Upendra: Request for Information from Sri MadhavakkaNNan

[Guest guest]

Dear BhakthAs :

 

The least that I can do is to respond with

alacrity to the request of Sriman MadhavakkaNNan

to whom we are indebted for the MahOpakAram of

making Swamy NammaazhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi available

to us in such an eminently absorbable fashion .

It is like glucose to the brain . Hence , It is my

pleasure to respond to his request for Information on

Upendran among the avathArams of Sriman NaarAyaNA .

 

The references are in Srimadh Bhagavatham, Srimadh RaamAyaNam

Srimadh NaarayaNeeyam and ThirupullANi Divya Desa

Sthala PurANam :

 

1. Srimadh Bhagavatham ( chapter 2.5: The Creation of the Universe)

2. Srimadh Bhagavatham:( chapter 8.23 : Bali goes to Suthala lokam)

3. " ( Ch.10.3: Birth Of Sri KrishNA )

4. " ( Ch.10.6: The destruction of PuthanA )

5. " ( Ch.10.34: Sankhya YogA )

6. Srimadh RaamAyaNam : Uttara KhAndam --7th Sargam

dealing with the Lord's fight as UpendrA with Maali ,

MaalyavAn and SumAli , the ancestors of RavaNA .

 

Upendra is the Younger brother Of Indra . This avathAram

is after NarasimhAvathAram according to RaamAyaNam .The use

of Sudarsanam by BhagavAn to cut off the head of the offending

Maali and the routing of his Companions of the Raakshasan ,

SumAli nad Maalyavaan by Upendran on the back of

Garudan during the battle is described

in great detail in the 7th sargam of Uttara KhANdham by

the Adhi Kavi , VaalmIki . Sudarsanam took bath in the chakra

pushkaraNIi at ThirupullANi to remove the dhosham of killing

these RaakshasAs , who had originated originally from

the line of Rishis .

 

Srimadh Bhaagavatham & Upendran

********************************

 

The Lord himself being born inside the prison

of KamsA addresses His parents Devaki and VasudEvA

and reveals to them His antecedent births including

the one where He was born as the son of Kasyapa PrajApathi and

Aditi Devi . The Lord tells VasudEvA and Devaki that

they were His parents ( Kasyapa and Aditi ) during

His avathAram as Upendra , the younger brother Of Indran :

 

tayOrvAm punrEvAhamadithyAmAsa KasyapAth

UpEndra ithi vikhyAthO VamanathvAccha Vaamana :

 

(Meaning ) : O VasudEvA and Devaki ! Again , it was I ,

who was born as your son in your embodiment as Kasyapa

Prajapathi and Adithi ( in my previous avathAram ) .

I was given the well known name of UpEndrA and also

VaamanA because of my shortness of stature .

 

In the next verse , the Lord reveals that He

has chosen them as parents for the third time

in response to their prayers ( The First avathAram

was Prisnigarbhan ; the second was UpEndran and

the third avathAram was that of KrishNA ) .

 

UpEndrA as a Rkshakan is referred to

in the 6th chapter of Dasama skandham dealing

with the destruction of PuthanA by the Bala KrishNan .

The people of Gokulam are very disturbed about the

attack by the Raakshasi PuthanA and recite a marvellous

VishNu Kavacha Manthram for the protection of every

limbs of the Lord from above and below and from every

direction to ward off future dangers from BhutAs , PrEtAs ,

PisaachAs , YakshAs , RaakshasAs and all kinds of apasmArams .

UpEndrA is one of the anga RakshaNa mUrthys in this

kavacham :

 

-- kONEshu sankha urugAya uparyu UPENDRA :

ThArkshya: kshithou Haladhara : Purusha: samanthAth

IndriyANi HrishIkEsa: prANAn NAARAAYANO avathu---

 

(meaning ): May UrugAya with Conch protect You

(KuttikkaNNan ) from the corners , UPENDRA from above ,

TaarkshyA from the ground , and the plough-weaponed One from

all sides . May HrishikEsA protect Your senses and May

NaarAyaNA protect Your prANAs .

 

RaamAyaNam's decscription Of the Lord's destruction of the RaakshasAs

*********************************************************************

In the uttara KhAndham , In the first few chapters ,

Sage AgasthyA explains to Lord RamachandrA the ancestors of

the Raakshasan , RaavaNan , whom the Lord had destroyed

at LankhA for his offenses against His divine SitA piraatti .

 

At the battle of UpendrA with Maali , SumAli and MaalyavAn ,

Maali's head was cut off by UpEndran ( VaasavAnujan )

and the other two ran off from the battle field

and run to LankhA , their capital first and then

escape to the netherworld to escape the fury of

the Lord .This incident is referred to by NammAzhwAr in

the Thiruvaimozhi Paasuram 7.6.8 ( aaLiyai kaaNpariyAi ):

 

" Oh Lord ! I must reach You and overcome all

the obstacles that stand in my way . If You

will it so , these obstacles will be banished in

one subsection of a second. Yes, I do remember

how you fought with the powerful RaakshsAs ,

Maali , MaalyavAn and SumAli , who were the

ancestors of RavaNA . You killed Maali with Your

Disc and the others ran away in fear. You mounted

Your Vaahanam , Garudan , and fought them and destroyed

their entire entourage . These pitiable fellows

fled like the jackals , when they see the king

of the forest;they ran away like the horses , when

they encounter a lion or a YaaLi . You left piles of

RakshasA corpses in the battle field .Oh Lord ! Please

slay the demons in me like arrogance and ego , which

interfere with my joining You . Oh Lord ! HOw I long

to join You and see You with my very eyes before long !

 

The Episode after the battle with Upendran

*******************************************

 

After centuries of hiding , Sumaali left PaathALam

and returned to earth in the guise of a Human being

with his beautiful daughter , Kaikasi and was intent on

her being married to Sage Visrava , the son of Pulasthya

prajApathi , a direct descendant of BrahmA .Kaikasi

approached the Sage at the time , when he was performing

AgnihOthram .She did not realize that it was an inauspicious

time to approach a sage and ask him to bless her by

accepting her as his wife . The sage explained to her

that the interruption to his AgnihOthram and her request

to marry her would result in the birth of RakshasAs

given to cruel deeds instead of pious sages . The father,

SumAli was upset and prayed to the sage to mitigate

the inauspicious news . The Sage agreed and said

that there will be three sons and the last of the three

sons born of his union with Kaikasi would be pious and

the other two will be cruel RakshasAs . Thus RaavaNA ,

KumbhakarNA and VibhishaNA were born . The purpose

of RaamAvathAram was established .

 

In between RaamAvathAram and UpendrAvathAram ,

VaamanAvatharam took place . Here , the Lord

( UpEndra Vaamanan ) humbled MahA Bali ,the

grandson of PrahLAdhA and the great grandson of

HiraNya Kasipu . During NarasimhAvathAram ,

The Lord had promised PrahlAdhA that He will not

kill any descendant of PrahlAdhA .That is why ,

Kapata VaamanAvathAram was taken to deprive

MahA Bali of his saamrAjyam and TrivikramA

placed His foot on MahA Bali's head as the third

step and sent him down to the netherworld .

 

UpEndra Vaamanan was born during a SravaNa DwAdasi

as son to Kasyapa PrajApathi and Adithi . Indraa

and DevAs were born from their union . Kasyapa

PrajApathi had another wife by name Tithi . Out of

that union were born AsurAs . They quarreled as

Cousins and the story of all the AvathArams of

Sriman NaarAyaNA from Mathsya , Koorma ,VarahA ,

Narasimha , VaamAna , Raama , KrishNa avathArams

are threaded into the quarrels of the AsurAs and

the DevAs and the Lord's Dharma SamsthApanam .

 

That is the Story of Upendra Vaamanan and His links

to Lord KrishNA and Lord RaamA .

 

Subhamasthu ,

Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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SrI:

 

Dear Sriman U Ve SadagOpan,

 

Thanks very much. That was a beautiful narration on Upendra avataaram. Your

presence in this group is a REAL asset to us. By Divya Damapti's Grace, we

should continue to ger blessed by your such information on our dearest

sweetest Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan.

 

Ram Ram

 

Regards

 

NarayanadAsan Madhavakkannan

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> Sadagopan <sgopan

> bhakti

> Upendra: Request for Information from Sri MadhavakkaNNan

> Sunday, June 28, 1998 6:17 AM

>

> Dear BhakthAs :

>

> The least that I can do is to respond with

> alacrity to the request of Sriman MadhavakkaNNan

> to whom we are indebted for the MahOpakAram of

> making Swamy NammaazhwAr's Thiruvaimozhi available

> to us in such an eminently absorbable fashion .

> It is like glucose to the brain . Hence , It is my

> pleasure to respond to his request for Information on

> Upendran among the avathArams of Sriman NaarAyaNA .

>

> The references are in Srimadh Bhagavatham, Srimadh RaamAyaNam

> Srimadh NaarayaNeeyam and ThirupullANi Divya Desa

> Sthala PurANam :

>

> 1. Srimadh Bhagavatham ( chapter 2.5: The Creation of the Universe)

> 2. Srimadh Bhagavatham:( chapter 8.23 : Bali goes to Suthala lokam)

> 3. " ( Ch.10.3: Birth Of Sri KrishNA )

> 4. " ( Ch.10.6: The destruction of PuthanA )

> 5. " ( Ch.10.34: Sankhya YogA )

> 6. Srimadh RaamAyaNam : Uttara KhAndam --7th Sargam

> dealing with the Lord's fight as UpendrA with Maali ,

> MaalyavAn and SumAli , the ancestors of RavaNA .

>

> Upendra is the Younger brother Of Indra . This avathAram

> is after NarasimhAvathAram according to RaamAyaNam .The use

> of Sudarsanam by BhagavAn to cut off the head of the offending

> Maali and the routing of his Companions of the Raakshasan ,

> SumAli nad Maalyavaan by Upendran on the back of

> Garudan during the battle is described

> in great detail in the 7th sargam of Uttara KhANdham by

> the Adhi Kavi , VaalmIki . Sudarsanam took bath in the chakra

> pushkaraNIi at ThirupullANi to remove the dhosham of killing

> these RaakshasAs , who had originated originally from

> the line of Rishis .

>

> Srimadh Bhaagavatham & Upendran

> ********************************

>

> The Lord himself being born inside the prison

> of KamsA addresses His parents Devaki and VasudEvA

> and reveals to them His antecedent births including

> the one where He was born as the son of Kasyapa PrajApathi and

> Aditi Devi . The Lord tells VasudEvA and Devaki that

> they were His parents ( Kasyapa and Aditi ) during

> His avathAram as Upendra , the younger brother Of Indran :

>

> tayOrvAm punrEvAhamadithyAmAsa KasyapAth

> UpEndra ithi vikhyAthO VamanathvAccha Vaamana :

>

> (Meaning ) : O VasudEvA and Devaki ! Again , it was I ,

> who was born as your son in your embodiment as Kasyapa

> Prajapathi and Adithi ( in my previous avathAram ) .

> I was given the well known name of UpEndrA and also

> VaamanA because of my shortness of stature .

>

> In the next verse , the Lord reveals that He

> has chosen them as parents for the third time

> in response to their prayers ( The First avathAram

> was Prisnigarbhan ; the second was UpEndran and

> the third avathAram was that of KrishNA ) .

>

> UpEndrA as a Rkshakan is referred to

> in the 6th chapter of Dasama skandham dealing

> with the destruction of PuthanA by the Bala KrishNan .

> The people of Gokulam are very disturbed about the

> attack by the Raakshasi PuthanA and recite a marvellous

> VishNu Kavacha Manthram for the protection of every

> limbs of the Lord from above and below and from every

> direction to ward off future dangers from BhutAs , PrEtAs ,

> PisaachAs , YakshAs , RaakshasAs and all kinds of apasmArams .

> UpEndrA is one of the anga RakshaNa mUrthys in this

> kavacham :

>

> -- kONEshu sankha urugAya uparyu UPENDRA :

> ThArkshya: kshithou Haladhara : Purusha: samanthAth

> IndriyANi HrishIkEsa: prANAn NAARAAYANO avathu---

>

> (meaning ): May UrugAya with Conch protect You

> (KuttikkaNNan ) from the corners , UPENDRA from above ,

> TaarkshyA from the ground , and the plough-weaponed One from

> all sides . May HrishikEsA protect Your senses and May

> NaarAyaNA protect Your prANAs .

>

> RaamAyaNam's decscription Of the Lord's destruction of the RaakshasAs

> *********************************************************************

> In the uttara KhAndham , In the first few chapters ,

> Sage AgasthyA explains to Lord RamachandrA the ancestors of

> the Raakshasan , RaavaNan , whom the Lord had destroyed

> at LankhA for his offenses against His divine SitA piraatti .

>

> At the battle of UpendrA with Maali , SumAli and MaalyavAn ,

> Maali's head was cut off by UpEndran ( VaasavAnujan )

> and the other two ran off from the battle field

> and run to LankhA , their capital first and then

> escape to the netherworld to escape the fury of

> the Lord .This incident is referred to by NammAzhwAr in

> the Thiruvaimozhi Paasuram 7.6.8 ( aaLiyai kaaNpariyAi ):

>

> " Oh Lord ! I must reach You and overcome all

> the obstacles that stand in my way . If You

> will it so , these obstacles will be banished in

> one subsection of a second. Yes, I do remember

> how you fought with the powerful RaakshsAs ,

> Maali , MaalyavAn and SumAli , who were the

> ancestors of RavaNA . You killed Maali with Your

> Disc and the others ran away in fear. You mounted

> Your Vaahanam , Garudan , and fought them and destroyed

> their entire entourage . These pitiable fellows

> fled like the jackals , when they see the king

> of the forest;they ran away like the horses , when

> they encounter a lion or a YaaLi . You left piles of

> RakshasA corpses in the battle field .Oh Lord ! Please

> slay the demons in me like arrogance and ego , which

> interfere with my joining You . Oh Lord ! HOw I long

> to join You and see You with my very eyes before long !

>

> The Episode after the battle with Upendran

> *******************************************

>

> After centuries of hiding , Sumaali left PaathALam

> and returned to earth in the guise of a Human being

> with his beautiful daughter , Kaikasi and was intent on

> her being married to Sage Visrava , the son of Pulasthya

> prajApathi , a direct descendant of BrahmA .Kaikasi

> approached the Sage at the time , when he was performing

> AgnihOthram .She did not realize that it was an inauspicious

> time to approach a sage and ask him to bless her by

> accepting her as his wife . The sage explained to her

> that the interruption to his AgnihOthram and her request

> to marry her would result in the birth of RakshasAs

> given to cruel deeds instead of pious sages . The father,

> SumAli was upset and prayed to the sage to mitigate

> the inauspicious news . The Sage agreed and said

> that there will be three sons and the last of the three

> sons born of his union with Kaikasi would be pious and

> the other two will be cruel RakshasAs . Thus RaavaNA ,

> KumbhakarNA and VibhishaNA were born . The purpose

> of RaamAvathAram was established .

>

> In between RaamAvathAram and UpendrAvathAram ,

> VaamanAvatharam took place . Here , the Lord

> ( UpEndra Vaamanan ) humbled MahA Bali ,the

> grandson of PrahLAdhA and the great grandson of

> HiraNya Kasipu . During NarasimhAvathAram ,

> The Lord had promised PrahlAdhA that He will not

> kill any descendant of PrahlAdhA .That is why ,

> Kapata VaamanAvathAram was taken to deprive

> MahA Bali of his saamrAjyam and TrivikramA

> placed His foot on MahA Bali's head as the third

> step and sent him down to the netherworld .

>

> UpEndra Vaamanan was born during a SravaNa DwAdasi

> as son to Kasyapa PrajApathi and Adithi . Indraa

> and DevAs were born from their union . Kasyapa

> PrajApathi had another wife by name Tithi . Out of

> that union were born AsurAs . They quarreled as

> Cousins and the story of all the AvathArams of

> Sriman NaarAyaNA from Mathsya , Koorma ,VarahA ,

> Narasimha , VaamAna , Raama , KrishNa avathArams

> are threaded into the quarrels of the AsurAs and

> the DevAs and the Lord's Dharma SamsthApanam .

>

> That is the Story of Upendra Vaamanan and His links

> to Lord KrishNA and Lord RaamA .

>

> Subhamasthu ,

> Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

>

>

>