ChitrabhAu , Aani 23, KrishNa Paksha , DhvAdasi, Kaartikai (July 7,2002) SrI: NamO VenkatEsAya Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri : Let us reflect on the Seventeenth naamA of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam today : 11.(PraNavam) KesavAya Nama: 12.(PraNavam) DevAya Nama: 13.(PraNavam) MadhusoodhanAya Nama: 14.(PraNavam) AmruthAya Nama: 15.(Pranavam) MaadhavAya Nama: 16.(PraNavam) KrishNAya Nama: 17.(PraNavam) SrIharayE Nama: ****************************** 18.(PraNavam) Jn~Ana PanjarAya Nama: 19.(PraNavam) SrIvathsa VakshasE Nama: 20.(PraNavam) SarvEsAya Nama: The 16th Naamam: (PraNavam) SrIharayE Nama: ****************************************** This is the 656th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam. Meanings of SrI Hari Naamam: ***************************** Swamy ParAsara Bhattar intreprets this Naamam as the Lord with Green Hue. He is saluted as Young KrishNa living at the Govardhana Hill with the name of Hari. He is the reciever of the Havis/ Hari BhAgam (Sacrificial offerings in Yaj~nams). The Lord Himself states that the color dear Him is green and therefore He is called Hari (varNasccha mE HARI: SRESHTA: tasmAth Hari ithi smrutha:). Additional Comments on the Hari Tatthvam ***************************************** The doctrine of Hari is an ancient one. It is about KrishNA and hence this name follows the previous SrI VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha nAmam of " KrishNAya Nama:". In this Seventeenth nAmam, the prefix of SrI is added to the Naamam of Hari ( SrI HarayE Nama:). Thus the connection betweeen SrInivAsan and SrI Hari is established. He is not simple "Hari" but "SrI Hari" , the Lord accompanied by Sri Devi ( SrI RukmiNi SamEtha DwArakA NaaTan ). MahA BhAratham (The great War of BharathAs), the tenth canto of BhAgavatha PurANam and Hari Vamsam (Geneology of VishNu ) house abundant salutations to the glories of the avathAram of Hari NaarAyaNan as KrishNA . Hari Vamsam is the appended text(19th parvam ) of MahA BhAratham ; it was appended to MahA BhAratham around 4 C.E. It is thus an anubhandham to the main text of MahA BhAratham ; it has 317 chapters with 16 thousand plus slOkams . Hari Vamsam , with its impressive narrative vigor deals with the life of the Young KrsihNa as SrI Hari. The 12th century text of "Geetha Govindham " is yet another moving source book containing vibrant salutatations to Marthaka MaNI VaNNan, KaNNan and is hailed by the composer (JayadEva) of this MangaLa-manjuLa-gItham as " Hari-CharaNa -Smruthi Saaram " ( The essence of reflections on the sacred feet of Lord KrishNA , adhi-adhbhutha KrishNAnusmaRaNam). This Hari NaarAyaNan is always accompanied by SrI Devi in every one of His avathArams to qualify as "SrI Hari NaarAyaNan " and is saluted as DasAvathAran by the KrishNa-bhakthi laden mind of JayadEva Kavi in his Geetha Govindham: " Kesava-dhrutha dasa-vitha roopa , Jaya JagadhIsa HARE " ( " You take the tenfold cosmic form , KrishNA . Triumph HARI,the Lord of the World !")...Song 1.15 In the Fourteenth song of the 7th chapter of Geetha Govindham sung in Raaga VasanthA at the Poori JagannAth Temple, JayadEva Kavi prays to HARI to remove the dhOshams of Kali Yugam that drive us away from Him (Hari NaarAyaNan): " SrI JayadEva BhaNitha HARI-ramitham Kali-kalusham janayathu parisamitham " (" May Hari's delight in JayadEvA's song bring an end to this dark time" (Kali yugam). Such is the Vaibhavam of Hari united with SrI Devi as "SrI Hari!". When the Naama sankIrthanam of SrI Hari (SrInivAsan as Govindhan ) is done with KrishNAnusmaraNam , then the road to Moksham is paved through the intervention of SrI Devi. Such is the power and glory of SrI Hari's Name! SrI HarayE Nama: Srimad Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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