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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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