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Title: Sri Venkatesa Ashtotthram
 
 

Sri Venkateswara Ashtotthram 

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SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra NaamAvaLi at the First Bell
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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
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 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:
 
 
 
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:

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
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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
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 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
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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
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