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Parama Padha Naathan
75) LasalakshmI karAmbhOja dhattha KalhAraka srajE
     SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who recieved from the resplendent ,
lotus soft hands of MahA Lakshmi , the garland of KalhAra flowers
during the occasions of the churning of the milky ocean and during
the time , when She manifested from Padma Saras in response to
Her Lord's tapas to reunite with Her!
 
Padma PurANam describes the happening at Padma Saras , where
the Lord was performing His taps:
 
UtthAya sasmithaa Lakshmi : aagatya Harim anjasaa
Kalhaara maalaam unmuchya VishNO; kaNtE samarpya cha
 
In addition to garlanding Her Lord , SrI Mahaa Lakshmi appears to have made
Her lotus-like hands themselves in to the softest of garlands around the Lord's neck
and delighted Him with an embrace , all the more ardent due to their  unprecedented
and long seperation( aalingya Tamm chathur bAhum sarva lOkaan vyalOkayath) . 
 
In the second instance of the Lord recieving the Kalhaara garland form the hands of
MahA Lakshmi , the reference is to the Svayam varam that took place at the milky
ocean at the end of the churning for nectar.
 
During amrutha maTanam , MahA Lakshmi appeared like
a beautiful flash of lightning out of the milky ocean . She
made all the directions resplendent with Her kaanthi. Her
unmatched beauty , generous svabhAvam , golden hue and
Vaibhavam enchanted the asurAs and the devAs assembled
on the banks of the milky ocean . They all desired to compete
for Her hand in marriage. The maharishis performed sacred bath for
MahA Lakshmi and the DevAs presented Her with many aabharaNams .
She became AbhishEkavalli ( decorated tender creeper). She had
a NeelOthpala (KalhAra )  garland  in Her hand , which had
the bees making sunaadham . MahA Lakshmi looked at
Her Lord and with great love , She placed the KalhAra garland 
around the beautiful neck of Her Lord  during that "svyamvaram ".
 
SrI NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri describes this auspicious scene
of MahA Lakshmi's svyamvaram besutifully:
 
VaraNa-srajAm-aatthabhrunga-naadhAm
dhadhathi  Saa kucha-kumbha-mandhayAnaa
padha-sinjitha-manju-noopurA ThvAm
kalitha-vreela-vreelavilAsam Asasaadha
 
(meaning): That MahA Lakshmi ( after being prepared for
Her Svayavaram by the Sages and the DevAs ) had
a Flower garland in Her hand resonant with the reenkAram of
the bees for selecting Her husband . Slowed down by the weight
of Her heavy breasts , She walked gently towards Her Lord
with great modesty and was accompanied by the auspicious sounds of
Her ankle bells .She placed the KalhAra garland around the neck
of Lord VenkatEsa since He had no blemishes and he was
an embodiment of all auspicious attributes . Thus She chose
the Lord as Her divine consort .  



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