Dear BhakthAs;
In an earlier posting on SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam
, I mentioned that
both SrIman Sadagopan Iyengar (SrI Kaaryam SWamy of
SRS ) and myself are
preparing a commentary on the 108 NaamAs of the
Lord of Thirumalaa .
VarAha PurANa AshtOttharam has heavy links to
Sthala PurANam of
Thirumalaa in contrast to the BrahmANDa PurANam
version of the Saptha GirIsan's
ashtOttharam . .
Here is the write up on the 11th Naama about
the avathAram of Sri VishvaksEnar
according to the PurANams and Lord VenkatEsaa's
anugraham to the third AchAryan
in SrI VaishNavite Guru Paramparai as well as the commander in chief of the Lord's army :
11) Suvarchalaa suthanyastha
Sainaapathya bharaaya
SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who assigned
the responsibilities of
commander in chief on the son of Suvarchala Devi
!
In one Krita Yuga, an Apsaras
named Kunthalaa was cursed by Durvaasa Maharshi, was born
as the incredibly beautiful
daughter of a hunter and was named Suvarchalaa. Once Varunaa,
attracted by her, cohabited with her
and gave her a handsome son blessed with all auspicious
attributes, born in Adi maasam
under the star of Pushyam. After some time, the boy sought
refuge with Kashyapa Maharshi and
imbibed Vedas and Vedanta from him and performed
hard penance for 12 long years
on Vrishabhaadri. The propitiated Lord blessed the boy
with "Saaroopyam" or appearance akin
to Himself, with four arms holding Shankham,
Chakram etc. This ardent devotee of
the Lord is known as Vishvaksena and has been
entrusted with the military and
administrative responsibilities of the Commander-in-chief of
the Lord's army and that of the
various universes.
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