"For the Sake of the Better Half" (fwd)

[Guest guest]

SrImate rAmAnujAya nama:

 

I got the following clarification from an extremely knowledegable Sri

Vaishanava..

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Traditionally its said that HarivamSa mentions the name

of yaSOda's brother "kumbhaH" whose daughter is nappinai

playing with kRushNa from her childhood. I am yet to

take the references from HarivamSa reg this. Ref to this

child as incarnation of nILA dEvi also finds place in

HarivamSa - traditionally said so [yet to see HarivamSa].

 

Satya is different from nappinnai though the way they got

married is same reg the bulls story.

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dAsan

 

 

> While there is no reference to Nappinnai Piraatti, alwars often talk of

> Krishna conquering seven bulls for winning her hand. This story is

> there in Srimad Bhagavatam..However, the name given there is obviously not

> Nappinnai (since Nappinnai is a Tamil name) and neither is this particular

> lady a Gopi.

>

> There is reference in Srimad Bhagavatam for Krishna conquering seven bulls

> in order to marry Nagnajiti (or Satya) the daughter of king Nagnajit of

> Kosala (AyodhyA) ..The references are

> Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.4 , 10.58.43-48

>

> However, this is not in Gokulam.The Alwars , I think, sing of Nappinnai

> piratti as having belonged to Gokulam. I sort of remember Sri Krishna

> Premi saying that this story with the appropriate settings (i.e in

> Gokulam) can be found in the Mahabharata (Harivamsa) . I am not sure if I

> remember whatSri Krishna Premi said very well though...

>

> dAsan

>

[Guest guest]

Srimathey Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha

Dear Bhagavatas,

I too have heard of this. In fact most north indians tease the tamilians for

this because we say that Lord Krishna got married to His maternal uncle's

daughter. This is not allowed in the case of most north indians (and very few

tamilians too)where they reject the gothra of both the father and the mother

while looking for a prospective bride or groom if it matches with either of

their own gothras. In this case, Yasoda's brother's gothra would be same as hers

before she got married. Hence they reinforce their argument that Nappinnai is

even more imaginary after this relationship between her and Lord Krishna is

mentioned.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan

Balaji Srinivasan <sbalaji wrote: SrImate rAmAnujAya nama:

 

I got the following clarification from an extremely knowledegable Sri

Vaishanava..

-------------------------

Traditionally its said that HarivamSa mentions the name

of yaSOda's brother "kumbhaH" whose daughter is nappinai

playing with kRushNa from her childhood. I am yet to

take the references from HarivamSa reg this. Ref to this

child as incarnation of nILA dEvi also finds place in

HarivamSa - traditionally said so [yet to see HarivamSa].

 

Satya is different from nappinnai though the way they got

married is same reg the bulls story.

----------------

dAsan

 

 

> While there is no reference to Nappinnai Piraatti, alwars often talk of

> Krishna conquering seven bulls for winning her hand. This story is

> there in Srimad Bhagavatam..However, the name given there is obviously not

> Nappinnai (since Nappinnai is a Tamil name) and neither is this particular

> lady a Gopi.

>

> There is reference in Srimad Bhagavatam for Krishna conquering seven bulls

> in order to marry Nagnajiti (or Satya) the daughter of king Nagnajit of

> Kosala (AyodhyA) ..The references are

> Srimad Bhagavatam 3.3.4 , 10.58.43-48

>

> However, this is not in Gokulam.The Alwars , I think, sing of Nappinnai

> piratti as having belonged to Gokulam. I sort of remember Sri Krishna

> Premi saying that this story with the appropriate settings (i.e in

> Gokulam) can be found in the Mahabharata (Harivamsa) . I am not sure if I

> remember whatSri Krishna Premi said very well though...

>

> dAsan

>

 

 

 

Srirangasri-

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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