SrI:
SrImathE rAmAnujAya namaha
SrI KrishNa parabrahmaNE namaha
SrImAn nArAyaNa charaNau saraNam prapadyE
dear vaishNavAs,
I am extremely sorry to have posted my personal
opinions (as well as doubts) about other sAmpradAyAs
in a yahoo group whose purpose is not do deal them. I
request one and all to forgive me for my offensive
behavior as well as my ignorance.
dAsOham,
SrIperumbUdUru vEnkaTa vinOd.
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> 1. sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3
> From: vinod sv <winode_sv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 2. sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -2
> From: vinod sv <winode_sv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> 3. Re: Other Sampradayas,
> From: "Ramananda Gaura Dasa"
> <neamai@xxxxxxxxx>
> 4. Re: Other Sampradayas,
> From: "krishna_susarla"
> <krishna_susarla@xxxxxxxxx>
>
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> Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 06:07:42 -0700 (PDT)
> From: vinod sv <winode_sv@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3
>
>
> SrI:
> SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
> SrI krishNa parabrahmaNE nama:
>
> dear vaishNavAs,
>
> I wish you all a happy, devotional new year on this
> ugAdi.
>
> sri vEnkatEswara mahatyam part -3
>
> 9. nArada meets sri Lakshmi and tells Her about
> nArAyaNa
>
> Narada comes to know about the desertation of sri
> vaikuntham without srI dEvi and paramapada nAthan.
> He
> understands that his desire that Sri Hari to goto
> earth for the restoration of dharma has been
> fulfilled. He reaches sathya lOka and explains the
> situation of Sri mAdhava in search of mAdhavi. The
> Lord is much reduced for not having food and sleep.
> Here the self-satisfied Lord gives a great
> opportunity
> for His devotees to serve Him. NArada requests
> brahma
> to arrange the Lord with some food.
>
> Brahma thinks over for a while and asks nArada to go
> and meet Lakshmi in kolhapur. He himself starts for
> kailAsa. In kailAsa, Siva receives brahma with due
> honour and enquires about the purpose of his visit.
> Brahma explains the whole situtation in sri
> vaikuntha
> and the position of their dearest Lord on earth. He
> suggests Siva and himself should take the shape of a
> cow and calf and feed vishNu with milk, to help him
> to
> recoup. Siva readily agrees to such a great
> opportunity to serve his Lord.
>
> NArada, as directed by brahma goes to kolhapur and
> meets Lakshmi dEvi. Sri dEvi duly receives nArada
> and
> then nArada speaks: ?oh mother! Why have you left
> your
> rightful place sri vaikunTham, and are suffering
> here
> on earth like an ordinary woman, wearing saffron
> robes
> and performing penance??
>
> Lakshmi couldnot avoid burst into tears in
> remembrance
> of Her Lord?s negligence towards Herself(?). However
> she explains her plight to nArada in detail. After
> hearing to her, nArada says, ?this is how providence
> plays. After you left sri vaikuntha, nArAyaNa also
> left the place and wandering from place to place in
> search of You, is now taking shelter in vAlmIkam
> under
> a tamarind tree in Tirupathi. He is deprived of food
> and sleep. He has gone down very much. You please
> arrange to feed Him with the help of brahma and
> Siva?.
>
> After saying these words, nArada takes leave of
> Lakshmi.
>
> 10. Brahma and mahEswar become cow and calf to feed
> vishNu
>
> Having heard from nArada, the suffering of her
> husband, Lakshmi is very worried. She could not
> understand what could be done to feed Her husband.
> Both brahma and mahEswar immediately appeared
> infront
> of Her to come to Her aid. She explains Her
> situation
> to the appeared divinities, and they in return
> express
> their desire to serve the Lord in the form of a cow
> and a calf. They ask Her to take the take the form
> of
> a cowherd woman and take them to chandragiri and
> sell
> them to chOLa king, to felicitate them to feed their
> Lord.
>
> 11. Lakshmi dEvi sells the cow and calf to the chOLa
> king
>
> Lakshmi dEvi drives the divine cow and cald to
> chandragiri town and reached the king?s palace. She
> tells the king that she intends to sell the the cow
> and cald to him, She adds that these cattle belong
> to
> a special breed and ordinary people cannot rear the
> same. That is why, she says, wants to sell them to
> the
> king.
>
> Both the king and the queen are attracted by the
> appearances of the cow and calf and purchase the
> cattle from Her. Taking leave of the royal couple,
> Lakshmi dEvi returned to kolhApUr and resumed Her
> meditation on the lotus feet of the Lord.
>
> The ChOLa queen has desired to feed her child with
> the
> cow of the new cow, though she has several cows.
> She
> therefore called her cowherd and ordered him that he
> should have a special care in grazing that new cow
> and
> her milk should be brought to her separately.
>
> The cowherd used to drive the new cow also along
> with
> other herds for grazing to vEnkatAchalam. But this
> cow
> never mixes with other cows. It uses to get itself
> isolated from the others and without anybody?s
> notice
> goto vAlmIkam where Sri Hari is taking shelter and
> rain milk from her breast direct into the vAlmIkam
> and
> rejoin the herd by the evening. When it returned
> home,
> there is not no drop of milk found in her breast.
> This
> continued for many days.
>
> 12. Sri Hari curses the chOLa king
>
> One day the wife of the chola king calls the cowherd
> and angrily says ?not even for a single day you
> brought the milk of the new cow. Is the cow not
> milking or have you been gulping all the milk got
> from
> her or are you making money out of it by selling
> separately. Speak out the truth?.
>
> The cow-herd says, ?madam! I am quite innocent. I do
> not know anything. Every evening, soon after driving
> the cattle back home, I do try to milk this cow, as
> I
> do with other. To my surprise, I find its breasts
> always dry. I do not understand the miracle behind?.
>
> The queen gets wild to hear these words, as they
> seem
> unbelievable for her. ?will any cow with a tender
> calf
> go dry? I do not believe your words. Tomorrow, if
> you
> donot bring its milk, you will be punished? she
> says.
> The cowherd trembles in fear. He postrates before
> her
> and goes away.
>
> The next morning when he takes the cattle for
> grazing,
> the cowherd has a special eye on this cow. After
> reaching vEnkatAchalam, he finds this particular cow
> going astray. He silently follows. As usual the
> cow
> nears the vAlmIka and begin raining milk from its
> opening. The cowherd?s anger crosses all bounds. He
> immediately takes an axe and tries to hurt the cow.
>
> Sri Hari sees that the cow, which all these days
> feedoing Him, is going to face the fierceful blow
> from the cow-herd?s axe. He immediately comes out of
>
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