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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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