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Uthsavar: Thiruppathi Srinivasan
22 )  VenkatAya SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who takes the form of Venkatam hills to burn away totally the entire assembly of sins of His devotees just like raging fire destroys completely the bale of cotton thrown in to it. 
 
The name Venkatam arises from the union of " vEm" with " katathi" . vEm means paapams (Sins) and katathi means dahathi ( burns ) . The darsanam of the Lord of the seven hills in the form of VenkatAdhri completely destroys the bundles of sins
accumulated by the bound jeevans ( bhaddha jeevans) over aeons .
 
UtthamUr SwamigaL salutes this name of Venkatam this way :
 
" agnisthUlamivAga yO dahatyaTa dadhAthi cha
  nruNAm amrutham Isvaryam visishtam VenkatAchala:"
 
(Meaning): Just like fire burns away cotton , this hill on sight burns away one's sins . It also confers Moksham and limitless wealth (Isvaryam) .
 
In another intrepretation , vEmkArm is associated with amrutha bheejam and katam is linked with Isvaryam .The union of "vEm" with "katam " leading up to Venkatam is then understood as the hill that grants Moksham and Isvaryam.
 
Swamy  Desikan visualizes the Venkatam hills as the embodiment of the Lord's matchless DayA to quench the ills of scorching fires of samsAram . Swamy  Desikan performs SaraNAgathy to that hill of Venkatam itself  ( PrapadhyE tamm SrInivAsa anukampA Girim ) in the very first slOkam of his DayA Sathakam .
 
It is very significant that this tirunaama occurs after the one recounting the Divine Consort's eternal association with the Lord. It is She who, through Her positive and persuvasive recommendations, makes the Lord forgive our innumerable misdeeds and burn them away like rubbish exposed to raging fire. Thus, if the Lord is Venkata:, it is due to His inalienable association with Sri.
 



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