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53. Nitya Youvana Moorthaye SrI
VenkatEsaaya nama:
The Lord is ever young.
Unlike mortals and lesser devatas, who are born as children, grow up into
youth, mature into middle age and deteriorate to senility, the Lord is
eternally in the bloom of youth, never changing.
The Taittiriya Upanishad, setting
out to list the criteria which make a man's cup of joy full, tells us
first that he should be young--"Yuvaa syaat saadhu yuva adhyaayaka:"
It is therefore no wonder that the Lord, whose bliss is immeasurable, is
eternally young.
Vedas attest to Emperuman's
eternal youth thus--"Yuvaa suvaasaa: pariveeta aagaat"--The Lord is
not only ever-young, but is also clad in glorious youthful attire.
There is one more Veda vaakya
which tells us that He has not even entered youth--He is younger
still-"Yuvaa akumaara:".
The Lord's youth is beyond our
conception and comprehension and is unprecedentedly splendorous, says Sri
Alavandar--"achintya divya adbhuta nitya youvana".
Sri Andal too attests to His youth
with the tribute, "Yasodai ilam singam"--He is no ordinary youth,
but one who resembles a majestic and ferocious lion cub. He is also the
renowned son of Nandagopa--"Nandagopan Kumaran".
This glorious youth of His is
unchanging and everlasting, says the Vishnu Sahasranama
Stotra--"avikaaraaya".
While being the oldest citizen of
the universe ("Purusha: puraana:), He is the youngest one too, as
described above.
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