Dear SrEvaishNavites,
Does the devotion of Sri Kaliyan towards the
bhAgavathAs a flash in the pan? Is it just a passing cloud or is it a
fancy/infatuation? Is it a temporary phenomenon or a permanent
affair?
Please go further .
dAsan
vanamamalai padmanabhan
Sri Parthasarathi
thunai SrimathE ramanujaya
Namaha Sri Vara Vara munayE
Namaha Sri vAnachala maha munayE
namaha ?emperumAn thAl thozhuvAr eppozhudum en
manaththE erukkindrArE? 7-4-2; The BruhadAranya Upanishad says, ?athmAvA arE
drushtavya: srOtravyO mandavyO nidhithyAsitavya:I? [ First listen to the
sastras and learn about the paramAtma; Then explore about the same; Then
meditate on the lord till you reach the stage of sAkshAtkAram (viewing with your
eyes)] Thirumangai azhvar?s prime motto is to have the darshan of the lord that
which he is going to attain at the end of his last prabhandam,
thiruneduntAndakam. Azhvar has
learnt about the paramatma already which is clear from his words, ?kandukondEn nArAyana ennum nAmam; nAnum sonnEn namarum vuraimin
namO nArAyanamE; etc? So it is clear that azhvar?s mind always meditates
on only the divine qualities of emperuman.
So even if kaliyan places the bhagavatas on top of his head his mind will
still meditate only on the lord. Is
it so? ?No!? answers kaliyan in the second paasuram. Those blessed bhagavatas who are ever in the service of that lord, who has that divine piratti who was born in a beautiful lotus in his divine heart and that very lord who as a leela killed the asura in the form of a tree (vilAmaram) with the help of another asura vatsAsuran, in the form of a calf, at all times fill by heart. Emperuman has a capturing walking style and the divya desam thiruchchErai itself is very attracting with sweet smelling gardens and the abode of the lord, the temple is huge but all these didn?t fill the heart of kaliyan as the greatness of the bhagavatas who are in the service of that thiruchchErai emperuman is milestones away. ?eppozhudum
en manaththE erukkindrArE? Azhvar emperumAnAr
Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
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