ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,GrIshma Ruthu , VaikAsi , Sukla Paksha PraTamai, Mrugaseersham . SrI: NamO VenkatEsAya Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri : Let us reflect today on the Sixth NaamA of SrI Venkatesa AshtOttharam : (praNavam) Jagadh-vandhyAya nama: The First Ten NaamAs of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam **************************************************** 1. (PraNavam) SrI VenkatEsAya nama:> 2. (PraNavam) SrivAsAya nama: 3. (PraNavam) LakshmI PathayE nama: 4. (Pranavam) anAmayAya nama: 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 Sixth Naamam : Meaning **************************** "(PraNavam) Jagadh-VandhyAya nama: = OUR LORD IS THE ONE SALUTED/WORSHIPPED BY THE ENTIRE WORLD. Additional Comments ******************** Lord SrInivAsan is the object of worship of Brahma , Rudra, other DevAs and celebrated Sages as visualized by the 5th and 6th slOkams of SrI VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham : athryAdhi saptha rushaya: samupAsya sandhyAm aakAsa sindhu kamalAni manOharANi aadhAya paadhayugam archayithum prapannA: SeshAdhri Sekhara VibhO ! Tava SuprabhAtham (Having completed the prAtha: sandhya-vandhanam , the Seven sages like Atri bring beautiful lotuses from the divine Ganges to perform worship at Thy sacred feet. Oh Lord of SeshAlacham ! May this be an auspicious day for You ! PanchAnAbhjabhava ShaNmukha VaasavAdhyA: TraivikramAdhi charitham vibhudhA: sthuvanthi BhAshApathi: paDathi vAsarasuddhim ArAth SeshAdri-sEkhara vibhO ! Tava SuprabhAtham ( The Five-faced Isvaran , the Lotus-born BrahmA , the six-faced SubramaNya , Indra are recalling with reverence Your wonderous deeds during the avathArams like Thrivikramaavatharam. Nearby , Brahaspathi , the Deva Guru is reading out the PanchAngam (the planetary positions for the day). Oh Master of SeshAchalam! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee!). The sage Narada with his celestial VeeNA is singing Your praise. Agni, Yama , Nairuti , VaruNA , Vaayu and KubEra , the dhig-paalakAs are standing before You with folded hands and are eager to offer their service to You.The Lord of Birds (GarudA ), The Lord of Serpents (Adhi Sesha ) , Lord of Elephants ( AirAvatha) and the King of horses ( Ucchaissravas) are paying their respects to You . The Nava grahams are prostrating before You. Your devotees are reciting Your dhivya nAmAs and seek Your blessings: SrI PadhmanAbha ! PurushOtthama! VaasudEva! Vaikunta! Maadhava! JanArdhana! ChakrapANE! Srivathsachinha! SaraNAgatha PaarijAtha! SrI VenkatAchalapathE! Tava SuprabhAtham. Thirumalai Nambi, Sri AnanthANpillai, AchArya RaamAnujA are performing their Kaimkaryams to You. Swamy Desikan is placing at your feet the centum of DayA sathakam in celebration of Your DayA GuNam . SrI MaNavALa Maamuni is seen prostrating before You. His key disciple , PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram AnnA composes four SrI Sookthis ( Your SuprabhAtham , SthOthram, Prapatthi and Mangalam ) and places them at Your holy feet. Saint AnnamayyA , Purandara Dasa and other sacred bards perform Naama KusumAnjali. It is getting to be noon time. The divine bard and your dear Bhakthan, ThyagarAja SwamigaL arrives in front of You and and begs for the removal of the curtain of anger, arrogance and jealousy standing in front of him and keeping him outside the Dharma and Moksha PurushArthams : " Tera theeyaga raadhA ? lOni Thiruppathi VenkataramaNa! Mathsaramunu , Parama Purusha ! dharmAdhi Mokshamula paara dhOlu chunnadhi , naalOnoi "). The curtain standing between ThyagarAja and Lord SrinivAsa falls down and the Lord blesses His dear Bhakthan with His darsanam. The ecstatic ThyagarAjA sings in MadhyamAvathi Raagam and thanks the Lord in gratefulness: "VenkatEsa Ninnu sEvimpanu padhivEla kanulu gAvalEnayyA PankajAksha ParipAlitha Munijana BhAvakamagu dhivya-roopamanugOnna yEkkuuva neevani dhikkulu BhOgaDa akkaragOni madhisOkkika kanugOna nikkamu neevE grakkuna BhROvuthaLukkani mErasE chakka tanamugala YEnOmu PhalamO nee naamAmrutha-paanamu yanu sOpAnamu dhOrikEnu SrInaayaka ! ParamAnandha nee sari gAnamu sObhAyamAnAmgrulu gala yOgihrudhaya neevEgathiyanu jana- bhAgadhEya! VarabhOgIsasayana! BhAgavatha Priya ThyagarAjanutha naagAchalamupai BhAguga nelakOnna (VenkatEsa )" Oh Vekkatesa standing on top of SeshAchalam and in the heart lotuses of Yogis! One should have thousands of eyes to see Your glorious and beautiful roopam. You are recognized by all as the Supreme among all Gods and You are JAGATH VANDHYAN. Your mere darsanam will assure Moksham for those with pious devotion to You. As a result of Poorva Janma sukrutham ( PuNyam acquired from previous janmAs) , I am standing before You and tasting the amrutham of Thy sweet naamAs and thus have assured myself of a stepping stone to come close to You, whose holy feet shines with matchless, radiant lustre. Worshipped by all of His BhakthAs , Lord VenkatEsan becomes the Bhuvana-Vandhyan (Jagadh-Vandhyan) and responds to our prayer for protection: SrIman! KrupAjalanidhE! KruthasarvalOkE! Sarvaj~na ! Saktha! Nathavathsala! Sarva-sEshin! Swamin! Suseela-sulabhAsritha-PaarijAtha! SrI VenkatEsa Charanou SaraNam PrapadhyE This is the essence of the Sixth Naamam of the SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam . (PraNavam ) NamO VenkatEsAya , (PraNavam) Jagadh-VnadhyAya nama: SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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