Guest guest Posted August 23, 2009 Report Share Posted August 23, 2009 Njanappaana 51 Unni Krishnan manassil kalikkumpol Unnikal mattu venamo makkalai?Mithrangal namukkethra Siva Siva Vishnu bhakthanmaarille bhuvanatthil? When Unni Krishnan (Bhagavaan Himself) plays in our mind, do we need to have children of our own? (lines one and two) Siva! Siva! how many friends we have because don't we have Vishnu devotees in this world? (lines three and four) Poonthaanam uses the word Unni Krishanan to tell us that Guruvayurappan in the form of baby Krishna plays in his mind. When Bhagavaan himself plays in his mind, he does not crave for a child of his own. It is well known that Poonthaanam lost a baby boy who was around six months old in a very sad accident. Because of the intense sorrow, he became detached to this world and his attachment to Guruvayurappan became intense. Baby Krishna started playing in his mind and he could see those pastimes of Krishna clearly with his inner eye. Enjoying the bliss of watching the pastimes of Bhagavaan, he forgot completely about his earthly son who was taken away from him at an early age. He sincerely felt that there is no need to have an earthly child of his own when baby Bhgavaan is with Him all the time. He realized that Bhagavaan is eternal and so also his joy of seeing his leelaas. His own son would have given him happiness for some time in his life, but that baby would grow and eventually that body which was the source of his temporary happiness would perish. Of course, it was perished earlier than expected. Then he realized and asked himself " why invest all attachment in somebody who is not eternal, when my baby Krishna who is the eternal supplier of happiness is dwelling in my heart? " Only after experiencing this realization, he put together the above words in Njanappana and gave it to us. It is his own ripe experience he is passing to us and advises us to redirect our attachment slowly to Bhgavaan by chanting His divine names. Why do we own children when Krishna is always with us taking care of our " yogakshemam " ? After asking this question, he extends this concept first to friends and then to family. Who are his friends? He considers all devotees of Vishnu or Krishna as his friends. He says that there is no shortage of friends because there are so many Bhakthaas of Krishna in this world. Now let us look at the definition of the word " mithra " . Mithra is one of the twelve Aadithyaas. " Mithra represents friendship, integrity, harmony, and all other qualities necessary to maintain order among us. " (from Sanskrit Encyclopedia). So word Mitra represents all the above qualities and one who has these qualities is a mithram or friend. The proverb " a friend in need is a friend indeed " is well known. Poonthaanam says Vishnu Bhakthaas are indeed friends because they help everybody who needs help to advance in the spiritual path. All other friends pulls us away from Bhagavaan and they are not real friends. Here Poonthaanam brings the importance of satsangam also. From his own experience of a tragedy, Poonthaanam reinforces the importance of Naamasankeerthanam and satsangam to attain eternal happiness. Let us chant Bhagavaan's divine names along with Shri Poonthaanam and millions of devotees around the world: Krishna! Krishna! Mukunda! Janaardana! Krishna! Govinda! Naaraayana! Hare! Achyuthaananda! Govinda! Maadhava! Sachidaananda! Naaraayana! Hare! Samasthaaparaadham kshamaswa Sreekrishnaarpanamasthu Regards and prayers Savitri Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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