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85) Priyangu priya bhakshyaaya
nama:
Salutations to Srinivasa, who is
partial to millet and grains offered by His devotees
There was once a hunter in the
Tirumala hills, who cultivated some millet (Thinai in tamizh) too. Every day, a
white boar would appear on the field to consume some of the millet. Since
this left enough for himself and his family, the hunter didn't mind the boar's
daily raid and used to harvest the rest, mix it with honey, offer it to
Srinivasa and partake of it thereafter. One day, when he had gone to the
forest to obtain honey, he found his son eating some of the millet.
Angered at his son's conduct of consuming food which had not yet been offered
to the Lord, the hunter raised his knife with harmful intent. Before the knife
could meet its mark, there was a voice from the sky telling the hunter
that since some of the millet had already been consumed by the white boar
(which was none other than the Lord), the child was only eating Bhagavat
prasaadam and hence should not be harmed.When the hunter reported the strange
event to the Emperor, the latter followed the former to his field and, finding
the giant boar engaged in its favourite occupation of eating the hunter's
millets, followed the unique animal, which disappeared into an ant hill. When
the Emperor dissolved the anthill by pouring pots of milk on the same, he
uncovered a glorious vimaanam and in it, the magnificent, four-armed form of
Srinivasa, as He reigns resplendently even today.
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