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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

 

Today is RohiNi Thirunakshathram. Emperumaan KaNNan’s

birth star. KaNNan was born in the month of AvaNi,

krushNa paksham, ashtami thithi combined with RohiNi

star. This day is celebrated as Sri Jayanthi. Sri

Jayanthi always means KaNNan’s Thirunakshathram. Janma

nakshathrams of Sri Nrusmihan, Sri Vamanan are

addressed as Sri Nrusimha Jayanthi, Sri Vamana

Jayanthi respectively. KrishNan means: One who

attracts bhakthAs towards Him.

 

Adi Sankarar (the one who calls Bhagawaan as nirguNan)

says:

 

kandharpakOdi subhagam vaanchithaphaLatham

dhayaarNavam krishNam thayakthvaa

kam anyavishayam nEthrayugam dhrashtum uthsahathE..

 

KaNNan is so handsome and beautiful as the sum total

of crores (millions) of manmathans (cupid). Saakshaath

manmatha manmatha: He grants all that we desire for.

He is the most merciful; Who else would my eyes desire

to see and enjoy? (None..) = Thus Sankara melts at

Kannan’s beauty.

 

After all, our butter thief attracts everybody, so

appropriate to his name. " Karshati iti Krsn: " Krishna

is the one who attracts! But whom does he attract? Our

AcharyAs & AlwArs are naturally attracted by him. But

his attraction is such that, even people who claim

that he is nirguna, etc etc. cannot stop falling for

him! Is he not mAyan?

 

Here is the sloka by a saivaite, Leela Shukar, in his

Krsna karnAmritam, wherein he experiences as,

 

ShaivA vayam na Khalu tatra vichAranEyam

panchAksharI japaparA: nitaram tathApi

chetO madIyam atasIkusumAvabhAsam

smErAnanam smarathi gOpavadhU kishOram

 

Listen to what he says:

 

I am a saivite. There is no doubt about that.

Everyday, morning and evening, I meditate and perform

siva Panchakkshara japam. While uttering japam,

shouldn’t I not concentrate on the manthra devatha

alone and meditate? That does not happen. My mind

always thinks of that Blue hued, impishly smiling

faced, and cowherd Boy KaNNan alone. Japam-

panchaaksharam. And thinking on KaNNan.

 

What is that you are doing?- that KaNNan asks me

naughtily and mischievously.

 

Here is the anubhavam of a staunch advaitin

MadhusUdana saraswathi:

 

DhyAnAbhyAsa vashIkrtEna manasA yannirgunam nishkriyam

jyothi: kinchana yOginO yadiparam pashyanthi

pashyanthu tE

asmAkam tu tadEva lOchana chamatkArAya bhUyAt chiram

kAlindyA: pulineshu yatkimapi tannIlam mahO dhAvathi

 

" Let the so called yogins, who controlled their minds

by Dhyana & abhyasa, behold upon the Brahman, as just

a " jyothis " , which is nirguna(without attributes) and

nishkriya(actionless). But we percieve the same, as

that blue luster (Lord Krsna), which is playing on the

banks of the river YamunA. "

 

Here, the nirgunatva & nishkriyatva, have gone (by the

mention of neela & dhavathi). Even though, Sri.

madhusUdana saraswathi, himself is an advaitin, he is

unable to control his mind, which runs behind that kid

of yashOdA. Isn't our butter thief " mAyan " ?

 

MadhusUdhana Saraswathi- who said, Brahmam sathyam;

All others are false.

There are no qualities, attributes for Bhagawaan.

There is no form for

Bhagawaan. He had also written advaita siddhi.

 

Let those yogis cultivate their minds on formless,

attribute less, jyOthi and meditate.. I do not wish to

see with my eyes what they long to see. I would like

to see with my eyes, and enjoy in my mind - that

indescribable beauty, that Blue hued jyOthi KaNNan who

ran here and there on the banks of Yamuna River.

 

Our AzhwArs have immersed themselves in Krishna bhakti

and that's why they are called AzhwArs..

 

Kualsekara AzhwAr says: I see an unparalleled jyOthi

in my heart. Its name is KaNNan. That medicine can

alleviate any disease. It is also the tastiest nectar.

Not only does it remove the disease of what we undergo

in day-to-day life. It also dispels the karmic disease

of further births and deaths and can grant the

Ultimate Bliss.

 

When even advaithins couldn't stop falling for our

mAyan, the plight of our Azhwars, are very well

understandable.

 

When He is capable of attracting the animals & birds,(

" ezhudu chttirangal pOla ninranave!- periyAzhwAr. It

can be recollected that when this wonder kid played

his flute, the animals etc forgot their food, oozing

out from their mouths & stood still as if they are

pictures), what would be the fate of MadhusUdana

saraswathi & LeelA shukar? It may be recalled that an

advaitin, Appayya dIkshitar, has written a commentary

on swami desikan's " yAdavAbhyudayam " .

 

Sarvam Sri KrishnarpaNamasthu

May the maayan bless us all with kaimkarya ruchi..

ozhivil kaalamellaam udanaay manni vazhuvilaa adimai

seyya vaeNdum naam....

 

yeRRaikkum yEzhEzh piRavikkum unthannOdu uRROmEyaavOm;

 

unakkE naam AtcheyvOm..

matRai num kammangaL maaRRu [PLEASE..have mercy on us]

 

GithAchAryan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Regards

namo narayana

dAsan