Guest guest Posted February 10, 2004 Report Share Posted February 10, 2004 >"Mukundan" <krupa > >PrahlAdAzhvAn and kUrattAzhvAn >Tue, 10 Feb 2004 09:15:30 -0000 > >SrI: >SrImathE ramAnujAya nama: > >SrI.Madhavakkannan svAmin has asked me to compare on these two great >bhagavathAs, although it is well known that aDiyEn does not have any >arhadai to do so. As he has an intention to train me in our >sampradAyam, aDiyEn ventures to proceed with the comparison. > >There is a very old paripADal poem going like this: > >BrungalAdan palapala piNi paDa >valanduzhi………..tAdaiyAgalin >igazhndum igazhA nenjinanAga…………… > >This is a sanga tamizh poem, which should have been earlier to >nammazhvAr time too. >Here, BrungalAdan is the tamizh equivalent of our PrahlAdAzhvAr. >The poet, kaDuvan iLaveyinAr says that although SrI.PrahlAdan >suffered a lot due to his demon-father, he did not even think ill of >this demon-king, as he was his father. (tAdaiyAgalin). > >? > >For the famous question "who is a SrivaishNavA?", pUrvAchAryAs >answer like this: "One who pities for the suffering souls" is a >SrIvaishNavA irrespective of his caste. >PrahlAdAzhvan went one step ahead. He pitied for the cruel king >whenever the kid was tortured by the demon. So when perumAL insisted >the kid to ask for a boon, the kid just asked to forgive all the >sins committed by his father. > >KUrattAzhvAn went many steps ahead. >When Varadaraja perumAL persuaded him to avail a boon granted by >Him, he asked for the same eternal bliss - which he is going to get - > to be conferred on the tyrant nAlUrAn, who had no blood relation >with AzhvAn as in the case of prahlAdan. So, a mahApApi who was >considered worse than HiraNyakaSibu, could get mOksham, because of >the kAruNyam of this great bhagavatA. > >We do not hear anybody who had sambhandam with SrI.PrahlAdan >attained mOksham. But pUrvAs tell that the tiruvaDi sambhandam of >kUrattAzhvAn, is a sure way of attaining mOksham. > >PrahlAdan continued to rule this world for so many years, even after >seing perumAL. But kUrattAzhvAn left all his wealth just to do >service at his master's lotus feet. > >SrI.PrahlAdAzhvAn's grandson was another demon king, because of >whom, perumAL had to take vAmana avatAram. > >While SrIkUrattAzhvAn's sons are like two eyes to our sampradayam. > >If the much-admired nrusihAvatAram has SrI PrihlAdAzhvAr as the >center-point, can't we say that emperumAnAr vaibhavam has SrI >kUrattAzhvAn as the axial-point > >Now, we may come to a fair conclusion that this nUdana AzhvAn excels >that purANa AzhvAn in all aspects. > >(Please pardon for any mistakes and take them all in nahi-nindA >nyayam) > >dAsan >Mukundan > > > > > >Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka >Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: > Links > > > > > _______________ Check out the great features of the new MSN 9 Dial-up, with the MSN Dial-up Accelerator. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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