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Dear swamin:

your post really made adiyen's heart filled with
Kutti Kannans' sowkumAryam, soulabhyam and as 
mentioned NO ONE (chith, achith) can escape from
falling on HIS beauty.

geethAchAryan 
adiyen,
senthil.b


--- Madhavakkannan V <srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> SrI:
> 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
> 
> 
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