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Sri VenkatEsa AshtOtthara Satha NaamAvaLI: Part 26: Twenty Sixth NaamA: " AvyayAya Nama:"

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Sadagopan • Tue Jul 23 2002 - 19:00:56 PDT 


ChitrabhAnu , Aadi 7, Sukla Paksha chathurdasi , 
PoorAda Nakshathram (July 23 , 2002).

SrI:

NamO VenkatEsAya 

Dear BhakthAs of the Lord of Saptha Giri :

Let us reflect on the Twenty Sixth naamA of 
SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam today :

21.(PraNavam)  GopAlAya          Nama:
22.(PraNavam)  PurushOtthamAya   Nama:
23.(PraNaavam)  GopIswarAya      Nama:
24.(PraNavam)  ParamjyOthishayE  Nama:
25.(Pranavam)  VaikuntapathayE   Nama:
26.(PraNavam)  Avyayaaya         Nama:
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27.(PraNavam)  SudhA-tanavE      Nama:
28.(PraNavam)  YaadhavEndhrAya   Nama:
29.(PraNavam)  Nithya-youvana-roopavathE Nama:
30.(PraNavam)  Chathur-vEdAthmakAya      Nama:

The 26th Naamam:(PraNavam) AvyayAya Nama:
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This SrI VenkatEsa Naamam is same as
the 13th nAmA of Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam .

Meaning of  NamaAm " AvyayAya nama:"
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Salutation to the Lord of Sapthagiri , 
the Lord of SrI Vaikuntam , who does not 
sent anyone from His Supreme abode back to 
the mortal world .

Additional Comments on the PurushOtthama Tatthvam
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Swamy ParAsara Bhattar derives the word " avyaya "
from the verb " na veeyatE " , which means that 
the liberated soul arriving at SrI Vaikuntam is
not turned away ever from there . This nAmA is
based on the pramANams from ChAndhOgya Upanishad 
passages ( 4.15.6 and 8.15.1) , Brahma Soothram,
Yama smruthi and Bhagavad GitA:

1. " yEthEna prathipadhyamAnA imam mAnavam aavatham 
     na aavarthanthE "--ChAndhOgyam: 4.15.6

( " They who go by this path (i-e. archirAdhi mArgam )
attain Bhagavan and ) do not come back to this mortal
world ").

2. "na cha punarAvarthathE na cha punarAvarthathE "
---ChAndhOgyam : 8.15.1

( " He does not  return ; He does not return ").

3. " anAvrutthi sabdhAth anAvrutthi sabdhAth "
----Brahma Soothram : 4.4.22

( " There is no return according to the scriptures;
    There is no return according to scriptures ").

4. Yama Smruthi also says in this context: " The MukthA
bears a body of pure and subtle satthvA and attains 
the Supreme Lord , who is the ParamAthmA at the Superior
and glorious Vaikuntam . Then he ( Muktha Jeevan ) becomes
fit for immortality and does not come back (to this world)
any more. " (--amruthathvAya kalpathE na nivarthatE vai puna:).

5. mAmupEthya punarjanma dukkhAlayam asAsvatham
   nApnuvanthi mahAthmaana: samsiddhim paramAm gathA:

   Aabrahma-bhuvanAllOkA: punarAvarthinOarjuna
   MaamupEthya thu KounthEya punarjanma na vidhyathE

---Bhagavad GitA: 8.15 & 16

" Having  attained Me , the great souls are never again 
subject to birth , which is transient and the abode of 
sorrow. They have found the highest perfection.

All the worlds , down from the realm of Brahma,
are subject to return(destruction and rebirth) , 
Oh ArjunA . But on reaching Me ,there is no rebirth ".

Parama Purusha sankalpam frees the muktha jeevan from 
the cycles of births and deaths and leads to 
the salutation " AvyayAya nama:". 
                                                       
(PraNavam) AvyayAya Nama:
SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan   



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