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It is the common belief that Lord Vishnu has the five aramaments like Sudarsana disc,Panchajanya shanku,Koumodaki mace,Nandakam sword, and Sharankhkam bow.When the Lord thru His sankhalpa can do everything naturally the question aries whether He requires such wapons with Him? But the Azhwars hv thought these weapons also as a part of His ornaments as He never requires such things for His protection.Sriman Nikhamantha Desikan says that Lord Hari himself took the form of Sudarsana disc.."Chakra Roopasya Chakrina".During Rama avathara He used the bow and arrows,in Narasimhavatara He used His nails as a weapon,during Parasurama avatara He used kodari{ a form of mace} and

this became later as His weapons for the protection of His devotees.He used the Panchajanya in Mahabharatha.That gives one great wisdom and jnana as the same had contact with Lord's lips.In the case of Dhruva it was only after the Panchajanya touched his face he got jnana. So says Vishnu purana.Thinking all these weapons of the Lord would save one from serious calamities,is the belief of ancestors.The Lord also used His disc for protecting the elephant devotee from crocodile on the prayers of the Gajendra. There was/is a custom in some places to wear the chain for the young infant with five small lockets in which all the five weapons are embossed and tied to the chain of the child and it is the belief that the same will protect the child from all evils.Or in other words the same

will act as a kind of talisman.Afte the child has reached the age of 5 the same will be removed as there is no necessity when the child starts talking.It is said even when Sri Krishna was born the same chain with lockets adored Him.Periazhwar praises this in one of his thirumozhi(poem). Children who suffer from balarishta,other bad influences etc can be wiped out if a chain is made along with the 5 lockets and the weapons of the Lord engraved on them will surely protect them.Normally it is done in gold according to the capacity of the individuals.Sush is the power of the weapons that normally a stotra named Panchayuta stotra is also recited by ancestors along with Vishnu Sahsaranama.Those who recite this stotra will overcome from all calamities and will get the protection of the

Lord Hari,is the belief.The same is also praised in Kamba ramayana and other great works. Hare Krishna.

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