Butter thief

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Dear members,

 

Sri. Madhavakannan has immersed all of us in KrishnAnubhavam.

The anubhavam, as posted by Smt.Viji is simply great!

 

After all, our butter thief attracts everybody, so appropriate to his

name. "Karshati iti Krsn:" Krishna is the one who attracts! But whom

does he attract? Our

AcharyAs & AlwArs are naturally attracted by him. But

his attraction is such that, even people who claim that

he is nirguna, etc etc. cannot stop falling for him!

Is he not mAyan?

 

Here is the sloka by a shaivait, Leela Shukar, in his

Krsna karnAmritam, wherein he experiences as,

 

ShaivA vayam na Khalu tatra vichAranEyam

panchAksharI japaparA: nitaram tathApi

chetO madIyam atasIkusumAvabhAsam

smErAnanam smarathi gOpavadhU kishOram

 

"we are shaivaits undoubtedly & always engrossed in

reciting the PanchAksharI japam. Nevertheless, my mind

always think of that kid of yashOdA, with a smiling face

& whose lustre is as that of atasI kusuma(it is a blue

coloured flower).

 

Here is the anubhavam of a staunch advaitin

MadhusUdana saraswathi:

 

DhyAnAbhyAsa vashIkrtEna manasA yannirgunam nishkriyam

jyothi: kinchana yOginO yadiparam pashyanthi pashyanthu tE

asmAkam tu tadEva lOchana chamatkArAya bhUyAt chiram

kAlindyA: pulineshu yatkimapi tannIlam mahO dhAvathi

 

"Let the so called yogins, who controlled their minds by Dhyana &

abhyasa, behold upon the Brahman, as just a

"jyothis", which is nirguna(without attributes) and

nishkriya(actionless). But we percieve the same, as that blue

lustre(Lord Krsna), which is playing on the banks of the river YamunA."

 

Here, the nirgunatva & nishkriyatva, have gone (by the

mention of neela & dhavathi). Even though, Sri. madhusUdana saraswathi,

himself is an advaitin, he is unable to control his mind, which runs

behind that kid of yashOdA. Isn't our butter thief "mAyan"?

 

When these so called advaitins couldn't stop falling

for our mAyan, the plight of our Azhwars, are very well

understandable.

 

When He is capable of attracting the animals & birds,( "ezhudu

chttirangal pOla ninranave!- periyAzhwAr. It can be recollected that

when this wonder kid played his flute, the animals etc forgot their

food, oozing out from their mouths & stood still as if they are

pictures), what would be the fate of MadhusUdana saraswathi & LeelA

shukar? It may be recalled that an advaitin, Appayya dIkshitar, has

written a commentary on swami desikan's "yAdavAbhyudayam".

 

mAyan thiruvadigalE sharanam

RAmanuja dAsI

padmini

 

 

 

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