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62) Vaikhaanasa muni shreshtta poojitaaya SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
Vikhanasa Maharishi is the maanasa
putraa (mind-born son) of Brahmaa.He is the author of several exalted works
like the Kalpa Sutra and of texts laying down in elaborate detail the modes of
worshipping the Lord in His arcchaa form, in various temples. Those who are
born in the lineage of Vikhanas Maharshi and undergo purifying rituals as per
these Sutras are known as Vailkhaanasaas. The Vaikhaanasa Agama is one of the
two Vaishnava Agamaas (Manuals of Temple Worship), the other being
Paancharaatra.
The worship at the Tirumala temple
has been, for time immemorial, performed according to the Vaikhaanasa Agama,
by the descendents of Vikhanasa Mahrshi. The Lord HImself, when He manifested
from an anthill, advises Tonadamaan Chakravartthi to perform His worship
through sages of the Vaikhanasa lineage--
"Kaarayitvaa shilpinaa atha
pratishthaapya muneesvarai:
Vaikhaanasai: munivarai:
archayet Tondamaan api" (Varaha Puranam)
Other details relating to the Kaimkaryams of
Vikhanasa Muni are given below :
The renowned Rishi Vaikhaanasa
had an overwhelming desire. Having heard and lost himself in the endearing
exploits of Sri Krishna, the Rishi wanted badly to have his eyes' fill of
the Lord's bewitching countenance and tiruemeni. To this end, he performed
an extraordinarily severe penance. Sri Mahavishnu appeared before the Rishi
in response and told the latter that it was impossible for him to have a
dharshan of Sri Krishna in person, as the avataara had already been
concluded. The Lord suggested to the Rishi that as an alternative, he could
go to Tiruvenkatam and have a filling dharshan of Srinivasa, who was no less
in beautiful and captivating than Sri Krishna. The Rishi dutifully set off
for Tirumala Hills and, establishing an enchanting garden with myriad
fragrant blooms, with the help of one Rangadaasa, worshipped Srinivasa to
his heart's content, deriving on earth itself the boundless bliss that
awaits the liberated soul in paradise.
It is this episode that is
chronicled in this tirunaamam.
Further, when Srinivasa was
performing penance on the banks of Padma Sarovaram near the Svarnamukhi river,
it was those belonging to the clan of Vykhaanasaas who were of assistance to
the Lord, even though He displayed none of His divine attributes or features.
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