Guest guest Posted February 28, 1996 Report Share Posted February 28, 1996 As we all know, the coming Friday is Sri KulasEkara aazhwaar's thirunakshathram and it is interesting to note many of our poorvaachaaryaaLs didnot provide vyaakyaanam for his "mukunda maala". It was considered by some shcolars that the hOliest contents of this maalaa could not be handled due to its complexity and that it was observed to be extremely delicate to handle this vyaakyaanam. However, with all the bagwath niyamanam and the vast knowledge Dr.SadagOpan has offered to provide us with some insight to this hOliest maalaa. While sincerely awaiting to learn from his posting, I thought all the bakthaas may also know about the five stages that are generally considered in Sri Krishna bakthi maargam which is also relevant to this. This is also known as sthaayi. 1. saantham give up all worldy desires and attach firmly on Sri Krishna and believe on him and only him and always thinking on him. example kanakar, sananthanarkaL, navayOkEnthararkaL 2. thaasyam doing bagwath kainkaryam to Sri Krishnaa as a sincere peronal servant to him. (Some may say that this sincerity is equivalent to that of a slave to his master) example, chithrakar pasirakari 3) saakiyam observing SriKrishnaa as a sincere friend and conduct one with sincere bakthi on a true friend. example , kuchElaa (sudaama), beema, arjunaa, sakaathEva 4) vaathsalyam considering SriKrishnaa as a divine child, and offering love and affection example yasOdai 5) maathuryam Loving SriKrishnaa just like a man loves his beloved, and ofcourse without the component of lust in it. and transforming this love to bakthi state example aaNdaal, gOpikaas sarvam sri krishnaarpaNam Sampath Rengarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 1996 Report Share Posted February 28, 1996 On Feb 28, 8:14am, Sampath Rengarajan wrote: > As we all know, the coming Friday is Sri KulasEkara aazhwaar's > thirunakshathram > and it is interesting to note many of our poorvaachaaryaaLs didnot provide > vyaakyaanam for his "mukunda maala". I would like to point out that many scholars, both Western and Indian, Sri Vaishnava and otherwise, are of the opinion that the mukunda maala stotram is not by the same kulasekhara maharaja as kulasekhara aazhvaar. The ambiguity lies in the fact that all the kings of that dynasty were known as kulasekhara. One of the reasons the scholars believe that the stotra was composed much after the aazhvaar's existence is the lack of references by great pUrvAcAryas, including Desika, Pillai Lokacharya, etc. All this lends credence to the opinion that it was composed probably in the 13th or 14th century by another Chera king. Mani Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 28, 1996 Report Share Posted February 28, 1996 On Feb 28, 11:06am, Mani Varadarajan wrote: > Re: Sri Krishna bakthi - Sthaayi Bhaavam > On Feb 28, 8:14am, Sampath Rengarajan wrote: > > As we all know, the coming Friday is Sri KulasEkara aazhwaar's > > thirunakshathram > > and it is interesting to note many of our poorvaachaaryaaLs didnot provide > > vyaakyaanam for his "mukunda maala". > > I would like to point out that many scholars, both Western > and Indian, Sri Vaishnava and otherwise, are of the opinion > that the mukunda maala stotram is not by the same kulasekhara > maharaja as kulasekhara aazhvaar. The ambiguity lies in > the fact that all the kings of that dynasty were known as > kulasekhara. > > One of the reasons the scholars believe that the stotra > was composed much after the aazhvaar's existence is the > lack of references by great pUrvAcAryas, including Desika, > Pillai Lokacharya, etc. All this lends credence to the > opinion that it was composed probably in the 13th or > 14th century by another Chera king. > > Mani >-- End of excerpt from Mani Varadarajan I agree with the above statement that there are differences of opinion as to whether this was delivered by our aazhwaar or someone in the lienage of his kingdom bearing the same name kulasEkaran delivered it. The argument that no one wrote vyaakyaaNam prior to Sri maNavaaLa maa munikaL, can also be attributed to the niceties of this maalaa instead of casting doubts on the authorship. I know what it "contains" and for obvious reasons I donot want to go public about it. The contents of this maalaa being so rich and that there are some striking similarities to the indepth SriKrishna bakthi conveyed in this and the aazhwaar's perumaal thirumozhi one may also consider that this was delivered by the aazhwaar. Sri periya vaachchaan pillai (who is accepted by both the sects of srivaishnavam) who is considered the incarnation of thiruk"kaNNa"pura perumal (as per the desire of Thirumangai) wrote vyaankyaaNam on perumaal thirumozhi and he naarates the six stages of Bakthi implied in these paasurams of perumaal thirumozhi. If I get the time I will try to present a brief account of this vyaakyaaNam on friday. Sampath Rengarajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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