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 The 35th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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 Sura-PathayE Nama:

 One who is the Master of all DevAs.

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 All the dEvAs offer Him tribute as their Swamy through this TaittirIya Upanidhad passage : " SarvEsmai dEvA balim Avahanti".

 Our Lord is the DevanAthan ( ImayOr Talaivan ) according to Swamy  NammAzhwAr. As DEvanAthan /DEvarAjan , He is Dhaiva Naayakan and DEvAthi Devan.There are many passages in dhivya prabhandham that salutes the Lord as the Master of dEvAs:

 " valam seyyum vAnOr MaalirumchOlai" (dEvAs perform pradhakshiNam to Azhagar Malai , the abode of DEvAthi dEvan).

 " paravi vAnavar yEttha ninRa Paramanai Param sOthiyai" ( The assembly of dEvAs eulogize the Lord , the Supreme effulgence).

 Swamy  Desikan salutes Him as DevanAthan through visualization of the honey that flows from the fresh MandhAra flower garlands wound around the crowns of the prostrating DEvAs at the feet of their Lord :

 PraNatha Sura kirIDa prAntha mandhAra maalaa-
 vikaLitha Makarandha  snigdha PaadhAravindha:
 Pasupathi Vidhi poojya Padhma PathrAyadhAksha:
 PhaNipathipura NaaTa: pAthu mAmm DevanATa:

 In this first slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath , Swamy  Desikan refers to the aarAdhanams done by Brahmaa and Sivaa for the lotus-eyed Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram , as DevarAjan ( ThEpperumAL ) ; His sankalpam and commands are obeyed without resistance by the ten dhigpAlakAs and the 33 crores of DevAs. Lord VenkatEsa as the Lord of DEvAs and His rulership over the DEvAs is saluted in the 13th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath:


 aasAdhipEshu girisEshu ChathurmukEshvapi
 avyAhathA vidhi nishEdhamayee TavAj~nA
 Hastheesa nithyam anupAlana langnAbhyAm
 PumsAm subhAsubha mayAni phalAnisoothE

 (Meaning): Oh Lord ! Your commands proceed without interruption to the ten lords of directions and instructs them about their duties and controlling them as well . They can not trespass Your commands . If it is so for the DevAs , the humans also have to follow Your SaasthrEic commands and free themselves from Your anger if they violate those commands and instructions.When they follow faithfully Your Vedic instructions , then they achieve great auspiciousness.

 As the asurAs caused harm to DevAs , He took many incarnations as SrI HayagrIvan , VarAhan , Narasimhan Raama and KrishNan toprotect the DevAs in His role as their Lord & Ruler (Sura Pathi) and protected them .

 This VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam of "Surapathi: " is echoed  by the 493rd and 494th SrI VIshNu Sahara nAmams of "DevEsa: and Deva Bhrith" . tEshAm (DevAnAm) SwAmi ithi DevEsa: (Sura Pathi:). He is also the supporter of the DEvAs in their times of distress . He  assigns duties to them according to their ability and as their Lord protects them during the execution of those duties . For Brahma , He teaches VedAs and their inner meanings so that BrahmA can go about his duties of creation of the beings of the world . He comes to the rescue of the very same BrahmA , when he gets egotistic and loses the VedAs and cries out over his loss . As Sura Pathi, our Lord takes the incarnation as HayagrIvan and restores the stolen VedAs for the benefit of  BrahmA.




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