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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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