Guest guest Posted December 5, 2003 Report Share Posted December 5, 2003 Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: What adiyEn had heard somewhere was that Swami Ramanujar, as he climbed the seven hills, kept repeating the gOvinda nAma and from that time forward everyone got into the same habit. Speaking of the vAtsalya guNa shining in the Seven Hills, this is spoken by Sri Prativadi Bhayankaram Annan Swami in his suprabhatam to Thiruvengadamudaiyan "vAtsalyAdi guNa ujjvalAm". When he talks about all the guNas that shine on the mountain (vAtsalya Adi), the quality that he picks first is vAtsalyam. Our acharyas describe that six qualities of the Lord are brought forth by Swami Nammazhvar in his agalakillEn pasuram, submitted at the lotus feet of Thiruvengadam udaiyAn : vAtsalyam, svAmitvam, sausIlyam, saulabhyam, gnyAnam and shakti. These are the six qualities that arise when Thayar intercedes on behalf of a chetana (Mumukshuppadi : "purushakAra balaththAlE SvAthanthryam thalai sAynthAl thalai edukkum guNangaLais sollugiRathu nArAyaNa padham. avaiyAvana - vAthSalyamum Svamithvamum SausIlyamum Saulabyamum nyAnamum sakthiyum."). When surrendering to Thiruvengadamudaiyan, Nammazhvar refers to these six qualities. vAtsalyam - nigaril pugazhAy svAmitvam - ulagam mUnRudaiyAy sausIlyam - ennai ALvAnE saulabhyam - thiruvEngadaththAnE gnyAnam - munikkaNangaL virumbum shakti - amarar virumbum So, why is nigaril pugazhAy refer to vAtsalyam? Because it is this quality that is the highest of all. We can find many who do not tolerate others mistakes; we can even find those who forgive others mistakes; but we cannot find anyone other than Him who enjoy others mistakes (like the cow [dhEnu] enjoying the dirt on its calf [vatsam]). And Nammazhvar says that this quality shines in Thiruvengadam and gives Him the matchless fame. Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- sumithra varadarajan <sumivaradan wrote: > Even today as we enter the foot steps of thirumalai we > hear the govinda nAma everywhere. But where is the link > for govinda nama to thiruvenkatamudaiyan (learned > bhagavatas can through light on this). Adiyen will > present one interesting fact. What is the guna showed by > thiruvenkatamudaiyan? > > "mannOr vinnOr vaippil, pOginra Ezhulagukkum vuyir pAsam > vaiththa nigaril vAtsalyam mujjvalam" (Acharya Hrudhayam) > > What is the definition to the "vAtsalya" guna? > > "attra muraikkil adaindhavarpAl ambuyaikOn kuttramunardhu > egazhum kolgaiyanO? ettrai than kandrinudambin > vazhuvandrO kAdhalippadhu andradhanai yeendrugandha Aa." > (jnana sAram -24) > > Does the sripathi: Sriman narayana hate the jeeva who > surrenders to him seeing all the mistakes he has > committed? Doesn't the cow, which is considered as a > clean animal get rid of all the dirt on its newly born > calf's body with love? > > So probably thiruvenkatamudaiyan learnt this guna of > vatsalyam only from the cow and calf and hence the nama > govinda is chanted by bhakthas to keep reminding him of > this great kalyana guna. > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion./ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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