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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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