stotras

[Guest guest]

On Fri, 8 Dec 1995 13:14:15 -0500 you said:

>My appologies fro ruffling a few feathers, but I

>believe the greatness of Vishnu is he can handle

>praise and ridicule alike. I tnink all of you

>know the story of his Vatsalya, Narad testing

>his serenity by kciking him on the Vakshashtala.

 

 

 

Mr. Krish seems to have missed the point

altogether. When someone ridicules our

Lord it is quite natural for His bhakthaas

to get offended. Whether the Lord gets

offended or not is between Mr. Krish and

our Lord Narayana. If Mr. Krsih wants to

put his belief into practice he can do that

elsewhere.

 

This is a private e-mail group dedicated

to prpatti and Bhakthi. Anyone

wanting to be part of this group must

respect this objective. That is the least

one should be able do. I don't have first

hand knowledge, but I understand Swami Sri Desikan

says in RTS that we must avoid contact with

those who ridicule our Lord.

 

 

 

-- Dileepan

 

 

p.s. I am sure this group is familiar

with Sisubalan and what hapenned to him.

[Guest guest]

I find that some of my comments have offended many of

you. It was unintentinal.

My interest in the group has been to meet people

and know about Ramanuja. I have enjoyed Sanskrit verses

and most of the pasurams, because I was brought up in

an "alwar-padiya" sthalam.

Sanskrit is an unusually romantic and soothing language,

whereas English, an acquired one always pulls me

to be rational. Here is a small verse from Ramayana

that shows its beauty

"Mandodhareem maya-sutham pareeNeeya dashananah

Thasya-mut-padhayamasa Meghanaadahvyam sutham"

The word ut-padamasa connotates a variety of arousing

thoughts. It summarizes honeymoon and its results.

Similarly, one need not be concerned about critism of the

Lord Himself. Here are some interesting verses from

Leelachuka's Sri krishna-karna-mrtham

"Angulaya kah kavatam praharathi

Kutile! Madhavaha; kim vasantho?

No chakree; kim kulalo? Nahi Dharani Dharaha;

Kim dwi-jig-vaha? PaNindraha

Naham ghoraahi-mar-dhih; kim kapindraha?

Ith-yevam gopikaanyaa-prathivacha-

Na-jithah pathu va chakrapanih"

My romanizing sanskrit may not be good.

This is a conversation between Krishna and the gopis.

It is easy to follow, since she mistakes his

name, knocking on her door.

One easily knows the etymology for no, un etc.

 

There are short booklets of such verses and prayers

that used to be published by Vaviloo Ramaswamysastrilu

& sons in Madras.

My appologies fro ruffling a few feathers, but I

believe the greatness of Vishnu is he can handle

praise and ridicule alike. I tnink all of you

know the story of his Vatsalya, Narad testing

his serenity by kciking him on the Vakshashtala.

Krish