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44) JanakEshta-pradhaaya SrI
VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who fulfilled
the wishes of king Janaka !
The Lord appears to have fulfilled
the desires of two Janakas, as it would appear from the Vaamana Puraana.
1)The first Janaka is the son of
Nimi Chakravartthy, who obtained detailed information on the glory of the Lord
of Seven Hills and of Swami Pushkarini, from Sri Vamadeva Maharshi (as
narrated with respect to the earlier naamas). Extremely impressed by
Sri Vamadeva Rishi's accounts, Janaka Maharaja completed all his royal duties
and all the yaagaas and yag~nyaas (sacrifices) he had to perform, handed over
the reins of administration to able ministers and travelled to Tirumala for
worshipping the Parabrahma svaroopi Srinivasa, which had been his ardent
desire ever since the time he heard about the glories of Tirumala from
Vamadeva Maharshi.
2) The second Janaka is the famous
one, the father of Sita Piraatti, to whom the entire history and hoary glory
of Tirumala Hills was narrated by his Guru, Sadaananda. Unable to stay away
after hearing these heartwarming accounts, Sri Janaka, along with his
ministers and royal entourage, came to Tiruvenkatam, had a holy dip in the
Swami Pushkarini, worshipped Srinivasa to his heart's content for a long, long
time and returned to his state, sanctified and enlightened. Here , the
Salutations are to Lord VenkatEsa , who fulfilled the wishes of King Janaka by
marrying his daughter , SitA Devi in Svayam Varam at MithilApuri .
Lord VenkatEsan is therefore worshipped as "
Venkata Raaman " at Thirumala as envisioned in the 6th slOkam of SrI
VenkatEsa
SthOthram :
AbhirAma-guNAkara ! DaasaraTE !
JagdhEka-dhanurdhara ! dheeramathE !
RaghunAyaka! Raama! RamEsa ! VibhO !
VaradhO bhava ! Deva! Dayaa-jaladhE !
(meaning): Oh Lord Of enchanting virtues ! Oh
Raamaa , the matchless wielder of the bow KodhaNdam ! Oh the steady-minded
scion of the race of Raghu and the best among them ! Oh Lord Ramaa Devi ! Oh
all pervading Prabhu ! Oh the Ocean of DayA !
My Lord ! Grant us our desired boons !
King JanakA's desired boon was for
the prince of AyOdhyA to lift the mighty bow of Siva and string it. Prompted
by the eye sign from Sage ViswAmithrA , the young prince from AyOdhyA lifted
effortlessly the bow that took hundreds of men to drag to the Svayamvaram hall
. Prince Raamachandran not only lifted the mighty bow but broke it in to two
during the efforts to string it. Thus , the young prince granted the boon
desired by King Janaka , wedded SitA Devi and became
Venkata Raaman .
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