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15) Tyakta Vaikuntta lokaya nama:
The normal habitat of the
Paramapurusha is Sri Vaikunttam or Paramapadam,
where He reigns in all splendour,
adulated constantly by the Celestials ,
who wait on Him hand and foot,
constantly drinking in His incomparable beauty.
However, this Lord, out of His
infinite mercy for grieving mortals, descends to
this world time and again,
assuming various avataras, for protecting the good,
destroying evil and
re-establishing Dharma on a firm footing.
Marvelling at
Emperuman's leaving His illustrious abode
of Sri Vaikunttam
and being born in this mundane
world as one among us lowly mortals,
assuming forms human and
sub-human, Sri Nammazhwar says,
"ennindra yOniyumAi
pirandAi imayOr Talaiva!"
It is this Lord, who has forsaken
Vaikuntta this lokam to shower us all
with mercy and has taken permanent
residence on the banks of Swami Pushkarini
at Tirumala, says the Mangalam--
"Sri Vaikuntta viraktaya
Swami Pushkarini tate
Ramaya ramamanaya Venkatesaya
mangalam"
"Maayaavee paramaanandam
tyakvaa Vaikunttam uttamam
Swami Pushkarini teere Ramayaa
saha modate"
is another sloka, from Varaha
Purana, which conveys
the same purport.
Emperuman much prefers a sojourn
in our worlds, even the life of a cowherd
to the rather boring Sri
Vaikunttam, where nothing exciting ever happens, says
Sri Nammazhwar--"divattilum
pasu nirai meyppu uvatti".
It would thus appear that the Lord
prefers the fast and rather dangerous life that
we mortals live, meeting with
aplomb the numerous messengers of death dispatched
by Kamsa, to the staid and placid
life of Paramapadam. He much prefers the company of
sinning mortals who afford Him
full opportunity for displaying His essential traits of
forgiveness and compassion, than
that of Nitya Suris of Sri Vaikunttam, all of whom,
being paragons of virtue, require
little of the Lord's aforesaid qualities.
It is to be noted that even in Sri
Ramavatara, Emperuman readily sacrificed
the comforts of the Ayodhya palace
for a sojourn in the inhospitable jungles,
all for Asritha rakshanam--
"Tyakta Saketha vasaya
Chitrakoota viharine
Soulabhya paripoornaya
satvotriktaya mangalam"
The Gaaruda Purana confirms that
Tiruvenkatam is indeed dearer to Emperuman,
than His other exalted abodes like
Svetadveepam, Vaikunttam, Soorya Mandalam etc.--
"ati preeti: MahaaVishno:
tatra Venkata bhoodhare
Sveta dveepaat cha
Vaikunttaath Bhaanu mandala madhyata:"
It should not be construed that
since the Lord has come down to Tirumala,
Sri Vaikunttam is devoid of His
presence. He is definitely capable of residing at
both Paramapadam and Tirumala,
simultaneously. And He considers the hills,
dales and mandapaas of Tirumala so
dear that He is ever enamoured of its environs.
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