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The 30th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam: **************************************** Chathur-VedathmakAya Nama: Salutation to the Lord of Sapthagiri , who is the indweller of all the Four VedAs.He is the subject of salutation by the Four VedAs. Additional Comments on Chathur-vEdAthamakthvam *********************************************** "sarvE vEdA: sarva-vEdhyA: saasthrA: sarvE Yaj~nA: sarva ijyasaya KrishNa:" Lord KrishNa is every thing ;He is of the form of all the Four VedAs; He is the One to be known by all of His SaasthrAs; He is of the form of all Yaj~nAs . He is SarvAthmakan , Sarva VyApi. That is why He is saluted as : VedAya nama: " by the 129th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam (SVSN).He decalres in GitA : "Veda-vidEva cha : " (I am indeed the knower of all the Four VedAs). " vEdaaisccha sarvam ahamEva vEdhya: " says our Lord. He says: "I am the One to be known in all the four vEdAs ". Thirumangai Mannan salutes the Lord of ThiruallikkENi as Vedam and Vedatthin Suvaip-payan : Vedatthai Vedatthin Suvaip-payanai --Aadhiyai, Amudhai , YennaiALudaya Appanai" --Periya Thirumozhi:2.3.2 In His TirukkaNNapura Paasuram , AzhwAr salutes the Lord as "Veda Mudhalvan " , the Supreme One in the vedAs. In the ThiruppullANi Paasuram , ParakAla Naayaki recognizes the Lord in Viraha Taapam as : vedamum vELviyum ViNNum iru sudarum AadhiyumAnan aruL tantavavA namakku --Periya Thirumozhi: 9.4.9 Here Kaliyan acknowledges the grace of the Lord and sees Him as Veda Moorthy , Yaj~na Moorthy , the vast AakAsam , the Sun and the Moon and the prime force behind the Universe. In a moving Paasuram saluting ThErazhundhUr PerumAL , SrI Gosakan , Thirumangai pays respect to His Chathur-Veda -Svaroopam: ChandhOhA PouzhiyA TaitthiriyA Saama VediyanE NedumAlE anthO NinnadiyanRi MaRRaRiyEn AzhunthUr mEl tisai ninRa AmmAnE --Periya Thriumozhi: 7.7.2 Chathur-vEdAthmakthvam of the Lord is saluted here through reference to Him as "ChandhOhA (Rg Vedam), PouzhiyA, (Atharva Vedam) , TaittirIyA (Yajur vedam), Saama vEdiyanE(Saama Vedam) ". Kaliyan states here that he does not know ofanything except the ChathurvEda Moorthy's sacred feet. |