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ViShwam

(star-Ashwini)



Jai Sriman Narayana



Vishati iti = The one who enters.



PASuram : PeriyALwAr TirumoZhi (5-2-10)



Samanvayam with pASuram : We do not ascribe the name ?viShwam? to everything 
which has the property of entering. For example, the soul is present in the 
body. It has entered the body & is staying with the body. But it is not fit to 
be called by the name ?viShwam? as it is bound by karma. Likewise there are 
many other examples which are not fit for the name viShwam. 



Who is it then, who is fit to be called by this name?. O my Lord, Sriman 
Narayana, there is nobody else than you, who can be called by this name. Purely 
due to the extreme love and compassion that you have towardsme, you have 
entered my heart and made it your permanent abode.



pASuram



aravattu amaLiyinODum (along with the bed called SESha)



arakiya pArkaDalODum (along with the beautiful milky ocean)



aravinda pAvayum tAnum (He, along with periya pirAtti)



agambadi vandu pukundu (Entered along with the bhAgavatAs)



paravaitti raipala mOda (With the multitude of sounds created by the waves in 
the ocean)



ppaLLiKoL kinra pirAnai (The benevolent Lord, residing inside the heart)



pparapukinrAn viTTuSittan (Sri ViShNu Chitta is praising)



pattinam kAval poruttE (for protecting his SarIram)



Detailed Meaning :



1) Along with the bed, SESha : O Lord, you have entered my heart along 
withAdiSESha. You get the name purely due to this reason. It is because of 
thelove we have towards Sri AdiSESha, who is none other than our Sri 
BhagavadRamanuja. (Our kUrattAlwan had to bear the seperation from you in 
SriRangam, as the seperation from our Ramanuja was more painful for him).



2) Along with the beautiful milky ocean : I am calling you by the name viShwam 
purely for the reason that you have entered my heart along with the beautiful 
milky ocean. This ocean is extremely dear to me as it is the birth place of my 
mother Sri Devi. It is the place where we get infinite love, care and honour.



3) Along with periya pirAtti : Our mother is there along with you. It is giving 
us extreme happiness. (Probably, we couldn?t have been so happy if you alone 
were present, without our mother.) This happiness is making us dance with joy.



4) Along with bhAgavatAs : You have entered my heart along with all the 
bhAgavatAs who keep singing mangaLASAsanams to you and us. This is giving me 
unthinkable and inexplicable joy.



5) You have entered my heart : Air enters any place where there is a vaccum. A 
knife can enter the stomach. A thief can enter an unguarded house. We cannot 
call each & every of these, by the name viShwam.



You know very well about me. You know how bad I am. You know, what kind of a 
sinner and krutaghna, I am. But still you have entered me. You have entered me 
discarding the fact that my body is totally filled with filth and dirt. You 
have entered this miniscule heart by reducing yourself to its size, while still 
retaining your pUrNatva.Your lotus feet are so tender that they become red, 
when our mother touches them with her extremely tender hands. And, you have 
entered this rock like heart with all your family!!. Can I measure this love?. 
Who else, is fit to be loved?. I should love only you. I should live for you 
and use this instrument (this body) for giving happiness to you.



6) Sri ViShNu Chitta is praising the Lord : Even though that Lord has entered 
and is residing in all our hearts, even though He has the same mad love towards 
all of us, only Sri ViShNu Chitta realized His presence in his heart and the 
reason behind it. It is because, he is ViShNu Chitta. We, try to accommodate 
everything other than the Lord in our hearts. But it is not thecase with our 
periyALwAr.



7) Amidst the sounds made by the waves : The happiness being experienced bySri 
ViShNu Chitta is the big ocean here. The sounds of the waves are the (?pallAnDu 
pallAnDu?) mangaLASAsanams of Sri ViShNu Chitta to the Lord.



8) The benevolent Lord : What is there in me, that you love me so much?. I am 
full of hEya guNAs. O Lord, discarding all these, you have entered my heart 
along with your full family and are not going to leave me at anytime. What 
should I call this?. Is the word benevolent, enough to describe this?.



9) For protecting this body : This body should only serve you and the 
bhAgavatAs. This is the actual protection for this body. You have entered my 
heart, with that very purpose of protecting me.



But, in case I wish to use this body for other purposes, you don?t say No. You 
wait patiently on the SESha inside my heart, till I recognize you. You never 
leave me. You keep sending AchAryAs to correct me from time to time.



Certainly Lord, Yours is the True, full, undiluted Love. The name, viShwam 
explains this total completeness which you have.



Om viShwasmai namaha



viShwasmai = The Lord, who is told by the name viShwam. (I have to live for 
Him).



Jai Sriman Narayana















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