Kurai Ondrum Illai Chapter One.

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SRI:

namO NArAyanA.

pranAmams.

Kuraiondrum ellai-chapter 1.

by Sri Mukkoor Lakshminrusimhachariar

 

 

Yamuna river sought punyam; on the other hand, Godhavari river

sought a bad name/ reputation!! How do you ask? "Thuya peru neer

yamunai thuraivanai...", was sung by dear Andal, referring to the

help that Yamuna did during Kannan's avathara kalam-therefore, she

gives a "good certificate" for yamuna. What help did yamuna nathi do?

 

When vasudhevar was carrying kannan to Nandhagokulam, yamuna

nathi left vasudhevar space for carrying kannan without even

vasudhevar's request. Therefore, yamuna nathi sought punayam.

 

But Godhavari sought a bad name. How? During Sri RAmA's

avatharam, Ravanan abducted our dear Seetha pirAtti. During that

time, our pirAtti cries,"Hey, Godhavari! You are a woman, I am a

woman..how can you stand to look at the suffering that I am going

through? my Husband will come and look for me. Atleast say something

then-say that RAvanan has abducted me-do not fail to say it."

 

When Sri RAmar was looking-"Have you seen my seethai?", He was

asking this question to every tree, branch,etc. But Godhavari did not

say anything, not even wave rose out of her! all this because she was

afraid of RAvanan.

 

People who know the truth, should say it at the right times. One

should not be,"I am not involved in it,so I am not going to say

anything". It this happens, a bad reputation(kalangam) will come.

This is the same thing that happened to GodhAvari.

 

The "kalangam" that happened to her during Treta yugam was solved

during kali yugam. How? When AndAl was born is Srivilliputtur,

Periazhwar named her "GOdhA(godhai)" and then the kalangam was

solved.

There is a reason why this book is started by this story:"Nama

SAmyam"-which means "name accordance". This should be understood by

the audience and therfore this was said.

 

This "NAma sAmyam" is the reason that we name our kids with

"Deiviga Thirupayar". Some goodness will start for people who call

the names RAmA, krishnA. "PAdhEyam PundarIkatcha NAma

sankeerthanAmrutham" is out of Garuda purAnam. This means, the names

of BhagavAn's KalyAna gunams is a mootai(luggage)! But doesn't mootai

signify sumai(weight)? we shouldn't think like this. In the "old"

times, people used to carry mootai's when they were travelling from

place to place and this mootai was "kattu saatha mootai"(rice). On

the way, they used to sit on the banks of rivers eating-this would

get rid of their fatigue, and they would also reach their

destination.

Life is a journey and our kattu saatha mootai should be

PoondariKatch NAma sankeerhanAmrutham-this gets rid of all the

tiredness and fatigue in life. Periazhwar said:

"NinaithirunthE siramam TheernthEn NEmi NediyavanE..."

 

We should always think about BhagavAn and do nAma sankeerthanam.

Sankeerthanam is, "something that is said without interruption". What

is there in the names, so that they have to be chanted continuously,

without interruption? Why should the names be chanted in the first

place?- We could argue like this. For our Hindu religion, the main

pramAnam is VEdam. Bhakti, prapatti-saranAgathi, karma yogA, Jnana

yogA are all included in the vEdam. Bhagavan follows the vEdam only,

He points to it and always follows it.

Every Ekadasi in Sri Rangam, there is "IravAdai sEvai"-wet

cloth sevai(to put it in a blunt way). That day, all the ornaments of

Perumal do not have the bhAgyam to be with Him; only a Tulasi mAlai

and a vasthram(cloth) which is moist are present on Perumal. Perumal

actualy enjoys being like this, especially with a kalpura

Arathi(camphor)-Perumal's joy knows no bounds. His sevai is absolutely

amazing-He looks kind and surprised in a way. At that time, the

jivAtma and ParamAtma had a quarrel.

 

The jivatma claimed that "I am free",

but BaghavAn said, "No, you are under my Order";

jivatma in return asked, "On what basis do you say

that?"(what "thimiru for the jivAtma!")

 

At this time, BaghavAn did NOT say, "Because I said so, therefore

you are under my slave." He said "VEda moola pramAnAth". He means,

through vEdam, if you think about OmkAram, you will find the answer

and He promised that the answer would be promised. He promised with

the wet vasthram too!

Perumal did not even mention "I" in His answer, all He said was

to go and look in the vEdam- from this, we can see how high and

valuable vEdam is. VEdam keeps BaghavAn and us together. Does the

vEdam mention about "ThirunAma vaibhavam"(glories of His Names)? It

mentions it beautifully.

"baghavAn kattip pon pOlE...

avan thirunAmam AAbharanangalai pOlE..."

baghavAn is like solid gold...

His thirunAmam are like ornaments...

 

Solid gold block is highly valuable, but what can we do with it?

Can we wear it around our neck or wear it on our head? no. But the

Names of our Lord are like ornaments, they are easily accessible. We

can wear them, be happy and beautify ourselves with His names.

PillailokAchariAr mentions three verses in tamizh:

1. "VAchya prabhAvam polanru vAsaka prabhAvam."

2. "avan thurasthanAnAlum ithu kiti ninru uthavum."

3. "Draupadikku AbhathilE Adai karanthathu GOvinda NAmamire."

 

1. BhagavAn might wash His hands on us,but His NAmam will never even

leave us.

2. When we do some kaimkaryam(homam), we call His name and ask Him to

accept it. He(Perumal) can be anywhere He wants, but since we called

His Name, everything automatically goes to Him.

3. When Draupadi was being disgraced she cries, "Hey

Krishna...RakshmAm saranAgatham", but Bhagavan did not save her, He

says this Himself!

Every avataram has some fault, and this is the fault in

KrisnAvataram, where He did not save her immediately. But Draupadi

was saved, she received the protection she needed. How is this

possible, if Krishna did not save her? He says that He didn't save

her, but His NAmam did! That's why our GodA pirAtti says, "You're

beating yourself down with Your faults, but You don't even have any

to begin with. The verse that fits in perfectly with this is,"Kurai

ondrum illAtha GOvindA." When You have the name GOvindA, there can be

absolutely no faults whatsoever with You and those who meditate on

this Name, shall also have no faults.

All this is good and true, but if we keep on reciting Govinda

sankeerthanam, what do we do about other duties in life? All His

names are in samskritam, will the NAmams even enter our mouths? These

are all good doubts raised by many people. The answers will be given

in the next chapter.

 

to be cont'd

Sarvam SrikrishnArpranamasthu.

 

to be cont'd.