Swarna Venkat's Divinity

  Narayaneeyam Dasakam 21 - Different Forms of Lord and Modes of Worship Click here to listen to Narayaneeyam Dasakam 21 The earth's middle region is called Ilaavrita and is inhabited exclusively by women with Gauri (Parvati) as their chief. Lord Siva, present there in the form of Ardhanareeshwara and Lord Vishnu is worshipped as Sankarshana by Shiva through sacred mantras and hymns of praise. Bhadraswa, east of Ilaavrita, is inhabited by Bhadravasas and they worship Lord in the form of Hayagreeva, who is the embodiment of Knowledge. Harivarsha is to the south of Ilaavrita where Prahalada and other devotees pray to lord in Narahari form whose body is tall and white, calm and bestower of knowledge of Brahman. To the west of Ilaavrita is the Ketumala, where lord is in the form of Kamadeva and worshipped by Lakshmi and sons of Prajapathi. Ramyaka which is to the north is the place where Vaivaswata Manu worships Lord in the form of fish or Matsya, who shines in the heart of those who a...

  Narayaneeyam Dasakam 20-The Story of  Rishabha Yogeeshwara Click here to listen to Narayaneeyam Dasakam 21 Swambhuvo Manu's elder son was King Priyavrata. Priyavrata's elder son was Aagnidhara. He ruled the Jambudweepa, had a son called Naabhi. King Naabhi was not having children for a long time. Therefore, he performed a yagna together with his wife Meru Devi. Lord appeared in the sacrificial fire and granted a boon that Lord himself will be born as child to the couple.  At appropriate time, King Naabhi handed over the administration to RishabaDeva and left to forest with his queen to perform penance and merged with Lord. King Rishaba ruled the world with prosperity so much so that Indra became jealous and stopped rain for the continent but with Rishaba's yogic power, rain was brought back. Winning over Indra, Rishaba took the hand of his daughter Jayanthi and they had one hundred sons, eldest of them was Bharatha. Among hundred, Bharatha became the next king of Bharat...

  Narayaneeyam Dasakam 19 - The Story of Prachetas Click here to listen to Narayaneeyam Dasakam 19 Pruthu's great grandson, Praacheenbarhis was noble and just and was involved in task of creation. He was married to Sathadruti, who gave birth to ten noble sons collectively called as Prachetas. As per their father's advice, they indulged themselves in Lord's worship and went to the western ocean to do penance and reached a beautiful lake. Lord Shiva came to the lake shore to meet Prachetas and taught Rudrageetha which is sung in praise of Lord Narayana. Singing this hymn, the ten sons did penance in water for ten thousand years. Their deep penance on Lord, purified their father, who had slained several animals in the name of sacrifice and even their ancestor Venan who destroyed yagnas. Sage Narada went and met Praacheenabarhis and gave knowledge about atma by which he merged with the Lord.  Pleased with the deep penance for many years, Lord by virtue of his compassion, appear...

  Narayaneeyam Dasakam 18 - Story of Venan and Pruthu Chakravarthy Charitam Click here to listen to Narayaneeyam Dasakam 18 In the dynasty of Dhruva, came the King Anga who was married to Sunitha. Venan was their son, but unlike his father, he was very wicked and cruel. He gave lot of troubles to the people of the kingdom and declared that Lord does not exist. He considered himself as the supreme power in the universe. Dejected by Venan's actions, King Anga left to forest to perform penance and attained mukthi.  Venan neglected the kingdom and welfare of the people, destroyed sacrificial rites and yagnas conducted by Sages and this infuriated them. The flame which rose from the sages Kundalini burnt Venan down.  Fearing that the absence of a ruler would lead to the tyranny of wicked people, Sages took the body of Venan from his mother who was preserving it for a long time and churned the thighs of his body.  Thus his body became sinless.  Then when his arms were...