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 The 16th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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  KrishNAya Nama:= Salutations to the Lord , who is  Aanandhamayan .

 This is the 58th SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam.

 Meanings of KrishNa Naamam:
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 Swamy ParAsara Bhattar intreprets the Naamam with One , who is exceedingly delighted. He is saluted as KrishNa since He is exceedingly delighted with the joy of His LeelAs .

 The other meaning is derived from etymological perspective : " Krushi: BhUvAchaka: sabdha Nasccha nirvruthi vaachaka:". (i-e ) He is the receptacle of Joy (Aanandham in the Upanishadic concept). The word "krishi" stands for the ground or resceptacle or aadhAram. "Na" signifies the Joy housed in the Krishi sabdham.

 Additional Comments on the Ancient KrishNaa doctrine
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 SrImath BhAgavatham
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 The Tenth Canto (dasama Skandham) of Srimad BhAgavatham has many eulogies (Sthuthis) that elaborate on the meanings of KrishNa Naamam and His glories :

 1. VasudevA's and Devaki's Hymns at the time of birth of KrishNa in the prison (Chapter 3).

  2. The Hymn of BrahmA (Chapter 14)

 3. Indhra"s Hymn to KrishNa (Chapter 27)

 4. Gopi's Yugala Geetham ( Chapter 35)

 5. Uddhava on the greatness of KrishNa (Chapter 46)

 6. Hymn of AkrUra (Chapter 48)

 7. The Glory of KrishNa (Chapter 90).

 Celebration of KrishNa Tatthvam in ThiruvAimozhi
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 1. Swamy NammAzhwAr is an authority on SrI KrishNa Tatthvam. In one of the Paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi (3.4.9) , Swamy NammAzhwar tries to explain this extraordinary Tatthvam:

 "To describe and thereby , cover the whole gamut of the splendour that the Lord possesses , the Lord who always accomplishes one magical phenomenon or another , who churned the Milk-Ocean to secure the nectar , who is Achyutha , who is AnanthA , lying on the couch of another AnanthA (AdhisEshan ) , who is well seated on this couch (as if in deep sleep , whom even His consorts can not wake up) ,who once swallowed and spat the universe with a purpose ,  is admittedly an impossible Tatthvam to fully comprehend.  I attempted to understand Him , since the desire to do so was  unquenchable. I shall now merely content myself by concluding  that HE IS ALL THINGS AND ALL BEINGS".

 2. In ThiruvAimozhi 9.1.10 , Swamy NammazhwAr declares that  there is no other sure God of surrender for us,   to be sure.  He instructs us to surrender all of our possessions at His sacred feet  to ensure our Moksham. He concludes again  with the statement  that there is nothing in this world , which are not His.

 3. In ThiruvAimozhi 10.5.1, Swamy NammAzhwAr links the NaamA of KrishNa with SrIman NaarAyaNan and asks us to reflect on His pair of sacred feet to secure without fail , Moksham:

 KaNNan kazhaliNai --NaNNUm Manamudayeer
 yeNNum ThirunAmam --tiNNam NaaraNamE

 VishNu PurANam & the Glories of KrishNa Naamam
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 In the second amsam , sixth chapter of VishNu purANam , Sage ParAsarA reveals the greatness of KrishNa Naamam and the unique benefits arising from meditation on that Naamam with the understanding that we are His leige (bonded servants ):

 prAyascchitthAn asEshANi Tapa: karmAthmakAni vai
 yaani tEshAm asEshANAm KRISHNA-ANUSMARANAM PARAM

  SmaraNam means recall and reflection . Addition of prefix , "anu" gives us the word "anusmaraNam " indicating that we will have recall of ourselves as the seshabhUthars to Lord krishna ( the SarvasEshi) always . Such reflections (KrishNAnusmaranam ) will remove all of our sins and repeated reflections with a sense of
 being His servant will prevent future sins from attaching to us and grant us Moksham. All the Japam , homam and archanai should be done with KrishNanusmaraNam and the fruits should be placed at KrishNa's sacred feet as belonging to Him alone .

 Such is the power and glory of KrishNa Naamam !



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