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carries them so that they will induce terror in the hearts of the enemies of
His devotees, and at least in some cases, they will desist from harming His
devotees, without His having to punish them.
SrI v. v. rAmAnujan refers us to ANDAL's tiruppAvai (25): "ka'njan vayiRRil
nerppenna ninRa neDumAlE!" – He struck fear deep down in the bowels of
kamsan by His very thought. Another anubhavam is that when dealing with
those who show enmity to Him alone, He uses His sa'nkalpa Sakti to punish
them, but if anyone ill- treats His devotee, then bhagavAn becomes angry, and
instead of destroying them through His sa'nkalpa Sakti alone, He resorts to
His weapons to punish them (tiruvAi. 4.8.1).
Another aspect of His many divya Ayudha-s is that they are nitya-sUri- s who
worry about His protection out of their love and attachment to Him, even
though He does not need any protection Himself. But it is their love of Him
that makes them be always on the lookout for His protection, and so they all
reside in His tirumEni, always watching out for any unforeseen enemies. Recall
periyAzhvAr singing pallANDu for Him, for His divine weapons, etc., all because
of his concern for the welfare of emperumAn, driven by His deep love to Him.
This nAma formally concludes the write-up on the 1000 nAma-s of Lord vishNu.
We still have the phala Sruti Sloka-s to cover. In addition, a member of the
list who has been giving me great encouragement and support in all my works
(including sahasra nAma, tAtparya ratnAvaLi, etc.), raised a very interesting
question: Is there any special significance that the enumeration of the most
prominent nAma-s chosen by bhIshma based on the nAma-s most commonly
sung by the Rshi-s etc. (Rshibhih parigItAni), ends with a description of
bhagavAn's weapons? We will cover this in a separate write-up devoted for
this subject.
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sarva-praharaNAyudha om nama iti |
Slokam 107 that we concluded in our last posting, has different versions in
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