Sri KrishNa Jayanthy 2005 & AchArya Vandhanam

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SrI:

 

Dear KrishNa BhakthAs :

 

On this day after KrishNa Jayanthi day , when we celebrated the arrival of

Kutti KaNNan , adiyEn seeks the blessings of Swamy Desikan to share

with you all the greatness of the divine kaavyam of

 

" Yaadhavaabhyudhayam " .

 

This is Srimath VedAntha Desika Virachitha MahA Kaavyam .

It has been commented upon by Sri Appayya Dikshithar .

 

The DippiNi for this MahA Kaavyam has been provided by

Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr VeerarAghavAcchAr Swamy .

The Nrusimha PriyA Trust has released this Sri Sookthi with

the above content in 1998 .

 

Sri YaadhavAbhyudhayam is one of the five mahA Kaavyams

bequeathed to us by Swamy Desikan . The Five Kaavyams

of Swamy Desikan are :

 

(1) Sri YaadhAbhudhya : This covers selected incidents from

th avathAram of BhagavAn Sriman NaarAyaNanan as Lord KrishNa .

It starts with salutation to the Sri Jayanthi Sambhavan ( First slOkam of

SrI Gopala Vimsathy ):

 

VandhE BrundhAvanacharam vallavee janavallabham

Jayanthee sambhavam dhAma Vaijayanthee vibhUshaNam

 

(Meaning): I salute that Divine effulgence named Gopala , who was born on

the Sri Jayanthi day ( day when RohiNi nakshathram is united with Ashtami

tithi ) and roamed in the forests of BrundhAvanam wearing the unfading

garland made of wild flowers of the forest known as Vyjayanthi Maalai .

This garland was His charactrestric decoration . He enchanted the Gopis

of BrundhAvanam . I salute this illustrious JyOthi

 

( http://www.sadagopan.org/acharyans/sd11.htm for the slOkams of

Sri Gopala Vimsathy of Swamy Desikan )

 

At the end of the 24 sargams containing 2,640 slOkams , Swamy Desikan

instructs us on the reasons behind his composition of the Kaavyam of

YaadhavAbhudhaya ( The Last slOkam of YaadhAvAbhudhayam) :

 

Gurubhiranaga-chitthairAhithOdhArabhUmA

surabhitha-rasamEthath soonrutham VenkatEsa:

vyatanutha Yadhuveera preethim-icchan prabhUthAm

KavikaTaka mrugEndhra: kshEmadham Kaavyarathnam

 

(meaning): This gem among Kaavyams has been composed by

the lion among poets and logicians , Sri VenkatEsa Kavi solely

for the pleasure of the Yadhu Veeran ( the hero of the Yadhu vamsam ,

Sri KaNNapirAn . This poet , VenkatEsa Kavi has been empowered by

the superior blessings of AchAryAs of blemishless minds , who are totally

devoid from ajn~Anam . This Kaavya rathnam dealing with the charithram of

Yadhu Veeran will bless every reader with Yoga KshEmam since it is

an abode of true meanings of the eternal Tatthvams .

 

There are 2,640 poems in beautiful as well as rare (Vichithra) metres and

some of the slOkams are set up in the form of Chithra Bhandhams ( Turanga ,

ShOdasa Padhma DhaLam , SarvathOmukha , ardhabramaka and Muraja

Bhandhams) .

 

Among the 24 Sargams , the First one starts with 100 slOkams and the last one

concludes with 95 slOkams . Right at the middle ( 12th and the 13th sargam is

Sri RukmiNi KalyANam with 202 slOkams) .

 

Let us look at the content of the individual Sargams now to get an idea of

the genius of Swamy Desikan in organizing content (100 slOkams) divided across

8 sub-themes :

 

 

a. Kaavya Arambham / Introduction (SlOkams 1-8 ) starting with

the First SlOkam of Sri Gopala Vimsathy as Naandhi /Mangala SlOkam

 

b. Descriptions of Yadhu Vamsa Kings (SlOkams: 9-36)

 

c. Bhumi Devi's complaint to DevAs about the burden of carrying

the earth , when Kamsa's injustices were increasing (SlOkams 37-41).

 

d. DevA's arrival at the MIlky Ocean and their eulogy of Ksheera Saagara

NaaTan (SlOkams 42-64 ).

 

e. Sriman NaarAyaNan's Granting of Darsanam to the DevAs and

their anubhavam of the Lord's Soundharyam (Slokams 65-75).

 

f. DevA's and Bhumi DEvi's prayer to their Lord to intervene

to remove Kamsan's injustices ( SlOkmas 76-02)

 

g. BhagavAn's assuring response and promise to take avathAram

as the son of Devaki and VasudEvar of Yadhu Kulam (SlOkams 93-99).

 

h. BhagavAn's entry in to the garbham of DEvaki at Mathurai (SlOkam 100) .

 

adiyEn will highlight individual slOkams from the First Sargam and continue

with the other Sargams . When we reach the 12th Sarga m , adiyEn will cover

fully the Mangala Charithram of Sri RukmiNi KalyANam .

 

May Sri RukmiNI Kaanthan at ThiruvallikkENi grant His blessings in

this Likhitha Kaimkaryam !

 

Sri KrishNa ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

 

P.S : The rest of the Four MahA Kaavyams of Swamy Desikan in addition to

YaadhavAbhudhayam are listed for completeness here :

 

(2) Sri RanganathA PaadhukA Sahasram ( http://paadhukasahasram.sadagopan.org)

 

(3) Sankalpa SooryOdhayam (http://Sadagopan.org/acharyans/ssmain.htm)

 

(4) Hamsa SandhEsam (

http://www.ibiblio.org/Sripedia/ebooks/Vdesikan/hamsa_sandesa)

 

(5) SubhAshitha Neevi .