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Sri Venkateswara Ashtotthram

 

SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra NaamAvaLi at the First

Bell****************************************Every day at Thirumala ,

our Lord is woken up with SrI VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham ; Suddhi ,

ThOmAla SevA and Koluvu Dharbaar follow thereafter.Now is the time

for the First Bell and the First NaivEdhyam. Lord's SatthumuRai

follows . At this time of the first bell , Sri VenkatEsa

SahasranAmams are recited by archakAs. It takes approximately 45

minutes to recite the Sahasra- nAmams housed in BrahmANDa PurANam as

Conversation between Sage Vasishta and the great VenkatEsa Bhaktha,

Sri NAradha. This Sahasra Naamam recitation concludes with the

following ancient benediction for the Lord: Sriya: KaanthAya

kalyANa NidhayE nidhayEarTinAm SrI Venkata-nivAsAya SrinivAsAya

MangaLam SrI VenkatAchalAdhIsam SriyAadhyAsitha Vakshasam

Sritha-chEthana-mandhAram SrInivAsam aham BhajE The First

NaivEdhyam for the Lord is offered now. SrI VenkatEsa AshtOtthara

NaamAvaLi at the Second Bell

********************************************** Now an EkAntha Pooja

(aparanha poojA) takes place . Only ArchakAs are inside the sanctum

and they recite the 108 NaamAs of the Lord housed in VarAha PurAnam

.. Cherupulu and PaNiyArams are offered to the Lord as naivEdhyam

during this period known as the second bell. Afterwards sarva

darsanam and aarjitha sEvAs for the day continue until the end of

that day's AarAdhanam for the Lord.The AshtOttharam used inside the

garbha graham is from VarAha PurANam with copious references to

sthala purANam and the incidents associated with the seven hills:

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/v/index.html

 

 

TheBrahmANDa purANam version is quite different in NaamAvaLis than

the one enshrined in the VarAha PurANam .AdiyEn has released the

commentary on the

BrahmANDa PurANa AshtOttharam as a CD ROM and

the text is available at the URL:

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan/sva/intro.html

The two recitations of the Lord's 1008 and 108 NaamAs take place at

the early hours of the Morning as described by ANDAL in Her

ThiruppAvai as "SiRRam SiRu KaalE Vanthunnai Sevitthu ". These are

very sacred recitations at Thiruppathi-Thirumalai before the Lord

by His archakAs.May the DayA Devi , the divine Consort of Lord

bless adiyEn with the insight to undertake this kaimkaryam on

behalf of Her Divine consort!

 

The Importance of PraNavam before the NaamA

**************************************Prior to reciting the naamA of

the Lord , we always include PraNavam in front and Nama: sabdham at

the end. For instance , we recite as First nAmam : (PraNavam) SrI

VenkatEsAya Nama: Let us reflect on the importance of adding PraNava

OmkAram before the Lord's NaamA first . Let us follow the revelations

provided by VishNu PurANam ,which is revered as "PurANa Rathnam " by

our AchAryAs. PraNavam is Sabdha Brahma Svaroopam. The UpAsanam of

PraNavam is vital for realizing Para Tatthvam according to ParAsara

Maharishi , the author of VishNu PurANam. He says: DhruvamEkam Brahma

OmithyEva vyavasTitham BhruhathvAth BruhmaNathvAccha tath

BrhamEthyabhidheeyathE Here is SrImath Prakrutham Azhagiyasingar's

comments on this passage : " This PraNavam is forever eternal . It

does not ever get destroyed. It has the svaroopam of YekAksharam.

Even if the Vedam is divided , this PraNavam alone stays

undivided.When it is recited , it expands in its KaaraNa state into

the three VyAhruthis ; in the KaaryA state, it expands into both

VyAhruthis and VedAs and thus becomes Brahman. It becomes Brahman

because the three VyAhruthis( BhU:, Bhuva: and Suva:) and the Four

VedAs ( Rg, Yajus, Saama and Atharava) are rooted in this PraNavam

.. This PraNava Brahman alone is worshipful as the central element for

the origin of the Universe (Jagath KaaraNam). This PraNavam has

therefore to be worshipped as the cause for the origin ( uthpatthi)

and layam for the Universe ; it has to be worshipped as the subtle

principle that is superior to the doctrine of Mahath . This is the

way to peform UpAsana on PraNavam . ParAsara Maharishi salutes this

PraNavam further as : (1) anaadhi or timeless in origin (2) eternally

present everywhere (vyApthi) (3) undestroyable (4) base for the TamO

guNam , which bewitches the World and deludes its beings (5)

PraNavam shines through Satthva GuNa activities (6) It confers

PurushArTams through the RajO guNa activities known as Pravrutthi (7)

It serves as the sought after target for those have Saankya Jn~Anam

/ worshippers of Moola Prakruthi (8) It confers tranquility and

control of IndhriyAs for those who desire them (9) It stays as the

abode of all auspiciousness and reveals the Svaroopam of ParamAthmA

and therefore is referred to as avyaktham and aksharam by

Upanishads . Inview of these multifaceted glories of PraNavam , it

is verily worshipped as the Supreme Brahman (Bhagavath Roopam )

itself ". This PraNavam is considered as VaasudEva Svaroopam . Its

avayavams are AkAram , UkAram and MakAram . Inspite of its three

components (avayavam), PraNavam in its avayavi svaroopam is

undivided. This is the Prabhu VaasudEvan. He is the One , who is

present without differentiation in all sentients and insentiens of

the universe.He is the One present as the Rg, Yajus, Saama Veda

Svaroopi as well as their essence . He is the indweller of all

beings . PraNavam is the Svaroopam of BhagavAn VaasudEvan , who is

limitless (Ananthan, Jn~Ana Svaroopan) , who is saluted by the

following slOkam : Sa BhidhyathE Vedamaya: Sa Vedam karOthi

Vedair-bahubhi: SasAkhAm SaakhApraNathO Sa Samastha SaakhA:

Jn~AnaroopO Bhagavan Anantha: Parasara Maharishi thus celebrates

PraNavam by recognizing it as Bhagavath Svaroopam . By prefixing

Bhagavan NaamAs in AshtOttharams and Sahasrams , we enhance the

sanctity of our utterances . PraNavam is Veda Mayam. The

Importance of Nama: Sabdham ***************************** In the

AshtOthara and Sahasra Naama Archanais , we end with the Nama:

sabdham . For instance , we recite : ( Pranavam ) VishNavE nama: The

Nama: sabdham is part of ashtAkshara manthram just as PraNavam . The

Nama: sabdham has many meanings as elaborated by AchAryAs in the

context of the Seshithvam of the Lord and the Jeevan's Seshathvam.

According to SamhithAs , there are three levels of meaning or Nama:

(SthUlam , Sookshmam and Param) of meaning .The SthUla Meaning is

based on VyAkaraNa sAsthram and reveals that Jeevan is prostrating

before the Lord with reverence and performing Prapatthi with all

the required angAs. The Sookshma meaning is derived from niruktham

concludes that jeevan is not independent and is not a Master of its

own destiny . The meaning at the Param level is based on rahasya

SaasthrAs and it establishes that fruit of Prapatthi (SaadhyOpAyam )

is the Lord Himself ( SiddhOpAyan). Thus by prefixing Bhagavan NaamA

with PraNavam and concluding with the Nama: sabdham , we link

ourselves the core and profound doctrines of SrI VaishNavam .

 

Contributors for this 108 & 1008 NaamAvaLi Kaimkaryams

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All the web page assembly related work has been brilliantly

completed by SrI SrInivAsan SrIram of California. The text of

the commentary on the 108 NaamAs housed inside the BrahmANDa PurANam

was put together by myself .

 

The Commentaries on the Varaaha PurANa AshtOttharams

used daily at Thirumalai SrinivAsan's sannidhi were jointly

constructed by SrI Coimbatore SadagOpan IyengAr and

myself .

 

The Commentaries on the 1008 NaamAs of Lord VenkatEsan

are being assembled by Dr.Venkat Kanumalla of SrI RanganAtha Temple of

Pomona, N.Y and myself . We hope to

complete that detailed work before this PurattAsi SravaNam ,

the avathAra dinam of Lord SrINivAsan .

 

It is a Parama BhAgyam to write the commentaries on the two

AshtOttharams and the Sahasra Naamams of the Lord of Thirumalaa Hills

..

 

AdiyEn places all these three Commentaries at the Sacred feet of the

Lord of ThiruvEnkatam Hills .

 

NamO VenkatEsAya *****************Let us start our AshtOtthara Satha

NaamArchanai now

in unison with the blessed ArchakAs of the Lord of Seven Hills !

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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