kannapiraan karra vennaik kalvi

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Dear Sri Vaishnava Perunthagaiyeer,

 

With fervent hopes that bhakthaas in the list enjoyed the postings on Sri

krishna's vENu gaanam series, adiyen starts a new series on "Kannapiraan

karra veNNaik kalvi" with this first post. As in earlier "Krishna's Venu

gaanam" series, the central theme of this series, is the "butter stealing

and eating bala leelai' of our emperumaan Sri krishnaa and will be based on

Periyaazhvaar's thirumozhi or periyaazhvaarin piLLaith thamizh.

 

Reference will be included from other 10 azhvaars (one has to be left out

since he relished aachaarya bhakthi only and thru him emperumaan) and other

krishna bakthaas, who enjoyed Sri krishna on this particular bala leelai,

with whatever references known to adiyen due to limited knowledge.

 

More learned bhagavathaas on the list can also suggest references, which

they feel are more apt to the central theme, if such a reference is not

forthcoming from adiyen, either thru personal mail or thru the list, so that

we all can jointly enjoy the krishna anubhavam.

 

Straight- away periyaazhvaar gives a group of 10 paasurams titled veNNai

vizhungi mudalaana piLLai viLaiyaattugaL [10 paasurangal] in 2.9 decad.

 

"VeNNai vizhungi verunkalaththai verpidaiyittu adhan Osai kEtkum kaNNa

piraan kaRRa kalvi thannai kaakkakillOm un maganai kaavaai" - first two

lines of 2- 9- 1 paasuram. (verpu is malai or hill)

 

See how periyaazhvaar states "krishna learnt his education from eating

butter". He takes the garb of aaichchiyar and calls "Oh yasodhaa! we will

not be able to save his education, why not you call him early, so that, what

ever he learnt is retained with him".

 

There is also a hidden agenda in that the vessels are to be saved from being

broken or thrown over the hill, so that they can store more butter- which is

abundantly available in the aaippaadi- krishna's birth place.

 

We have seen in puraaNams and other literary works that in olden days,

gurukulams offered excellent education. Now also, the educationists all

around the world claim gurukulam method is the best method for imparting

knowledge and education. We also see universities and institutions offering

education at hefty fees.

 

But aazhvaar says the child kaNNan in aaippaadi learnt his lessons from the

noise of rolling vessels, which are thrown on the hill. That noise taught

him the lessons in the aaippadi system of education or krishnaa's special

system of educating himself.

 

These vessels has butter stored in them and the butter is swiftly eaten by

kannan (vizhungi says aazhvaar). Why vizhungi? He is in a hurry. Why?

Perhaps, somebody is fast approaching that place where butter is stored and

they may prevent him eating butter. Or they may even snatch away the pot

saying "oh enough is enough, today you have consumed lot of butter and that

may spoil your health".

 

They are not stopping him for want of butter but from the standpoint of not

spoiling the health of the child. Because they are interested in the child,

for He is the pet child [arumaik kuzhanthai] for all the aaippaadi aayar. He

is also the king's son, nandhakkon's son (king nandhaa's son). So it is

their duty to save the child from getting disturbed in its health.{avan

aayargalukku mattumaa arumai, namakkum thanE- arumai for them only, for us

also- is it not?].

 

So Oh Yasodha please call your son. Today's lesson is over.

 

Dasan Vasudevan M.G.

 

PS: Await the next post in this electronic education on our Srikrishna