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79) Mrigayaarasikaaya SrI
venkatEsaaya nama:
Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, who
is enamoured of hunting !
The Brahmaanda Purana tells us
that Srinivasa's favourite sport was hunting and that the Lord roamed the
Tirumala hills, bow and arrow in hand, killing not only predators causing harm
to people, but also a host of asuraas harassing the innocent and pious. During
such hunting expeditions, the tribal hunters of the hills offered Him millets,
honey, etc., treating Him as belonging to their clan and the king thereof.
Sri Varaha Purana also tells us
that prior to His wedding with Sri Padmavati, the Lord assumed the garb of a
Prince on a hunting expedition and reached the sporting gardens in the Akasha
Raja's palace, using hunting as a ruse to meet His beloved.
UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam of the Lord's penchant
for hunting to destroy the wild animals harming other animals of the forest
is captured in the following slOkam paasages from
SrI VenkatEsa KalyANa Charitham :
His appearance as a hunter : " dhrutha
dhanus-sara-rasmi-kasa: " ( His hands had bow , arrows , reins of
the horse and whip ,
while He was seated on a horse with sky blue
hue and white legs).
He attacked the bear , rheinoceres and porcupines
with arrows , sword and sharp-edged weapons . His horse was transporting
Him with speed approaching that of the wind on
this hunt ( pavana maanya vaplava vaajinaa) .He roamed around the Venkatam
hills and engaged in the sport of hunting (
nikhila yEva niraikshi giri: kruthA karunayA mrugayA mrugayApanee).
While chasing a wild elephant , He
arrived at the sporting ground of AakAsa Raajan's daughter ( PadhmAvathi) and
rest is history . His hunt was a ruse to get
to the place , where princess PadmAvathi was
sporting with her friends leading
up to His Sobhana Vivaaham .
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