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46) Vaakpathi brahmadhAthrE SrI
VenkatEsAya nama:
There are three possible intrepretaions to this
naama :
1) Salutations to Srinivasa,
through whose anugraham a brahmana by name "Kaavyavit" attained the
coveted post of Brihaspati.
We know now of the upadesam
performed by Sri Vamadeva to Janaka Maharaja, on the glories of Swami
Pushkarini and of Tiruvenkatamudayan. Part of this is the tale of a Brahmana
known as "Kaavya vit", who bestowed the ultimate wisdom of Brahma
Gnaanam on another Brahmana, who had an ardent desire for the same, on the
banks of the Swami Pushkarini. Considering the extraordinary service performed
by this Kavyavit, the Lord accorded him the exalted post of
Brihaspati,the Guru of all Devas.
An expanded version of this
tirunaama, as found in old Telugu manuscripts, is "Vaakpati Brahma dhee
dhaatre nama:", which means the same as indicated above.
2) The second interpretation
of this naama takes the term "Vaakpati" to mean Brahma, the husband
of Sarasvati (who is the symbol of all speech or "Vak". To this
Brahma, the Lord performed upadesha of Vedas ("termed "Brahmam")
, which would enable Creation. Srinivasa thus becomes the "Brahma daataa",
according to this version.
3) Yet another intrepretaion for the naama ,
" Vaakpathi BrahmadhAtrE SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:" routes the
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who blessed the Deva Guru , Brahaspathi
with Brahma Jn~Anam and saved him from the harm of preaching and spreading
ChArvaka Matham that he had founded in a moment of disillusionment .
CharvAka philosophy was created by Brahaspathi,
who should know better about the Veda-VedAnthic doctrines and the
underpinnings of Vaidhika Mathams . Yet , he went ahead and founded a
matham that does not accept Vedam as PramANam .
In ChArvAka matham , only direct
perception ( Prathyaksham ) is taken as proof for existence of the
objects . Rest of those not experienced by Prathyaksham are discarded as
nonexistent and unreal. Dharmam , adharmam , Isvaran , Jeevan inside the
SarIram , Vaikuntam can not be seen by direct perception alone .
CharvAkAs (LokAyathAs ) reject them . VaidhikA mathams rooted in VedAs use
anumAnam (inference ) and Sabdham ( Vedam ) as additional pramANams to prove
the reality of things and doctrines that can not be seen by
Prathyaksham alone.
Lord VenkatEsa saved Bruhaspathy from the ruin of
believing in his own defective philosophy and blessed him with Brahma Jn~Anam
.
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