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23) Sanakaadhi Mahaa yogi poojithaaya Sri Venkatesaaya Nama:
 
Salutations to Lord Venkatesa , who is worshipped by great
Yogis like Sanaka Rishi !
 
Once Sanaka and his brother rishis had a glorious darsanam of Lord VenkatEsa.
They were moved by the joy of that anubhavam that led them to  create a sthOthram ,
which is recounted in the 35th Chapter of Varaaha Puranam . Not only on that occasion ,
but also every day , these four rishis adulate Lord Venkatesa.  They also have a special
place in Aagama shastrams , where these four Maharishis are consecrated through
prathishtai along with their Lord at all temples duirng " the Pushpa nyaasa dEvatha "
stage and venerated .  
 
Sanaka, Sanandana , Sanathkumaara , Sanathsujaatha are the four
mental sons ( Maanasa puthraas) of Chathurmukha Brahman. They
are Brahma Jn~Anis. Krishna dhvaipayana Vyasa , who authored Brahma
Soothrams and Various puraanams learnt  Saasthraas  from Sanaka Maharishi.
The scene in which Sanaka and his brothers  taking bath in Swamy Pushkarani
to sanctify their bodies and arriving thereafter with their father Brahma , brother Maheswara
to wish an auspicious dawn to Lord Venkatesa  is described in the 14th slokam
of Sri Venkatesa Suprabhaatham .
 
Mahaa Yogis like Sanaka see the Lord residing in their heart lotuses
through dhyaanam .They see Him as the immanent in every entity that there is
as the inner self (Sarvaantharyaamin) .  Such Mahaa Yogis perform Hrudh Yaagam
or Maanasa Pooja to the Sarvaantharyaamin and meditate upon the dhivyaathma
svaroopam of the Lord seated in their heart lotus . They are  qualified as adhikaaris
to see the Lord through ashtaanga yoga siddhi :
 
ashtaanga yoga siddhaanaam hrudhyaaga-nirathaathmanaam
yoginaam adhikaarasyaath yekasmin hrudhayesaye
 
These Mahaa Yogis like Sanaka  also recognize that the archaa
form ( consecrated vigrahams) of the Lord as at Thirumala are the most easily
accessible of the five forms of the Lord ( Param , Vyuham, Vibhava , archaa and
antharyaami) and therefore flock to Thirumala during the Suprabhaatham time
to enjoy the soubhaagyam of the Lord's darsanam at this holy hour.



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