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The 81st Naamam of SrI VenkatEsa AshtOttharam:
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DevakI-nanadhanAya Nama:

One who gladdens the heart of His Mother, Devaki and brings joy to  her.

Although Queen  Devaki did not have the bhAgyam of seeing her son KrishNA's leelAs as a child , She was the birth mother of the Lord. That great good fortune of raising the child and enjoying His boyhood pranks rested with a noble lady from the cowherd clan in Gokulam.

The sorrow of Devaki over her misfortune has been described by KulasEkara AzhwAr as " Yellayil PiLLai SeyvAn kANAd- Dhaiva  DEvaki pulambiya pulambal " . AzhwAr describes the lamentations of Queen Devaki as expressions of heart felt sorrow over Her lost good fortune and salutes her( the other Mother)  as " Dhaiva Devaki " ( Divine DEvaki). These 11 paasurams form the 7th decad of KulasEkarar's PerumAL Thirumozhi.

The 8th Paasuram is a moving one , where Queen Devaki , " the biological Mother " of Sarveswaran vicariously enjoys the Lord being tied up by the foster Mother , YasOdhA and compliments YasOdha for her enjoyment of the infinite bliss of direct experience of the Lord's Baala KreeDais:

Muzhuthum VeNNai aLainthu thottuNNum
mukizhiLam siRutthAmaraik-kaiyum
yezhil koLL thAmpu koNDadippathaRkku yeLku nilayum
veNN Tayir tOyntha sevvAyum
azhuhayum anji nOkkum annOkkum
thozhuhayum ivai kaNDa YasOdhai
tollai inbatthu iRuthi kaNDALE

(Meaning): Our Lord was dipping deep in to the pot of VeNNai and enjoying the tasting of that with His lotus soft hand . YasOdha caught Him in the act and threatened to tie  Hm up with a rope ; our Lord feigned to be afraid over the proposed punishment and stood still without runnning . At that time , the corners of His mouth were showing pieces of curd that He had just helped Himself with  . He began to cry and opened His beautiful mouth with pearly teeth to beg His mother not to tie Him down. All these sights were enjoyed by the fortunate YasOsdha and she reached the height of the limitless bliss of anubhavam of the youthful pranks of the Lord , My son.

At the time of His avathAram in the prison of His uncle Kamsan , our Lord blessed His Mother with the bliss of
sevai with Four hands as SrIman NaarAyaNan and thus became Devaki Nandhanan. Later in His avathAram days, He reunited with His parents , Devaki and VasudEvar at DhwArakai.




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