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 > > > __________________________________________________ > Do You Yahoo!? > Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam > protection around > http://mail.yahoo.com > > > __________________________________________________________ Yahoo! India Answers: Share what you know. Learn something new http://in.answers.yahoo.com/ Azhvar EmberumAnAr JeeyAr ThiruvadigalE Saranam http://www.vedics.net Yahoo! 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