Iraamaanusa nooRRanthAthi- 22nd verse- Parathvam declared in KrishNAvathAram

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SrI:

SrImathE Ramanujaya namah:

 

Dearest all,

 

Thus far about EmperumAnAr bhakti towards AzhwArs /

Acharyaayas: EmeprumAnAr [as mentioned in earlier

verse] took refuge at the lotus feet of Yamunai

thuRaivan- Yamunacharya. Hence he has immense bhakti

to the Other [Original] Yamunai thuRaivan – namely

KaNNan- Lord Krishna. He is theertthan- the One who

purifies. He is Paramaacharyan. He is Saadhu

rakshakan; He is JagadhAchAryan. His only objective is

to save the Go, Gopa, Gopikas. He used to play with

them in the banks of Yamuna and thus is called Yamunai

thuRaivan.

 

He saved the folks from the poisounous of Kaalingan

and purified Yamuna also. Thus He is the theertthan.

That’s why Krishnan has a great liking for Yamunai

thuRaivar also.. for his bhakti, jnAnam and vairAgyam.

How? It is an interesting anecdote:

 

[Extract from Sri Dileepan's write up] After Sriman

Nathamuni only Thiru Kurugai Kavalappan had the

knowledge of Ashtangayoga required for the performance

of Bhakti Yoga. The last person known to have

performed this yoga in this yuga is this saint. The

incident of Sri Alavandhar meeting Sri Kavalappan is a

fascinating one.

 

Sri Manakkal Nambi sent Sri Alavandhar to Kavalappan

to study the yoga. When he arrived, Kavalappan was in

deep meditation with Bhagavath Sakshatkaram (direct

vision). Suddenly he (Sri Kavalappan) woke up and

asked whether there was any descendent of " sottai

kulam " present in the vicinity. Alavandhar being one

answered, " adiyEn " . And, he enquired how Sri

Kavalappan guessed his presence. For this Sri

Kavalappan explained that during his meditations

KaNNan’s attention is never distracted by anything.

But on this occasion KaNNan was not paying attention

to Kavalappan. In stead, Sriman Narayana was moving

about and trying to take a peak behind Kavalappan.

This could happen only if a descendent of Sriman

Nathamunigal was present behind him. That was the

greatness of YamunaithuRaivar.

 

And that is the GREATNESS of Paramacharyan KaNNan.

Hence Sri Ramanujacharya lost himself to KaNNan’s

kalyANa guNAs. And that is not surprising. kaNNan

kaNNalladhu illayOr kaNNae.. krushim jushaamahE

krishNathrushNa tatthvamivOdhitham.. The

personification of Krishna bhakti was Nammaazhwaar.

Thus our Srivaishnava acharya/ azhwaars were

resplendent with Krishna bhakti. That is also due to

the KrishNa avathAram wherein He declares Himself time

and again that He is Paradevatha and He is Supreme

Lordship and none else crystal clear. How?

 

 

Let us enjoy the 22nd verse

 

kaartthikai yaanum karimukath thaanum kanalummukkaN

moorththiyum mOtiyum veppum muthukittu moovulakum

pooththava NnE!enRu pORRita vaaNan pizaipoRuththa

theerththanai yEththum iraamaa NnuchanenRan

chEmavaippE. 22

 

KaarthikEyan- SubrahmaNyan, Gajamukhan- Vinayakan,

Sivan, DurgaDevi were all chased away, showing their

backs, when they came to support VaaNaasuran, during

his battle with Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan. They all

praised the greatness of Lord Sriman Narayanan saying

" Oh the Cause of all three worlds! " (“kaaraNa

bhUthanE! " ), and hence, Lord pardoned the asuran (and

left him alive after cutting his shoulders).

Emperumaanaar- Sri Ramanujacharya, who praises such

greatest Lord always, is our invaluable saved wealth

for our protection. [why do we have to wander and

search as to who is the Supreme and then realize like

VaaNan? Instead, get to know straight away and seek

EmperumAnAr Ramanuja’s lotus feet to reach Him].

Banasura was a thousand-armed asura. Banasura was a

powerful and terrible asura. All people even the king

of earth and devas were afraid of him. Bana was a

devotee of Rudran.

 

Banasura had a beautiful daughter named Usha. When

Usha grew up, number of proposals came for her

marriage but Banasur accepted none. Usha one day saw a

young man in her dream and fell in love with him.

Chitraleka was a friend of Usha and daughter of

minister of Banasura. She was a talented lady who

helped Usha to identify the young man seen in the

dream of Usha. He was Aniruddhan the grandson of

Krishna. Chitralekha through supernatural powers

abducted Anirudh from the palace of Krishna and

brought him to Usha. When Krishna knew it he came with

a huge army and attacked Banasura. There was a severe

battle. Shiva helped Banasura by coming with his whole

family of Subramanya, Vinayaka and even his devi. This

is found in Srimad Bhagavatham. Krishna effortlessly

won in the battle and chased Subramanya, Vinayaka and

others run away from the battle field.

 

When Krishna defeated Rudra in the battle, BaaNaasura

seeing that realized that his supporters are not the

ultimate. It is Krishna who is more powerful. Hence he

took the fight on himself. When Krishna tried to kill

him with his ChakrA, Rudran praised Krishna and asked

him to spare his life. Krishna merely cut his thousand

shoulders. He thus spared Bana's life on Siva's

request but cut off all but four of his arms. Krishna

excused Bana and married Usha and Anirudh.

EmperumAnAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo Narayana

dAsan