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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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