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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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