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17) Harichandana gOthrEndhra SwaminE SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
Salutations to Srinivasa, who is
the Lord of the Venkata Hills full of Harichandana trees
and is the king of those trees , when it
comes to granting all the boons to bhakthAs !
Threre are five Kalpa Vrikshaas,
the last of which is the Harichandana. The Kalpa Vriksha is capable of
satisfying the desires of all those who pray to it. All trees on these Hills
belong to this category and grant the wishes of devotees who desire the same.
These Harichandana trees acquire this munificent trait due to the Lord's will.
If the trees on Tirumala themselves are capable of such generosity, should we
have any doubts about the generosity (Oudaaryam ) of Malayappa Swamy ?
Another interpretation of this
tirunaama would be to divide the word into, "Harichandanascha asou
Gotrendra Swami cha", in which case the appellation would refer to
Srinivasa, who is Himself a Harichandanam (Swami Desikan too describes the
Lord as a Harichandana tree, around which is twined the creeper of Sri Andal--"Sri
Rangaraja Harichandana Yoga drisyaam").
Since He is the most munificent of
givers, satisfying each and every desire of all mortals seeking Him out, He is
referred to as a Harichandana tree.
The word Gotrendraanaam Swami
indicates that Srinivasa is the Lord of Hills, which the Vedas too confirm
thus--"Vishnu: parvataanaam adhipati: sa: maa avatu".
Another comment is that Lord VenkatEsa is
the Lord of those
born in the Harichandana gOthram.
Kousika , VaathUla , SrI Vathsa gOthrams are
familiar for sentients (chEthanams).
For insentients (achEthanams) also ,
different lineages can be traced and attributed .
Thus , we recognize that SrI VenkatEsan is
also the Supreme Lord of all achethanams
as well as the ChEthanams . Harichandanam is one
of the five divine trees found
in DevalOkam. The others are MandAram,
PaarijAtham , Kalpakam and SanthAnam.
Gothram means race , lineage .
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