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(104) Virinchaabhyartithaaneetha Soumya-roopAya
Sri Venkatesaaya Nama:
Salutations to Lord Venkatesa , who responded
to the prayers of Brahma Devan
to change His fierce form as Ugra Narasimhan to a
Soumya ( beautiful and tranquil)
form after the destructuion of Hiranyakasipu !
After destroying the Asuran offending His bhakthan,
Prahlaadhan ,
Lord Narasimha was looking grotesquely fierce. No
one including
His consort , Maha Lakshmi felt comfortable to
approach the Lord .
His anger was still at its peak.
The 9th chapter of the 7th Canto of SrImath
Bhaagavatham describes
the undiminished anger and ferocity of the Lord
that prevented the group of
Devaas headed by Brahma to come near Lord
Narasimha.Mahaa Lakshmi was
requested by the Devaas to calm down Her Lord. She
too did not approach Him
since the appearance that He had was neither seen
nor heard before
( adhrushta-asrutha-poorvathvaath Saa nopeyaaya
sankitha).Brahma then said to
bhaktha Prahlaadha: " Oh dear Child ! Go near
and approach the Lord ,
who has been very angry wth your father (Taatha
prasamayopehi svapithre
kupitham Prabhum). Child Prahlaadha consented ,
approached the Lord
and prostrated before Him and eulogized His Lord
with the famous
verses of Prahlaadha Sthothram. The Lord lifted
the child fallen at His feet .
He was moved by His own limitless vaathsalyam for
His bhakthan
and with eyes full of compassion ( Krupayaa
pariplutha: ) lifted up the child
and placed His lotus soft hand (karaambhujam) on
his (Prahlaadha's) head.
Child Prahlaadhan was freed from all sins and was
the object of the Lord's
immense grace that led him to praise the Lord
with a heart full of devotion.
The Lord was moved by the prayers and took on His
tranquil form and expressed
His joy over Prahlaadhan's Bhakthi and offered him
boons of his choice :
Vathsa Prahlaadha Bhadram tE preethoahante
asurotthama
varam vruneeshva abhimatham kaamapooroasmyaham
nrunaam'
(Meaning): O Child Prahlaadha ! All auspiciousness
to you ! Ask me
of any boons that you desire . I am immensely
plesed with you. I am
the fulfiller of all the prayers of bhakthaas of
mine!
Prahlaadha was not tempted by the winning of any
boons from the Lord and
asked only for the blessing of uninterrupted
and steadfast devotion to the Lord .
Brahma devan was thus successful with the help of
Prahlaadhan to convert
the Ugra Narasimhan in to Soumya Varadhan (
Prahlaadha Varadhan) !
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