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The 4th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam: *************************************** "ANAAMAYAYA NAMA:" = SALUTATIONS TO THE LORD , WHO IS THE BESTOWER OF HEALTH FROM THE DEGENERATIVE DISEASE OF SAMSAARAM ! This Naamam is the same as the 694th Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam . The 585th and the 586th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamams , " BhEshajAam Bhishak" also declares 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 ******************** 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 , the SapthagirIsan. Lord VenkatEsa is not only a super specialist for the crippling malady of SamsAra but He is also the only One capable of curing the same. Others too have opened shops and tried to cure common garden variety of diseases , but they do not have the treatment for this chronic disease of SamsAraa: "Yeruthtu kodi udayAnum Bhiramanum indiranum maRRum oruttharum ip-piRavi enum nOikku marundarivArum illai MarutthuvanAi ninRa MaamaNivaNNA ! maRu piRavi tavira tirutthi unn kOil kadai pugappEi ThirumAlirumchOlai YenthAi !" (Meaning): Neither Siva PirAn with the flag of a bull or Brahma dEvan or Indhran or other gods can prescribe an effective medicine for this disease known as repeated births in SamsAric world . Oh Lord of ThirumAlirum ChOlai with the hue of a giant gem and standing as the effective Physician to cure the disease of repeated births ! Please cure me from this degenerative disease and place me at the proximity of Your Sannidhi ! The diseases of the body and mind are curable by ordinary doctors. The disease of SamsAric afflictions that leads to repeated births and deaths can only be treated by a Super-Specialist . In this context Adhi SankarA 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 rest 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 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 medicine known as KrishNa to overcome this disease of samsAram). In the very first slOkam of SrI Mukundha Maalai , KulasEkharar identifies Sarva Swamy , Sri Mukundhan as " Bhaktha Priyan and Bhava-lundana gOvithan ": SrI VallabhEthi VaradhEthi DayAparEthi Bhaktha-priyEthi Bhava-luNDana gOvithEthi NaaTEthi Naaga-sayanEthi JagannivAsEthi aalApinam prathipadham 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 ; He is devoted to His bhakthAs and is the Master resting on AdhIsEshan ; He is THE DOCTOR , WHO CURES THE DISEASE OF SAMSAARAM . AzhwAr 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 adik-keezh kuRRavElanRu, maRappinmai yaan vENDum maadu"--Periya ThiruvandhAthi ( Oh Sriman NaarAyaNA! I seek the boon (medicine ) that will free me from repeated births in different yOnis (wombs) and to remember always to perform nithya kainkaryam for You at Your Parama Padham ). In another slOkam of Mukundha Maalai , KulasEkharar 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 the permanent cure: hE lOkA: sruNutha PRASUTHI-MARANA VYAATHE: CHIKITHSAAM AntharjyOthi: amEyam KrishNAkhyam aapeeyathaam Tath peetham PARAMOUSHADHAM vithanuthE NIRVAANAM-AADHYANTHIKAM 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 thus 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 more of the Mukundha Maalai sLOkams: NamAmi NaarAyaNa Paadha Pankajam KarOmi NaarAyaNa Poojanam sadhaa VadhAmi NaarAyaNa Naama nirmalam smarAmi NaarAyaNa Tatthvam avyayam |