Sri Vishnuchitta kulanandana kalpavalli!!! (Part-1)

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Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha

Srimad Vara Vara MunayE namaha

Sri Vanachala mahA munayE namaha

 

The dasama skandam (10th canto) of Srimad bhagavatham talks largely

about the krishnAvataram. This is the favourite skandam of all

Krishna lovers. It is said that the actual essence of bhagavatham

itself is only the tenth canto and the previous nine are just an

avatarikai-Introduction. The first nine are just appetizers

preparing us for a delicious meal. At the end of the ninth canto

sukAcharya talks about the ramAvatara and completes krishnavatara

very briefly. Parikshit who was eagerly waiting to here about the

leelas of Krishna his life-saviour was highly disappointed. He

therefore requested sukar to tell him in more detail about the

krishnavatara. Sukar was more eagerly waiting to say the same but

hesitated considering the tiredness of parikshit who was earlier a

king enjoying pleasures. Since now parikshit himself confessed that

all his tiredness due to samsAram till today has been washed out

hearing bhagavat kalyana gunas sukar continued with the pravachanam

(lecture).

 

The very start of the tenth canto talks about the necessity of

emperuman taking avathara as Krishna. Bhoomi piratti not being able

to withstand the atrocities on the earth, with eyes full of tears

complained to brahma. Brahma and others prayed to emperuman to save

bhoomi piratti from this difficulty. Emperuman assured brahma that

he would take a special avathara as a son of devaki and vasudevar and

do dusta nigraham and sista paripAlanam (“parithrAnAya sAdhoonAm vinA

shAyatha dushkruthAm dharma samstApanArthAya sambhavAmi yugE yugE”).

Brahma then instructed all the devas who were interested in enjoying

the avatara of emperuman to take birth on earth.

 

So for the sake of bhoomi piratti emperuman and all the devas decided

to take birth. Let’s see what happened then in the next posting.

 

(To Be Continued)

 

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam

Adiyen ramanuja dAsee

Sumithra Varadarajan

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