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8/ Seventh NaamA: (PraNavm) GovindhAya nama:
               
        
     
        

        Dear All :

      Sriman Sadagopan IyengAr in his inimitable style has posted an important 
article on 
      the many mysteries of Govindha Naamam. Sriman Susdarshanan of Kuwait and 
      Dr.Saroja RaamAnujam have added their inputs on Govinda Naamam.

      Here is adiyEn's contribution on the etymology snd more than that 
      the artha gouravam and Mahimai of Govindha Sabdham , which is part of
      the write up on Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam . You can access the full 
commentary 
      on Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam in the web .

      Here is an excerpt on the 7th Naamam of Lord VenkatEsa: Govindhan 

      DaasOham , V.Sadagopan  

          
     
     

           [Oppiliappan] Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 8/ 
Seventh NaamA: (PraNavm) GovindhAya nama: 
        From: Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> 
        To: <Ponnappan>, <Swami>, <SG>, <DS>, <Haresh>, <Iowa>, <Rajeev>, 
<sv-poetry@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> 
        Date: May 19 2006 - 1:07pm 

       

  ChithrabhAnu Samvathsaram, UttharAyaNam ,GrIshma Ruthu , 
  Aani(Mithunam) , Sukla Paksha Panchami, Aayilyam 
  SrI:

  NamO VenkatEsAya 

  Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

  Let us reflect today on the Seventh NaamA of 
  SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam : (praNavam)
  GOVINDHAAYA NAMA:

  The First Ten NaamAs of Sri VenkatEsa AshtOttharam
  **************************************************** 

  1. (PraNavam) SrI VenkatEsAya nama:
  2. (PraNavam) SrivAsAya nama:
  3. (PraNavam) LakshmI PathayE nama:
  4. (Pranavam) anAmayAya nama:
  5. (PraNavam) amruthAmsAya nama: 
  6. (Pranavam) Jagadh-vandhyAya nama:

  7. (PraNavam) GOVINDHAAYA NAMA:
  *************************** 
  8. (PraNavam) SaasvathAya nama:
  9. (PraNavam) PrabhavE nama: 
  10.(Pranavam) SEshAdhri-nilayAya nama:

  The Seventh Naamam : Meaning
  ****************************
  (PraNavam) GovindhAya nama: = SALUTATIONS TO THE REVERED LORD 
  KNOWN BY THE NAME OF GOVINDHAN. 

  The Naamam "Govindhan" is made up of two sabdhams : "gO" 
  and the dhAthu , "Viddh" . The "gO" sabdham has been given 
  ten meanings by scholars (SummA Patti SrI KrishNa Iyengar ). 
  The DhAthu "Viddh" has been given four meanings. The combination of 
  "gO' and "Viddh" reveals that the Lord Is the One who grants 
  Moksham ( Mokshapradhan ),The One who is understood through 
  VedAs and saluted by the VedAs (Veda-vEdhyan) , One who gifted 
  VajrAyudham to Indhran and the One who took on the ten avathArams 
(DasAvathAran). 

  Additional Comments
  ********************
  Govindha Naamam is celebrated in the ancient Rg Vedam 
  already: 

  chamUshchyEna: sakunO vibhuthvaam 
  GOVINDUR-DRAPSA aayudhAni Bibrath
  apAm Urmim sachamAna: samudhram
  thurIyam dhAma nahishO vivakthi
  --Rg Vedam: IX.96.19

  The meaning is that one eagle (GarudA?)joined the assembly of
  eternally liberated (nithya sooris) by adorning the weapons
  of Lord Govindhan. Those , who are in SamsAra world due to 
  prakruthi sambhandham will reach the Lord's Parama Padham ,
  if they also wore those aayudhams of the Lord and will be
  venerated by one and all. 

  This "Govindha "naamam has been pointed out as being
  unique to our Lord Govindhan , the cowherd of Gokulam 
  thru PaaNini Soothram rules and is recognized as :
  "gavAdhishu vindhEssamj~nAyAm ".That is why ANDAL, 
  PeriyAzhwAr and Swamy NammAzhwAr placedspecial emphasis 
  on Govindhan ( KaNNan). ANdal saluted Him as "KaNNan
  yennum Karum Dhaivam". PriyAzhwAr enjoyed Him as
  Baala GOpAlan and Swamy NammAzhwAr instructed us
  to perform SaraNAgathi at the sacred feet of KaNNan
  (Govindhan). 

  Govindha Naama sankIrthanam is very special to Thiruppathi
  Venkatesan. PerumAL's name is Venkata KrishNan
  as at ThiruvallikkENi . On PurattAsi Saturdays , 
  the sweet sound of Govindha naama ucchAranam (GovindhA ! 
  GovindhA !)echos from the sacred hills of Thirumalai.
  On His "Birthday " of PurattAsi SravaNam , the sanctifying 
  Govindha naama gOsham reaches a crescendo from dawn to dusk 
  in the inner chambers of the Lord's sannidhi and all around. 

  Lord VenkatEsan is " the KuRai onRum illa Govindhan"
  ( Blemishless Lord: Sakala KalyANa GuNa SampoorNan)
  adored by His divine consort ANDAL in Her sacred 
  ThiruppAvai. She declared the inalienable relationship
  of us , the jeevans with Her Lord and showed us the way to
  perform kaimkaryam to Him. Vaikunta Vaasi U.Ve . MukkUr
  Lakshmi NarasimhAcchAr Swamy has celebrated the doctrines 
  behind the blemishless Tattvams behind the name ,
  "KuRai OnRum illA Govindhan" in his multi-tomed ,
  brilliant monographs.

  A great Govindha Bhakthar from Chennai by the apt name of
  SrI VaasudEvan is writing beautifuly about the auspicious 
  guNam of Govindhan for the past many months in the Internet
  Lists. His thesis is that Govindhan is Tatthvam , Hitham and 
  PurushArtam. That is along the way shown by AzhwArs in general 
  and PeriyAzhwAr/ ANDAL focused on the name of Govindhan 
  in particular.

  ANDAL declares that She will wait for His grace as long 
  as it takes through singing of the nAmam of Govindhan and 
  keep Her life in tact: "Govindhan guNam paadi Aavi kAtthiruppEn" . 
  In the 28th ThiruppAvai, She salutes "KuRai onRum ilaa
  Govindhan " , Her dear Lord . She performs MangaLAsAsanam
  for "Govindhan " and identifies Him Specifically as
  VenkatAchalapathi in Her NaacchiyAr Thirmozhi Paasurams
  (NTM 1.3, 10.7 and 12.4).

  Her dear father, SrI VishNu chitthar is lost in the bliss 
  of listening to the divine flute playing of Govindhan 
  ( Periya Thirumozhi : 3.6.2 , 3.6.3 , 3.6.8 and 3.6.11). 
  AzhwAr invites the Young Moon to come near Her (YasOdhai's)
  son, Govindhan . AzhwAr as YasOdhai invites Her son 
  by the name of Govindhan to have His ears pierced. 
  PeriyAzhwAr does Govinda Naama sankIrthanam in His
  PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi TWELVE times . This essay will
  get longer if we describe these exquisite anubhavams 
  of the AzhwAr's PiLLai Tamizh (PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi:
  4.3.4, 4.4.9 , 4.5.8 , 4.6.4, 2.3.4, 2.5.6, 2.9.11 and
  3.4.1).

  Govindhan is SaraNAgatha rakshakan and responded immediately 
  to the urgent appeals of Droupathi , when she was being 
  humiliated at the court of KauravAs. She did not call
  Krishna by the names of Achyuthan, Maadhavan or VaasudEvan,
  but she called him in great pain with the name of
  Govindhan .He responded immediately .

  Govindhan is the name of KrishNa-VaasudEvan and as such is
  recognized by Upanishads:

  1."BrahmaNyO DevakI Puthraaya:" (NaarAyaNOPanishad)
  2."KrishNAya DevakI PuthrAya" ( ChAndhOgya Upanishad)
  3. NaarAyaNa GayathrI Manthram 
  4."Tadhasmyaham VaasudEva:" (Brahma Bindhu Upanishda)
  5.GopAla TaapanIyOpanishad passages.

  This is the same "Govindha "nAmam that is being celebrated 
  by Upanishads and Vedam . Thirupathi GOvindhan is thus
  the Veda Moorthy , who is celebrated by the Seventh Naamam 
  of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOtthara satha Naamam. 

  The Ten Meanings of "gO" sabdham (SummApatti Swamy)
  ***************************************************
  Veda prasiddham is the Govindha Naamam: "gObhi: Veda-vaakdhya 
  vEdhyathE ithi Govindha:". His pious feet are enjoyed as bliss 
  by the VedAs( sarvE VedA yath Padham aamananthi). Govindan
  is Sarva sabdha-vaachyan. "SarvE VedA-yathrai: kam bhavanthi "
  is another sruthi pramANam. 

  "SollinAl thodarcchi Nee , sollappadum poruLum Nee"
  is the mangaLAsAsanam of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr , the expert
  researcher on SrIman NaarAyaNa Para-tatthvam. He bases his
  conclusion on the "gO" sabdham of Govindhan , which refers
  to (1) Veda Vaak(2) Moksham (3) arrow (4) Cow (5) divine 
  speech (6) VajrA weapon (7) Divine sight (8) Jwaalai or
  Param JyOthi/Param JyOthi GovindhA is Swamy NammazhwAr's
  salutation (9) BhUmi and (10) Jayam or Victory.

  The many derivative meanings of the ten intrepretaions are
  limitless . adiyEn will conclude this salutation to Govindha
  Naamam with the adaptation of Sruthi Vaakyam:

  "MaathA PithA BhrAthA nivAsa:SaraNam suhruth gathi Govindha:"
  That NivAsan is SrInivAsan of Thirumalai.

  SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
  Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
        



     

              

     
     

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