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In a Deva-Asura war Mahabali was badly defeated. Maha Bali after
losing to the Devas, approached his Acharyan Sri Sukracharyar. As per the
instruction of his Acharyan, he started to perform yagams and worshipped Lord
Vishnu sincerely. Lord Vishnu soon blessed him. Thus Maha Bali became powerful
as he had the Lord’s blessings which protected him like an armour. Maha Bali
with his troops, once again attacked Swarka Lokam.
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Brihaspathi the Acharyan of
the Devas adviced them to retreat and abandon Swarka Lokam until a time when
they too are able to get the Lord’s blessings. Soon the Devas had no home.
Their mother Aditi felt very bad. She approached her husband Sage Kashyapar and
asked him for a way to help her sons. (Sage Kashyapar is also the father of
Asuras; the mother of the Asuras is Diti.) The Sage adviced Aditi to follow the
payo vratham. She followed the vratham sincerely and was soon blessed by Lord
Vishnu who incarnated as her son.
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The
Lord appeared at noon on the twelfth
day of the bright fortnight of Bhâdra. The moon was in the house of S'ravana;
all the planets, the stars, the sun and moon were in a beneficial position. The
exact moment was called as Vijayâ. He didn’t take birth but appeared before
Kashyapa and Aditi! The key word here is “appeared”. He appeared as an infant
wearing ornaments and weapons.
He
appeared wearing makara kundalam; gold earrings shaped like sharks. His helmet
was decked with precious gems. He was holding his discus, conch, mace and a
lotus flower in each of his four hands. His 32 teeth looked like 32 moons! On
his chest was the beautiful Srivatsa mark and on His navel the lotus with
Brahma. His complexion was dark like the storm clouds; His colour was the blend
of three water bodies; rain water, river water and well water. His eyes were
long and beautiful like lotus petals. It looked as if he was a beautiful pond
that contained thousands of lotuses; his eyes and lips resembled lotus petals,
his feet and palms were tinted in a beautiful shade of lotus pink. His
beautiful navel (nabhi kamalam) was a giant lotus that had once given birth to
Brahma. His entire body felt soft to the touch like that of lotus petals. He
was wearing yellow silk garments. His locks were curly and were jet black. It
looked as if his locks had been made from threads obtained from the darkness of
a new moon night. He was decked from head to toe in precious ornaments. He wore
the beautiful kausthuba gem. The air reverberated with divine music. Even
though it was noon it looked dark outside as his glow was like that of one
billion suns and in comparison the sun light was dim. It was very bright inside
Kashyapa’s ashram that in comparison it looked very dark outside. Aditi and
Kashyapa stood mesmerized. The next second He hid his divine appearance from
them and appeared before them as child Vamana; short in stature and as a
brahmachari.
Soon
Aditi and Sage Kasyapa performed the Jata Karma ceremony and the Lord was named
as “Upendra” the younger brother of Devendra. Though He was called as Upendra,
everyone addressed Him as “Vamana” which meant “dwarf” because of His short
stature. Sage Kasyapa and Aditi performed the Upanayanam ceremony. All the
rishis and celestial beings attented the event. The ceremony was held on an
auspicious day. Waters from the four ocean was brought in large jugs. There
were also waters from all the holy rivers. The sages and Brahmins chanted the
manthrams. The wives of the Sages and the Goddesses looked very charming with
tears of joy in their eyes as they watched the Supreme Being go through the
ceremony. Lord Vishnu looked very charming as a young boy of seven. The
radiance emitted by Him was so brilliant that everyone thought that He was the
Sun but as His radiance had a cooling effect He looked like a Sun but with the
colling nature of the Moon.
At His sacred thread ceremony the Sun god chanted
the Gâyatrî mantra. Brihaspati presented the sacred thread. Kas'yapa offered
Him a belt made of straw which is worn by a dwija. Bhumi Devi presented Him a deerskin, the Moon
gave Him an exquisite staff, Aditi gave Him vest to cover His body. Devendra
game Him a beautiful parasol made of bamboo. Lord Brahma gave Him a waterpot,
the seven sages donated kusa grass. Goddess Sarasvatî presented a string of
rudrâksha beads. Goddess Parvati who is also Annapoorani gave Him alms with
love.
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