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Thirumanikkoodam Manikkooda Naayakan
 The 15th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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 MaadhavAya Nama:= salutations to the divine consort of MahA Lkashmi !

 The importance of this nAmam can be inferred from the fact that the Lord is addressed thrice by this nAmam in SrI VishNu SahasranAmam ( Naamams 73, 169, and 741 ).

 Meanings of Maadhava Naamam:
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 Maadhvan is the divine consort of MahA Lakshmi. He is Sriya: Pathi , Lakshmi Kaanthan . Maa means Lakshmi and Dhava: is Husband.

 The other four meanings of Maadhavan are:(1)He is the scion of the Kulam of Madhu (Madhu KulOthbhavan) (2) One who is realized by observing Silence (Maa/Mounam) , Meditation (dha) and YogA (Va)(3)One who has the sankalpa Jn~Anam about Srushti (4)One who is the target (upEyam ) of prapatthi (4) One who has the quality of Madhu(Delectable bhOgyam as Honey).

 Additional Comments
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 (1)Among the twelve names used by SrI VaishNavAs during the SandhyA Vandhanam and adorning of Urdhva PuNDrams , Maadhavan is the third one after Kesavan and NaarAyaNan :

 "Maadhavam MaNibhangAbham ChinthayAmi Chathurgadham"

 This is the prayer used by us as we adorn the Pundram at the center of the chest. He is visualized as holding four maces as weapons for our protection and having the sapphire blue color.His direction is Urdhavam or upper region .

 2) SrI DhvAdasa Naama Panjara SthOthram pays its obesiance to Maadhavan this way:

 IndhIvara-daLa shyAmO MaadhavOrdhvam GadhAdhara:

 3) Maadhava Naamam is linked with the Lord , who is both SrI Tatthvam and Dhvaya Manthram and is thus deeply embedded  in this Naamam according to PoorvAchAryAs , who  wrote commentary  on ThiruvAimozhi .

 4) Swamy NammazhwAr invokes the Maadhava Naamam FIVE TIMES in His ThiruvAimozhi (TVM) Prabhandham :

 a) Maadhavan pAl SaThakOpan thIthaminRi uraittha
 yEdhamilA aayirappatthu OdhavallAr PIRAVAARE --TVM 1.6.11

 Here Swamy NammazhwAr says: " Of the thousand flawless verses that SaThakOpan has SUNG OF MAADHAVAN ,THE LORD OF  MAHAA LAKSHMI , without any taint to affectHim , this decad  is sure to make any one , who masters it , FREE FROM THE CYCLES OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS ".

 Here the Link of Maadhava Naamam with Moksham is clearly pointed out.

 b) Maadhavan yenRathE --TVM 2.7.3

 Here Swamy NammAzhwar confides to the Lord: " adiyen just uttered Maadhavaa ; adiyEn did not know the depth of meaning behind this name of Yours.adiyEn's Mother and Your divine consort , MahA Lakshmi(Maa) must have a special ruchi for this name and therfore She recommended adiyEn to You (purushakAram) . You said then : " Oh AzhwAr ! Let  bygones be bygones! Though I could have enjoyed giving the bliss of My Company to you long ago  however I would assure you (now) that I would not let you subject yourself to any kind of penance or similar effort for gaining Me! Saying this , entering me and sitting fixed inside me , the Lord , My nectar (amrutham) has totally terminated all kinds of sins that I had committed knowingly or unknowingly (after prapatthi) . He is My Swamy, Maadhavan".

 c) Towards the end of the ThiruvAimozhi, Swamy NammAzhwAr is in a hurry to join His Lord atSriVaikuntam . He composes Paasurams , which are almost like KuRaL . In these paasurams of 10.5 , he invokes the Moksham granting SrIman NaarAyaNana twice. In the first of these two paasurams , He connects Maadhava Naamam directly to Lord VenkatEsan(TVM10.5.6):

 mEyAn Venkatam KaayA Malar VaNNan
 pEyAr mulai uNDa vaayAn MAADHAVANE

 (Meaning): Madhvan is the Lord , who has the hue of blue KaayAmbhu flower ; He is the beloved of MahA Lakshmi (SrinivAsan) residing at ThiruvEnkadam. He sucked the life out of Poothanai,  who came to kill Him during His KrishNAvathAram.

 d) In the next Paasuram (TVM 10.5.7), Swamy NammAzhwAr asks us to recite the name of Maadhavan again and again and at all times. He says: "Past sins will get destroyed and no sin or stigma will attach themselves in the future":

 Maadhavan yeRu yenRu OthavalIrEl
 theethu onRum adayA yEtham saarAve

 Theethu here refers to the sins accumulated before the performance of Prapatthi; yEtham is connected with the sins committed after SaraNAgathi. Both are destroyed by the repeated utterance of Maadhava Naamam and reflecting on its deep meanings.

 e) In the TVM 10.9.5 paasuram , Swamy NammAzhwAr celebrates the servants of Maadhavan ( Sri VaishNavaas, who performed SaraNAgathi) and points out the honors recieved by them during their travel via archirAdhi mArgam (path of light) to SrI Vaikuntam:

 Maadhavan tamar yenRu Vaasalil Vaanavar
 pOthumin yemathidam puthuha yenRalum
 geethangaL paadinar Kinnarar GerudarkaL
 Veda-nal-vaayavar vELviuL madutthE

 That the VaishNavAs are DaasAs of MAADHAVAN , the name standing for the divine couple explicitly , would attract great respect from all ! The aadhivAhikAs welcome them at their gateways and honor them.DevAs, Maharishis pay their due regards to these MAADAVA DAASAAS .The Vedic experts readily offer the fruits of their Yaj~nams to fulfil their vow to recognize BhAgavatha Seshathvam (Being servants of the Lord's bhakthAs) . Soon after, the divine musicians ( KinnarAs , GarudAs and GandharvAs) play melodious music to honor these Maadhava DaasAs.

 Such is the glory of the Naamam of MAADHAVAN , which has intimate connection to the Dhvaya Manthram!



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