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21) Abdhi kanyaa parishvakta vakshase Sri Venkatesaaya nama :
 
The moment Sri Mahalakshmi emerged from the Milky Ocean, due to the churning of the same by Devas and asuraas for obtaining nectar, She reached Her permanent abode, which is the Lord's broad and beautiful chest.
 
In the context of Tiruvenkatamudayan, this tirunaama recounts the episode of Sri Mahalakshmi leaving Sri Vaikunntam in anger against the Lord's meek acceptance of Sage Bhrigu's kick aimed at His chest, the abode of the Divine Consort.  Sorrowful at the separation from Sri Mahalakshmi, the Lord came down to earth, searched for Her high and low, and, unable to find Her, performed penance for 12 years on the banks of the Suvarnamukharee river. Sri Mahalakshmi emerged at long last from the Padma Saras on a Karthiga Shukla Panchami day and garlanded the Lord with a "Kalhaara" maalaa. Immediately She ascended to His chest, returning to Her permanent residence.
 
The two slokams referring to Mahaa Lakshmi's appearance before Her lord on the Kaarthigai Shukla Pancchami day and Her
joining the Lord's chest region are given by Utthamur Swamy in his Sri Venkatesa Kalyaana charitham:
 
Saa panchamee panchajanaabhinandhyaa Sa Kaarthikasccha kshapatharthraaseeth
sahottharaashaadamaharbhugosthath mahottharam maithravahasccha maithra:
 
(Meaning): In that aarthi naasaka ( distrees removing) Kaarthigai month , on a Shula Panchami Friday , when the Utthaarada
constellation was in ascendance and the muhoortthamwas Maithram , Mahaa Lakshmi appeared before Her Lord , who was
performing tapas to reunite with Her.
 
dhruguthpalam praagata Tasya vaksha: klahaara maalyena sugandhinaa Saa
dhoorvaatulasyuthpala-chithrithena svinnaangayashti : samalankaara
 
(meaning): First Maahaa Lakshmi with the glances of Hers resembling uthpala pushpam ( karuneythal flowers) and next with
Her neck decorated with fragrant garlands made of Kalhaara, red lotus attained the sacred region of Her Lord , which is Her
wonted residence . 
 
This scene reminds us of the episode described earlier, of Sri Mahalakshmi, emerging from the Milky Ocean, making straight for the Lord's chest, beautifully described by the Vishnu Purana thus--"pasyataam sarva devaanaam yayou vakshastthalam Hare:".
 
Addressing the Lord of Tiruvenkatam, Sri Nammazhwaar tells us of the inseparable inhabitation of Tirumagal in the Lord's chest--
" agalakillen irayum endru Alarmel mangai urai maarba!". At every available opportunity, Azhwars and Acharyas emphasise the eternal cohabitation of the Divine Duo--"en Tirumagal ser maarbane"  "Malar mangai urai maarban"  "Maamalar mannia mangai magizhndu urai maarbinan"  "Poo mannu maadu porundiya maarban" etc.
 
The practical utility of such proximity of the Divine Mother to the Lord, as far as we sinning mortals are concerned, is that She never permits Him to be angry at our peccadilloes and rushes to our defence and at the slightest sign of His displeasure, intercedes  on our behalf even to the extent of recommending emancipation, though we might be totally undeserving of the same.



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