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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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