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 The 54th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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 AnEka-mUrthayE Nama:

 One who is of Many forms .

 According to the VisishtAdhvaithic sampradhAya , the Lord  exists in each and every being , sentient and otherwise ,  as the antharyAmi . Hence all the forms that are found in this world  are indeed the Lord's own Moorthy.

 This plurality too flows from His own sankalpam revealed in the Upanishadic statement : " Tath aikshatha ,  bahu syAm prajAyEyEti "  ( Let Me become Many ).

 Why is there a need for the Lord to be present as anEka Moorthys?  Because , He does not relish being alone ( Sa yEkAki na ramathE ).

 Swamy  NammAzhwAr salutes this anEka Moorthithvam this way:
 " yEka Moorthy iru Moorthy mUndru Moorthy  pala Moorthy---"

 This  is the 726th VishNu Sahasra Naamam. He has many forms  that are unique to Him such as the four Vyuha Moorthys .  In DhwAraka , He took 16,100 forms to be with each of His  16,100 wives always . Sage Naradha was blessed to see these many  forms of KrishNa at DhwArakai as He went from one palace to  the other of the wives of DEvaki Puthran .

 VishNu PurANam also salutes the the 16,100 forms of the Lord  as DhwarakAdheesan:

 ShOdasatsthree sahasrANi sathamEkam tathOadhikam
 tAvanthi chakrE roopANi BhagavAn DevakIsutha:




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