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Pattaabhi Raaman with Jaanaki Thaayaar
13) RaamAya SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who incarnated as
AyOdhya Raaman in the Surya Vamsam to destroy
RaavaNan and his retinue and reestablish righteousness
(Dharam) !
 
One of the names of Lord VenkatEsa is Venkata Raaman. 
He is the embodiment of Dharma ( Dharmo VigrahavAn)
and the One to offer protection to any one , who sought
His sacred feet even once as the  refuge . It did not matter to
Lord Raamachandra , whether one approached Him for protection
as a friend or foe. He offered them the sought after protection
from all types of enemies.
 
Raama Poorva Taapini Upanishad (1.1) defines Raama as
the One , who charms (ramayathi) the universe and shines .
The same upanishad reveals the power of the Raama Taaraka
manthram this way ( 2.2.3) : " Just as the whole nature of the large
banyan tree is contained in its tiny seed , so also the universe ,
moving and unmoving (charam and acharam) , is contained in
the word-seed Raama ".
 
The immense Raama tatthvam enjoyed by the Yogis is described as:
" That Supreme immensity , in which the mind of the Yogi delights ,
whose desire is to obtain everlasting joy , is known as Raama ".
 
The links of Raama to Thiruppathi is covered in Varaaha PurANam.
It tells that issue-less Dasaratha worshipped the Lord of Thirumala
with four slOkams and did severe tapas for begetting progeny . Lord blesed
king Dsaratha with four sons , who were the amsams of the Lord. One of
the PourANika slOkam says that SrinivAsa is verily Raama Himself ,
the anthill from whcih SrinivAsa emerged was Mother Kousalya , the towering
tamarind tree over the anthill was Father Dasaratha and Lakshmana was the abode
of the Lord , SeshAchalam.The entire area of Thirumala is recognized as
the RaajadhAni of AyOdhya.     
  
 



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