KulasekarAzhwAr PerumAL Thirumozhi- 7.11- Krishna- KaNNA! what a wonderful name!

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

 

Dearest All,

 

AzhwAr pours out his grief for not being able to enjoy

the Kutti KaNNan (in Devaki’s role). He cries out

through the media of Devaki by simulating emotions

motherly tenderness to the child.

 

AzhwAr feels (in the Devaki role) : Please bless me

with those wonderful childhood leelas that you

performed.

 

mallai maan^akark kiRaiyavan Rannai

vaanse lutthivan^ theengaNai maayatthu

ellai yilpiLLai seyvana kaaNaath

theyvath thEvaki pulampiya pulambal

kolli kaavalan maalati mutimEl

kOla maamkula sEkaran sonna

nalli saitthamizh maalaival laar_kaL

naNNu vaarollai naaraNa NnulakE 7.11

 

11. Lord in the Krishna Avataram helped Kamsa, the

King of wealthy and great Madhura, to attain bliss. In

this Avataram Krishna's limitless and extraordinary

exploits could not be seen by Devaki even though she

gave birth to him. These Tamil songs bringing out the

melancholy of Devaki was sung by Kulashekara, the king

of Kolli, who adores the feet of the Lord as an

ornament on his head, in a sweet tune. Those who

recite these songs with understanding will attain

Vaikuntam, the abode of Lord Narayana.

 

Let us conclude this decad with Srirangam Sri TS

Sundararajan Swami’s wonderful write up (extract) on

Krishna name..

 

'karshati iti krshNah' [enchanter, therefore krshNa].

Who can ever have his heart's content in speaking of

krshNa? To think of krshNa is like spending an evening

on the sea-shore; one cannot measure the sea nor know

everything about it, but facing the sea of an

evening yields its own fulfilment. Some of the

Lord's roles came to my mind vividly, and I composed a

modest 'anushTubh' which I offer humbly to the

bhAgavata-s:

 

" krshNAya vAsudEvAya gItA-SAstra-pradAyinE

dEvakI-priya-bAlAya rukmiNyAh patayE nama: "

 

vAsudEva was not only His name as the Absolute, it was

the name most dear to Him too: " vAsudEvas-sarvamiti

sa mahAtmA sudurlabhah! "

 

The Lord's gift of the gItA is forever, and would be a

single sufficient gesture of His love for His

creatures. The SrIkrshNa-charama-SlOkam [sarva-dharmAn

parityajya] should be the anchor-sheet of our career

through life.

 

The sacred name of dEvakI establishes the Lord's

" paratva " identity itself in the ChAndOgya upanishad

[3:16:6]: " ghOra Angirasa said, Be it for krshNa the

son of dEvakI, and became rid of his cravings. "

Hence the sahasra-nAma listing of this name,

 

" Atma-yOnih svayam jAtah vaikhAnah sAmagAyanah

dEvakInandanah srashTA kshitISah pApanASanah. "

 

Thanks to Sri TS Sundararajan swami.

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan