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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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