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The 2nd Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam: ********************************************* " SRIVAASAAYA NAMA:" = SALUTATIONS TO THE LORD , WHO IS THE ABODE OF SRI DEVI This is the same as the 609th Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam . Swamy ParAsara Bhattar comments that Lord VishNu (Venkatesa) is forever with Her (SrI Devi). She is His "Nithya SrI". He is the Nandavanam (UdhyAnam/ Garden) of Kalpaka trees , where SrI Devi is forever sporting according to Her pleasure. She loves to sport with the Lord on the banks of Swami PushkariNi. He is the ground /abode for those sports for Her. She will never be found outside that abode , the Vakshasthalam of the Lord (the chest region) , Her sporting ground . Additional Comments ******************** The First AshtOtthara Naamam celebrated the Sri VenkatEsa manthram . The second Naamam celebrates the SrInivAsa Tatthvam. Swamy NammAzhwAr's famous ThiruvAimozhi Paasuram is to be linked here: ahalahillEn iRayum yenralarmEl Mangai uRai MaarbhA ! niharil puhazhAy ! UlahamUnRudayAi yennai ALvAnE ! niharil amarar munik kaNangaL virumpum THIRUVENAKTATTHAANE PuhalonRillA adiyEn unnadikkeezhamarnthu puhunthEnE -- ThiruvAimozhi: 6.10.10 (Meaning according to Dr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan Swamy): " Not even for a moment will I leave this seat of mine " says Alarmel Mangai ( MahA Lakshmi/SrI Devi ). That She is always on Your chest is reassuring to me. Your reputation of Qualities is matchless. The three worlds are Yours. You have enslaved me. I have adopted You as my Master for all times . You are the unequalled Master since this relationship is not conditioned by any circumstance .Great sages , who have no match and devAs and nithyasooris come all the way to this place to worship You , Oh Lord of ThiruvEnaktam ! I , who have no other prop to cling to , humbly surrendered myself at Your feet and there I remained protected by You". Earlier AchAryAs have commented extensively on the deep links of this paasuram with the most Sacred Dhvaya Manthram and PurushakAram( intercession ) of SrI Devi on our behalf with Her Lord as well as the presence of Her(SrI Devi ) both during the UpAya dasai ( enactment of the means) and UpEya Dasai (prayer for Moksham as PurushArtham ) at the time of surrender to the divine couple. She intercedes on our behalf and pleads with Her Lord to forgive our trespasses and then is again, She is there with Her Lord when Prapatthi is performed and accepts it along with Her husband as His SahadharmachAriNi. SrI VishNu PurANam recognizes Her presence on the Lord's chest always as Nithya SrI : " VishNO: yEsha anapAyini ". AnapAyini means inseparable (ahalahillEn iRayum yenRu AlarmEl MangayuRai Maarbhan is SrIvAsan or SrinivAsan). Lord SrinivAsan follows the hints arising from the movements of His SrI Devi's brows and performs His protective duites accordingly . So says KurEsar in SrI Sthavam: " YasyA Veekshya Mukham tadhihithaparAdhInO vidhatthE akhilam ". He is completely under Her sway (Ingitha ParAdhInan). The Lord of Venkatam goes about His duties of Creation, Protection, Destruction of the universe (Jagath VyApAra leelais) , granting of Svarga vaasam or naraka Vaasam or Vaikunta Vaasam and all other activities by taking the hints from the movement of SrI Devi's brows. That is why She has to be there always on His chest to help Him and participate in the joy of the conductance of the Jagath- VyApArams. Vedam says that She is present with Him even during the time of PraLyam as "SvadhA Devi" , which is another name for Sri Devi: " aanIdhavAdhag SvadhayA TadhEkam ". For our SaraNAgathi to become fruitful , Her inseparable presence with Her Lord is essential. Vedam again says that She is the object of His (Lord's) Preethi and as such She is inseparable from Him : " Sriyam lOkE DevajushtAm UdhArAm ". Devan here is the ParamAthmA , SrInivAsan/SrIvAsan. Lord SrinivAsan and AlarmEl Mangai are Saha-dharmachAris. They stay inseparable and grant the PurushArTam (ultimate goal of life) , Moksham for SaraNAgathAs: "LakshmyA saha Hrushee DevyA KaaruNyaroopyA ! Rakshaka: sarvasiddhAnthE ". She is a DEFINING MARK for Her Lord . In fact , it is Her presence that conclusively identifies Her Lord to us ; as such She is the " Svaroopa nirUpaka dharmam " , without whom we would be groping in the dark in our search for the Parama Purushan . Just as His lotus eyes , it is Sriya: Pathithvam that reveals Him as the ultimate One ( tiru illA dhevarai tErElmin dEvu). Swamy NammAzhwAr instructs us about this inseparable Dhivya dampathis blessing us (their children) with MokshAnugraham: " oNDodiyAL ThirumahaLum ThaanumAhi oru ninaivAl eenRa uyirellAm uyya " ( They have taken this sankalpam to redeem us together ). There are many cross correlations to the Second Naamam of "SrIvAsan " in Dhivya prabhandhams: 1."panthirukkum melviralAL Paavai PanimalarAL vanthu irukkum Maaravan " --Periya Thrumozhi:2.2.9 The key words are " Vanthu-irukkum Maarbhan ". She elected to stay on His Chest after coming out of the Milky Ocean . ParAsara Maharishi states in VishNu PurANam that She took permanent residence at the Lord's Chest as the DevAs were watching ( PasyathAm Sarva-dEvAnAm yaTou vakshasthalam HarE:) . She defined Her Lord through Her presence and stays on His chest as anapAyini. As indicated earlier , She is His LakshaNam , the defining mark . From that seat and together with Her Lord, She does SaraNAgatha rakshanam through participation as saha-dharmachAriNi in the Yag~nam of SaraNAgathi. Swamy Desikan explains this tatthvam to us in the fifth slOkam of ParamArTa Sthuthi: The Periya PirAtti is Your Dharma Pathni, who never ever leaves Your side. Oh Lord ! Your GuNams like dayA are the helping adhikAris (Rthviks) in that Yag~nam.This yag~nam focusing on the protection of those , who seek Your RakshaNam is a very long and ancient one. As per the Yoga Soothram defining pathni ( pathyunou Yag~nya SamyOgE ) , Your consort , SrI Devi takes equal part in that SaraNAgathi Yaagam and gives the Phalan (fruits of that Yag~nyam) .The pramANam for PirAtti's PurushakAra function is " vEri mArAda poo mEl iruppAL vinai theerkkumE". The PramANam for the Piratti's presence during the UpAya dasai is from SrImad RaamAyaNam : "sa BhrAthu: charaNou gaadam nipeedya Raghunandana: ". The other PramANam is from dhivya Prabhandham: " on toddiyAL ThirumagaLum neeyum nilA nirpa , kaNda sadir kandu ozhindEn adaindEn unn ThiruvadiyE ". Through the second naamam of "SrIvAsAya nama:" , we are reminded of the Lakshmi Tatthvam and our duty to celebrate Her Lord as the abode of the Sarva MangaLa dhAyaka SrI Devi: Sarva-kAma-pradhAm RamyAm samsArArNava-taaRiNIm Kshipra-prasAdhinIm LakshmIm SaraNyAm anuchinthayEth (Meaning): We should reflect upon SrI Devi , who is the grantor of all desires quickly and is beautiful. She gets us across the ocean of SamsAram and She is the Sarva-lOka -SaraNyai). Replying to the doubts as to the lack of widespread and specific mention by the name of Sri in the Sruthi (Vedam) , AchArya RaamAnujA is reported to have said " PerumALai sonna idam yellAm PirAttiyaiyum sonnasAyittru" (Wherever Lord is mentioned , PirAtti is also included there ). Swamy ParAsara Bhattar echoes this sentiment in a Passage in of his GuNa Rathna Kosam: " tat antarbhAvAt na tvaam prithak abhidattE Sruthirapi". She confers thus the name of "SrIvAsan" on Her Lord through Her eternal presence on His chest . |