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ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,
GrIshma Ruthu , VaikAsi , RohiNi, Sarva SomavAra AmAvAsyai

SrI:

NamO VenkatEsAya 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

Let us reflect on the Fourth NaamA of 
SrI Venkatesa AshtOttharam !

The First Ten NaamAs of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam
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1. (PraNavam) SrI VenkatEsAya nama:>
2. (PraNavam) SRIVAASAAYA NAMA:
3. (PraNavam) LakshmI PathayE nama:
4. (Pranavam) anAmayAya nama:
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5. (PraNavam) amruthAmsAya nama:
6. (Pranavam) Jagadh-vandhyAya nama:
7. (PraNavam) GovindhAya nama:
8. (PraNavam) SaasvathAya nama:
9. (PraNavam) PrabhavE nama: 
10.(Pranavam) SEshAdhri-nilayAya nama:

The Fourth Naamam : Meaning
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"(PraNavam) anAmayAya nama:" = SALUTATIONS TO
THE LORD , WHO IS THE BESTOWER OF HEALTH from
the degenerative disease of SamsAram.. 

This is the 694th Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam .

The 585th and the 586th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamams , "
BhEshajAyam Bhishak" also declare that He is the effective 
medicine for the incurable disease of SamsAram and the expert in 
the diagnosis of that disease and its treatment ( asAdhya
Bhava-rOgasya BhEshajam ; samyak-vidhitha nidhAna
chikithsO Bhishak). 

Additional comments
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One who bestows health is a Doctor , who prescribes
the right kind of medicine.He is a Vaidhyan or Doctor.
The disease is SamsAric illness , which is very cruel
and debilitating . One needs therefore a very special
Doctor to cure this disease. That Doctor , who treats 
this terrible disease is Vaidhya NaarAyaNan standing on
top of the seven hills , SapthagirIsan. At ThiruveLLUr ,
He is known as Vaidhya VeerarAghavan. 

The diseases of the body and mind are curable by ordinary 
doctors. The disease of SamsAric afflictions that leads to
repeated births and deaths. This can only be treated by 
a Super-Specialist . In this context Adhi AankarA says:

" Punarapi Jananam punarapi MaraNam , punarapi jananI jaDarE sayanam 
iha samsArE bahu dusthArE krupayA paalaya paahi MurArE "

( We are born again, we die again and then come back to lie in
the wombs of mothers again. Oh MurArE , please save me from 
this misery of repeated cycles of births and deaths and
bless me with na punarAvrutthi/non-return to this samsAram). 

KulasEkhara AzhwAr in His Mukundha Maalai refers to
the disease of SamsAram (nirAmayam ) and points out 
that Lord KrishNa is the alchemy (rasAyanam ) to cure
the disease of SamsAram ( Bhava RhOgam):

idham sarIram pariNAma pEsalam 
padhathyavasyam slathasanthi jarjaram
kimaoushadhai: klisyasi MooDa-dhurmathE ! 
nirAmayam KrishNa rasAyanam pibha 

(This body over time will become feeble and is
going to die. Oh MooDa mathi! why are You chasing all
kinds of medicine for cure of this samsAric disease ? 
Please drink the special potion known as KrishNa 
to overcome this disease of samsAram).

In the very first slOkam of SrI Mukundha Maalai ,
KulasEkharar identifies Sarva Swamy , Sriman Mukundhan
as " Bhaktha Priyan and Bhava-lundana gOvithan ":

SrI VallabhEthi VaradhEthi DayAparEthi
Bhaktha-priyEthi Bhava-luNDana gOvithEthi
NaaTEthi Naaka-sayanEthi JagannivAsEthi
aalApinam prahtipadham kuru maam Mukundha

KulasEkharar identifies the Ubhaya VibhUthi Naatan,
Mukndhan as Sriya: pathi, the daya-svarUpi, who can not 
bear the sufferings of His adiyArs , who is devoted to
His bhakthAs, is the Master resting on AdhIsEshan and 
is THE DOCTOR , WHO CURES THE DISEASE OF SAMSAARAM . 
He begs this Super-specialist to make him repeat often 
the names of SeshasAyee and jagannivAsan to be cured of
the disease of SamsAram. 

Swamy NammazhwAr prays for the same boon of
the destruction of SamsAric disease :

piRappinmai peRRU adi-keezh kuRRavElanRu,
maRappinmai yaan vENDum maadu"--Periya ThiruvandhAthi

( Oh Sriman naarAyaNA! I seek of the boon (medicine ) 
that will free adiyEn from repeated births in different yOnis
and to remember always to perform nithya kainkaryam
for You at Your Parama Padham ).

In another slOkam of Mukundha Maalai , Kula Sekharar
refers to samsAram as a parched desert land full of
suffering and states that he gets relief from that
sorrow by dipping deep into the cool and rejuvenating
pond of EmperumAn ( sramamushi agAtha maargE HARI SARASI
VIGAHYA --Bhava maru parikinna: khEdham adhya thyajAmi). 

In a subsequent slOkam , KulasEkharar identifies this Master-
Doctor , who cures all sorrows as " vyasana apanOdhanakara: 
Na: Swamy Sridhara: ). 

KulasEkhara identifies this disease of samsAram as 
" Prasoothi MaraNa VyAdhi" ( repeated birth and death disease).
The treatment (chikithsai) for it is the magnificent medicine
(marunthu/oushadham) of the indwelling Krishnan , who produces
eternal cure:

hE lOkA: sruNutha PRASUTHI-MARANA VYAATHE: CHIKITHSAAM
AntharjyOthi: amEyam KrishNAkhyam aapeeyathaam 
Tath peetham PARAMOUSHADHAM vithanuthE NIRVAANAMAADHYANTHIKAM

KulasEkharar goes on to extoll this Parama Oushadham and
the Super-specialist that administers this medicine as 
"Sri KrishNa Dhivya Oushadham " and " Bhava bhaya pradhvamsana 
yEka Oushadham ". 

The FOURTH Naamam of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam 
refers to this Venkata KrishNa oushadham standing
on top of Thirumalai that surely cures the disease of
SamsAram as we prostrate before Him and seek Him 
as our "Bhishak". 

Let us offfer our salutations to this great Doctor 
with one of the Mukundha Maalai sLOkams:

NamAmi NaarAyaNa Paadha Pankajam
KarOmi NaarAyaNa Poojanam sadhaa
VadhAmi NaarAyaNa Naama nirmalam
smarAmi NaarAyaNa Tatthvam avyayam 

(PraNavam ) NamO VenkatEsAya ,
(PraNavam) anAmayAya nama:

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 






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