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13) PadmanAbhAya nama:
Like the rest of His glorious
tirumEni, the Lord's navel too resembles a beautiful lotus.
The Lotus Connection doesn't stop
there, for from the navel emerges
a creeper with a lotus in
full bloom at its end. And on this lotus sits
the Chaturmukha BrahmA (hence the
name "Padmabhoo:"), charged by
the Lord with the nuts and bolts
of Creation.
It is thus the Lord's navel which
is the Primordial Cause of all Creation.
"ayanai padaittha naLir mA
malar undi" enthuse Azhwars, eulogising
the lotus-navelled Emperuman.
Looking at the number of
names of Sri Mahalakshmi associated with
the lotus ("Padma priyE,
Padmini, Padma hastE, PadmAlayE,
PadmadalAyatAkshI, PadmagandhinIm,
PadmavarNAm") etc.,
it is quite natural for Her
insepareble Consort too to be a PadmanAbha.
This Lord is matchless in
magnificence and unparallelled in prowess,
says Sri
Nammazhwar--"ParpanAbhan, uyarvara uyarum perum tiralOn".
Commenting on other unique
features of this Emperuman, Swami Desikan
tells us that His tirumEni
resembles a thousand Suns blazing away at their
peak--"Vem pon Kadiravan
Ayiram mEviya mey uruvAi".
This is borne out by the
PanchAyudha StOtra, which salutes Him as
"SahasrArkka sama prabha:".
He holds five brilliant weapons in
His four hands glowing like beaten gold
--the Chakram, Shankham, Sceptre,
Bow and the GadA.
It is this Lord whose name we
utter when wearing Urdhva Pundram (TirumaN)
in the middle of our back. This
Lord is ever present in our hridaya kamalam
(the lotus-shaped
heart)--"hrith padmE PadmanAbhO mE sahasrArkka sama prabha:"
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