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SrI:

NamO VenkatEsAya

Dear BhakthAs of Lord SrInivAsa of Thirumalai:

The origin of this nAmaa is to be found in MaarkaNDEya
PurANam , Theertha KaaNDam, Second Chapter verses:

Jaya Deva! JagannATa ! SarvalOkaika Vanditha
Jaya VenkatasailEsa ! KaruNAkara ! Paahi na:

KrupAnidhE! Namas-thubhyam VaradAya NamO nama:
VenkatAdhIsa! VISVESA! Satha KruthvO namO nama: 

(meaning): Hail to Thee Oh Lord of the Universe worshipped
by all the beings of Your universe! Hail to Thee Oh Lord
of Venkatam hills! Oh Most Merciful One! Please protect us.
Oh the treasure house of Daya! Oh matchless boon-granter!
Our salutations to You ! Oh VISVESA! Our repeated salutations 
to You! 

With the NaamAs " JagannAta" and " VisvEsa " , this section of
the above purANam connects to the Third Sahasra Naamam of
" VisvEsvarAya Nama:".

The salutation of the Lord of Venkatam (Venkatadhisa) 
as VISVESA is the PurAnic connection to the third nAmA
of SrI VenkatEsa Sahara nAmam: "VisvEsvaraya nama:". 

SrI VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamams 3
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3. (PraNavam) VisvEsarAya Nama:

Salutations to the Lord (Iswaran) , who is the undisputed
Soverign(Supreme Master) of the entire Universe!

Special Notes: 
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The Upanishads call the Universe (Jagath) as Prakruthi,
the primordial cosmic matter. The Universe is not only 
the material world and its beings but it also covers 
the mid region known as anthariksha and the heaven 
(dhyulOkA). It includes all the chEthanams (Sentients)
and achEthanams( insentients).This universe or Visvam 
is created by Sriman NaarAyaNa , whose archa form is 
Lord VenkatEsa of the Seven hills. He creates the Universe 
with His mere sankalpam ( the will ) of Lord VenkatEsa
and He rules the world that He creates .He pervades
the entitities of His created universe (anupravEsam)
and controls them as their Lord( VisvEswaran).He is
the NiyanthA(Controller of all as their Lord). 

At the time of creation , our Lord provides names and 
forms to the undifferentiated moola prakruthi , 
which existed then in a subtle form ; As Iswaran
and Prabhu , Lord Venkatesa provides their differentiation .
Thus arose out of the Lord's creation the Naama Roopa 
Prapancham.SvetasvatAra Upanishad describes that 
the DevAthma Sakthi of the Lord is the power behind 
the creation of this universe with names and myriad
forms. 

The other Upanishad describe that the Lord has a special 
intimate relationship with the entire Universe 
( aitadAtmyam idham sarvam: ChAndhOgyam).The way in which 
this Lord (Supreme Brahman of the Upanishads) 
is related to the Universe is that of its Ruler
and as the Undisputed soverign of this visvam
( VisvEswaran = Visvasya Isvaran).Our Lord's 
KaaraNathvam as the sole cause of this Universe 
is undisputed . His VyApakathvam ( pervasive presence
in the entities of the Universe ) as a soverign of 
the Universe is also noted by the Upanishads . His 
Niyanthruthvam ( controller of all created entities)
is a natural outcome of Him being the VIsveswaran.

Dhivya prabhandhams (Tamil vedams ) of AzhwArs 
salute the Lord of Venkatagiri as SrIman NaarAyanan,
the Lord of the Universe . In one of the famous
Paasurams of Swamy NammAzhwAr addressed to 
Lord VenkatEsa, he salutes the Lord of saptha Giri
as " niharil puhazhAy ! Ulaham moonrudayAy !
yennai aLvAnE!" (ahalhillEn Paasuram passage).
Here Swamy NammazhwAr salutes the Lord as 
"Ulaham MoonRu udayAy" , the Lord of the three 
Universes.AzhwAr praises the Lord of Venkatam
as SarvEswaran , Sarva Swami and Sarva NiyanthA.

In the First Thirumozhi of the first decad of 
ThriuvAimozhi, Swamy NammAzhwAr describes brilliantly
the VisvEswara Tatthvam of the Lord:

" it is not possible to distinguish the things of 
the world as belonging to Him and as not His. 
Because , all is His (as the Lord of all of them).
In each of the seven worlds , insentient things 
with different forms and sentient beings are
aspects of His splendour( objects of His creation as
the Lord of the Universe). ..He has no second. We have 
come near such a great One by some mighty
good fortune"..ThriuvAimozhi: I.1.3

"All things and processes , actions and inactions
are subject to His will(sankalpa)" as the Lord of
the Universe...ThiruvAimozhi: I.1.6 

VenkatAdhri samam sTAnam BrahmANDE nAsthi kinchana
VenaktEsa SamO DevO na bhUthO na Bhavishyathi 

NamO SrI VenkatEsAya,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 



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