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Milky Ocean: Ksheeraabdhi Naathan
100) Ksheeraabdi Naataaya SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa  reclining on AadhisEsha at the Milky Ocean !
 
It is this KsheerAbdhi Naathan , who incarnates variously as Raama , KrishNa et al , which would be evident from accounts
telling us that hwenever Devaas and others get in to trouble , they rush to the Lord at KsheerAbdhi for protection and it is He who
performs dhushta nigraham and sishta paripaalanam by assuming various avataarams .
  
Among the favourite residences of the Lord is the Milky Ocean, in the midst of which He reclines resplendently on the snaky bed, with the waves gently lapping at His feet.
 
This Lord who has Tiruppaarkadal as His abode is none other than the Paramapurusha, says Sri Andal--"Paarkkadalul paiyya tuyindra Paraman".
 
Other Dieties may affect any manner of postures, but our Ksheeraabdi Naata's favourite pose is the recumbent one, in apparent slumber.  We say "apparent" because it is not actual sleep, but "Yoga nidraa", with the Lord lost in contemplation, with His eyes closed, of ways and means to reform errant humanity and to ensure their emancipation. This is clear from Sri Nammazhwar's description--"uranguvaan pol yogu punarnda Kannan".
 
It is this Paar Kadal (Milky Ocean) which is the birth place of Sri Mahalakshmi, as Her ashtottara sata naama stotram indicates--"Lakshmeem Ksheera Samudra raja tanayaam".Is it any wonder therefore that the Lord has it as His preferred place of residence?
 
Apart from Tirumagal, the Ksheeraabdi also produced, when churned by Devas and asuras, with the aid of Koorma moorthi, Nectar which confers immortality on the imbiber and other exalted items like the pleasant Moon, Iraavatam the magnificent elephant and Ucchaishravas the power-packed horse.
 
Being the presiding deity of this glorious ocean of milk, the Lord is known as Ksheeraabdi Naata:.



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