VENKATESA PURAANAM
07. Anjanaadri
Siva and Uma came to a garden. They saw the monkeys there enjoying intimacy on the tress. They too wished to enjoy in the same manner. So they both assumed the form of two monkeys.
When Siva released his tejas, Vaayu caught hold it and took it to Anjanaa. He dropped it in her hands as usual and she gulped it down as usual. But it was not a fruit as usual and was the tejas which had emerged from lord Siva.
Anjanaa became pregnant and got worried. Just then she heard an aakaash vaaNi which told her, “You will be blessed with a very unusual son as the divine prasaadam of Lord Siva. He will be extremely strong, extremely intelligent, a great devotee and a chiranjeevi”.
Anjanaa felt relieved on hearing this.
She delivered a son at the due time. He was unusual no doubt. He could
jump very high in the sky and he was utterly fearless. He mistook the red Sun to be a ripe fruit and jumped into the heavens to pluck it and eat it.
Brahma got bewildered and tried to stop the child from stealing the Sun with his Brahma asthram. The child got hit and fell down unconscious on the earth. Anjanaa’s tears were uncontrollable. The Deva felt sorry for Brahma’s action and rushed to where Anjanaa and her son were.
They showered blessing upon blessing on that child. “Nothing can harm this child. He will be a chiranjeevi. He will have the most coveted ashta sidhdhi. He will be divine singer. He will have the gnaanan of all the saasthraas. His physical strength will be nonpareil.
He will be service minded. He will be an expert in the play of words and in arguments. He will be a great devotee of god. His fame will spread far and wide and it will never ever diminish. No other person can ever become as great as this child.
In addition to all these boons bestowed on your son, this place will be named after you as Anjanaadri henceforth”
07. Anjanaadri
Siva and Uma came to a garden. They saw the monkeys there enjoying intimacy on the tress. They too wished to enjoy in the same manner. So they both assumed the form of two monkeys.
When Siva released his tejas, Vaayu caught hold it and took it to Anjanaa. He dropped it in her hands as usual and she gulped it down as usual. But it was not a fruit as usual and was the tejas which had emerged from lord Siva.
Anjanaa became pregnant and got worried. Just then she heard an aakaash vaaNi which told her, “You will be blessed with a very unusual son as the divine prasaadam of Lord Siva. He will be extremely strong, extremely intelligent, a great devotee and a chiranjeevi”.
Anjanaa felt relieved on hearing this.
She delivered a son at the due time. He was unusual no doubt. He could
jump very high in the sky and he was utterly fearless. He mistook the red Sun to be a ripe fruit and jumped into the heavens to pluck it and eat it.
Brahma got bewildered and tried to stop the child from stealing the Sun with his Brahma asthram. The child got hit and fell down unconscious on the earth. Anjanaa’s tears were uncontrollable. The Deva felt sorry for Brahma’s action and rushed to where Anjanaa and her son were.
They showered blessing upon blessing on that child. “Nothing can harm this child. He will be a chiranjeevi. He will have the most coveted ashta sidhdhi. He will be divine singer. He will have the gnaanan of all the saasthraas. His physical strength will be nonpareil.
He will be service minded. He will be an expert in the play of words and in arguments. He will be a great devotee of god. His fame will spread far and wide and it will never ever diminish. No other person can ever become as great as this child.
In addition to all these boons bestowed on your son, this place will be named after you as Anjanaadri henceforth”
