Sadhna and Love - IV

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cont'd<br>------------------<br><br>If we do Bagavath Bakthy or divine love, we

will

automatically love all other creatures as our "bothers &

isters"!! One of the Tamil saints, <br>Ramalinga Adikalar

says that, his hearts, burns just by seeing a dried

plant!!! Such is the greatness of compassion or love. Love

is also called "Karunyam" or "Premam" in

Sanskrit.<br><br>Discussion on love would be incomplete without mentioning

about Srimath Bagavatham. Veda Vyasa wrote 1008

Puranas. But, his heart was not satisfied. So, he asked

the reason to Narada. Narada said that, he did not

write a Purana which describes Prema Bakthy. So, he

narrates Srimath Bagavatham to his son Suka Bhramham, who

is a great gnani & sits on the Pushpa banam or the

flower bow of Matha ji. Suka is actually a parrot-faced

man, & is one among the acharyas of Advaitham. Then,

when Parikshith Maharaja, built a fort in the middle

of the ocean inorder to avoid death from snakes,

Suka narrates the whole of Srimath Bagavatham in seven

days & Parikshith attains mukthy, just on hearing the

glores of the <br>Prema bakthy of Gopikas. This

tradition is called "Bagavatha Sapthaham" & is followed

upto this date in South. The lives of great saints

like, Thyagaraja are based on the principles of Srimath

Bagavatha. Such people are called Bagavathas or those who

sing the glories of Sri Krishna. In Guruvayoor temple,

Lord is pleased only by chanting Srimath Bagavatham.

Narayana Bhattathiri,who was a great Sanskrit scholar,

wrote the whole Bagavatham in simple Sanskrit in a

literal work called "Narayaneeyam". <br><br>While writing

the leelas of Sri Krishna, he had a doubt whether,

Krishna might have done the Kalinga Nardhana Leela at the

age of eight. To clear his doubts, Sri Krishna

performed the dance on Kalinga snake inside the temple

premises. Also, after writing the whole book, he got

"Vaikunta Darshanam" inside the temple. Same was the case

with OOthukadu Venkata Subbiyer, who wrote the whole

of Srimath Bagavatham, as simple, sweet tamil songs.

His song, "Alai PAyuthe" in Kanada ragam is really

wonderful. He has also seen Kalinga Nardhanam inside the

temple premises of OOthukadu ,a small village near

Tanjore. <br><br>Srimath Bagavatham is Sri Krishna himself

& it's not a book or script as we see in other

religions. <br><br>Leelas of Sri Krishna & the prema bakthy

of Gopikas for Sri Krishna are sweet for ever. So,

only Upanisha Bhramhendra sings, "Hasitham MAdhuram

Vadhanm Madhuram... Mathuradipathe Akilam MAdhuram"

meaning: Sri Krishna's smiling is sweet, & all the aspects

of the King of Mathura are very very

sweet!!!<br><br>Thiru Moolar says that, love is God & love is

Shivam.<br><br>Let's love all the creatures & find light in Divine

Love.<br><br>!!!!!!!Gopika Jeevana Smaranam Govinda Govinda

!!!!!!!!!<br><br>srigant