Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal - 42

January 8, 2008

Sri:Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Thirukkolur Ammal Varththaigal (Thirukkolur Penpillai Rahasyam) 42. mUlam enRu azhaiththEnO gajarAjanaip pOlE In the eighth skandam of Bhagavata Puranam, the story of Gajendra the elephant,is written. In the Trikuta mountains, there was a beautiful lotus pond ownedby varuna. One day, a herd of elephants led bt Gajendra and his consorts camethere. They entered the pond, took a bath and played around. At that time, acrocodile caught the foot of Gajendra. Gajendra fought with all his strengthbut could not free himself. Later the other elephants too tried to help himbut could not. The battle lasted for many years. Eventually, the elephantlost his strength and realized death was imminent. At that time, he alsorealized that neither could he save himself nor could he trust other beingslike him and

that the only true refuge was Sriman Narayana. He surrenderedto the Lord and called out to the supreme "namo namaste akhila kAraNAyaniShkAraNAya adhbuta kAraNAya ..."; the one who is the source of all (AdimUla).Hearing this plea, all devatas stepped aside, whereas Sriman Narayana goton His Garuda and flew to the pond. There, He used His Sudarshana Chakra andcut the head of the crocodile, freed the elephant and protected him. He thenpersonally accepted the flower that the elephant had plucked from the pondfor Him.Gajendra was a king called Indradyumna and the crocodile was a Gandharva called Hoohoo in their earlier births. Due to a curse, they were born as animals, and now both were freed from their curse. The both praised SrimanNarayana.This event has been praised greatly by Azhvars and Acharyas in their works.Thirukkolur Ammal is asking "Did I cry out to the supreme who is the causefor everything and

attain His grace like Gajendra did?" Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsanhttp://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/ThirukkolurammalVarththaigal/

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