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SrI:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
SrI krishNa parabrahmaNE namaha
SrImAn nArAyaNa charaNau saraNam prapadyE

dear vaishNavAs,

13. BhoovarAha murthy

Once great sages sanaka, sananda, sanatkumara and
sunanda who are in the dwarf brahmana forms goto
vaikuntha, to have the darshan of SrI Hari. Jaya and
vijaya, who are the guards at the entrance, do not
allow them to enter, thinking low of the sages. Their
ignorance could not be tolerated by kumara-brothers
and curse Jaya and vijaya to become rAkshasAs.

Because of Lord?s intervention, the sages adjust the
curse sothat after three births, they will get their
original form and service. But during these three
births, they will be antagonistic to Sri Hari and be
killed by Him. Soon, Jaya and vijaya become two great
demons named  HiraNyAksha, and HiraNyakasipa. Both of
them are cruel and harass rishis, demigods and
vaishNavAs. Because of their immense material powers,
no one could oppose them in the three world.
HiraNyAksha once captured earth and hid it in pAtALa
lOka. Unable to bear the troubles created by
HiraNyAksha, the demigods approached Lord vishNu and
prayed Him to help them overcome these troubles.  

SrI Hari compassionately took a suitable form, VarAha
(hog or pig, to uplift earth from a filthy place), and
diving in the ocean reached pAtALa lOka. He killed
HiraNyAksha demon with His sharp horns and lifted the
earth up. For lifting bhoodevi from the vast waters,
He is called bhoovarAha swami. Seeing the divya
mangala vigraha of the Lord, in jubiliant celebration
of Lord?s victory over the demon, great sages,
demigods, and all great souls showered flowers on Him.
They requested the Lord to stay in bhoolOka and bless
the mankind. He therefore made sEshAchalam His abode.
Great sages learn the secrets of vEdas from Him and He
is engaged in the protection of His devotees. Chief
among His devotees being vakuLa dEvi. 

14. birth of vakuLa dEvi

In dwApara yuga, Lord KrishNa has pleased all the
devotees of the world and how can we measure the
position of Srimathi yasOda dEvi who even has bound
Him to a wooden mortar. All her desires are fulfilled
as the mother of the Supreme Lord, with the exception
of arranging His marriage. Lord Hari fulfills her
desire in this birth of her as vakuLa dEvi. There is
no desire unfulfilled for the devotee of the Lord. 
15. SrI Hari begs VarAha swami for land

The Lord on whose back a big mountain as big as mEru
rests, such Lord is wounded by a cowherd. Brihaspati
takes the opportunity to serve the Lord by suggesting
Him a proper medicine and be part of His pastime. 
Brihaspathi, the teacher of dEvathAs suggests Lord
that the fibres of the milk weed soaked in the milk
from the fig-tree can be applied to the wound and the
wound will be completely cured in a week time. 

SrI Hari goes in search of the fig-tree which
dEvarishi brihaspathi has suggested.  In His search,
He finds a cottage where in He hears a sweet kirtan of
Sri KrishNa. Unable to bear the pain, Sri Hari cries,
mother! Mother! The motherly affection of vakuLa dEvi
who is residing in the cottage increased upon hearing
such a cry. She immediately comes out to find Sri Hari
with a wound on His head. Sri Hari has suggested what
He heard from brihaspathi as proper medicine. VakuLa
devi serves Him in the same as is prescribed and after
Sri Hari took sufficient rest, she asks about who He
is.

YasOda nandana exclaimingly asks, ?mother, have you
forgotten me, please look at me closely?. So saying,
He invoked Her remembrance about her divine son. She
immediately embraced Kannan and her joy found no
bounds.  Next morning she baths him and takes to srI
VarAha swami temple. SrImAn nArAyaNa worshipped
varAhaswami devotedly. Sri Hari requests VarAha swami
to give Him some land in the hills so that He can
reside there. But VarAha swami asks for a big price to
pay.

Lord who is devoid of SrI dEvi, cannot pay for the
same, but requests for an alternative arrangement. He
suggests that His devotees will first visit
bhoo-varAha swami before they can see Him. As per the
promise made by VishNu, even today, all the pilgrims
to tirupathi first visit sri varAhaswami temple and
then have the darshan of Sri vEnkaTEswara swami. Even
the prasAdams are presented to varAhaswami first.

VakuLa dEvi asks vishNu by what name He would like to
be called by her. But He suggests His mother only to
choose a name for Him. VakuLa dEvi likes Her son to be
called srInivAsa, hail the divine mother and Her
choicest name for the most benevolent Lord.

(to be continued...)

dAsOham,
SrIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.



                
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