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ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,GrIshma Ruthu , 
Aani(Mithunam) , Sukla Paksha Panchami, Aayilyam 
SrI:

NamO VenkatEsAya 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

Let us reflect today on the Seventh NaamA of 
SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam : (praNavam)
GOVINDHAAYA NAMA:

The First Ten NaamAs of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam
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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) GOVINDHAAYA NAMA:
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8. (PraNavam) SaasvathAya nama:
9. (PraNavam) PrabhavE nama: 
10.(Pranavam) SEshAdhri-nilayAya nama:

The Seventh Naamam : Meaning
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(PraNavam) GovindhAya nama: = SALUTATIONS TO THE REVERED LORD 
KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GOVINDHAN. 

The Naamam "Govindhan" is made up of two sabdhams : "gO" 
and the dhAthu , "Viddh" . The "gO" sabdham has been given 
ten meanings by scholars (SummA Patti SrI KrishNa Iyengar ). 
The DhAthu "Viddh" has been given four meanings. The combination of 
"gO' and "Viddh" reveals that the Lord Is the One who grants 
Moksham ( Mokshapradhan ),The One who is understood through 
VedAs and saluted by the VedAs (Veda-vEdhyan) , One who gifted 
VajrAyudham to Indhran and the One who took on the ten avathArams
(DasAvathAran). 

Additional Comments
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Govindha Naamam is celebrated in the ancient Rg Vedam 
already: 

chamUshchyEna: sakunO vibhuthvaam 
GOVINDUR-DRAPSA aayudhAni Bibrath
apAm Urmim sachamAna: samudhram
thurIyam dhAma nahishO vivakthi
--Rg Vedam: IX.96.19

The meaning is that one eagle (GarudA?)joined the assembly of
eternally liberated (nithya sooris) by adorning the weapons
of Lord Govindhan. Those , who are in SamsAra world due to 
prakruthi sambhandham will reach the Lord's Parama Padham ,
if they also wore those aayudhams of the Lord and will be
venerated by one and all. 

This "Govindha "naamam has been pointed out as being
unique to our Lord Govindhan , the cowherd of Gokulam 
thru PaaNini Soothram rules and is recognized as :
"gavAdhishu vindhEssamj~nAyAm ".That is why ANDAL, 
PeriyAzhwAr and Swamy NammAzhwAr placedspecial emphasis 
on Govindhan ( KaNNan). ANdal saluted Him as "KaNNan
yennum Karum Dhaivam". PriyAzhwAr enjoyed Him as
Baala GOpAlan and Swamy NammAzhwAr instructed us
to perform SaraNAgathi at the sacred feet of KaNNan
(Govindhan). 

Govindha Naama sankIrthanam is very special to Thiruppathi
Venkatesan. PerumAL's name is Venkata KrishNan
as at ThiruvallikkENi . On PurattAsi Saturdays , 
the sweet sound of Govindha naama ucchAranam (GovindhA ! 
GovindhA !)echos from the sacred hills of Thirumalai.
On His "Birthday " of PurattAsi SravaNam , the sanctifying 
Govindha naama gOsham reaches a crescendo from dawn to dusk 
in the inner chambers of the Lord's sannidhi and all around. 

Lord VenkatEsan is " the KuRai onRum illa Govindhan"
( Blemishless Lord: Sakala KalyANa GuNa SampoorNan)
adored by His divine consort ANDAL in Her sacred 
ThiruppAvai. She declared the inalienable relationship
of us , the jeevans with Her Lord and showed us the way to
perform kaimkaryam to Him. Vaikunta Vaasi U.Ve . MukkUr
Lakshmi NarasimhAcchAr Swamy has celebrated the doctrines 
behind the blemishless Tattvams behind the name ,
"KuRai OnRum illA Govindhan" in his multi-tomed ,
brilliant monographs.

A great Govindha Bhakthar from Chennai by the apt name of
SrI VaasudEvan is writing beautifuly about the auspicious 
guNam of Govindhan for the past many months in the Internet
Lists. His thesis is that Govindhan is Tatthvam , Hitham and 
PurushArtam. That is along the way shown by AzhwArs in general 
and PeriyAzhwAr/ ANDAL focused on the name of Govindhan 
in particular.

ANDAL declares that She will wait for His grace as long 
as it takes through singing of the nAmam of Govindhan and 
keep Her life in tact: "Govindhan guNam paadi Aavi kAtthiruppEn" . 
In the 28th ThiruppAvai, She salutes "KuRai onRum ilaa
Govindhan " , Her dear Lord . She performs MangaLAsAsanam
for "Govindhan " and identifies Him Specifically as
VenkatAchalapathi in Her NaacchiyAr Thirmozhi Paasurams
(NTM 1.3, 10.7 and 12.4).

Her dear father, SrI VishNu chitthar is lost in the bliss 
of listening to the divine flute playing of Govindhan 
( Periya Thirumozhi : 3.6.2 , 3.6.3 , 3.6.8 and 3.6.11). 
AzhwAr invites the Young Moon to come near Her (YasOdhai's)
son, Govindhan . AzhwAr as YasOdhai invites Her son 
by the name of Govindhan to have His ears pierced. 
PeriyAzhwAr does Govinda Naama sankIrthanam in His
PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi TWELVE times . This essay will
get longer if we describe these exquisite anubhavams 
of the AzhwAr's PiLLai Tamizh (PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi:
4.3.4, 4.4.9 , 4.5.8 , 4.6.4, 2.3.4, 2.5.6, 2.9.11 and
3.4.1).

Govindhan is SaraNAgatha rakshakan and responded immediately 
to the urgent appeals of Droupathi , when she was being 
humiliated at the court of KauravAs. She did not call
Krishna by the names of Achyuthan, Maadhavan or VaasudEvan,
but she called him in great pain with the name of
Govindhan .He responded immediately .

Govindhan is the name of KrishNa-VaasudEvan and as such is
recognized by Upanishads:

1."BrahmaNyO DevakI Puthraaya:" (NaarAyaNOPanishad)
2."KrishNAya DevakI PuthrAya" ( ChAndhOgya Upanishad)
3. NaarAyaNa GayathrI Manthram 
4."Tadhasmyaham VaasudEva:" (Brahma Bindhu Upanishda)
5.GopAla TaapanIyOpanishad passages.

This is the same "Govindha "nAmam that is being celebrated 
by Upanishads and Vedam . Thirupathi GOvindhan is thus
the Veda Moorthy , who is celebrated by the Seventh Naamam 
of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOtthara satha Naamam. 

The Ten Meanings of "gO" sabdham (SummApatti Swamy)
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Veda prasiddham is the Govindha Naamam: "gObhi: Veda-vaakdhya 
vEdhyathE ithi Govindha:". His pious feet are enjoyed as bliss 
by the VedAs( sarvE VedA yath Padham aamananthi). Govindan
is Sarva sabdha-vaachyan. "SarvE VedA-yathrai: kam bhavanthi "
is another sruthi pramANam. 

"SollinAl thodarcchi Nee , sollappadum poruLum Nee"
is the mangaLAsAsanam of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr , the expert
researcher on SrIman NaarAyaNa Para-tatthvam. He bases his
conclusion on the "gO" sabdham of Govindhan , which refers
to (1) Veda Vaak(2) Moksham (3) arrow (4) Cow (5) divine 
speech (6) VajrA weapon (7) Divine sight (8) Jwaalai or
Param JyOthi/Param JyOthi GovindhA is Swamy NammazhwAr's
salutation (9) BhUmi and (10) Jayam or Victory.

The many derivative meanings of the ten intrepretaions are
limitless . adiyEn will conclude this salutation to Govindha
Naamam with the adaptation of Sruthi Vaakyam:

"MaathA PithA BhrAthA nivAsa:SaraNam suhruth gathi Govindha:"
That NivAsan is SrInivAsan of Thirumalai.

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












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