apology to have transgressed the rules of the group

[Guest guest]

SrI:

SrImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

SrI KrishNa parabrahmaNE namaha

SrImAn nArAyaNa charaNau saraNam prapadyE

 

dear vaishNavAs,

 

I am extremely sorry to have posted my personal

opinions (as well as doubts) about other sAmpradAyAs

in a whose purpose is not do deal them. I

request one and all to forgive me for my offensive

behavior as well as my ignorance.

 

dAsOham,

SrIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.

 

 

--- ramanuja wrote:

 

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> There are 4 messages in this issue.

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> Topics in this digest:

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> 1. sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3

> vinod sv <winode_sv

> 2. sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -2

> vinod sv <winode_sv

> 3. Re: Other Sampradayas,

> "Ramananda Gaura Dasa"

> <neamai

> 4. Re: Other Sampradayas,

> "krishna_susarla"

> <krishna_susarla

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> Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:07:42 -0700 (PDT)

> vinod sv <winode_sv

> sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3

>

>

> SrI:

> SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:

> SrI krishNa parabrahmaNE nama:

>

> dear vaishNavAs,

>

> I wish you all a happy, devotional new year on this

> ugAdi.

>

> sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3

>

> 9. nArada meets sri Lakshmi and tells Her about

> nArAyaNa

>

> Narada comes to know about the desertation of sri

> vaikuntham without srI dEvi and paramapada nAthan.

> He

> understands that his desire that Sri Hari to goto

> earth for the restoration of dharma has been

> fulfilled. He reaches sathya lOka and explains the

> situation of Sri mAdhava in search of mAdhavi. The

> Lord is much reduced for not having food and sleep.

> Here the self-satisfied Lord gives a great

> opportunity

> for His devotees to serve Him. NArada requests

> brahma

> to arrange the Lord with some food.

>

> Brahma thinks over for a while and asks nArada to go

> and meet Lakshmi in kolhapur. He himself starts for

> kailAsa. In kailAsa, Siva receives brahma with due

> honour and enquires about the purpose of his visit.

> Brahma explains the whole situtation in sri

> vaikuntha

> and the position of their dearest Lord on earth. He

> suggests Siva and himself should take the shape of a

> cow and calf and feed vishNu with milk, to help him

> to

> recoup. Siva readily agrees to such a great

> opportunity to serve his Lord.

>

> NArada, as directed by brahma goes to kolhapur and

> meets Lakshmi dEvi. Sri dEvi duly receives nArada

> and

> then nArada speaks: ‘oh mother! Why have you left

> your

> rightful place sri vaikunTham, and are suffering

> here

> on earth like an ordinary woman, wearing saffron

> robes

> and performing penance?’

>

> Lakshmi couldnot avoid burst into tears in

> remembrance

> of Her Lord’s negligence towards Herself(?). However

> she explains her plight to nArada in detail. After

> hearing to her, nArada says, ‘this is how providence

> plays. After you left sri vaikuntha, nArAyaNa also

> left the place and wandering from place to place in

> search of You, is now taking shelter in vAlmIkam

> under

> a tamarind tree in Tirupathi. He is deprived of food

> and sleep. He has gone down very much. You please

> arrange to feed Him with the help of brahma and

> Siva’.

>

> After saying these words, nArada takes leave of

> Lakshmi.

>

> 10. Brahma and mahEswar become cow and calf to feed

> vishNu

>

> Having heard from nArada, the suffering of her

> husband, Lakshmi is very worried. She could not

> understand what could be done to feed Her husband.

> Both brahma and mahEswar immediately appeared

> infront

> of Her to come to Her aid. She explains Her

> situation

> to the appeared divinities, and they in return

> express

> their desire to serve the Lord in the form of a cow

> and a calf. They ask Her to take the take the form

> of

> a cowherd woman and take them to chandragiri and

> sell

> them to chOLa king, to felicitate them to feed their

> Lord.

>

> 11. Lakshmi dEvi sells the cow and calf to the chOLa

> king

>

> Lakshmi dEvi drives the divine cow and cald to

> chandragiri town and reached the king’s palace. She

> tells the king that she intends to sell the the cow

> and cald to him, She adds that these cattle belong

> to

> a special breed and ordinary people cannot rear the

> same. That is why, she says, wants to sell them to

> the

> king.

>

> Both the king and the queen are attracted by the

> appearances of the cow and calf and purchase the

> cattle from Her. Taking leave of the royal couple,

> Lakshmi dEvi returned to kolhApUr and resumed Her

> meditation on the lotus feet of the Lord.

>

> The ChOLa queen has desired to feed her child with

> the

> cow of the new cow, though she has several cows.

> She

> therefore called her cowherd and ordered him that he

> should have a special care in grazing that new cow

> and

> her milk should be brought to her separately.

>

> The cowherd used to drive the new cow also along

> with

> other herds for grazing to vEnkatAchalam. But this

> cow

> never mixes with other cows. It uses to get itself

> isolated from the others and without anybody’s

> notice

> goto vAlmIkam where Sri Hari is taking shelter and

> rain milk from her breast direct into the vAlmIkam

> and

> rejoin the herd by the evening. When it returned

> home,

> there is not no drop of milk found in her breast.

> This

> continued for many days.

>

> 12. Sri Hari curses the chOLa king

>

> One day the wife of the chola king calls the cowherd

> and angrily says ‘not even for a single day you

> brought the milk of the new cow. Is the cow not

> milking or have you been gulping all the milk got

> from

> her or are you making money out of it by selling

> separately. Speak out the truth’.

>

> The cow-herd says, ‘madam! I am quite innocent. I do

> not know anything. Every evening, soon after driving

> the cattle back home, I do try to milk this cow, as

> I

> do with other. To my surprise, I find its breasts

> always dry. I do not understand the miracle behind’.

>

> The queen gets wild to hear these words, as they

> seem

> unbelievable for her. ‘will any cow with a tender

> calf

> go dry? I do not believe your words. Tomorrow, if

> you

> donot bring its milk, you will be punished’ she

> says.

> The cowherd trembles in fear. He postrates before

> her

> and goes away.

>

> The next morning when he takes the cattle for

> grazing,

> the cowherd has a special eye on this cow. After

> reaching vEnkatAchalam, he finds this particular cow

> going astray. He silently follows. As usual the

> cow

> nears the vAlmIka and begin raining milk from its

> opening. The cowherd’s anger crosses all bounds. He

> immediately takes an axe and tries to hurt the cow.

>

> Sri Hari sees that the cow, which all these days

> feedoing Him, is going to face the fierceful blow

> from the cow-herd’s axe. He immediately comes out of

>

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