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66) KumudhAksha-gaNa-srEshta
SainApatya pradhAya SrI VenkatEsAya nama:
Salutations to Lord VenkatEsa, who gave the
responsibilities
to the top member of VishvaksEnar's unit (KumudhAksha)
to assume the role of the leader of His army at
SrI Vaikuntam
to destroy an asuran by the name of Durmdhas !
This thirunAma narrates to incident , where an
asura by the name of
DurmEdhas went about causing harm to DevAs and
Saadhu janams.The DevAs
and Rishis assembled at Thirumala and sought Lord
VenkatEsA's help .
The compassionate Lord , who always comes to the
rescue of His BhakthAs
dispatched an army commanded by a nithya soori by
the name of KumudhAksha
with instructions to destroy the asura and protect
the aggrieved . KumudAksha
completed the assigned mission and got the
world rid of an evil force.
SrI Vaikuntam and its Isvaryam (wealth) are
guarded by
eight top leaders of the GanAs. Their commander in
chief
is VishvaksEnar . Under him are the eight
"unit commanders "
engaged in "watch and ward " duties.
These nithya sooris are:
Jaya , Vijaya , Kumudha , KumudhAksha , Chanda ,
Prasanda ,
Badra and Subadra.
KumudhAksha among his peers was
assigned the specific duties of
SenApathy( head of the military wing) for
the sEnai ( army ) of
SrI Vaikuntam ) to destroy the evil asuran ,
DurmEdhas.
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