Sri: Dear Members : Srimathy Saroja is immersing us in the delight of Swamy Desikan's MahA Kaavyam of Sri YaahavAbhudhaya . On behalf of all of us , adiyEn would like to extend to Her our thanks for this Kaimkaryam and pray to Sri DEvaki Nandhana JaganmOhana KrishNan to visit our homes thru these delectable postings . NamO VaasudEvAya , V.Sadagopan Moderator ----- Original Message ----- From: "sarojram18" <sarojram18@xxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, March 26, 2006 6:37 AM Subject: [Oppiliappan] Yadhavabhyudhaya > Chapter 2. > > Devaki appeared divine because she carried the > krishnarasayana, the elixir which is sidhdha and sidhdhanishevitha, > resorted to by the sages being sure of effect. > Devaki ate the mud, symbolic of the earth, during her > pregnancy as if she is showing buy her action, naatitham, that the > one who has devoured the whole earth is inside her, ` bhukthaa puraa > yene vasundharaa saa sa visvabhoktha mamagarbhabhoothah, ` says > Desika. She dreamt that she was lying on Adhisesha and traveled on > Garuda. Utthamur swami explains this as ` devakigarbhagantham > bhagavanthamprthak paricharithum anishtvaa seshaadhayah > devakeesthathvaveshenaiva paricharantheeva.' It looked as though > Adhisesha and others carried devaki along with the Lord in order to > do service to Him.She walked slowly as if not to burden the earth > with the weight of Him who is visvaguru, the mighty Lord who has all > the universe in Him. He is vidvaguru or jagatguru as He was going to > impart the Gita to the world and also the greater than the greatest, > mahatho mahiyaan. The word `guru ` contains a pun to mean preceptor > as well as big. > > Then starts the description of the night of Krishnavathaara. > The appearance of the dusk, sandhya, seemed to denote the advent of > the Lord. Sandhy, personified as a damsel,a is compared to the form > of the Lord, murdhvishah murthih dhvitheeyaa, on account of the > attire of golden hue, suvarnapithaambharavaasinee, and hiding the > Sun with the brilliance of own light, svadhaamasamchaadhtha > suryamurthih. The Sun sinking in the ocean seemed to seek some > support avalambhana, by his rays stretched out. He looked like a > lotus plucked from the pond of the sky by sandhya and the crest > jewel of a serpent plunging into the ocean afraid of Garuda in the > form of sandhya. The richness of poetic imagination of Desika is > illustrated by these words. > > At the setting of the Sun, the ay being ashtami 8th day of > krishnapaksha, dark fortnight, no moon appeared and darkness spread > everywhere. Stars looked like a garland of pearls to adorn the Lord > on His avathaara prepared by His servant, the Kala, Time. Later when > the moon rose the eastern direction looked like Devaki. > Thamafprasangena vimuchyamaana gourprabhaa. The paleness of her is > the white light,gouraprabhaa of the moon who has risen from darkness > as she is going to be freed from her sorrow, thamafprasangena > vimuchyamaana. The Moon being the first forefather of the Yadhuvamsa, > looked like a purohitha, priest coming after bath from the ocean to > do the samskara, the rites for the newborn. > > The darkness that first came was like the haalaahala, the > terrible poison which came out of the milky ocean, namely the eastern > direction indicative of the subsequent emergence of Lakshmi, the good > fortune of Yadhuvamsa. Desika says later in describing Krishna that > Lakshmi was always with the Lord which ever avathara he took because > She is inseparable as the sloka goes ` Raaghavathve > bhavathseetharukminee Krishna janamani anyeshuchaavathaareshu > vishnoreshaa anapaayini.'It is said that even in Vamanaavathaara > Lakshmi was in His chest to hide whom the Lord covered His chest with > deerskin lest He could not take away the aisvarya of Bali if he gets > the glance of Lakshmi, lakshmikataaksha. > > Then the auspicious time for the avathaara drew near. The > wicked people like Kamsa were sleeping and the good were awake like > Devaki and Vasudeva.Vadfyagosha of divine instruments could be heard > everywhere. The lamps in the house of Kamsa became extinct for no > reason and so did the anguish in the minds of devotees. > Ashtami was chosen by the Lord for his avathaara as the eighth child > and the next day Navami was going to be he day of the avathara of > Yogamaaya. Hence, as Desika puts it, ashtami became prathama and > navami, dvitheeya. Krishna appeared at vrishabha lagna when the five > planets, Chandra, angaraka,bhudha guru and sani were in exalted > position. Desika describes His manifesting Himself as Devaki ,the > eastern direction produced the Lord , the moon implying that He was > not born in the usual way but as He says in the Gita `sambhavaami > aathmamaayayaa' He only made Himself manifest as the moon coming out > in the East. Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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