183. OM MAHESHVASAYA NAMA: ॐ महेष्वासाय नम:
In Avatars He aimed arrows wonderfully.
The Lord has sharp arrows. We are in Daamal, near Kanchipuram. Sri Thayar is called Sri Thirumal Azhagi [ஸ்ரீ திருமால் அழகி], in beautiful Tamil. Ishu means arrow in Sanskrit. The sharpness of His arrows, was exhibited when He killed 14,000 rakshasas in Janastana. He is called Sri Vijaya Raghava. Sugriva wanted to test the Lord's prowess! The Lord showed His strength by flipping off by His toe, the heavy skeleton of Dundubi demon, several miles away. Yet, Sugriva wanted to test once more! As requested by Sugriva, Sri Rama directed an arrow to pierce through Seven large trees, not in a single alignment, and after that the arrow pierced the earth to reach Patal lok and then finally, returned back to Sri Rama! Swami Desika says in his Yadavabhyudayam, that some of the Yadavas during Sri Krishna Avatar, went on a pilgrimage and happened to see Patal lok through this opening! Afterwards, when Sugriva was coronated, but forgot his promise to help to find Sri Sita, Sri Rama sent a message to Sugriva that the sharpness of His arrows were in tact and had not been blunted! Sri Rama's arrows are famous. Sri Krishna fought Banasura, who had the blessings of lord Shiva and who had 1000 arms. The shower of arrows from Sri Krishna simply drove away the armies of Banasura. Swami Desika says that Banasura's army ran away, like evil persons running away from good things preached by noble persons! Poet Kamba says that when the arrow of Sri Rama pierced demon Thataka and came out, it was like bad students hearing the teacher's advises in one ear and passing it out of the other ear!
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