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29) Maaya-gooDa vimAna Venkatesaaya Nama:
Salutations to Lord Venkatesa , whose vimaanam is
hidden in Vishnu maaya !
Though Rishis like Agasya were
residing for long on the banks of Swami Pushkarini, carrying out their holy
duties, they were uanble to see the Ananda Vimaanam on the southern banks of
the waters. When it became visible to them one fine morning, they knew
immediately that the reason they had not been able to see the glorious
vimaanam thus far, was the Lord's maayaa. For twelve long years, the
Rishis were fortunate to take a dip in the Pushkarini, contemplate the
Ashtaakshara Mantra and worship the magnificent vimaanam. One day the Vimaanam
just disappeared again, as mysteriously as it had materialised. To his
wonderstruck colleagues, Sage Agasthya explains the true postion that the
Ananda Vimaanam had indeed been present all along and was still there, on the
southern banks of the Pushakarini. It was due to the Lord's inscrutable will,
His Maayaa, that the Vimaanam appeared for a brief period and then disappeared
equally inexplicably.
It is thus clear that in the
previous yugaas, the sight of the Ananda Vimaanam was reserved for the elite
punyaatmaas, the pious and devout. It is a measure of the Lord's
infinite mercy and compassion for us that He has made the Vimaanam ever
visible even to the impaired vision of sinners and offenders like us, so that
the very sight of the Vimaanam would lure us from our errant ways to tread the
path of righteousness and ultimately reach the Lord through the adoption of an
appropriate strategy for liberation, through an Acharya.
The other intrepretation for this naama is:
" Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who is present in His VimAnam
in a subtle manner !
Lord VenkatEsA's vimAnam is known as Anandha
nilaya (abode of Bliss) VimAnam . We offer our salutations first to the Lord present
in a discrete manner in this VimAnam ( VimAna VenkatEsan) before we proceed
to the sanctum sanctorium of
Lord VenkatEsan , where He is waiting for us in
a very visible manner ). In the VimAnam , between the kalasam and its
base (peetam) , VimAna VenkatEsan is present in a discrete manner . He is
hence referred to as " MaayA gooDa VimAnan ".
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