Slokam 10

After destroying all and everyone that he could,  Hiranyaksha confronts Varuna,  who then tells him that the only one that would be a good match for him would be Sriman Narayana Himself.  Varuna is the deity governing the waters, which now covered the planet.

Sri Bhattadri makes a critical point in this slokam that Sriman Narayana is visible only to His devotees. Hiranyaksha and Hiranyakashipu are not even aware of the Paramathma,  until His power is pointed out by those like Varuna seeking to divert the wrath of these two demonic personalities away from them, and Narada, who seeks to draw everyone’s attention to the Paramathma.  This is very much akin to us, when we are possessed by demons,  we turn to and invoke the Paramathma’s assistance in driving out these destroyers from within us. Until this happens,  very few of us care to acknowledge the existence of the Paramathma.

Sriman Narayana’s power and might can be seen and benefitted only by the Bhaktas.  How does one become a Bhakta without seeing His might?  So this appears to bean irreconcilable contradiction, until we turn to the path of self-realization and in the process of looking for the Almighty within us, we are exposed to the various components within us. We realize that the different component parts have their own schedule and cannot be controlled by us. The question arises, like Brahma’s own curiosity, as to who is at the end of the stalk of the lotus and is holding up the flower in an ocean of water.

It is this pursuit of knowledge of the creator, sustainer  and destroyer,  that enables us to get onto the spiritual path, and pursue the Paramathma.

May we and our families be blessed to always propagate the awareness of the Supreme and infinite qualities of Paramathma.