raama ashtothram 9

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Dear sri vaishNava

perunthagaiyeer,

 

We are studying the

raama ashtOthra naamaavaLi compiled by our Sri Sadagopan swamy from

thyaagaraaja's krithis. So far we have seen 6 naamaas of the 108 – viz.

 

1. Sree seethaa manOharaaya nama:

 

2. SrI Srungaara Sekharaaya nama:

3. vaathaasanaari vara vaahanaaya

nama:

66. vinatAsuta vaahanAya nama: [Jayanthasenaa]

4. vaarijaasanaadhi vandhita paadhaaya nama:

103. Sanakaadhi yOgi brundha vandhya paadhAya nama:'

 

Now let us take up the next naama

"neeraja nayanaaya nama:" in raagam 'hindhOLa vasantham'. Since all the following naamaas

are also mean the same "lotus eyed raama" we can take up all at a time.

 

49. raajeeva akshaaya nama: KaambhOji

68. saraseeruha nayanaaya nama: (MukhAri)

94. naLina dhaLa nayanaaya nama: (Kaapi)

96.

neeraja dhaLa nayanaaya nama: (Bilahari)

 

Lotus

has many Sanskrit words. The 'amara kOsam' – the Sanskrit thesaurus says

following names as meaning lotus – [for both white lotus red lotus etc]

 

1. Padhmam

2. Nalinam

3. Aravindham

4. Mahaa

uthpalam or mahOthpalam

5. Sahasra

pathram

6. Satha

pathram

7. kamalam

 

8. KusEsayam

9. PankEruham

10. Thaamarasm

11. Saarasam

12. Saraseeruham

13. Bisaprasunam

14. Raajeevam

15. Pushkaram

16. AmbOruham

17. PuNdareekam

18. SithaambhOjam

19. Raktha sarOruham

20. Raktha uthpalam or

rakthOthpalam

21. KOkanadham

 

Perhaps

you may not find here the name 'vaarijaa' here, which we have seen already.

Since vaari means water and vaarijaa means born from water – as lotus is born

from water - it is a kaaraNap peyar as they say in tamil grammar – so since not

a direct one you may not have it here.

 

Now going into the points on these naamaas - "neeraja nayanaaya nama:" and

others as above - on the eyes of lord the sree vishNu sahasra naamam has many

naamaas. They are

 

[please note the number is as per bhattar bhaashyam – for

one who is following sankara bhaashyam the naama number may vary]

 

1. Om pushkara akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no.40 occurring in slokam

5.

Also naamaa no. 561 occurring in slokam 59

 

meaning: for 40 - the lotus eyed lord.

For 561 - he whose eyes are nourishing his seekers.

 

2. Om lOhitha akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 59 occurring in slokam

7

meaning: the red eyed lord.

 

3. Om puNdareeka akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no.112 occurring in

slokam 12

meaning: the lotus eyed - the eyes of the inhabitants of

srivaikuntham

[meaning the central figure or head of sri vaikuntham]

 

4. Om sahasra akshaaya nama:

-- naamaa no. 228 occurring in slokam 26

meaning: the 1000 eyed lord - [also in purusha sooktham]

 

5. Om aravindha akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no.348 occurring in

slokam 38

Meaning: one who has eyes as beautiful as lotus.

 

6. Om mahaa akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 355 occurring in slokam

38

meaning: he who has the great garuda as his vehicle or mode of

transport.

 

Sree paraasara bhattar gives this meaning.

 

But a very simple translation will mean one who has big eyes.

Remember neeNda ap periyavaaya kaNgaL ennaip pEdhamai seidhanavE in

amalanaadhippiraan.

 

7. Om vrushaBha akshaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 594 occurring in

slokam 63

meaning: one who has dharma as his eyes or the eyes themselves are

the dharmam.

 

8. Om svakshaaya nama: -- naamaa no.615 occurring in slokam 66

meaning: he who has beautiful charming divine eyes

 

[sOBhanE puNdareekaakhE akshiNee asya ithi svaksha:]

 

9. Om sarvathas chakshushE nama: -- naamaa no. 631 occurrin in

slOkam 67

meaning: one who has eyes every where. Perceptible to eyes of all,

at all places and times.

 

10. Om su lOchanaaya nama: -- naamaa no. 800 occurring in slokam

85

Meaning: he whose eyes are charming and bewitching.

 

11. Om ravi lOchanaaya nama: -- naamaa no.888 occurring in slokam

94

Meaning: one whose eyes are the sun.

 

We will continue in next post.

Dhasan

Vasudevan MG