bhOgyAmrutam - SrImAn

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SrImAn = The one with an exquisite and The befitting form to seek refuge in;

Who has such AsritAs (souls seeking refuge in Him);

Who has SrI;

 

pASuram : Siriya tirumaDal 45, 46, 47, 48 (Tirumangai AlwAr tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam)

 

Samanvayam : All His forms whether they be the terrific Narasimha form or the captivating vAmana form or the all enduring kUrma form are unique and unmatched in their resplendence. He is the one with such an exquisite divya mangaLa vigraham.

 

With such engrossing features He attracts the attention of even the most indisposed souls and makes them seek refuge in Him. He is the one with AsritAs. What was the reason behind His assuming the “trivikrama” form?. It was to bestow His unconditional protection on all of us and thus become the “One with AsritAs”. Why did He strain Himself in the kShIra sAgara madhanam. It was to become the possessor of SrI.

 

pASuram :

 

45) ArA yezhundAn | ariyu ruvAi anriyumFlourished rapidly in the roaring nrusimha form

 

pEr vAmana nAkiya kAlattuWhen He came as vAmana

 

mUvaDimAN | 46) tArAi yenakkenru vENDi ccalattinAlHe sought land worth three strides and cannily

 

nIrettula kellAm ninra LandAn mAvaliyaiaccepted the oblations of Bali, grew and measured the whole worlds

 

47) ArAtapOtil aSurar kaLumtAnumAyIn the endless fight between Him and the demons..

 

kArArvarainaTTu nAkam kayirAka(He) Installed the dark mountain and wrapped the snake vAsuki around it as a rope

 

48) pErAmal tAngi kkiDaindAnWho churned the ocean by sustaining them as their indweller

 

tiruttuLAi tArArnda mArvan taDamAlvarai pOlumThat One with the tulasi garland on His chest

 

Detailed Interpretation :

 

1) The One who flourished rapidly in the roaring nrusimha form : As we had seen in the previous nAma (nArasimha vapuhu), the nrusimha avatAram is beyond comparison. All the other forms, including those of the foremost and venerable celestials pale in comparison to His form. As told by our EmberumAnAr, it has to be understood clearly that His form is not one that He had assumed for enabling us to visualize Him nor is a symbol given by mortals to comprehend His otherwise unfathomable nature. It is an inseparable & inherent attribute of His, just like His kaLyANa guNAs. It is unique to Him and Him only. He is the possessor of such an exquisite divya mangaLa vigraham.

 

2) When He came as VAmana, He sought a land worth three strides from Bali and measured the whole worlds as the Trivikrama : vAmana avatAram was an delightful feast to the eyes of those who were blessed to witness it and continues to be so for the devotees who keep visualizing it. It was an extraordinary occasion of limitless beauty being confined to a tiny little form.

 

With such a spellbinding form, He tricked Bali. His sole intention was to bring us all under His all-protective shelter. He grew and measured all these worlds just to embrace all of us at once and bestow upon us the ineffable bliss of association with His SrI-pAdams.

 

Those who were maddened by such a display of His love, zestfully surrendered to Him and were totally lost in the un-explainable delight that is the contact with His SrIpAdams. Those disposed otherwise had no other option but to bow before His over-whelming supremacy. Gods, humans, and demons – everyone surrendered alike and at-once to that supreme Lord. Thus He became the one with AsritAs.

 

3) The One with the tulasi garland on His chest; The One who churned the ocean by installing the dark mountain and wrapping the snake around it as a rope:

 

The tulasi garland is extremely dear to Him. Because Our Mother SrI had herself decorated His chest with it as a vara mAla. Thus He became The SrImAn (The One with SrI).

Whenever He takes notice of the garland on His chest, He proudly remembers the monumental effort that He undertook to win His beloved SrI. First of all He had to install the huge mountain amidst the ocean. Then He had to bring the best snake vAsuki and wrap it as a rope around that mountain. Then He had to secure them from the forces of the churning by being in them and giving them the requisite resilience. Further, the incompetence of dEvAs and asurAs impelled Him to be on both sides for ensuring a relentless execution of the job. And He stood as the fulcrum of the entire process in the form of the all-enduring kUrma. As if all of this was not enough, He was the One (in actuality) who had to digest the deadly poison to save all the worlds. And finally with all those arduous efforts, He won the heart of His beloved SrI and became the SrImAn.

 

He is the sparkling gem on the vEnkaTa Hill, Our beloved Lord VenkaTaRamaNa.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana

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