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10) Vajri-dhrug-vishayAya SrI VenkATesAya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa , who is the object of
worship to Indhran ! 
 
Vajri is the name of Indhran because of his ownership of
the weapon known as VajrAyudham( thunderbolt fashioned
out of Sage Marichi's backbone)  .
 
Due to his improper conduct towards Ahalya, the wife of Maharshi Goutama, Indra developed
a detestable appearance and hid himself in the stalk of a lotus on the Meru parvatam.
As advised by Deva Guru Brihaspati and other Rishis, he came out of his hiding place,
went to Tirumala and performed extraordinary penance there, directed at Sri Varaha murthy.
Pleased at this propitiation, the Lord appeared before Indra and granted his wish for
a restoration of his original, handsome form, ridding him of the sin contracted through
improper conduct.
 
Lord VenkatEsan is  within reach of the sensory organs of Indhran .
He stands before Lord VenkatEsa at the SuprabhAtham
time along with Sivan , Agni , Yama , Nairuti , VaruNa ,
Vaayu and Kubera with folded hands on his head
offering his service to SapthagirIsan ( SrI VenkatEsa
SuprabhAtham: slOkam 16). All of the sevArthis in front
of Lord VenkatEsa described here are regents of direction.
Indra is the Lord of Eastern direction.
 
Lord VenkatEsan is Supreme Brahman. The passage in
AitarEya Upanishad , where Indran describes his experience on
seeing the Supreme Brahman provides a"symbolic etymology
of the word Indhran and the Lord VenkatEsan being his
Dhrug -vishayan . The Upanishad passage states: " Once born .
he (Indran) looked at all existing things ( bhUta) , thinking .
"of what can one speak as different from oneself  . He saw
the one Immnesity , the Brahman , as the only Self-sufficient 
entity and said cryptically , for the gods are fond of the cryptic, 
" I have seen it " ( idham aadarsam) .Therefore his( Indra's)
name is Idham-dra( it seeing) ". The Lord was able to be
with in the range of his(Indra's) cognitive senses .
 
Indhra has much to be thankful to the Lord as a Master .
Time and again , it is Lord VenkatEsa , who restored to
Indhra all his lost glories and overlordship and splendour.
Our Lord's help to Indhra is acknoweldged by the VedAs
through their  recognition of Him as the friend of Indhra 
in battle (Indhrasya Yujya: Sakhaa).    
 
 
 
 



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