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Sri:
Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama:

What adiyEn had heard somewhere was that Swami Ramanujar,
as he climbed the seven hills, kept repeating the gOvinda 
nAma and from that time forward everyone got into the 
same habit.

Speaking of the vAtsalya guNa shining in the Seven Hills,
this is spoken by Sri Prativadi Bhayankaram Annan Swami
in his suprabhatam to Thiruvengadamudaiyan "vAtsalyAdi
guNa ujjvalAm". When he talks about all the guNas that
shine on the mountain (vAtsalya Adi), the quality that
he picks first is vAtsalyam.

Our acharyas describe that six qualities of the Lord are 
brought forth by Swami Nammazhvar in his agalakillEn
pasuram, submitted at the lotus feet of Thiruvengadam
udaiyAn : vAtsalyam, svAmitvam, sausIlyam, saulabhyam, 
gnyAnam and shakti. These are the six qualities that 
arise when Thayar intercedes on behalf of a chetana 
(Mumukshuppadi : "purushakAra balaththAlE SvAthanthryam 
thalai sAynthAl thalai edukkum guNangaLais sollugiRathu 
nArAyaNa padham. avaiyAvana - vAthSalyamum Svamithvamum 
SausIlyamum Saulabyamum nyAnamum sakthiyum."). When
surrendering to Thiruvengadamudaiyan, Nammazhvar refers
to these six qualities.

vAtsalyam - nigaril pugazhAy
svAmitvam - ulagam mUnRudaiyAy
sausIlyam - ennai ALvAnE
saulabhyam - thiruvEngadaththAnE
gnyAnam - munikkaNangaL virumbum
shakti - amarar virumbum

So, why is nigaril pugazhAy refer to vAtsalyam? Because
it is this quality that is the highest of all. We can
find many who do not tolerate others mistakes; we can
even find those who forgive others mistakes; but we 
cannot find anyone other than Him who enjoy others 
mistakes (like the cow [dhEnu] enjoying the dirt on 
its calf [vatsam]).

And Nammazhvar says that this quality shines in
Thiruvengadam and gives Him the matchless fame.

Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam

adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan


--- sumithra varadarajan <sumivaradan@xxxx> wrote:
> Even today as we enter the foot steps of thirumalai we
> hear the govinda nAma everywhere. But where is the link
> for govinda nama to thiruvenkatamudaiyan (learned
> bhagavatas can through light on this). Adiyen will
> present one interesting fact. What is the guna showed by
> thiruvenkatamudaiyan?
> 
> "mannOr vinnOr vaippil, pOginra Ezhulagukkum vuyir pAsam
> vaiththa nigaril vAtsalyam mujjvalam" (Acharya Hrudhayam)
> 
> What is the definition to the "vAtsalya" guna?
> 
> "attra muraikkil adaindhavarpAl ambuyaikOn kuttramunardhu
> egazhum kolgaiyanO? ettrai than kandrinudambin
> vazhuvandrO kAdhalippadhu andradhanai yeendrugandha Aa."
> (jnana sAram -24)
> 
> Does the sripathi: Sriman narayana hate the jeeva who
> surrenders to him seeing all the mistakes he has
> committed? Doesn't the cow, which is considered as a
> clean animal get rid of all the dirt on its newly born
> calf's body with love?
> 
> So probably thiruvenkatamudaiyan learnt this guna of
> vatsalyam only from the cow and calf and hence the nama
> govinda is chanted by bhakthas to keep reminding him of
> this great kalyana guna.
> 


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