'Avatara Dina' - Greatness of Tirupati Part-11 By Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji

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Radhe Krishna To all,

 

Sri Ramanuja saw the mountain filled with various fragrant flowers but none to

collect them, string them into garlands and offer them to the Lord. This pained

Sri Ramnuja and he wondered, 'can't someone offer these beautiful flowers for

the Lord?' Ananthazhwar, a disciple of Sri Ramanuja, reading his Guru's thoughts

volunteered to do this service. This was almost a thousand years back. There

were wild animals like the tiger and lion in the dense forests. Vasudeva

parabrahmam who lived six or seven decades back speaks of wild animals that

roamed these forests. What should have been the condition several centuries

back? Even today Rameswaram is in a remote area and one wonders how devotees of

ancient days went there to worship the Lord. Badarikasrama is not easily

accessible even in these modern times yet we find Bhaktas having worshipped the

Lord here in days past. In the same way, worship has been conducted to the Lord

on Tirumala, also.

 

Seeing tears well up in his Guru's (Sri Ramanuja) eyes Ananthazhwar at once set

out to fulfill his (the Guru's) desire. Can one who waits for instructions from

the Guru or tries to wriggle out of any work ordained by the Guru be called a

sishya or a Bhakta? Realising his Guru's heart's desire Anathazhwar at once set

out to Tirupati. He took his wife, who was in the advanced stage of pregnancy,

also along with him. They climbed up the mountain and reached the top of the

mountain. Ananthazwhar at once engaged himself wholly in building a 'nandavan'

(garden) for the Lord. His wife also helped him in digging, drawing water from

the well and carrying it to the garden. Did Anathazwar entertain the desire to

have darshan of the Lord there with the 'varada hasta'? No. His whole mind was

set in serving his Guru through fulfilling his (Guru's) heart’s desire.

 

The Aazhwars have sung several hymns ('paasurams') and this is called

'pa-maalai' (garland of hymns). Anathazhwar was offering 'poo-maalai' (garland

of flowers). To string the flowers on the fibre from banana bark, one dips it in

water and later the garland is sprinkled with water so that it does not go dry

but remains fresh. So too, the Aazhwars have sprinkled and dipped their hymns

('paa-maalai') in their tears; All their hymns were born not out of 'kavita

shakti' (poetic ability) but out of their deep devotion to the Lord. Therefore,

they remain ever fresh in the world.

 

Anathazhwar's only aim was service to the Guru. The couple toiled day and night

to meet the Guru's expectations. Would the compassionate Lord be able to bear

this? He took the form of a young boy and rushed to Anathazhwar. The young boy

wearing the religious mark on the forehead, a tuft on the head and very lustrous

asked Anathazhwar, " What are you doing? "

 

Ananthazhwar the great disciple of Sri Ramanuja quipped, " Mind your own

business. "

 

If a person asks us to mind our own business when we try to pick up a dialogue

with him, be he even a young boy, we should happily welcome it deeming it to be

an advice from the Lord, through him. We should understand that the Lord is

advising us not to enter into useless dialogues. We should thank/bless him and

not lose our temper.

 

The Lord in the form of a young boy approached Anathazwar's wife to lend a

helping hand. She feared her husband and remained quiet. The young boy said to

her, " Mother, I will draw the water from the well and carry it a short distance;

you may carry it to the garden from there. " But she also remained quiet without

accepting his help. The young boy's pleadings to render help falls on deaf ears.

 

!!! Will Continue !!!

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Sri.Sri.Muralidhara Swamiji's discourse from Vijay TV on Greatness of India ,

Importance of human birth , how to reach God and many more in Tamil language....

 

Pl click the link below.... 

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7LhuRJb2a8      

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fgyqOggmros      

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xvV4ruP1Q8Y   

 

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oed8YyTnnng     

 

Regards

Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare

Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare

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