Contemplating on Kutti KaNNan on SrI JayanthI

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

On this most auspicious Sri JayanthI day- on the day our Kutti KaNNan

appeared, let us pray to His (small) Lotus Feet.. contemplating on Him,

briefly enjoy Gopala vimsathy.

 

He is not only a cowherd Boy of BrindhAvan, the darling boy of Gopikas; but

the ParamAthmA - ParandhAman- showing His Parathva qualities many times

(Govardhanagiri, KaaLinganardhanam, Poothanai, .. etc..)

The second sloka (vaachamnijAnkha rasikhAm..) contains the Gopala manthra,

it is told, which is said to be highly effective.

 

The various pranks of Gopala are portrayed in the slokas- the infant

suckling the milk and life of Poothanai, the pseudo mother; the dancing

child for a handful of butter; the termbling boy before the angry mother for

having stolen the butter; the crawling child dragging the mortar and passing

through the twofold trees; the water sport in the waters of YamunA with Gopa

girls; playing on the flute with the girls keeping rhythm with their hands;

the naughty boy stealing the clothes of small girls (who went into the bathe

naked in the river YamunA) kept on the bank and making them beg joining

their palms in anjali to get their garments instead of their beseeching him

to return them.

 

The beauty of the dark blue hued cloud like body and the auspicious nature

of the qualities of Sri Krishna (Gopala, the cowherd boy) are captivating

enough. The charm is enhanced by the lovely flute held by the lotus like

hands near the rosy lips and the multi coloured plumes of the peacock on His

head. Even the immemorial Vedas with infinitie knowledge fail to describe

Him and His beauty fully since they are beyond description in words and teh

reach of mind.

 

Swamy Desikan is charmed by the beauty of this Gopala and with love and

devotion prays that He must be in his heart always and bless him with His

vision even at the time of his final departure from this mortal world.

 

[adharAhitha chAru vamsa naaLA

makuTalambi mayUra pinchamaalaa

harineela shilavibhanganeelA

prathibAsanthu mama anthima prayaaNe..- sloka 12]

 

{this is somewhat similar to appOdhaikku ippOdhE solli vaitthEn.. of

PeriyAzhwAr and krishNatwadeeya padha pankaja.. of Kulasekara AzhwAr's

Mukunda mala}

 

The words of the last sloka are excellent and significant. Swamy Desikan

himself pays a compliment to the composition that it is sthuthi par

excellence which defies the adiition of any attribute. He says that he

composed this with a mind free from any other thought. He declares that a

mere reading /reciting this sthOthra will bless a person with the direct

vision of the Flute loving Lord who is the beloved of the young Gopa girls

of BrindhAvan.

 

aDiyEn's prayer on this day for more publication of Srimad Bhagawatha

commentary written by Srivaishnava scholars and Acharyas, in easy to read

Tamil and English: No doubt AzhwAr's works/ anubhavams are grander and they

are adequate. But parrot eaten fruit (Sage Sukabrahmam's) must be sweet too.

 

I had read this from one of SrI Anand Karalapakkam's posts:

Finally, adiyEn would like to enlist the various sanskrit commentries

by Sri Vaishnava AchAryAs on Srimad BhAgavatham :

 

a. A commentry attributed to Sri Krishna Guru , disciple of

Sri SomayAji AndAn (pre Desikan period) .

 

b. Commentry known as "SukhapakshyA" by the stAlwart Sudarsana

sUri of "SrutaprakAsikA" fame .

 

c. "BhAgavatha tAtparya chandrikA " by Sri Venkata KrishnamAchAryA

( probably late 18th Century )

 

d. The latest commenty is "VeerarAghaveeyam" by VeerarAghavAchAryA

and is the popular one in use by vidvAns.

 

e. Ongoing tamil series in Nrusimha PriyA is also there as a

reference.

 

Most probably, the commentries a,b, and c are in the manuscript

stages itself (ie. not being printed as a book). Everyone should

seriously consider helping the publishing of the sanskrit

commentries of our poorvAchAryAs which are simply still present

as manuscripts. Many Nectar among nectars are being neglected

somehow. The bhagavad anubhavam obtained from AzhwAr's Divya

Prabandham is more than thousand times the bhagavad anubhavam

that one can possibly obtained from Srimad BhAgavatham . So ,

this granthA is not given that much importance in our sampradAyam,

as it is given in other vaishnava sampradAyams. Also , Vishnu

purAnam is much superior to Srimad BhAgavatham while explaining

tattvAs (very crucial to interpret many Upanishadic passages ).

SarIra sarIrI bhAvA , nArAyanA tattvam , Sri tattvam etc are well

explained and established in Sri Vishnu purAnam . Moreover , it is

much shorter than Srimad BhAgavatham, though containing almost the

same thing. Infact Srimad BhAgavatham of vyAsar is the expansion of

Sri Vishnu PurAnam of his father ParAsarar.

 

Neverthless, Srimad BhAgavatham is another nectar & invaluable

commentries of our most merciful AchAryAs should be made available

to everyone so that the "correct tattvam", without any confusion

is understood by all the interested baddha jIvAtmAs.

 

Sarvam SrI KrishNArpaNamasthu

Kutti KaNNan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

aDiyEn

The words

 

 

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