Fw: SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam: RathnAngi Kaimkaryam Series:Part : 103 , Sahasra Naamam 21-30

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SrI:

 

NamO VenkatEsAya

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord SrInivAsa of Thirumalai:

 

SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam 21

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21 . (PraNavam) BhrAjishnavaE Nama:

 

Salutations to the resplendent One !

 

This is the 143rd SrI VishNu Shasra Naamam. The comment given

is " UpAsithrubhyO BhrAjishNu: sva-prakAsana seelatha: " .

The reference here is to His GuNam of shining for the sake of those ,

who are His UpAsakAs. His Svyam-JyOthi and Param JyOthi

Tatthvam are being saluted here.

 

22. (PraNavam ) GrasishNavE Nama:

 

There are two intrepretaions for this Sahsra Naamam :

 

(1) He digests even the greatest of sins of the BhakthAs out of

His Vaathsalyam for those , who seek refuge in Him.

Swamy Desikan refers to the limitless bundle of his sins

and tempts the Lord by saying that those bundles would give Him

a huge feast and therefore He should rush to him and protect him.

 

(2) He swallows the whole universe and its entities during

PraLayam to protect them from destruction and keeps

them safely in a small portion of His stomach. This is part of

His cosmic function as the most merciful Lord . The three cosmic

functions of the Lord as our Isvaran are the Creation , Protection

and Dissolution of the Universe. Here the protection at the time of

dissolution is referred to. The AzhwArs refer often to these leelais of

the Lord as " Padaitthu, uNDu and Umizhnthu " ( creating , swallowing

and releasing ) based on the pramANams of Vedam and Upanishads ,

AchArya RaamaanujA recognizes the Lord in this context as " attA "

( AttA charAchara grahaNAth --VedAntha SutrA: 1.2.9).The source

for the entire Universe ( consisting of sentient beings and insentient

matter ) being the food for Brahman is saluted by KatOpanishad( 2.25):

" Yasya Brahma ch kshatram ca ubhE bhavata Odana: "

 

Our Lord is the " Nikhila ChArAchara SamharthrA ParamAthmA " .

He is the GrasishNu standing as SrI VenkatEsan on top of Venkatam

Hills.

 

23. (PraNavam) VarthishNavE Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is eternally present at all times (YugAs)

to delight the hears of His loving devotees (BhakthAs).

 

He performs His leelAs in all the four yugams , protects the Saadhu Janam ,

destroys the dhushta Janam , maintains Dharmam and rewards

His BhakthAs with His vision and performs countless auspicious

deeds on their behalf .

 

ParithrANAya SaadhUnAm VinAsAya cha DhushkruthAm

Dharma SamsTApanArTAya SambhavAmi YugE YygE

 

---Githai : 4.8

 

" For the protection of the Good and also for the destruction of

the wicked , for the reestablishment of Vedic Dharma , I incarnate

from age to age in the form of Gods , Men etc. " . Thus our Lord

as Venkata KrishNan reveals His avathAra rahasyam .

 

24. (PraNavam ) BharishNukAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is agaDitha gaDana sakthan.

 

He is beyond dhvandhvAs like Sukham and Dukkham ,

Poverty and wealth , light and darkness.This He does by

being the indweller of all " mutually non-co-existables " .

The delusions of the pairs of opposites are destroyed by

the grace of the Lord for those who worship Him with

steadfast devotion ( tE dhvandhva mOha nirmukthA bhajanthE

Maam dhruda-vrathA: / GithA Vaakyam: 7.28).

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr's ThiruviNNagara Pasuram is the reference

for His AgaDitha GadanA sakthi (ThiruvAimozhi: 6.3.1) :

 

" Look at the marvellous splendour of my Lord ! He is (pervades) present

in and is the controller of all--yes, all even mutually non-co-existables ,

such as penury and prosperity , hell and heaven , enimity and kinship ,

poison and nectar and He is my Master too and when I longed to see Him

and enjoy His presence (after lover's quarrel) , I saw Him at ThiruviNNagar

(Oppiliappan Koil) , where all families are affluent (in the spirit of

service) " .

 

There is another version for this Naama : " BhavishNukAya Nama: " .

This means that the Lord is present at all times. He is not affected by

PraLayam .At that time , He protects the Universe and its entities by

holding them safely in a subtle form inside a small section of His stomach

as He floats on a Pupil tree leaf as VaDapathra Saayee on

the fierce waters of PraLayam. He later releases them from the safe

abode of His stomach.

 

25, (PraNavam) KaalayanthrE Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord who is the engine empowering the Time

Machine !

 

The entire World is under the control of Time ( Kaalam).

He is the Controller of that Kaalam.

 

Among the three Tatthvams ( Sentients/ChEthanam , insentients/achEthanam

and Iswaran) , Kaalam belongs in the insentient category made up of

Prakruthi, Kaalam and Suddha Satthvam. Kaalam divides into future,

Present and Past. Kaalam is eternal. Based on time divisions like Kaashtai

(Smallest unit of time) , Naazhikai, MuhUrtham (30 MuhUrthams in a day ) ,

Day, month , ruthus and year, Kaalam assists in the creation , existence

and destruction in this prakrutha lOkam. It has no effect in aprAkrutha

Lokam of SrI Vaikuntam.

 

26. (PraNavam) Kaala-gOpthrE Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord, who protects Time( insentient Kaala Tatthvam )

for the benefit of mankind !

 

The Soorya NamaskAra Prasnams have salutations to the Lord as

the ordainer of the movement of the Kaala Chakram in

His role as its protector.

 

27. (PraNavam) KaalAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is Time itself !

 

He is the indweller and empowerer of Yama DEvan , the Lord of Death.

He is the Kaala Svaroopi and SamhAra Moorthy .

 

In the Visvaroopa chapter of Bhagavath GitA , He describes

Himself as the World-destroying Time:

 

" KaalOsmi lOka-kshayakruth pravruddhO

lOkAn SamAharthrumiha pravruttha : "

 

---GithA: 11.32

 

" I am the destroying Time .Manifesting Myself fully ,

I have begun to destroy the worlds here (at Kuru KshEthram) " .

 

28. (PraNavam) KaalAnthakAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is the destroyer of Yama Devan !

 

The reference is to Sage MaarkaNDEya , who was saved from

Yama Paasam through the Lord's intervention. Yama was destroyed

for his overreach in trying to put an end to a great devotee of the Lord .

 

29. (PraNavam) AkhilAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is the Master of the limitless Universes

of His as AkhilANDa Koti BrahmANDa Naayakan !

 

Our Lord is immeasurable and as Visvaroopi , no one can comprehend

the limitless nature of His svaroopam and VibhUthi (Isvaryam).

 

His Visva Roopam as the Lord of the Hundreds upon Thousands of

manifold and Divine worlds are saluted in the 11th Chapter of Bhagavath

GitA. Our Lord responds to Arjuna's prayer to see His AkhilNDa

Koti BrahmANDa roopam and gives Him the divine sight to experience

that Visvaroopam . The form of the Lord facing all directions (visvathO

Mukham) was infinite in length and breadth and housed countless hosts of

beings, DevAs , Rishis and achEthanams as well. That form of the Lord has

no end , no middle or beginning ( SarvathO anantha roopa bhagavAn

was infinite in dimensions). He was a TejOrAsi in His Visvaroopam and

was blazing like a burnig fire in all directions.

 

ArjunA salutes this Akhila AaadhAra Moorthy and Visvaroopan movingly

at the end of the GithA Chapter devoted to the Cosmic form of the Lord:

 

Anantha DevEsa JagannivAsa Thvamaksharam Sadhasatta tathparam Yath

Thvam AadhidEva: Pursha: PurANas-Thvamasya Visvasya Param NidhAnam

vEtthAsi vEdhyam cha param cha dhAma ThvayA tatham visvamanantharoopam

 

--GithA : 11.37-38

 

" Oh Infinite , Lord of Gods ! Oh You , who have the Universe

for Your abode ! You are the imperishable individual Self ,

the existent and the non-existent and that which is beyond both.

You are the Primal God and the ancient Person . You are

the Supreme resting place of the Universe.You are the knower and

that which is to be known , and the Supreme abode. By You ,

Oh Infinite of Form , is this Universe protected " .

 

This is the AkhilANDa Tatthvam of Lord VenkatEsan!

 

30. (PraNavam) KaalagamyAya Nama:

 

Salutations to the Lord , who is the controller of Time and

who leads the Jn~Anis to His Supreme abode after many births

for taking refuge in Him and realizing that " VaasudEva: Sarvam "

( VaasudEvA is all) .These great souls after innumerable auspicious

births ( bahUnAm JanmanAm anthE Jn~AnavAn Maam PrapadhyathE)

finds total refuge in the Lord . Passage of time is referred to here .

At the end of such a long time , the great soul (Jn~Ani) realizes

that VaasudEva and VaasudEva alone is the highest end and

also the means for attaining Him . In this context , Lord VenkatEsan

is Kaalagamyan.

 

(To be continued)