SVS 46

40. OM PUSHKARAKSHAYA NAMA: [ॐ पुष्कराक्षाया नम: ]
Possessing eyes resembling the just blossomed red Lotus.

Thirupputkuzhi Divya desam is on the Madras- Bangalore National highway, ten KMs away from Kanchipuram. Now with plenty of natural beauty, this place is very peaceful. Some individuals are maintaining the Vasantha mandapam, where the Lord arrives Four or Five times in a year. Those performing prayachhchittham here are requested to keep the place clean.
Fourth name in the Fifth sloka is Pushkaraksha. Apart from connection with Puranas, this place is also connected with history. Swamy Ramanuja learnt tharkkam [logic], vyakaranam [grammar], etc., from Swami Yadavaprakasa in this place only. Today's [15th April 2008] Divine name is in a way connected with this place. The Lord's eyes are so beautiful, that even His enemies are captivated by that. In every avatar, be it the Boar or Tortoise, the beautiful eyes reveal Him as Paramatma. When Soorpanaka, ran with nose and ears cut by Lakshmana, to her brother Ravana to complain, instead of telling her plight, she begins to describe the beauty of the Eyes of the Lord! 'Tarunau roopa sampannau! sukumarau maha balau pundareeka visalakshau! cheera krishnajinambarau!'.
In Chadokyopanishad, the Vedas describe the eyes of the Lord as kapyaasam pundareekameva akshini'. Yadavaprakasa was explaining this to another disciple as, the Lords eyes were red like the bottom of a monkey! Hearing this, Swami Ramanuja, who was massaging his guru, was so grieved that tears rolled down from his eyes like boiling water and fell on Yadavaprakasa. Intrigued by this the teacher asked Swami Ramanuja, why tears? Swami Ramanuja told that the comparison of the Lord's eyes were shocking. When the teacher asked what else could be the meaning, Swami Ramanuja told that kapyasam means here Lotus blossomed by Sun [ ka = water, pi= drinker [Sun], asam = blossoms, that is Lotus]. This is how the comparison should be made.