||Srimad Bhagavath Mahapuran||

||Om Namo Bhagavathe Vasudevaya||

Chapter – 65 –The legend of Vriththrasura -1

Vishwaroopa has great intellect, courage and might, he relentlessly engaged in the performance of fire sacrifices for the prosperity and the well-being of deities and Lord Indra.  Once, Vishwaroopa performed the fire sacrifices offering ablations for the welfare of preceptor of demons, Lord Indra came to know about this; he was furious, chopped off the head of Vishwaroopa.  Therefore Lord Indra was afflicted with the sin of Bhramahathya, and the sin was equally distributed among Earth, Trees, Water,  and Women.  Due to the sin of Bhramahathya ¼ of the Earth has turned into desert, Water which was afflicted with the Bhramahathya turned its color filled with foam and bubbles, the trees have become impure and harmful for the atmosphere, and the women got menstruation for reproduction.  Thus Lord Indra got rid of the Bhramahathya sin. 

Vishwaroopa’s father Thvashta came to know about the death of his son,  decided to perform a fire sacrifice for obtaining a son to kill Lord Indra.  A huge fire sacrifice was organized and abundance of the oblations was offered in the fire, unfortunately, while reciting the hymns due to the slip of the tongue recitation of the hymns went wrong.  The result was a huge dreadful form with blazing eyes and disheveled hair appeared from the sacrificial fire.  The child born from the fire was named as Vriththra, he was constantly trained and taught to fight against deities and kill Indra.  Once, the dreadful Vriththra approached the deities at the command of Thvashta.  The deities were alarmed and prayed to the supreme Lord and eulogize “ Oh! Bhagavan,  we shall surrender at your lotus feet, you symbolize the five essential elements such as Vayu, Agni, Water, Earth and Ether, deities, Lord Bhrama, Lord Maheshwara, you are the creator and preserver of the Universe and its living beings, kindly protect us.  Oh! Bhagavan, you are flawless, it is difficult to realize the supreme Lord who resides as a soul in living beings, you are all-pervading, an ignorant person never realizes your presence in him/her or will not surrender to you.  The person who lives a life without surrendering to the supreme Lord is like crossing a river holding the tail of a dog.  The individual who surrenders at your lotus feet would elevate his soul and attain supreme bliss.  Oh! Bhagavan kindly protects us, like when the Universe was under inundation, Sathyavratha who was born in the clan of Manu was protected from the deluge.   Oh! Bhagavan, you have no duality, you are the creator and preserver of the universe and its living beings, you are absolute truth reside as soul, we are not able to perceive your real form due to Maya/illusion,  Oh! Bhagavan, you have taken numerous incarnations to grace the Earth and its living beings, we shall surrender at your lotus feet again and again.  Whoever realizes the supreme knowledge of self, the presence of supreme Lord as the creator and preserver, he resides as soul in living beings,  he is Purusha who is  beyond Prakrithi which undergoes constant transformation, he is the essence of Universe and its living beings, hence there is no way to realize the absolute truth other than total surrender to the supreme Lord.”  Lord Vishnu who holds Shakha, Chakra, Gadha and Padma appeared before the deities.  All the deities prostrated before supreme Lord and praised “ Oh! Yajjaveera, Oh! Puruhuthe, Oh! Narayana, we shall reverentially prostrate before you. Oh! Mahapurusha, Oh! Mahanubhava, Oh! Paramakalyana, Oh! Paramakarunika, Oh! Parama Mangala, Oh! Lokaikanatha, Oh! Sarvadhara, Oh! Sarveshwara, Oh! Lakshminatha, you are not easily attainable, you are not easily obtainable, you are not easily realizable,  Oh! compassionate Lord, though you have no specific form, you have taken numerous manifestations for performing various passionate sports.  Oh! Paramaguru, We shall surrender at your lotus feet.  We shall prostrate before the supreme Lord Krishna who symbolizes preceptor of the Universe, he resides as a soul in living beings, witnesses all the happenings, knower of all, beyond comparison, elevates the soul from the worldly existence, we shall surrender at your lotus feet.  He is Lord Hari who takes away all the miseries and sorrows of the worshiper/taking away the concentration from the dark side of life while contemplating upon him.”