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- Subject: RE: [SriRangaSri] Gajendra moksham - ever interesting
- From: "Mukund" <krupa@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 2009 16:43:38 +0800
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SrI:
Dear Srivaishnavas,
Quite an interesting discussion.
The pages which cover this topic 'gajendra
moksham' under the caption 'The flying squad' from the book "The
Choice is Yours - Part1" of SrI.K.Sadagopaniyengar, are here .... With author's
kind permission, adiyen is sending this for your reading
pleasure.
The author has written (and is writing) many such
interesting articles. He is one of the members of Srirangasri advisory
board.
-dAsan
Dear Bhagavathas,
Jai Sreemannarayana.
I listened to
this episode of Gajendra about 50 years back in my child hood at the age of 6 or
7. That time the chrocodile was villan and the elephant was a humble devotee and
he should have been rescued and recognised by Lord Vishnu much much earlier. THE
LORD DELAYED. Probably I was biassed that elephant was string, yet vegitarian
and chrodile snaches everyithing that innocently crosses accross its stream.
Adding 50 more years of "ALL KINDS OF KNOWLEDGE", still I am biassed to
Gajendra. I am not able to accept vegitarians / non-vegitarians, strong / weak,
all races, animals, living and non living things are all His creation and for
the Lord IT IS "OUR OWN DEEDS, KARMA and PHALAM" (cause, process and effect)
across many lives of the ATHMAN. There was great response to your query on this
web post(all valid) to your inquisitiveness, still I wanted to add little more.
If you observe carefully over past 2000 or 3000 years mankind has struggled to
pass on the knowlege they gained to next generations in various forms. Thus
VEDAS was born and episodes, stories, music and songs, art and paintings,
theatre, efective ways to remember and continue His WILL and process of
creation. Yet complete or incomplete (no one knows), but He is complete.
You can look at the episode of GAJENDRA in may ways. With my limited
knowledge, I venture to show FIVE ways, you may understand this. (1) Gajendra
strugled a lot, until his energies are OVER and in other words his egos are
killed. Then he said -- "Neeve thappa ithah paramberuga(Pothanna Teulgu
Bhagavatham)" -- meaning I do not know any thing other than You (Lord) and You
(Lord) alone. (2) Gajendra fought with the chrocodile for length of time taking
a enemy attitude. Not realising the other creature is also His. You will see at
the end of the episode even the crocodile was given moksham by Lord
Sreemannarayan. (3) Probably Gajendra was aware of his strengths and wished not
to trouble Lord and exausted his energies in fighting the creature for 1000
years (1000 is only symbolic for long time), not knowing the strengths of other.
(4) Lord has (PASS) tested his devotee and given him ad US such a MESSAGE that
He is the ultimate and with energy or without, we are His. (5) Finally
SARANAGATHI - sarva dharman parithyajya - maamekam saranam vraja - to teach this
in the form of a ever memorable GAJENDRA MOKSHAM. Gajedra, when nearing Lord
RANGANATHA - left all his kingdom, wives, property, energy and ego to realize
Lord RANGANATHA (Vishnu). Our ALWARS who were sepearated by Lord's will came to
earth to enlighten US, preached BHAKTHI, through their DIVYAPRABANDHAM s and
never wanted anything other than His Lotus feet and reunion with HIM (our only
Lord RANGANATHA. And BHAKTHI alone is the way to Lord. Saint Thyagaraja also
says "Sangeetha gyanamu - Bhakti vinaa - Vere sanmargamu galade". Meaning -
Knowledge of music (samavedam) and devotion to Lord is the way of life and
nothing wlse is life.
Wishing you al the best for making many like me to
think a little on Lord Ranganatha and Alwars.
Ever humble to all
devotees - Peesapati V V S Chari
Web site - http://etemples.net
P V V
S Chari
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