kAkAsura vruththAntham

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Dearest sri vaishNavALs,

I happen to read a posting of kAkAsura vruththAntham of Vijay Srinivasan's.

(Oct 96).-Lovely post.

I would like to supplement some thing; But, first- please read the original

posting again -reproduced below for your ready refernce:

QUOTE

Dear Prapatti Group Members:

 

Recently, I was reading the Ramayana and that brought back some

recollections of the KakAsura story, the nuances of which was wonderfully

captured by Swami Desika and which I was lucky to hear from Navalpakkam

Swamigal.Swami Vedanta Desika wrote a work called Adaikalapattu which is

roughly the Tamil equivalent of his more popular Nyasa Dasakam in sanskrit.

 

In the very first verse of Adaikalapattu, Swami Desika compares the efforts

of a sadhaka before Prapatti with those of Kakasura {Threen lokAn

samparikramya thamEva sharanam gathaha (Vide Ramayana),Yethdisaiyum

muzhandru odi ilaiththu vizhum kagam pol....}. Kakasura ran in all

directions, but in vain, to escape the Rama Banam. He sought the asylum of

all the Devatas including that of his father Devendra. But no one could

offer him protection. In the process of running, Kakasura accidentally

realized one thing. When he ran in a direction away from the Lord the

arrow seemed to approach him closer and he could immediately feel the

ferocity of the Astram. On the otherhand, the moment, he turned running

towards the direction of the Lord the arrow kept a distance from him

assuming that this fellow might after all seek the forgiveness of the Lord.

Thus after having strayed far away from the Lord, Kakasura intuitively

realized the fortuitousness of running towards the Lord and finally

realizing his helpnessness he fell on the Lord's feet. Finally as the story

goes Kakasura got saved after a minor punishment.But what a great upakAram

Swami Desika has done for us. A simple story from the vast ocean of

Ramayana suddenly strikes us with great truths that was latent in it. May

our Acharya Sookthis continue to inspire us.

 

Vijayaraghavan

UNQUOTE

 

Addition:

 

As heard from my paternal Grandmother(who hails from NavalpAkkam),

kAkAsuran fell almost dead and exhausted and that too with his legs

pointing towards RAMA; Our beloved mAthA, SitA pirAtti with full of mercy,

-who forgives everyone irrespective of what errors they have committed- ,

even after having been troubled by the same kAkAsura for which he is being

chased now(I suppose everyone knows the story)- gently touches the kAkAsurA

and turns his feet away from RAMA, without being seen by rAmA it seems- in

order not to aggravate His anger further and also to recommend kAkAsura's

case to the Lord.

 

Friends, Can you visualize our mother's mercy, compassion, kind heart for

even the evil ones (if only they have just the intent to surrender);

 

AmmA, It's you again whom we talk about and admire. Please bless all of us,

ammA, We are all in our deep (samsaaric) troubles and in the course of our

life are committing lots of errors, apachArams- Please recommend us too to

(y)our Lord. (Are we not definitely better than kAkAsura?). All of us are

ready to perform all kinds of kainkaryA to you, ammA- Just order and we

will rush to you, ammA- no matter where we are, be it singapore, States or

anywhere.-uNmai verum vArtai illai, ammA-

 

Just a loud thinking.

 

May SitArAmA bless us all!

 

Ram ram

adiyEn madhavadAsan