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

dear vaishNavAs,

16. Birth of AkAsa rAju

The chOLa king who is cursed by SrI hari and becomes a
brahma, reincarnates in the same same royal family in
nArAyaNa puram, 20KM away from tirupati. He enters in
the womb of King sudharma's wife and is called as
AkAsa rAju. He is very lovingly brought up by his
parents. Sudharma once goes for hunting and becomes
very much thirsty in the forest. When he reaches
kapila teertha in search of water, he finds a
beautiful 'nanga' girl and gets attracted by her
beauty. He immediately marries her in gAndharva way,
and begets a child named thonDamAn.

When sudharma becomes a old man, he makes his son
AkAsa rAju the king of his kingdom and leaves
thonDamAn to his care. After some time sudharma dies.
The couple AkAsarAju and DharaNi dEvi protect their
subjects and treat them as their own children. All the
subjects are very happy with their king and they are
very obedient to the royal family. The only problem
for the royal couple is that they have no children.
They are very much worried about not having children.

17. AkAsa rAju performs putrakAmeshTi yAga, the
appearance of divine mother padmAvathi dEvi

On one auspicious day, AkAsa rAju worships his kula
guru devotedly and reveals his sorrows of not having
any children and requests for an advice. The
comppassionate guru, suka maharishi says: 'long long
agi king janka performed putrakAmEshTi yaga and got
jAnaki as his daughter. You may also do the same. may
God bless you.'

AkAsarAju is very pleased with the suggestion of his
guru and makes arrangements for the yAga immediately.
On an auspicious time, he performs putra kAmEshTi yAga
successfully under the guidance of expert brAhmins and
his guru. 

As a part of the ritual of the yAga,  land is a
ploughed with a golden plough. Plough is strucked in
the land with something and the land is digged there
to find a box embedded in the soil. To their extreme
suuprise they find a  beautiful female child in the
midst of a thousand petalled lotus flower.
Immediately, there is a bright lightening and thunder
in the sky and a voice from heaven is heard saying '
AkAsaraju! you are very fortunate, and your lofe
became sucessful. On account of the baby that you
find, your entire race's glory becomes eternal.'

On hearing these words, the royal couple, suka
maharishi,  and the brahmins present all become very
happy. AkAsa raju takes the baby in his arms and gets
the blessings from his guru and brahmins.  Since the
baby is found in a lotus flower, she is given the name
padmAvathi by Suka maharishi. The girl is brought with
great love and affection. To their good fortune,
dharaNi dEvi becomes pregnant and gives birth to a
male baby named vasudemudu. They rise both the
children very affectionately.

(to be continued ...)

dAsOham,
SrIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.

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