11th NaamA of Varaaha PurANaanthargatha AshtOttharam used daily at Lord VenkatEsA's sannidhi

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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.