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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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