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27) Saanu stthaapita Taarkshyaaya Sri Venkatesaaya nama:
 
Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, who established Sri Garuda in the hill ranges of Tirumala
 
Sorrowed by the Lord's separation due to His taking up permanent abode at Tirumala, Sri Garuda began to contemplate removing the Seshaachalam, along with the Lord, and retransporting it to Vishnuloka. Amused at this thought, Srinivasa summoned Garuda and told him of His (Lord's) intention to reside at Tirumala till the end of the Sveta Varaha Kalpa and advised Vainateya to take up residence on the southern part of the hill range, simultaneously instructing Adisesha to accomodate Garuda too, in the form of the Garudaachalam, on his (Adisesha's) spacious back. Garuda  complied happily, joyous at the prospect of regaining proximity to the Lord.
 
Another intrepretation is that Garuda at one time displayed his saathvika ahankaaram and informed that he was stonger than
the Lord Himself. That act of ahambhaavam led to him (Garudan) losing all his feathers .He became flightless as well as bereft
of having Vedaas as his limbs . He prayed to Lord Venkatesa to forgive his offense. Parama dayaalu , Lord Venkatesa
reestablished Garuda's erstwhile status and blessed him to be His flag and vaahanam . This quarrel based on the display
of ego by Garudan is said to have taken place , when Garudan was engaged in bringing nectar from Devalokam to free
his mother from bondage to  his step mother( Swamy  Desikan's Garuda Panchaasath Slokams 3 , 4 and 7).



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