Man is an opportunist; He finds a way to fulfill some how his desires more than what he needs. In Tirupati temple when man’s selfish motive concentrated on Lord’s huge income, adverse comments started to continue on this shrine. While remembering the ample of endowments from the king Sri Krishnadevaraya and his dynasty to the Lord Venkateswara whose period was full of abundance, and then unfortunately at the time of invasion of Vijayanagara empire lost its charm and the king Venkatapathiraya eyeing on the income of Tirupati Shrine fulfilled his treasury for regimes and palatial maintenance. Later on as time passes away gradually some priests and officers misusing their powers are found involved in money making in the name of Lord. Further, when VIPs and Politicians come to visit this temple the big queue for Lord’s sarva darshanam stands still and commoners therein has to wait hours together impatiently. Apart from fame of this shrine, its earlier day’s natural aesthetic beauty, calmness and charm has been lost. Most of the people coming now a day are not pilgrim devotees, just coming for enjoyment as tourists. Those are all unknowingly or knowingly spoiling this holy place’s sanctity and delightfulness; misusing advanced facilities provided by the TTD authorities. God may be a silent spectator, but impartial and sees peoples good and bad; and it will impact on their own lives.
Some may think Lord’s compassionate attributes depends upon his receipt of money valued consecrations; as His huge debt is due to Kubera. It is really a false notion. We can see the Lord’s first importance is to keep up His Gentleness; he becomes silent even on those moments of losing his dearest spouse Srilakshmi the wealth goddess, as he had strong fidelity to His fortitude of gentleness! Being Sathvik first on facing much pains and problems, Lord over comes from all those after he had taken hard penance. Latter whole world heads towards Him!
Yes! It is not an exaggeration as we are seeing in this business world, all nice gentlemen and great scholars, who serve for the betterment of man kind attain highest status in the life, one day on their such time of great achievements get all honours, and wealth freely comes and falls at their feet!
As some people think money only speaks in this world. However, still hopes are there to find those who speak internally with the God. People who disguise are always there to cheating innocents, making money in the name of God. If there is a yards stick for measuring precisely the humanity that is Divinity only; nothing else. The essence of it stands forever for the world peace called as “Sathva _the power of fortitude the "Sathvik Shakthi.”
Our indology will not be complete on just passive statement of Hinduism, its wide-spread is indifferent and depth infinite. It is said we are just proud of our tradition and cultural heritage; does not appear to be strictly followers! But, its creativity and abstruse mythical ontology never before completely destroyed, by any other religion or race or outward forces. Some times it appears to be destroyed though ever before it springs up again from some where in this land with new embodiment of values. Thus shows new phase to everything as new style of supremacy in life!
In our epics we can see Bhakthi rasa the essence of devotion is the main aspect. Whereas the other faces of Bhakthi is jnana the knowledge and self-realisation. The relevance of previous births and rebirths are found as common factor in all our epics. In Sri Venkatesha puranam such relevance of previous births and rebirths are coming. We do not ignore them. Islam, Christianity and Sickhs not believes rebirths.
It is said although Buddhist not believes soul-atman; but believes rebirths with continuum of some samskaras (says skhandas). Gautam Budda had remembarence of 500 previous births. We have to think it over... However birth cycles sensible to believe, if rarely rebirth as a Man; as Sankara says Jantunaam Narajanma durlabhamidam. In these advanced days also we heard and found true incidents of rebirths.
In our epic Bhagavata i.e. in Dwapara Yuga- Yashoda the mother of Sri Krishna asks-“Hey, Krishna! I have not seen your marriage in this birth?” Krishna says- “Oh, my mother, in the next birth again I descend myself to earth as Srinivasa, then you can see happily my glorious marriage “Srinivasa kalyanam." Yashode had to wait for one more Yuga i.e. an era to see the glorious marriage of Srinivasa taking her rebirth as Bakuladevi.
In Treta Yuga Vedavathi daughter of a great sage Kushadhwaja, she aspired to get the divinity- Sri MahaVishnu himself as her husband. So she had under gone severe penance. Onwards also the same Vedavathi had to wait, till her taking rebirth as Padmavathi in Kaliyuga; i.e after lapse of two Yugas! She gets the Lord MahaVishnu the Srinivasa himself as her husband; who descended to the earth.
On my pilgrimage to Tirumalai after darshanam of Lord Venkateshwara, got inspired to write a devotional song- first in Kannada language on His epic-story and pre-eminence, its version as follows-
Mahavishnu dharege banda
Maha punya namage tanda
Banni banni bhaktare ille ide swargavu
Papa karma kaleyuva bhoo vaikuntavu //refrain//
Lord Mahavishnu descended to the earth
“O devotees come on come upon seven hills”
Here is Elysium_Vaikunta at His divine virtues
To weed out all sinful contemptuous karmas.
Rushi pungavrichheyante yajna phalavanarpisalu
Brahma Vishnu Maheswarage sathva parikshe yagalu
Swamige apacharavage Mahalakshmi munidalu
Bhagvanthana toredalu Kollapura seridalu //1//
Of all sages will to offer fruitfulness of great sacrifice
The fortitude test the testing of Sathva guna held to
Three divinities-Brahma, Vishnu, Maheshwara
On occurrence of disrespect to her swami, MahaLakshmi
Frustrated to depart from the Lord; arrived at Kolhapur.
Gruha lakshmiye tamuniye santanante Srihariyu
Sheshagirige bandanu valmikadi kulitanu
Jagada chinte hottanu ghora tapava gydanu
Dharma Samsthapanege Srinivasanadanu //2//
Srihari came to Sheshagiri at her frustration
Of His spouse gruha Lakshmi to sit just like a monk
Underneath the ant-hill being worldly much distressed
Took severe penance; incidentally He emerged as godlike
Srinivasa for protection and re-establishment of Dharma.
Sri Lakshmiya amshajale Padmavathi bandalu
Srikantana Varisutali Sri-nidhiye adalu
Jagada Janara kalyani Nema Nishtegolivalu
Sathvika Sampreete Nitya vandeyadalu //3//
Padmavathi as in transform of Sri Lakshmi came
And married Srinivasa as His lovely spouse Srinidhi
Endearing for progressive people; at her serenity
She blessed are those Sathvik devotees of Lord
In their purity to stay routine revere deity.
Tamo gunada alivige vaivahika jeevanake
Adarshada ulivige sarutihanu sandesha
Indriya kalyanadali Loka Kalyanake //4//
Lord is annunciating the Divine Message for the people to-
Sensibly overpowering Rajasa and destroying Tamasa;
By achieving supremacy of Sathva guna to retaining calmly
Morality as gentlemen; accepting the wedded life to wellness
For living happily and socially in our worldly welfare.
Sankatagala Kaleyuva Sri Venkateshanu
Nambikeya Nakadali ellaranu kayuvanu
Kalki roopi karananu Sapthagiriya odeyanu
Sampadava Karunisuva Sathvika Sampannanu //5//
On divine faith the Lord Venkateswara save all of us
From problems and difficulties He is Lord of Seven hills
Stands all over reasoning as the pervador the Kalki roopi
In this Kaliyuga; at His excellence urbanity the bestower
Of health-wealth and our life’s equilibrium.
*** *** ***Sreeya Kanthaya Kalyana Nidhayee nidhayeertinam /
Sree Venkata nivasaya Srinivasaya Mangalam //
Thou dweller of Venkatadri auspicious to good tasks
Thou beloved spouse wealth goddess SriLakshmi
Thy embodiment and endowing welfare and wellness
To those who come surrender on your lotus feet;
O! Lord, Sri-nivasa our salutations to you.
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