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SrImAn = The one with an exquisite and The befitting form to seek refuge in;

Who has such AsritAs (souls seeking refuge in Him);

Who has SrI;

 

pASuram : Siriya tirumaDal 45, 46, 47, 48 (Tirumangai AlwAr tiruvaDigaLE 
SaraNam)

 

Samanvayam : All His forms whether they be the terrific Narasimha form or the 
captivating vAmana form or the all enduring kUrma form are unique and unmatched 
in their resplendence. He is the one with such an exquisite divya mangaLa 
vigraham. 

 

With such engrossing features He attracts the attention of eventhe most 
indisposed souls and makes them seek refuge in Him. He is the onewith AsritAs. 
What was the reason behind His assuming the ?trivikrama?form?. It was to bestow 
His unconditional protection on all of us and thusbecome the ?One with 
AsritAs?. Why did He strain Himself in the kShIrasAgara madhanam. It was to 
become the possessor of SrI.

 

pASuram : 

 

45) ArA yezhundAn | ariyu ruvAi anriyum
Flourished rapidly in the roaring nrusimha form

 

pEr vAmana nAkiya kAlattu
When He came as vAmana

 

mUvaDimAN | 46) tArAi yenakkenru vENDi ccalattinAl
He sought land worth three strides and cannily

 

nIrettula kellAm ninra LandAn mAvaliyai
accepted the oblations of Bali, grew and measured the whole worlds

 

47) ArAtapOtil aSurar kaLumtAnumAy
In the endless fight between Him and the demons..

 

kArArvarainaTTu nAkam kayirAka
(He) Installed the dark mountain and wrapped the snake vAsuki around it as a 
rope

 

48) pErAmal tAngi kkiDaindAn
Who churned the ocean by sustaining them as their indweller

 

tiruttuLAi tArArnda mArvan taDamAlvarai pOlum
That One with the tulasi garland on His chest

 

Detailed Interpretation : 

 

1) The One who flourished rapidly in the roaring nrusimha form : As we had seen 
in the previous nAma (nArasimha vapuhu), the nrusimha avatAram is beyond 
comparison. All the other forms, including those of the foremost and venerable 
celestials pale in comparison to His form.  
As told by our EmberumAnAr, it has to be understood clearly that His form is 
not one that He had assumed for enabling us to visualize Him nor is a symbol 
given by mortals to comprehend His otherwise unfathomable nature. It is an 
inseparable & inherent attribute of His, just like His kaLyANa guNAs. It is 
unique to Him and Him only. He is the possessorof such an exquisite divya 
mangaLa vigraham. 

 

2) When He came as VAmana, He sought a land worth three strides from Bali and 
measured the whole worlds as the Trivikrama : 
vAmana avatAram was an delightful feast to the eyes of those who were blessed 
to witness it and continues to be so for the devotees who keep visualizing it. 
It was an extraordinary occasion of limitless beauty being confined to a tiny 
little form. 

 

With such a spellbinding form, He tricked Bali. His sole intention was to bring 
us all under His all-protective shelter. He grew and measured all these worlds 
just to embrace all of us at once and bestow upon us the ineffable bliss of 
association with His SrI-pAdams.

 

Those who were maddened by such a display of His love, zestfully surrendered to 
Him and were totally lost in the un-explainable delight that is the contact 
with His SrIpAdams. Those disposed otherwise had no other option but to bow 
before His over-whelming supremacy. Gods, humans, and demons ? everyone 
surrendered alike and at-once to that supreme Lord. Thus He became the one with 
AsritAs.

 

3) The One with the tulasi garland on His chest; The One who churned the ocean 
by installing the dark mountain and wrapping the snake around it as a rope:

 

The tulasi garland is extremely dear to Him. Because Our Mother SrI had herself 
decorated His chest with it as a vara mAla. Thus He became The SrImAn (The One 
with SrI).

                 

Whenever He takes notice of the garland on His chest, He proudly remembers the 
monumental effort that He undertook to win His beloved SrI. First of all He had 
to install the huge mountain amidst the ocean. ThenHe had to bring the best 
snake vAsuki and wrap it as a rope around that mountain. Then He had to secure 
them from the forces of the churning by beingin them and giving them the 
requisite resilience. Further, the incompetence of dEvAs and asurAs impelled 
Him to be on both sides for ensuring a relentless execution of the job. And He 
stood as the fulcrum of the entire process in the form of the all-enduring 
kUrma. As if all of this was not enough,He was the One (in actuality) who had 
to digest the deadly poison to save all the worlds. And finally with all those 
arduous efforts, He won the heart of His beloved SrI and became the SrImAn.

 

He is the sparkling gem on the vEnkaTa Hill, Our beloved Lord VenkaTaRamaNa.

 

Jai Sriman Narayana



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