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Sahasra Naamam: 14
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( PraNavam) VibahavE Nama:

(meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is all pervading
and existing everywhere !

Special Notes:
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"Vibhu" means Supreme One , who is Sarvasakthan.
He is eternal and exists everywhere.He is the Lord,
Emperor of Emperors and has unimaginable riches and prowess.

The meaning closest to "Vibhu" can be discerned from
the 76th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam: " Vikramee"
( the most powerful Supreme One). Swamy ParAsara Bhattar
quotes a slOkam form VishNu purANam to elaborate on
this "Vikramee (Vibhu) " nAmam:

manasaiva jagath srushtim samhAram cha karOthi Ya:
Tasya ari-paksha KshapaNE kiyAn udhyama visthara:

--SrI VishNu PurANam : 5.22.15

(Meaning): " By His sheer will (Sankalpam) , He creates
and dissolves the universe.When He has such capabilities
and power , defeating His enemies is nothing to Him.

This Sri VenkatEsa Sahasra Naamam also is an echo of
the 733rd SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam: " Vaaya Nama:".
He is VakarArTa Svaroopan . Another SrI VishNu PurANa
SlOkam elaborates on this VakAra / Vibhu artham :

vasanthi tathra bhUthAni bhUthAthmanyakhilAthmani
Sa cha bhUthEshvaEshu VakArArTastathO munE!

(Meaning): He is denoted by the word "Va:" since
all beings dwell in Him , while He Himself pervades
all souls as their indweller.There is no jeevan in
which He is not present .

The anthraathma Tatthvam and Omnipotence
are celebrated by this SrI VenkatEsa Naamam.

SahasranAmam 15:
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(PraNavam): SvabhuvE nama:

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord, who is self-born
and is responsible for His own birth to perform His leelAs.
The other version of the name is: SvambavE nama:

Special Notes:
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Our Lord has no father or mother. He is yet the Father
and Mother of all. In this matter He has no match
(TannoppArillappan).

When some special devotee performs upachArams for Him with
tender affection , then He recognizes them and elevates them
to the status of His"Mother". When a great devotee of Lord VaradarAjA
offered milk every day at the right temperature so that it was neither
too hot or too cold for our Lord's enjoyment , our Lord called this devotee
from NadAthUr as His Mother ( NadAthUr ammAl).He inquired whether
the special devotee was HisMother ( Yenn AmmAvO?).

This 15th SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is close to the two SrI VishNu Sahasra
Naamams :

"Svayam-jaathAya Nama:" ( 986th Naamam) and "SvayambhuvE nama:"
(37th Naamam).

Svambhu means that He manifests Himself out of His own free will for
enjoyment of His own leelAs. In distinction to other gods like Siva and
Brahma , He is not bound by karmAs and therefore His birth is not controlled
by any others .The other gods are Karma Vasyaas , whereas our Lord is
unaffected by the Karmaas. He makes this self-manifested appearances
time to time through His own Maaya (aathma Maaya) entirely out of His
sankalpam to please and protect His devotees. In dhivya dEsams like
ThiruvEnkatam , He appears as Svayambhu or Svyam Vyaktha Vigraham.
He manifests Himself for Loka Hitham . Swamy ParAsara Bhattar quotes
an apt passage in this context: "Sa yEsha Svyam udhvabhou"( He manifested
by himself). He is born without anticipating any prayers or predictions
from others ( " PrArTanA nirapEkshathayA Svayam Jaatha:").

SahasranAmam 16
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(PraNavam) VishNavE Nama:

(Meaning): Salutations to Lord VishNu-VenkatEsan , who protects the world
through His many incarnations as Raama, Krishna , Narasimha and others.
Salutations to the Supreme Lord , who pervades without exception all
the created beings ( sentient and the insentient).

Special Notes:
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The second, 259th and 663rd SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamams are
"VishNavE Nama:". Three times , the powerful VishNu sabdham
is invoked by the SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam.

The sentient and the insentient beings of His creation are His wealth
(VibhUthis).He creates them and enters in to them with His own
sakthi anf glory (Sva-mahimnA , Sva-SakthyA charAcharANi
anupravEsithavAn ithi VishNu:).The definition given here is :
"CharAcharEshu bhUthEshu vEsanaath VishNuruchyathE " .
His anupravEsam thus leads to the Naamam of VishNU .
His total pervasive presence (PoorNathva Vyaapthi) is
saluted here.

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar quotes the UNAdhi sooktham :
" na tadhasthi vinA yath MayA bhUtham charAcharam "
(" There is no object , moving or non-moving , which can
exist without Me").

The name VishNu is thus derived from the root "Vis" as understood
from above references.

Sahasra Naamam 17
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(PraNavam) JishNavE Nama:

(Meaning):Salutations to the Lord, who is the synonym for victory
in all His undertakings on behalf of His devotees!.

Special Notes
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Lord VenkatEsa is :" JishNu " since He is Sarva-Vijayee. He wins over
anyone.
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He protects His BhakthAs from every direction and from inside their heart
lotuses as saluted by DhwAdasa Naama Panjara sthOthram . He adorns various
weapons befitting the locations from which He protects us. For example , He
stays at the heart lotus as PadhmanAbhan and shines there with the
brilliance of
thousand Suns. He is armed with all kinds of weapons and moves everywhere
without hindrance as the Omnipotent and Omniscient Lord :

Hruth-PadhmE PadhmanAbhO mE , SahasrArka Sama-prabhah
Sarva-aayudha: Sarvasakthi: Sarvaj~na: SarvathOmukha:

--6th slOkam of SrI DhwAdasa Panjaram

His victory over all who oppose Him is celebrated in SrImath RaamAyaNam,
SrImath BhAgavatham and PurAnams dealing with His avathArams such as
Nrusimhan , HayagrIvan , Mathsya , Koorma and others.

Sahasra Naaman 18
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(PraNavam) VardhishNavE Nama:

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord Thrivikram-VenkatEsan ,
who can grow to any dimensions and fill out the space in all directions!

Special Notes:
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This naamam slautes His "Ongi UlahaLantha Utthama " vaibhavam.
As Trivikraman , He moved everywere without obstruction and
measured the earth , interspace and sky all the way up to the limits of
this aNDam and further upwards.

Swamy Desikan in the first slOkam of SrI DehaLeesa Sthuthi salutes
the Thrivikrama avathAran ( the Lord of ThirukkOvalUr dhivya dEsam)
as:

" Vikramya yEna vijithAni Jaganthi bhUmnA
Visvasya yamm parama-kAraNam aamanathi--"

(meaning): After recieving the deed of three feet of Earth, Vaamanan
grew in to the gigantic form of Thrivikraman and with His two feet ,
He pervaded (measured) all the universe and placed it under His control
with His own might . He is the first cause of the Universe and is saluted by
Vedams as the performer of such a wonderous deed .

In the tenth slOkam of SrI DehaLIsa Sthuthi , Swamy Desikan salutes
this VardhishNu Svarropam of Thrivikraman beautifully :

VairOchanE: sadhasi Vaamana-bhUmikAvAn
vikrAnthi thANDava-rasEna vijrumbhamANa:
chakrE BhavAn makara-kuNDala karNa paasa:
syAmaika mEga bharithAmiva sapthalOkeem

(Meaning) : Once upon a time , You arrived at MahA Bali's Yaaga Saalai
in the form of a dwarf BramhachAri ( Vaamana VaDu) and asked for
the gift of three measures of land from MahA Bali. Once that was deeded
to You , You grew insantly to a gigantic form to envelop the Universes
as a joyous dancer and pervaded them. That appearance of Yours as
Thirvikraman was like a blue cloud covering all the Universes. The lustre
from
the makara shaped ear ornaments spread as a dart of lightning in the middle
of
the dark blue rainy cloud hue of Your ThirumEni.

Poygai AzhwAr salutes this "VardhishNu" Thrivikraman in Mudahal
ThiruvandhAthi:

" NinRu nilam am-kai neer-yERRu moovadiyAl
senRu disai aLantha SenkaNmArrkku--yenRum
padaiaazhi PullUrdhi PaampaNayAn paadham
adaiyAzhi nenjE ! aRi

-- 21 st Pasuram of Mudhal ThiruvandhAthi

(Meaning): Our Lord , who rests on the bed of AadhisEsha
is the Supreme Master of all and is the owner of the two
kinds of wealth ( Ubhaya VibhUthi). He is known by His
insignias( VishNu lakshaNams) of Sudarsana chakram , Garuda
as His vAhanam and AdhisEshan as His couch . That Lord
went to MahA Bali to beg for three feet of land as Vaamanan
and measured all directions with His three steps.

Swamy AlavanthAr longs for the sacred feet of Thrivikraman
adorning the VishNu lakshanams (of conch , disc, kalpaka tree,
flag, lotus , ankusam and vajra weapon ) to have contact with
his head in the 31st slOkam of his SthOthra Rathnam :

kadhA puna: sankha raTAnga kalpaka
dhvaja arvaindha ankusa vajra laanchanam
Thrivikrama! Thvath ChraNAmbhuja-dhvayam
madheeya mUrdhAnam alankarishyathi

Sahasra Naamam 19:
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(PraNavam) UthsavishNavE Nama:

(Mening): Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who is celebrated for
His sankalpam to protect His devotees and destroy their enemies.
Salutations to the Lord around whom there is always a festival
(uthsavam)!

Special Notes:
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Lord VenkatEsA's Uthsavams are world famous and bhakthAs
flock to Thirumala to have the bhAgyam of having His darsanam
on those occasions. There is always one or other Uthsavam from
dawn to midnight at Thirumala for the Lord.

Our Lord of Thirumalai is the ocean of all nectarine auspicious attributes
( Samastha KalyAna GuNAmruthOdhadhi:). He is under the influence of
His bhakthAs as Bhaktha Sulabhan and Souseelyan. He can not bear seperation
from His BhakthAs (Mrudhu DayALu) and is firm in the defense of them
( STira:) . He is also sweet as amrutham ( Madhura:) . His gratefulnees
for those , who sought His protection makes Him think of little deeds
done by them as great ones ( kruthee kruthaj~na:). That is His svabhAvam
( innate nature).With His sankalpam alone , He comes to the rescue of
His bhakthAs as "UthsavishNu".

He is" aathmadhaa and Phaladhaa " ( giver of Himself and also the strength
of
mind to enjoy Him and His limitless auspicious attributes as ParamAthmA).

As UthsavishNu , He not only comes to the rescue of His devotees
( GajEndhran, Dhroupathi, PrahlAdhan et al) and destroys their
enemies (Crocodile , KauravAs and HiraNyakasipu).

Sahasra Naamam 20
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(PraNavam) SahishNukAya Nama:

(Meaning): Salutations to the Lord , who tolerates all the trespasses
of a Jeevan once that embodied Jeevan surrenders to Him unconditionally!

Special Notes:
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The 146th and the 570th VishNu sahasra nAmams are echos
of this Naamam of Lord VenkatEsa. "SahishNu" means One
who forgives trespasses.It is His svabhAvam ( innate nature )
to forgive the countless sins of those , who surrender at His
lotus feet . These sins would be those that have been committed before
or about to be committed later. These could have been committeed
consciously or unconsciously at all times and places by all karaNams/
Indhriyams. These sins arise from violation of the Lord's laws
enumerated in His saasthrAs. These could arise from insults to
Bhagavan like SisupAlan or to His BhaagavathAs like HiraNyakasipu.
The offenses to His devotees are not easily endured by the SahsihNu.
The question arises as to why He is so tolerant towards those , who
seek His protection even if they have committed countless aparAdhams.
That is a result of SvAbhAvika Svaroopa prayuktham ( innate quality
which is natural to Him like coolness is natural to Moon) . His aasritha
Vaathsalyam ( affection to those who has seek His refuge) is
the kalyANa guNam that is behind His name as SahishNu.

The offenses committed is not confined to humans .He puts up with
DevAs , BrahmA , IndrA and others , once they seek His protection
and perform SaraNAgathy. " BrahmAdhimanthu sahanAth SahishNu
ithi kaTyathE " is the commentary . He puts up even with their offenses
until they regret their behavior and fall at His sacred feet . At that
time,
the Supreme Lord becomes endowed with DayA for them , controls
His anger and welcomes them to His fold with affection as "SahishNu".

NamO SrI VenkatEsAya
Daasan, Oppiliappn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan









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