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Thiruvaheendhrapuram: Lord Devanathan
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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