaika mEga bharithAmiva sapthalOkeem

 

(Meaning) : Once upon a time , You arrived at MahA Bali's Yaaga Saalai

in the form of a dwarf BramhachAri ( Vaamana VaDu) and asked for

the gift of three measures of land from MahA Bali. Once that was deeded

to You , You grew insantly to a gigantic form to envelop the Universes

as a joyous dancer and pervaded them. That appearance of Yours as

Thirvikraman was like a blue cloud covering all the Universes. The lustre

from

the makara shaped ear ornaments spread as a dart of lightning in the middle

of

the dark blue rainy cloud hue of Your ThirumEni.

 

Poygai AzhwAr salutes this "VardhishNu" Thrivikraman in Mudahal

ThiruvandhAthi:

 

" NinRu nilam am-kai neer-yERRu moovadiyAl

senRu disai aLantha SenkaNmArrkku--yenRum

padaiaazhi PullUrdhi PaampaNayAn paadham

adaiyAzhi nenjE ! aRi

 

-- 21 st Pasuram of Mudhal ThiruvandhAthi

 

(Meaning): Our Lord , who rests on the bed of AadhisEsha

is the Supreme Master of all and is the owner of the two

kinds of wealth ( Ubhaya VibhUthi). He is known by His

insignias( VishNu lakshaNams) of Sudarsana chakram , Garuda

as His vAhanam and AdhisEshan as His couch . That Lord

went to MahA Bali to beg for three feet of land as Vaamanan

and measured all directions with His three steps.

 

Swamy AlavanthAr longs for the sacred feet of Thrivikraman

adorning the VishNu lakshanams (of conch , disc, kalpaka tree,

flag, lotus , ankusam and vajra weapon ) to have contact with

his head in the 31st slOkam of his SthOthra Rathnam :

 

kadhA puna: sankha raTAnga kalpaka

dhvaja arvaindha ankusa vajra laanchanam

Thrivikrama! Thvath ChraNAmbhuja-dhvayam

madheeya mUrdhAnam alankarishyathi

 

Sahasra Naamam 19:

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(PraNavam) UthsavishNavE Nama:

 

(Mening): Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who is celebrated for

His sankalpam to protect His devotees and destroy their enemies.

Salutations to the Lord around whom there is always a festival

(uthsavam)!

 

Special Notes:

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Lord VenkatEsA's Uthsavams are world famous and bhakthAs

flock to Thirumala to have the bhAgyam of having His darsanam

on those occasions. There is always one or other Uthsavam from

dawn to midnight at Thirumala for the Lord.

 

Our Lord of Thirumalai is the ocean of all nectarine auspicious attributes

( Samastha KalyAna GuNAmruthOdhadhi:). He is under the influence of

His bhakthAs as Bhaktha Sulabhan and Souseelyan. He can not bear seperation

from His BhakthAs (Mrudhu DayALu) and is firm in the defense of them

( STira:) . He is also sweet as amrutham ( Madhura:) . His gratefulnees

for those , who sought His protection makes Him think of little deeds

done by them as great ones ( kruthee kruthaj~na:). That is His svabhAvam

( innate nature).With His sankalpam alone , He comes to the rescue of

His bhakthAs as "UthsavishNu".

 

He is" aathmadhaa and Phaladhaa " ( giver of Himself and also the strength

of

mind to enjoy Him and His limitless auspicious attributes as ParamAthmA).

 

As UthsavishNu , He not only comes to the rescue of His devotees

( GajEndhran, Dhroupathi, PrahlAdhan et al) and destroys their

enemies (Crocodile , KauravAs and HiraNyakasipu).

 

Sahasra Naamam 20

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(PraNavam) SahishNukAya Nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord , who tolerates all the trespasses

of a Jeevan once that embodied Jeevan surrenders to Him unconditionally!

 

Special Notes:

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The 146th and the 570th VishNu sahasra nAmams are echos

of this Naamam of Lord VenkatEsa. "SahishNu" means One

who forgives trespasses.It is His svabhAvam ( innate nature )

to forgive the countless sins of those , who surrender at His

lotus feet . These sins would be those that have been committed before

or about to be committed later. These could have been committeed

consciously or unconsciously at all times and places by all karaNams/

Indhriyams. These sins arise from violation of the Lord's laws

enumerated in His saasthrAs. These could arise from insults to

Bhagavan like SisupAlan or to His BhaagavathAs like HiraNyakasipu.

The offenses to His devotees are not easily endured by the SahsihNu.

The question arises as to why He is so tolerant towards those , who

seek His protection even if they have committed countless aparAdhams.

That is a result of SvAbhAvika Svaroopa prayuktham ( innate quality

which is natural to Him like coolness is natural to Moon) . His aasritha

Vaathsalyam ( affection to those who has seek His refuge) is

the kalyANa guNam that is behind His name as SahishNu.

 

The offenses committed is not confined to humans .He puts up with

DevAs , BrahmA , IndrA and others , once they seek His protection

and perform SaraNAgathy. " BrahmAdhimanthu sahanAth SahishNu

ithi kaTyathE " is the commentary . He puts up even with their offenses

until they regret their behavior and fall at His sacred feet . At that

time,

the Supreme Lord becomes endowed with DayA for them , controls

His anger and welcomes them to His fold with affection as "SahishNu".

 

NamO SrI VenkatEsAya

Daasan, Oppiliappn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan