Lord Sri Venkateswara's/Srinivasa's vAtsalya
Saturday 31 October 2009
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The slOka( declared in brahmAnda purAnam and varAha purAnam ) written in Telugu language that you see in the header of this page transliterated to English is:
which means...
"In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri(i.e.,There is no place in the whole Universe which is more auspicious than the hill Venkatachala). There is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither in the past nor in the future going to be(i.e.,There is no Archa murti (worshippable form) in all the three times (present,past and future) whose glories are comparable to the Lord of Venkatachala)"
In the Rama avatara, the Lord exhibited primarily the quality of Sauseelya and in the Krishna avatara, the quality of Soulabhya. As Lord Srinivasa of Tirumala, He exhibits Vaatsalya, said Padur Rangarajachariar in a discourse.
He does not see our negative qualities as faults; He overlooks our faults as a loving mother would. Imagine a playful calf which runs away from its mother and slips and falls in the mud. The calf’s body is now covered with mud. The mischievous calf comes back to its mother. What does the cow do? It does not push it away, but licks its filthy body. Such is the Lord’s affection for us. He is like an indulgent parent who praises even the negative qualities of his/her child.
Even if Lakshmi complains to Him about one of His devotees, he brushes away Her complaints. He remarks that His devotees will not err, and if they have, then what they did could not be termed an error. Even if one has sinned, salvation can still be within reach, if one seeks refuge at His feet.
It is because of His vaatsalya that Mahalakshmi resides in His chest. Just as Lord Narayana had many avataras, Mahalakshmi too had many avataras. In one avatara, She was Bhargavi, the daughter of Bhrigu; in another, She emerged out of a vilva tree; She came from the Fire in one avatara, from the Earth in another, and from water in yet another. In another avatara, She emerged from the milky ocean, and She went immediately to Narayana’s chest and made that Her permanent abode.
But how could She have done so when so many were watching Her? Did it not suggest immodesty? How could She make Her way towards Her Consort and choose to sit on His chest in the presence of so many? The explanation is that She is the Universal Mother. To Her, everyone is Her child. So all the people present when she emerged from the milky ocean were only Her children. Just as a parent sometimes does not fight shy of showing his/her affection for his/her spouse, even in the presence of the children, so did Mahalakshmi display Her affection for the Lord. What drew Her to Him was His Vaatsalya.
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He does not see our negative qualities as faults; He overlooks our faults as a loving mother would. Imagine a playful calf which runs away from its mother and slips and falls in the mud. The calf’s body is now covered with mud. The mischievous calf comes back to its mother. What does the cow do? It does not push it away, but licks its filthy body. Such is the Lord’s affection for us. He is like an indulgent parent who praises even the negative qualities of his/her child.
Even if Lakshmi complains to Him about one of His devotees, he brushes away Her complaints. He remarks that His devotees will not err, and if they have, then what they did could not be termed an error. Even if one has sinned, salvation can still be within reach, if one seeks refuge at His feet.
It is because of His vaatsalya that Mahalakshmi resides in His chest. Just as Lord Narayana had many avataras, Mahalakshmi too had many avataras. In one avatara, She was Bhargavi, the daughter of Bhrigu; in another, She emerged out of a vilva tree; She came from the Fire in one avatara, from the Earth in another, and from water in yet another. In another avatara, She emerged from the milky ocean, and She went immediately to Narayana’s chest and made that Her permanent abode.
But how could She have done so when so many were watching Her? Did it not suggest immodesty? How could She make Her way towards Her Consort and choose to sit on His chest in the presence of so many? The explanation is that She is the Universal Mother. To Her, everyone is Her child. So all the people present when she emerged from the milky ocean were only Her children. Just as a parent sometimes does not fight shy of showing his/her affection for his/her spouse, even in the presence of the children, so did Mahalakshmi display Her affection for the Lord. What drew Her to Him was His Vaatsalya.
UTSAVA MURTHY OF LORD SRI MALAYAPPA(VENKATESWARA) WITH SRIDEVI AND BHUDEVI
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"vEnkatAdri samam sthAnam brahmAndE nAsti kinchana,
vEnkatEsa samO dEvO na bhUtO na bhavishyati"
vEnkatEsa samO dEvO na bhUtO na bhavishyati"
which means...
"In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri(i.e.,There is no place in the whole Universe which is more auspicious than the hill Venkatachala). There is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither in the past nor in the future going to be(i.e.,There is no Archa murti (worshippable form) in all the three times (present,past and future) whose glories are comparable to the Lord of Venkatachala)"
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