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Dear BhakthAs;

In an earlier posting on SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam , I mentioned that 
both SrIman Sadagopan Iyengar (SrI Kaaryam SWamy of SRS ) and myself are 
preparing a commentary on the 108 NaamAs of the Lord of Thirumalaa .

VarAha PurANa AshtOttharam has heavy links to Sthala PurANam of 
Thirumalaa in contrast to the BrahmANDa PurANam version of the Saptha GirIsan's
ashtOttharam . . 

Here is the write up on the 11th Naama about the avathAram of Sri VishvaksEnar
according to the PurANams and Lord VenkatEsaa's anugraham to the third AchAryan
in SrI VaishNavite Guru Paramparai as well as the commander in chief of the 
Lord's army : 

11) Suvarchalaa suthanyastha Sainaapathya bharaaya 
SrI VenkatEsAya Nama:

Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who assigned the responsibilities of
commander in chief on the son of Suvarchala Devi !

In one Krita Yuga, an Apsaras named Kunthalaa was cursed by Durvaasa Maharshi, 
was born 
as the  incredibly beautiful daughter of a hunter and was named Suvarchalaa. 
Once Varunaa, 
attracted by her, cohabited with her and gave her a handsome son blessed with 
all auspicious 
attributes, born in Adi maasam under the star of Pushyam. After some time, the 
boy sought 
refuge with Kashyapa Maharshi and imbibed Vedas and Vedanta from him and 
performed 
hard penance for 12 long years on Vrishabhaadri. The propitiated Lord blessed 
the boy 
with "Saaroopyam" or appearance akin to Himself, with four arms holding 
Shankham, 
Chakram etc. This ardent devotee of the Lord is known as Vishvaksena and has 
been 
entrusted with the military and administrative responsibilities of the 
Commander-in-chief of 
the Lord's army and that of the various universes.  


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