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Venkatachalapathy at Sandhya kaalam
(3) Vrusha-dhrug-gOcharAya SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
 
(meaning): Salutations to the Lord of Venkatam Hills , who blesses
us with His auspicious darsanam at the VrushAchalam (Vrusha Hills) !
 
Lord Venkatesa is worshipped as the Lord of  Seven Hills
(Saptha Gireesan ). One of those  seven hills is Vrushaadhri
as celebrated in the 15th Sri Venkatesa Suprabhaatham:
 
Sri Seshasaila-Garudaachala-Venkataadri
Naaraynaadri- Vrushabhaadri VRUSHAADRI -mukhyam
aakhyaam tvadiya -vasather anisam vadhanti
Sri Venaktaachalapathe ! Tava Suprabhaatham
 
(meaning): Oh Lord of Venkataachala! Your sacred place of
residence is always hailed by several names as Sri Seshaachala ,
Garudaachala , Venkataadhri , Naarayanaadhri , Vrushabhaadhri
and VRUSHAADHRI. May this be an auspicious dawn to Thee ! 
 
The seven hills (Saptha Sailams ) are also described as : Sesha ,
Venkata , VRUSHA , Naarayana , Anjana , Simha and Garudaachalams. 
 
Dharma devathi (Vrusha) performed penance on this hill and thus gave
to it , the name of Vrusha hills ( Vrushaadhri).On these hills , Lord
Venkatesa , the supreme embodiment of dharma oversees
and enforces His Dharma Saasthrams bequeathed by Him in many
ways ( " Prathyavechikshishu Dharmam bahau-dhwaaram
pravartthitham " ). 
 
The  name "Vrisha: " has been connected to the root , "Vrish"
(i-e)., to drench . Lord Venkatesa drenches us with the bliss of
soaking in His nectar-like experience and removes our fatigue
from wandering in the wilderness of this dangerous samsaaram .
 
The name  " Vrusha" also means dharmam . This aspect
has been well covered by Sri Vishnu Sahasra naamaas .
 
The Links to this SrI Venkatesa naama (Vrusha-dhrug-gocharaya nama:) 
are to eight SrI Vishnu Sahasra naamams housing the word "Vrisha:" .
 
These eight Vishnu Sahasra naamaas incorporating Vrisha (Dharma sabdham) are:
 
a) Vrisha-parvaa ( 260th name) /He who has dharmaas as the steps for reaching Him.
 
b) Vrisha: ( 314th name)  / He who drenches the suffering ones scorched
by the heat of samsara and comforts  them .
 
c) Vrisha-karmaa (113th name)/ He who is of the righteous(dhaarmic) action.  
 
d) Vrishabhaaksha: (601st name) / He who is in the form of axle supporting
the wheel of dharma in Samsara and showers the jeevans with the fruits
based on dharma and one's karma .
 
e)Vrisha-priya: (602nd name)/ One who is fond of His dharmaas established
to grant the four kinds of fruits coveted by the jeevans .These dharmaas cover
both Pravrutthi dharmaas ( for staying in this samsaaric world as bound
jeevans ) and nivrutthi dharmaas ( for gaining release from this world
as liberated jeevans).
 
f)Vrishaakruthi (114th name) / One who is of the dharmic form ; Sri Paushkara
Samhithai refers to his dhivya Mangala vigraham ( Divine auspicious form) ,
which emits the unique light of virtuous knowledge to burn our karmaas and
set us on the path to liberation from the cycles of births and deaths. 
 
g)Vrishaa-kapi: ( 102nd name)/ He is Varaaha , the dharma incarnate. Reference
here is  to Varaaha Kshethram , where He resides as te embodiment of dharma .
 
h) Vrishaahee ( 257th name)/ Swamy Paraasara Bhattar intreprets this name to mean
that auspicious first day on which a devotee approaches the Lord of Vrushaadhri
(Mangalakara arpana dinam) so that his life becomes fruitful .  
 
Other intrepretations of this Naamaa are:
 
1) During the reign of Vaivasvata manu , another aspirant for the post of Manu ,
named Dharman , performed severe penance meditating on Varaaha Moorthy .
Tis Dharamn was also known as Vrishan ( In Sanskrit , Vrishan means one
has the dharmam or righteousness as their hall mark). Varaaha Bhagavaan
was pleased with the penance of Vrishan and told latter that (1) he will attain
the post of Manu in the future and (2) the hill where he performed the penance
to pease Him would be known as Vrishaadhri.
 
(2) Additionaly , Vrisha Dhrug could be taken to mean those , who have
righteousness as their very eyes , that is , those who conduct their lives
scrupulously according to the Lord's dharmaas.The Lord , who becomes
the target of such lofty devotees' eyes is Lord Srinivaasa and hence
the Lord is known as " Vrisha dhrug gocharan ".
 



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