Sri Jayanthi - Kutti KaNNan Birthday today- Let us enjoy His dhivya chEshtithangaL

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest all

 

Today 's is His Thirunakshathram. The Sri Jayanthi-

the day Kutti KaNNan appeared. The following incidents

have been reported to be about Kutti KaNNan’s

chEshtithangaL. On the birthday of Kutti KaNNan’s,

this is adiyEn’s humble birthday offering to the

little darling Lord of ours. If we contemplate on His

stealing the butter incidents, He would steal our

hearts as well and get us rid of all our future

births...

 

1. One old Gopika sthree came to YashOdhA. “YashOdhE!

It is not enough, if you have just given birth. You

should know how to bring up a well-mannered

child. Do you know what did your boy do? He came into

my home and asked for milk rice (paaRchOru). He ate

that and then asked for butter. After eating food, I

will not give butter- I said categorically. He angrily

went to the backyard of our house and tied all calves

to their respective mother cows’ legs. The calves

drank all milk and could not even walk with their

stomachs

so much full. I happened to go there and see Him also

standing smiling sheepishly. “yENdaa ippadi seydhhay?

(why did you do like that?)”- When I asked Him, He

said immediately, “maami! (aunty!) Your calves are all

very

lean. They should drink more milk and then only they

will become chubby like me. My mother gives me milk

saying that then only I would become fat and

chubby. That is why I released them, maami. Then they

will become fat and chubby. Hence forth, you also do

that maami- He advised in addition to doing

that mischief.

 

2. Another GopasthrI said, “ammA YashOdhE! I gave

butter (veNNai) to your Boy KaNNan, and do you know

what He did. He went to the back yard and distributed

to dogs, cats, and monkeys. I got terribly angry. I

caught hold of Him and asked Him “why did you do like

that?”. He said “maami.. Your butter stinks and has

become spoiled. How can I eat that? At least let these

poor animals eat. See, they too are not drinking. It

is so unbearable. At least here after give some good

butter to them. He immediately fled from my

hand.

 

3. Girls of KaNNan’s age knocked the door of yaSodhA,

“maami.. mammi.. We had adorned our entrances with 16

point kOlam, coloured kOlam with flower in

the middle etc.. Your KaNNan comes and says, “This

lotus kOlam is not good; this 16 point kOlam is ugly;

this middle flower does not look nice”- saying

this, he spoils all kOlams that we had drawn. “.

Please call him inside so that we can continue with

our kOlam preparation at our homes

 

4. maamI.. your kaNNan (when my mother was combing my

hair) places the PoosaNi (pumpkin) flower (which was

kept in the middle of kOlam above the cow dung) on my

head, without my knowledge. romba paduttharaan maami..

 

I am reminded of Swamy desikan's Gopala Vimsathy,

slokam 5. " hartthum kumbhE..

 

KaNNan slowly enters into the kitchen. He looks there;

and here; no one is around. This is the right time.

YasOdhA, after getting vexed with the mischievous

butter-stealing acts, keeps the butter in a different

container and at a different place to mislead our

Kutti KaNNan. But our Lord- the sarvEshwaran- Does He

not know where the “veNNai” is? Will He get misled?

No.

 

He tip-toes towards the big pot (which is tall as He)-

He opens the lid. And with great effort, puts the

whole hand in upto the shoulder and takes a handful of

butter; puts the whole lot into His mouth. Not enough.

He dips in again! Oh My God! YasOdhA has come in! She

has seen everything. He is caught stealing the butter-

with His mouth full of butter, - with His hand fully

dipped into the pot. What will He do now?

SarvEshwaran- Our Lord Kutti KaNNan is “scared” of the

visible angry mother approaching Him. Will she hit

Him? Will she scold Him? What puishment will she give

Him? He is perplexed.

 

Should He run away? He has taken off one foot and is

ready to run. At the same time, He is not able to run

away because He is cornered and fully caught red

handed. He is neither standing nor is He running! The

little Lord of ours has decided to close His eyes,

unable to see what is going to happen, thinking that

He can avoid the punishment by closing His eyes! The

Universal Lord,- who protects the whole Universe and

even beyond, simply and effortlessly in His Yoga

nitthirai on AdhisEshan, with complete awareness

and knowledge of all and every thing that happens

everywhere- is having His eyes now closed to avoid

seeing His mother coming towards Him!

 

Swamy Sri Vedanta Desikan’s enjoyment is beyond

description in words.

Sarvam SrI KrishNArpaNamasthu

GIthAchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

KaNNan kazhaliNai

naNNum manamudiayeer

yeNNum thirunaamam

thiNNam naaraNamE

Regards

namo narayana

dAsan