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The 68th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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SimsumArAya Nama:

One who is the foundation for the SimsumAra Chakram consisting of Dhruva  MaNDalam . All the stars of the universe are in the form of an animal known as Udumbu ( a medium-sized lizard).

The glory of ThrivikramAvathAram and the trajectory of the upward moving foot of the Lord is celebrated by Thirumangai AzhwAr in the fifth paasuram of Thirunedum ThANDakam. The upward growing foot of the Lord went upto the wall of Andam , where VirajA river forms the boundary to SrI Vaikuntam. It went in a subtle way past the wall of BrahmANDam without making a hole in it. During that travel , the foot of the Lord passed by  anthariksham , Nakshathra maNDalam  and simsumAra chakram ( CharavALa giri) , which is above the constellations of stars and below the wall of the BrahmANDam ( Cosmic egg). SrImath NaarAyaNeeyam (21st Dasakam SlOkam 11) salutes the Lord as SimsumAra Roopan  hosting in every one of His limbs the nava grahams like Sooryan and Nakshathrams like Aswini . Those who worship SimsumAra Roopa Bhagavan at SandhyA Kaalams will ward off all inauspiciousness.

 The Manthram used is:

 " namO JyOthir lOkAya kAlAyanAyAnimimishAm pathayE
   MahA PurushAya abhidhImaheethi"

 --SrImadh BhAgavatham: 5.23.9




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