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28) TaarkshyAchala nivAsinE SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who resides in TaarkshyAchalam
(GarudAchalam) !
 
Garudan brought the KiritAchalam hills from SrI Vaikuntam
and hence the name of GarudAchalam /TaarkshyAchalam
is linked to one of the seven hills of Thirumala . Taarkshyan
is another name for Garudan .
 
Garudan is the embodiment of VedAs . All the limbs of Garudan
are aspects of Vedam . Gaayathra Saamam is Garudan's eyes.
His aathma svaroopam is SthOma saamam. His head is thrivruth
saamam.Bruhath and raTanthara saamam are His wings. The manthrams
of Yajur vedam are His names . Veda bhaagams (portions) thus constitute
the limbs of His body ( Chandha saamaparAm tanu:) . Therefore the sacred Garuda
Naamam with deep Vedic significance is attached  to the name of one of
the hills  of Thirumala.
 
The Bhavishyotthara puranam furnishes the deep meaning of this naama by referring to
one of the Rig veda manthrams connecting to Lord Venkatesan : " Araayi kaane vikate girim
gacchati tamm vidhu: ". This manthra tells us that Venkatesan is indeed the embodiment of all
the Vedaas in Garuda svaroopam and is the personification of shrutis . Swamy  Desikan too
has this thought in mind , when he salutes Garudaachalam as : " Venkata veRpenna viLangum
Veda veRppE "; this is why Swamy Alavanthaar too confers the exalted title of " Vedaathma
vihagEswara: " to Garudan. This is what Achaarya RaamAnuja had in mind , when he saluted
Srinivasan , the Parabrahmam ,  as the eternal flame glowing on the top the Vedic peak : Shruti
sirasi vidheepte BrahmaNi SrinivasE ".   



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