SrI:
NamO VenkatEsAya
Dear BhakthAs of Lord SrInivAsa of Thirumalai:
2. (PraNavam) ViroopAkshAya Nama:
(Meaning) Salutations to the Lord , who has unusual
(asymetric) eyes radiating Daya for the Saadhu Janams and
anger at the dushta janams(PrathikoolarhaL)!This is
the Naamam that is an echo of NaarAyaNAnuvAkam passage:
" UrdhvarEtham VIROOPAAKSHAM VisvaroopAya vai Nama:"
Special Notes:
It is impossible to visualize the Lord as ViroopAkshi.
Literally VioopAkshi means one with weird or deformed
eyes. This description of the Lord , who is known for
Mercy-laden , KaruNA KatAksham can not therefore be
intrepreted as deformed or weird. ViroopAkshan is also
a name given to Lord SivA for having an eye on the forehead
( NeRRikkaNNan/Agni nEthram that burnt Manmathan , when
he tried to distract His Tapas). He is recognizeded by
that name for having unusual number of eyes. Lord Narasimhan
has also the three eyes of Agni, Chandran and Sooryan
( TapanEndhvagni nayana: as described in the second
slOkam of SrI KaamAseekAshtakam of Swamy Desikan).
For Lord VenkatEsa , neither of these references apply
strictly. Yes, He has eyes that destroy the three kinds
of Taapams with His three eyes , which have recieved
the salutation of "Vishama VilOchanan"( the odd number of
three eyes) .
ViroopAkshaya Nama: is to be intrepreted in the context
of NrusimhAvathAram as pointed out by Vaikunta Vaasi
MukkUr SrI Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr Swamy , a great Nrusimha
BhakthA.His lotus-like eyes can radiate krupA for the child
of HiraNyakasipu ( tE krupA sarOja sadhrusaa dhrusaa
dhanujadimBa tattha sthanA).The same eyes can radiate
terror towards HiraNyakasipu, who did not understand
His Parathvam and harmed Bhaktha PrahlAdhan.
Viroopaksham relates to the fact that the Lord's eyes
are filled with DayA for the Baala BhAgavathan ,
PrahlAdhan and at the same time are glowering with anger
at those,who try to cause harm to His BhaagavathAs. Those
eyes (Akshi) can reach this vikAram/Viroopam (Change of form
or transformation or deviation from the natural state),
when confronting the enemies of His BhakthAs ( parithrANAya
SaadhUnAm vinAsAya cha dushkruthAm).
SeshAdhri Sekhara Vibhu's DayA-filled eyes are like
the boon granting Kalpaka creeper( KrupaNa Jana kalpa LathikA)
according to Swamy Desikan as he saluted them in his
magnum opus of a sthOthram : SrI DayA Sathakam on
Lord VenkatEsa.Those auspicious eyes lift one out of
the horrible ocean of SamsAaram (SamsAra ThAriNee).
When those benovolent eyes fall on an aparAdhi
(transgressor of Lord's Saasthrams ),then they become
the unsurpassed , easiest PrAyscchittham for
cleansing the sins arising from aparAdhams (" Krutha
aparAdhasya aadhyAm NishkriyAm ThvAm vadanthi" ). Those
eyes filled with KaaruNyam lift one from the ocean of
SamsAram.Those eyes stand for all times as " sTira Pradheepam"
( Steady Dheepam/ViLakku).All of us must seek the freindship
of those benovolent eyes( Taara-maithreem dadhAna akshi).
When one is like HiraNyakasipu and committs apachAram
to His BhagavathAs, the Lord's anger has no limits and
His eyes are the First indicators of His rage.His anger
grows and grows ( Vijrumbhitha OoshmA).PeriyAzhwAr born
under SvAthi Nakshathram like Lord Narasimha refers to
the destruction of HiraNyan in ThiruppallANDu this way:
"anthiyam pOthil AriuruvAhi ariyai azhitthavanai
panthani theerap-pallANDu pallAyiratthAnDenRu paaduthumE"
This Narasimha Moorthy at Ahobila KshEthram (Lower Ahobilam)
has Lord SrinivAsa in a sannidhi next to Him and has a KalyAna
MaNtapam , where Lord SrInivAsa had a TadhiyArAdhanam
for the particpants in His VivAha MahOthsavam. The annam
distributed at that TadhiyArAdhanam was presented as NaivEdhyam
by Lord SrInivAsan to AhObila KshEthra Naayakan. Thus the ancient
nature of this ViroopAkshan , who is behind the second NaamA
of SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam.
NamO SrI VenkatEsAya,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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