Vishnu Sahasra Naamam-Vol V-Rr-edit.pub - Ahobilavalli

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periAzhvAr sang ma'ngaLASAsaam to the Lord and prayed for a 'long life' for
His Lord (paLLANDu). Similarly, nammAzhvAr gets concerned that His Lord
has been left to carry all these huge weapons in His hands, with nobody coming
forward to help Him by carrying them for Him. SrI v.v. rAmAnujan refers us
to tiruvAimozhi pASuram 8.3.3:
ALum AL Ar, Azhiyum Sa'ngum SumappAr tAm vALum villum koNDu pin SelvAr
maRRillai
tALum tOLum kaikaLai Arat tozhak kANEn nALum nALum nADuvan aDiyEn
j~nalattE.
The pASuram is one where AzhvAr is in deep bhagavad anubhavam, to the point
that he is worried and concerned that there is no to one to help His Lord carry
these heavy weapons, and instead they only keep calling on Him to bestow on
them worldly things, instead of realizing that He is the only true object to
wish for.
4) There is a fourth aspect to the Ayudha-s that Lord vishNu holds on His
tirumEni, that is described in SrI vishNu purANam. Here, the Ayudha-s that
Lord Hari holds in His divine body are described as representing the various
tattva-s that ultimately are involved in the creation of the Universe and its
beings. SrI kRshNan describes these in detail in his sahasra nAma upanyAsam.
Briefly, the following is a summary:
1. cakram – symbolizes the constant movement of manas - vAyu vegam
mano vegam
2. Sa'nkham – tAmasa aha'nkAram, from which the pa'nca bhUta-s have
appeared; (pRthivi, ap, vAyu, tejas, AkASam). e.g., Sabdam, one of the
tan-mAtras which is the first stage before AkASa appears, is the
sound emanating from the conch.
3. gadhA - – buddhi – unlike manas which is ca'ncalam, buddhi is the
stabilizing factor.
4. SAr'nga – sAttvika – the five karma indriya-s and the five j~nAna
indriya-s. SAr'nga is the controlling force for the indriya- s.
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