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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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