God's accessibility http://www.hindu.com/2006/08/24/stories/2006082401440900.htm CHENNAI : Every manifestation of the Almighty in this world is unique as the purpose for His descent varies. His incarnation in human form as Krishna has been glorified by mystics and scholars alike for His easy accessibility (Saulabhya). Vedanta Desika underscores that the Lord chose to be born in the simple cowherd community. They were privileged to witness all His childhood divine deeds. Even though His divine nature was evident right from His birth, His Saulabhya was such that they never had a chance to feel He was different from them. Krishna chose to do such acts that are considered menial ? tending cows along with the cowherd boys, becoming the envoy of the Pandavas to negotiate on their behalf and then when the war became inevitable He became Arjuna's charioteer. In his Harikatha, Kalyanapuram Sri R.Aravamudachariar said Pillai Lokacharya had noted that the singular feature of the Ramayana was the Divine Mother (Sita) subjecting Herself to captivity in Lanka and in the Krishnavatara the Lord assuming the role of a messenger of the Pandavas. The Divine couple thus go to any extent for the sake of their devotees. The Azhwars are unanimous in their portrayal of Krishna's Saulabhya. He, who is the infinite, omnipotent Lord of the entire creation, allowed Himself to be bound by a piece of rope to a mortar when Yashoda was unable to tie Him after repeated efforts. This only goes to show that God makes Himself accessible to His devotees and is beholden to unalloyed devotion. Among the scriptural texts it is the Bhagavata Purana, which describes the Krishnavatara elaborately. The composition of this Purana by Vyasa after he finished his marathon undertaking, the Mahabharata, gives insight into the subject matter of this work. Even though he had dealt with the life of the Lord in the epic, devotion was not the main theme in it and hence he did not derive peace of mind. At the instance of Narada he then undertook to write the Bhagavata Purana with devotion to God as the leitmotif. It is in the depiction of Lord Krishna's glorious, inimitable deeds that the sage surpasses all his other literary accomplishments. Moreover, it was because of Pareekshit who listened to the exposition of this Purana from Suka that Krishnavatara merited such singular treatment __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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