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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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