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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