153. OM UPENDRAYA NAMA: ॐ उपेन्द्राय नम:
Took an Avatar as the Younger Brother of Indra.
Swami Parashara Bhatta comments that from now on various Avatars are mentioned in SVS. In Jagadidaja, the name Sri Vishnu was suggested. The Lord takes many Avatars and of them Ten are listed for easy appreciation. In those Ten Avatars, Sri Vamana is the First of fully grown Human form. It is a coincidence that Sri Vamana Avatar is to be explained, after mentioning Sri Nrusimha for the previous Divine name. Like the Lord was born as the son of Dasaratha, He was born as the younger brother of Indra. Kashyap Prajapati had Two wives Aditi and Diti. Aditi's children were Devas and Diti's children were Asuras. Asuras overpowered Devas. Bali, grand son of Prahalada, once grabbed Indra's property. Bali always obeyed his Acharya Shukra, and thus his wealth grew. Seeing the plight of Devas, Aditi requests her husband Kashyap to grant her a child to win over Asuras. Kashyap asked her to follow payo vratham. In this, she has to smear the mud dug by pigs and bathe in river. Then she has to offer rice cooked in cow's milk to the Lord and eat only that. Like this the fasting has to start on an Amavasya and complete on Ekadashi. It may be difficult to follow this fasting at present; but offering good milk to and worshiping Sri Vamana, and praying for a good child will, certainly be blessed. By offering modhakam [கொழுக்கட்டை] to Garuda in the temple of Sri Kalyana Narasimha Perumal, our miseries will evaporate. Aditi did accordingly and in Avani [ஆவணி ] month in Shravana star and on Dwadasi day, Sri Vamana was born. Thus He became Sri Upendra.
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