Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 5/ Fourth NaamA: (PraNavm)AnAmayAyaya nama:

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ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,

GrIshma Ruthu , VaikAsi , RohiNi, Sarva SomavAra AmAvAsyai

 

SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

 

Let us reflect on the Fourth NaamA of

SrI Venkatesa AshtOttharam !

 

The First Ten NaamAs of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam

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1. (PraNavam) SrI VenkatEsAya nama:>

2. (PraNavam) SRIVAASAAYA NAMA:

3. (PraNavam) LakshmI PathayE nama:

4. (Pranavam) anAmayAya nama:

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5. (PraNavam) amruthAmsAya nama:

6. (Pranavam) Jagadh-vandhyAya nama:

7. (PraNavam) GovindhAya nama:

8. (PraNavam) SaasvathAya nama:

9. (PraNavam) PrabhavE nama:

10.(Pranavam) SEshAdhri-nilayAya nama:

 

The Fourth Naamam : Meaning

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" (PraNavam) anAmayAya nama: " = SALUTATIONS TO

THE LORD , WHO IS THE BESTOWER OF HEALTH from

the degenerative disease of SamsAram..

 

This is the 694th Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam .

 

The 585th and the 586th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamams , "

BhEshajAyam Bhishak " also declare that He is the effective

medicine for the incurable disease of SamsAram and the expert in

the diagnosis of that disease and its treatment ( asAdhya

Bhava-rOgasya BhEshajam ; samyak-vidhitha nidhAna

chikithsO Bhishak).

 

Additional comments

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One who bestows health is a Doctor , who prescribes

the right kind of medicine.He is a Vaidhyan or Doctor.

The disease is SamsAric illness , which is very cruel

and debilitating . One needs therefore a very special

Doctor to cure this disease. That Doctor , who treats

this terrible disease is Vaidhya NaarAyaNan standing on

top of the seven hills , SapthagirIsan. At ThiruveLLUr ,

He is known as Vaidhya VeerarAghavan.

 

The diseases of the body and mind are curable by ordinary

doctors. The disease of SamsAric afflictions that leads to

repeated births and deaths. This can only be treated by

a Super-Specialist . In this context Adhi AankarA says:

 

" Punarapi Jananam punarapi MaraNam , punarapi jananI jaDarE sayanam

iha samsArE bahu dusthArE krupayA paalaya paahi MurArE "

 

( We are born again, we die again and then come back to lie in

the wombs of mothers again. Oh MurArE , please save me from

this misery of repeated cycles of births and deaths and

bless me with na punarAvrutthi/non-return to this samsAram).

 

KulasEkhara AzhwAr in His Mukundha Maalai refers to

the disease of SamsAram (nirAmayam ) and points out

that Lord KrishNa is the alchemy (rasAyanam ) to cure

the disease of SamsAram ( Bhava RhOgam):

 

idham sarIram pariNAma pEsalam

padhathyavasyam slathasanthi jarjaram

kimaoushadhai: klisyasi MooDa-dhurmathE !

nirAmayam KrishNa rasAyanam pibha

 

(This body over time will become feeble and is

going to die. Oh MooDa mathi! why are You chasing all

kinds of medicine for cure of this samsAric disease ?

Please drink the special potion known as KrishNa

to overcome this disease of samsAram).

 

In the very first slOkam of SrI Mukundha Maalai ,

KulasEkharar identifies Sarva Swamy , Sriman Mukundhan

as " Bhaktha Priyan and Bhava-lundana gOvithan " :

 

SrI VallabhEthi VaradhEthi DayAparEthi

Bhaktha-priyEthi Bhava-luNDana gOvithEthi

NaaTEthi Naaka-sayanEthi JagannivAsEthi

aalApinam prahtipadham kuru maam Mukundha

 

KulasEkharar identifies the Ubhaya VibhUthi Naatan,

Mukndhan as Sriya: pathi, the daya-svarUpi, who can not

bear the sufferings of His adiyArs , who is devoted to

His bhakthAs, is the Master resting on AdhIsEshan and

is THE DOCTOR , WHO CURES THE DISEASE OF SAMSAARAM .

He begs this Super-specialist to make him repeat often

the names of SeshasAyee and jagannivAsan to be cured of

the disease of SamsAram.

 

Swamy NammazhwAr prays for the same boon of

the destruction of SamsAric disease :

 

piRappinmai peRRU adi-keezh kuRRavElanRu,

maRappinmai yaan vENDum maadu " --Periya ThiruvandhAthi

 

( Oh Sriman naarAyaNA! I seek of the boon (medicine )

that will free adiyEn from repeated births in different yOnis

and to remember always to perform nithya kainkaryam

for You at Your Parama Padham ).

 

In another slOkam of Mukundha Maalai , Kula Sekharar

refers to samsAram as a parched desert land full of

suffering and states that he gets relief from that

sorrow by dipping deep into the cool and rejuvenating

pond of EmperumAn ( sramamushi agAtha maargE HARI SARASI

VIGAHYA --Bhava maru parikinna: khEdham adhya thyajAmi).

 

In a subsequent slOkam , KulasEkharar identifies this Master-

Doctor , who cures all sorrows as " vyasana apanOdhanakara:

Na: Swamy Sridhara: ).

 

KulasEkhara identifies this disease of samsAram as

" Prasoothi MaraNa VyAdhi " ( repeated birth and death disease).

The treatment (chikithsai) for it is the magnificent medicine

(marunthu/oushadham) of the indwelling Krishnan , who produces

eternal cure:

 

hE lOkA: sruNutha PRASUTHI-MARANA VYAATHE: CHIKITHSAAM

AntharjyOthi: amEyam KrishNAkhyam aapeeyathaam

Tath peetham PARAMOUSHADHAM vithanuthE NIRVAANAMAADHYANTHIKAM

 

KulasEkharar goes on to extoll this Parama Oushadham and

the Super-specialist that administers this medicine as

" Sri KrishNa Dhivya Oushadham " and " Bhava bhaya pradhvamsana

yEka Oushadham " .

 

The FOURTH Naamam of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam

refers to this Venkata KrishNa oushadham standing

on top of Thirumalai that surely cures the disease of

SamsAram as we prostrate before Him and seek Him

as our " Bhishak " .

 

Let us offfer our salutations to this great Doctor

with one of the Mukundha Maalai sLOkams:

 

NamAmi NaarAyaNa Paadha Pankajam

KarOmi NaarAyaNa Poojanam sadhaa

VadhAmi NaarAyaNa Naama nirmalam

smarAmi NaarAyaNa Tatthvam avyayam

 

(PraNavam ) NamO VenkatEsAya ,

(PraNavam) anAmayAya nama:

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan