AMUKTA MALYADA

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---dear bhagavatas,

 

namaskaram. recently i have read an article in The Hindu by smt prema nandakumar

on kaisika ekadasi and its importance in SV temples, in which smt prema refers

to

sri krishna deva raya's telugu work amukta malyada. I would like to write

something about this

great work.

 

as we know, Amukta mAlyadA is the telugu/sanskrit equivalent of SOOdikkoduttha

nAcchiyAr.

after defeating gajapatis of orissa, krishna devaraya worshipped perumals en

route starting from simhachalam.

he worshipped andhra mahavishnu of srikakulam, krishna dist. which place was

once capital of satavahana kingdom. now the lord is known as srikakulesan.

and also andhra vishnu, a very beautiful emberuman with discus in left hand.

 

sri kirshna devaraya stayed for a night at srikakulam and lord andhravishnu

appeared in his dream and ordered him to write a poem in telugu on how he got

married to godai

.. He also asked him to dedicate it to Him at Thirumalai as Lord andhravishnu

is none other than thiruvengadatthaan.

 

as per th divyaajnai of lord andhravishnu, srikrishnnadevaraya(SK) wrote

Amukta malyada in telugu. in this work, he also included khAndikya kESidhwaja

samvAdam

of vishnu puranam (in which one of the two kings teaches the other ashtanga

margam to reach parabrahman), alavandar charitam, periyalwar charitam and also

that of a great devotee born in a low caste whom he calls mala dasari and whose

charitam is remembered on the day of kaisika ekadasi.

 

this work is very beautiful and has the longest sanskrit samAsam in all indian

languages

other than sanskrit.

 

SK belongs to the disciplic succession of srimad vedanta deiskar. his acharyan

was

sri tatacharyulu swami. inspired by manavala mamunigal, he named the eight

famous poets

in his court as ashta diggajas.

 

dasan

vishnu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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