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38) Vaikunttaagata saddhema
vimaana antargataaya Sri Venkatesaaya nama:
The glory of the Ananda Vimanam
was described by the 29th nama--"maayaa gooda vimaanaaya nama:". The
same is elaborated in this nama.
It is this golden vimaanam, which
had arrived at Tirumala from Srivaikunttam, that Agastya and others found to
be appearing and disappearing mysteriously, due to the Lord's Maya.
The Vaikhanasa Agama texts, like
the Mareechi Vimana Archana Kalpam, tell us that the term "Vimaana"
represents the Lord Himself. All the glory that the Lord has, attaches to the
Vimana too.This is because of the Lord's benevolent presence in the duly
consecrated Vimana. this is why the Vimana itself, in any sannidhi, is
worshipped by scholars and the devout, who regard it so sacred that they don't
even step over its shadow. When this is the exalted place accorded to Vimanas
at all temples, need we speak of the magnificence and glory of the Ananda
nilaya Vimana, which was transported to Tirumala straight from Paramapadam?
The Vamana Purana extolls the
glory of this Vimana--
'Vimanam sarva paapagnam sarva lokeshu vishrutam
apraakritam
anaadyantam Vaikunttat aagatam mahat"
This very Vimanam, which is
renowned in all worlds, is extra--terrestrial and without a beginning and an
end, is capable of comprehensively destroying all our sins, says the sloka.
The word Vimanam can be
broken into "Visishta maanam", meaning the most exalted of all
authority (Pramaanam), since it reveals to us the most magnificent of all
things to be known (Prameyam), viz., the Lord.
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