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Thiruppathi Srinivasan
40) Sri Vaasudevaya SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
 
Once Sage Narada went to Sri Vaikunttam but was dismayed not to find the Paramatma there.When he appealed to Brahma for guidance, the latter told Narada to go to Narayana giri, where the Lord had gone for a pleasurable sojourn. Narada did so and joined Agastya and other Rishis who were similarly searching for the Lord. The tale of the Lord showing Himself to these venerable rishis has already been recounted elsewhere.
 
In this context, Sri Vamadeva Rishi tells Sri Janaka, (who too fervently desired to see the Lord and to find His abode)that Sri Mahavishnu, in accordance with His tirunaamam Vaasudeva, resides at all places in Narayanaadri--in all caves, waterfalls, holy waters, trees and bushes of the hallowed hills of Venkatam . He resides too in the form of all men, women, children, deities, animals and birds who inhabit this holy hill.
 
Hence any devotee who resides in any nook or cranny of the gloriousTirumala hills and worships the Lord in any form, would definitely be blessed by the Paramatma Srinivasa, who resides everywhere as Vaasudeva, true to His name. Anything on these holy hills, be it sentient or non-sentient, is indeed the Lord Himself and all inhabitants of Tirumala, sentient or insentient , confer upon the worshipper the same blessing as does the Lord in His primordial form.
 
The following slokas from the Vamana Purana incorporate, in beautiful words, what has been stated above--
 
"Narayana Girou asmin aaste Narayana: svayam
guhaasu chaapi sarvaasu sarveshu shikhareshu cha
kandareshu cha sarveshunirjhareshu subheshu cha
Bhagavan Devadevesha:sarvaasman giri moordhani
naanaa vidhaani roopaani bibhrat viharati svayam
kvachit cha mriga roopena kvachit vrikshaadi roopata:
yatra kutra chit aaseena: tasmin divye mahaa giri
Deva devam samaaraadhya ya upaasate Janardanam
karoti tasya saanidhyam Bhagavan Adhi hrit Hari:"
 
If we were to search for one single tirunaamam and honour it as the key name among all the 108, it would be this Vasudeva naama, which is venerated by the Vedas, Upanishads and Puranas alike. 



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