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Lakshmi Varahan
67) Durmedha praaNahartre nama:
 
Salutations to Srinivasa who destroyed the asura named Durmedhas
 
This tirunaama is from an episode chronicled in the Padma Purana.
 
Durmedhas (also known as "Amaraari") was an extremely cruel asura,
fortified by the boons of inivincibiity he had obtained from Shankara through
painstaking penance; He was harrassing and tormenting saadhus, preventing them
from going about their lawful and righteous ways, thereby deriving the name
"Durmedhas" or the one with the evil mind. When the aggrieved Devas and Rishis
sought His intervention, the Lord dispatched His unit commander Kumudaaksha for destroying
the asura. The mission was successfully accomplished and the Devas heaved
a sigh of relief and eulogized the Lord .



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