TWIN or Two in ONE Sayana Pradakshinam

October 25, 2009

Have you heard or seen two persons embracing one another and doing Sayana

Pradakshinam as a single body?

I heard it in a Bhagavata Saptaha Pravachanam.The incident is about a hundred

years old and in Guruvayur Temple.

Chinnakutty Sastrigal and Ottur Unni Namboothiripad were great devotees of

Bhagavan and Bhagavatam.They used to meet and discuss frequently in

Guruvayurappan temple.Topics were invariably Bhagavan and Bhagavatam.Once they

were reciting before the lord the Rasa Panchadhyayi.When they came to the sloka

describing the disappearance of the lord from the midst of the gopies in the

forest at ghorarupa night both of them being in the tan mayi bhava became very

much agitated out of pity for the girls.Facing " hanta bhagyam jananam " both

scolded the Lord vehemently -using very strong words like great

cruelty,unkindness.After letting off the steam,they continued the parayanam of

Gopika Geetam etc and came to the reappearance of the Lord as manmatha manmatha

and His telling the girls that he had not gone anywhere else and was only

wanting to refine them by ridding of their pride and making them more fit for

Ras Leela.This immediately brought a change of mood and both

bhaktas became remorseful and apologetic to the Lord for unwararanted use of

harsh words earlier.They discussed their hateful behaviour and decided that they

should do prayasthittam.As the papa of scolding the Lord was committed

jointly,atonement should also be joint.Sayana Pradakshinam was decided upon.They

tightly embraced one another to form a single body and did Sayana Pradakshinam.

The Lord must have been greatly pleasaed as well as amused.

V.V.SubramanianC2-97,Janak Puri,New Delhi-110058Tel: 011-

45523405 25552505 9313714631

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October 26, 2009

Dear Subramaniaji,

What a wonderful story of Sastrigal and Ottoor, parama bhakthaas! Stories like these helps all devotees and I feel blessed to be in this group of great devotees.

regards and prayers

Savitri

On Sun, Oct 25, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Subramanian Vydianathan <vvs1934 wrote:

TWIN or Two in ONE Sayana PradakshinamHave you heard or seen two persons embracing one another and doing Sayana Pradakshinam as a single body?I heard it in a Bhagavata Saptaha Pravachanam.The incident is about a hundred years old and in Guruvayur Temple.

Chinnakutty Sastrigal and Ottur Unni Namboothiripad were great devotees of Bhagavan and Bhagavatam.They used to meet and discuss frequently in Guruvayurappan temple.Topics were invariably Bhagavan and Bhagavatam.Once they were reciting before the lord the Rasa Panchadhyayi.When they came to the sloka describing the disappearance of the lord from the midst of the gopies in the forest at ghorarupa night both of them being in the tan mayi bhava became very much agitated out of pity for the girls.Facing " hanta bhagyam jananam " both scolded the Lord vehemently -using very strong words like great cruelty,unkindness.After letting off the steam,they continued the parayanam of Gopika Geetam etc and came to the reappearance of the Lord as manmatha manmatha and His telling the girls that he had not gone anywhere else and was only wanting to refine them by ridding of their pride and making them more fit for Ras Leela.This immediately brought a change of mood and both

bhaktas became remorseful and apologetic to the Lord for unwararanted use of harsh words earlier.They discussed their hateful behaviour and decided that they should do prayasthittam.As the papa of scolding the Lord was committed jointly,atonement should also be joint.Sayana Pradakshinam was decided upon.They tightly embraced one another to form a single body and did Sayana Pradakshinam.

The Lord must have been greatly pleasaed as well as amused.V.V.SubramanianC2-97,Janak Puri,New Delhi-110058Tel: 011- 45523405 25552505 9313714631 From cricket scores to your friends. Try the India Homepage! http://in./trynew