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19) Vasoo-parichara traatre Sri
Venkatesaaya nama::
Salutations to Srinivasa, who
saved the renowned Vasu called Uparichara !
The Vamana Purana tells us about
this Vasu named Uparichara, who was an extremely pious, well-read king, whose
devotion to Sri Krishna was unparallelled. Once, due to his erudition, he was
approached by Devas and Rishis to mediate in their dispute as to whether the
offering in a Yagya should be an actual cow or one made of flour. When the
King ruled in favour of the Devas without adequate scriptural support for the
same, Rishis were angered and cursed him to be consigned to the Paataala loka.
Despite his miserable sojourn in the Paataala, the king continued his blissful
contemplation of Sri Krishna. The other Rakshasa residents of Paataala Loka
started torturing the king due to his pious pursuits. The Lord who never
tolerates insult or injury to His true devotees, dispatched the Sudarsana
Chakra to destroy the tormenting asuras, thus saving the king from sure death,
and brought the king to earth, reestablishing him in his former postion of
royalty.
It is this Uparichara Vasu who was
later born as the Shankha Raja, whose history was recounted in the context of
the 18th tirunaama.
Another possible intrepretation of the meaning of
this naama outside the Sthala puraanam context would be : Salutations to
Lord VenkatEsa , who offers protection to the
attendants of the eight (ashta) Vasus ( spheres of existence). The eight Vasus
are: Fire , Earth , Wind , Atmosphere , Sun , Sky
, Moon and Stars . Ashta Vasus are worshipped to gain wealth .The power
behind them is ofcourse Lord VenkatEsa .
Vasu in the Vedic parlance means wealth as well as
the good. This name can also be intrepreted to mean that Lord Venkatesa
is the protector of all linked to His
devotees (BhagavathAs) . In the context of wealth being one meaning for Vasu ,
this word
Vasu also stands for Kubera . Lord VenkatEsa
is then considered as the protector of the servants of Kubera such as
Nalagreeva
and Manikoopuraa .
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