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SRIMATHERAMANUJAYANAMAHA: 6
APPAN THIRUVADIGALE SARANAM


Dear Bahavathas, Accept my pranam. This is in continuation of earlier posting.



AVATHAR RAHASYAM (6) DIVINE DEEDS.
The essential quality of Prapanna is to have absolute faith in Avathara 
rahasyam and he should not make efforts of his own for his redemption. He 
should consider himself like Achethana totally dependent on Emperuman.
Those who understand the divine deeds of Emperuman get released from the ties 
of samsara and are not reborn. One of the divine deeds of Emperuman is the 
episode of Yasodha?s experience with Child Krishna.
Yasodha wished Emperuman to be her child. He was born to Devaki; but was 
brought up in Gokulam as child of Yasodha. She was very proud of 
Krishna.Shewill not tolerate any body complaining against him. But, when Gopis 
complained to her about the theft of butter by Krishna she got annoyed. She 
decided to tie Child Krishna to a stone mortar and keep him with in her view. 
But, the rope available to her was very short and thin. Not only that. Small 
bits joined it with knots. It was not enough to tie him with the mortar itself. 
With profuse sweat all over her body and breathing heavily she laboured. Lord 
Krishna took pity on her and adjusted his body in such a way that she could 
finish the job and at the same time exhibited a frightened look tending to weep.
Yasodha as if she had triumphantly done the job looked at Child Krishna as if 
challenging him to set himself free if he can.
This episode is described in TVM 1.3.1 beautifully. 
PATHUDAI ADIYAVARKELIYAVAN PIRARKALUKKUARIYA
VITHAKAN MALAR MAKAL VIRUMBUM ARUM PERAL ADIKAL
MATHURU KADAI VENNAI KALAVINIL URAVIDAI YAPPUNDU
ETHIRAM ! URALINODU INAINTHU IRUNTHU ENKIYA ELIVE!

Pathudai Adiyavarkeliyavan. : shows His ?Soulabyam? (easy accessibility) and 
?Souseelyam?(Greatness). A great person letting him down to the status of an 
ordinary person and at the same time mingles with them as if heis one among 
them. Yasodha could not tie him. He allowed her to tie Him. This is the Divine 
Karma. (Chestitham?Leela)
Madhurakavi Azhvar Exclaims ? KANNI NUN CHIRUTHAMBINAL KATTUNNPANNIYA PERU 
MAYAN?
Small and sincere affections, can bind him. He will allow himself to be tied.
Kattunna panniya :. He loves it. He makes you to do that. Perhaps you may think 
that you are doing..just like Yasodha. He loves that too.Because they are his 
dear devotees He has taken Avathar to mingle with them at their request. This 
kind of actions may not be possible in Paramapadam. Further theyare cowboys, 
very simple folks. They want company of the Krishna in this world. Andal also 
mentions in the famous Thiruppavai. ?KuraivuonrumillathaGovinda unthannodu 
uravel namakku inku ozhikkaozhiyzthu?
? Nee kurreval engali kollamal pokathu?
?erraikkum ezhezh piravikum unthannodu
Urreme yavom Uneakke aadchyvom? 

So, THE PERU MYAN.. Who can do wonders consents to their desires?
Suka Brhma Rishi observes that whoever understands and enjoys this Divine deed 
gets released from samsara... .   
Nammazhvar wondered. ETHIRAM ! URALINODU INAINTHIRUNTHU ENKIYA ELIVE ! How 
strange !Emperuman has consented to be tied to the mortar. Not only that 
headjusted himself suitably for that act and How Simple He is towards His 
Adiyavarkal.
Nampillai comments in Eedu for this TVM. 

? SAMSARABHANDHA STHITHI MOKSHA HETHUVANA THANEERE IPPADI KATTUNDU IRUKKIRAN; 
BRHMATHIKALAI THAN SANKALPATHTHAALE KATTUVATHUM VIDUVADHAKIRAVANIRE IPPOTHU ORU 
ABHALAI KAIYALE KATTUNDU IRUKKIRAN; THYAKTHVA DHEHAMPUNAR JANMA NAITHI 
ENKIRAPADIYE NAMMUDAYA KATTAI AVIZHKAVIRE THAN KATTUNDU IRUKKIRATHU?( He is the 
cause for samsara bandham, protection and release. Now He himself has got bound 
.. He ties and releases Brahma and others by his sankalpa; but, now a simple 
lady has bound him. One who understands his divine deeds do not take another 
birth. To make this statement true he has got bound for us)
This is one of his divine deeds. Azhvars have sung in praise of his divine 
deeds profoundly and profusely. All these are possible because he has 
takenAvathars. Because there are Avathars We have many forms of Archa moorthies 
for worship.     

( to be continued)>>>7

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