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97) Hrisheekesaaya nama: SrI VenkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsaa , who is the Master of all Indhriyaas !
Sense organs or Indriyaas, are
known as "Hrisheekaa:". ("Harshayanti iti Hrisheekaa:--because
they afford us pleasure, they are hrisheekas). One who is the Master of
these senses is "Hrishikesa:"
We know from experience that our
sense organs are the most difficult to control--despite our sincere efforts to
point them in the right direction, it is they which lead us on to paths we do
not want to traverse. The Gita and the Upanishads compare these unruly senses,
internal and external, to wild horses which are extremely difficult to tame
and harness. "Balavaan Indriya graama: vidvaamsamapi karshati" says
an adage, telling us that the group of sense organs we have been blessed (!)
with is indeed powerful and is capable of leading astray even the most erudite
of men.
The Lord, however, is in total
control of these sense organs, whether they be His own or others', which is
what the Nirukti sloka of Sri Vishnu Sahasranama Stotra means, when it says,
"Indriyaanaam niyantrutvaat Hrishikesa: prakeertita:".
The Lord's role as Arjuna's
chauffeur indicates this symbolically, with Parthasarathy holding firmly
the reins of the spirited horses (representing senses) and piloting the
chariot in the appropriate directions as required, exhibiting His total
control over the beasts (which description applies equally to horses and
indriyaas).
"Tena vinaa triNamapi na
chalati" is another saying which confirms that even if a blade of grass
were to wave in the wind, it requires the will of the Paramatma to prompt the
same. Thus the Lord is in total control of all the senses of all the beings in
this Universe, making them dance to His tunes, very much like a puppetteer.
Swami Desikan provides an
alternate interpretation to this Hrisheekesa nama in Tatparya Chandrika, by
telling us that that the Lord's functions of Creation etc., and His auspicious
attributes like Gnanam, Balam, Veeryam etc., would collectively make Him
Hrisheekesa.
This Hrishikesa has the brilliant
complexion of a lightning, we are told by Swami Desikan ("nal nilai min
uruvaai"), and holds in His four hands an equal number of "Chammatti"(Hammers)
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Chatur mudgaram abhyemi
Hrishikesam tatit prabham"
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