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Thirutthuvari Dhwarakaadheesan
 The 59th Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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 Dheena-bhandhavE Nama:

 One who is the kith and kin to all helpless and meek ones. The helpless infant Dhruvan was pushed off from his father's lap by His step mother. He took refuge in the Lord and was blessed by the Lord to attain a matchless status. Again , Bhaktha PrahlAdhan tormented by  his father found a saviour in Lord Narasimhan.

 Our Lord has sahaja karuNai. When an elephant caught in the jaws of a crocodile in a lotus pond  cried out "AdhimoolamE ! Please protect  me" , He rushed in great haste to its side and saved it..

 He rushed on His Garudan in great hurry to protect it . When Droupadhi cried out in Anguish , when she was being humiliated by the wicked KauravAs , He responded instantaneously from DhwAraka. He helped the DevAs to churn the milky Ocean to produce amrutham and blessed them with immortality.

 Once during KrishNAvathAram , Lord was doing a one day Yaagam (ahIna Yaagam) at DwArakai. Morning oblations were over. At that time a BrahmaaNan arrived before the Lord and cried that his children die soon after birth and complained that is due to the adharmam prevailing in the kingdom . He asked the Lord to come & protect his child that was to be delivered  shortly so that it would  not be snatched away again.

 Since He was in the middle of that day long Yaagam , DhwarakApathi could not go to the BrahmaNaa's house to protect the expected baby. Arjunan volunteered to go instead and fight any force that would take the baby away. Arjunan constructed a cage of arrows to prevent the entry of  any spirit or being. The child was born and soon after , its  life was stolen. The BrAhmaNan was angry at Arjuna for his failure .By this time, the Yaagam was over and the Lord of DhwArakai mounted His chariot and travelled to Vaikuntam and restored the 4 children of the Brahmin from  there.

 When asked by Arjuna as to what happened , the Lord replied that He has been too long on this earth as a result of His avathAram and that it was the  play of His dear consort (Maha Lakshmi) to get Him back to His Supreme abode quickly.

 Helping the meek and distressed bhakthAs , who take refuge in Him is thus His favorite past time.




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