Parthi means effulgence. So Puttaparthi is the place of effulgence. It is the beacon of light. Earlier it was called Puttavardhini. Putta means anthill. There used to be anthills and snakes everywhere. The Ramayana has close relationship with the anthills in the sense that anthills grew over its composer, Sage Valmiki. He was completely covered by anthills and snakes were moving in and out of them. There are many snakes of wicked qualities in the anthill of your heart. When you do namasmarana (remembering the Divine name), all the snakes of the bad qualities will come out. Namasmarana is like Nadaswaram, which attracts snakes and bring them out of anthills. The nadaswaram is your jeevanaswaram and pranaswaram (breath of life). One has to repeat God's name in order to get rid of evil qualities.
Source: Sathya Sai Speaks Vol. XXXV. P. 105.
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