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The 89th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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PadhmanAbhAya Nama:

One who has a lotus flower sprouting out of His navel to provide the house  for His son , BrahmA.

The 48th , 199th and 348th VishNu Sahasra Naamams are " PadhmanAbhAya Nama:". Out of the navel of the birthless Lord , a lotus arose that became the house of BrahmA . Thus , the Lord is saluted as PadmanAbhan and the son of the Lord , BrahmA is known as Lotus-born (Padhma Bhuvan).

The definition given by Swamy ParAsara Bhattar to this Naamam is:

" PaarTivam bhUri Padhmam thu nAbhou ashtadalam mahath
  Yasya hEmamayee dhivyaa karNikA mEru: uchyathE
  Yasya naabhO tadhuthpatti: PadhmanAbha: Sa UchyathE"

(Meaning): In ancient time , a divine and gigantic , eight-petalled lotus (padhmam) arose out of the navel (Naabhi) of the sleeping Lord whose divine and peri-care is said to be Mount Meru itself.

PadhmanAbhan is the presiding deity for one of the twelve PuNDrams worn by VaishNavAs. He has five weapons , Sankham, Chakram , Sword, Bow and mace. His color is like that of Sooryan .He protects the Manas .The salutation as we adorn the PuNDram on the back of the neck to have Lord PadmanAbhA's protection is:

PanchAyudham PadmanAbham praNamAmi arka-rOchisham

The famous Dhivya Desam of Thiruvananthapuram has Lord PadmanAbhan resting on a gigantic bed of AadhisEshan . Swamy NammAzhwAr has performed MangaLAsAsanam for this Lord with beautiful Paasurams and asks us to get there today  to gain salvation:

sErum-taNN Ananthapuram sikkenap-puhuveerAhil
theerum nOy vinaikal yellAm tiNNam nAmm aRiyacchonnOm

--ThiruvAimozhi: 10.2.3

Swamy  NammAzhwAr points out that quick entrance to the city of Thiruvananthapuram and worshipping Sri Harilakshmi samEtha Sri PadmanAbhan would be sure cure for all types of SamsAric illness.




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