--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "shreecan@xxxx" <shreecan@xxxx> wrote: > As far as my modest mind knows, Yasodha Piratti does not realise (at all> times ,except for few occasions) that Sri Krishna, Her son, is Para Brahmam> and Lord of all.. > > If that is the case, Her pasam towards her child should be equal to any> other mother who has affection to her child. Then how is it that Yasodha> Piratti's Bhakthi is considered esteem than any other's.. **************** Dear member, Yours is a very good and thoughtful question. Please permit me to suggest an answer. I hope you will find it useful if not wholly adequate. Yasodha was not Krishna's natural mother. She was His foster-mother. And yet Yasodha's love, her bhakti, for the child-Krishna was no less than Devaki's. From the beautiful 'pAsuram-s' of Peria-AzhwAr, (like 'neerAttam', 'kaapidal', "poochootal" etc. which I'm sure you are quite familiar with), one can easily gauge the depth and intensity of Yasodha's maternal feelings. Reading them makes one really wonder how such love could take root within a foster-mother's heart for a child that was not of her own womb, not of "her own flesh and blood", so to say. Normally, in the ordinary world we all know, the love of a foster- mother or a step-mother is always somewhat less than that of a natural mother. (Step-mothers, in fact, in most children's fairy tales, are rather unkind, if not cruel to their children). But Yasodha's love for Krishna was a unique, incomparable exception. Her heart simply welled up with mother's love every time, every moment she set eyes upon her beloved Krishna. She breathed Krishna, she dreamed Krishna, she lived Krishna.... Yasoda's love was so unique that Krishna soon took on his foster- mother's name. He was known first as Yasoda's darling son, even before people came to know him as Nandagopalan Jr.! People even momentarily forgot that He was actually Devaki's natural-born son! It is also the reason why even we today -- if only we paused to dwell a bit upon the fact -- we all find it far easier to remember Krishna as "yasOdha-bAla" than "devaki-putra"! In the very first stanza of the TiruppAvai, if you notice, AndAl makes special reference to "yasOdai illan-singam" -- "Yasoda's little lion-cub". To the best of my knowledge, there is, however, hardly any mention at all of Devaki in the 30 wonderful stanzas of ANdAl! Curious, amazing, isn't it?! It is keeping in mind Yasoda's unique foster-motherhood that we use today that old Tamil quip about foster-mothers -- we say the love of a "vallarthat~thAi" is sometimes more intense than that of the "petrath~thAi". And it is because of Yasoda, again, that today every natural-mother -- i.e. every mother who has experienced that ineffable joy there is in cradling her infant -- every such mother truly understands what is meant when it's said (as the AzhwAr himself said) that motherhood might well be a mystic pathway to God -- a "bhakti-mArga" in its own right... Trust you will find the above answer useful. Thanks and regards, dAsan, Sudarshan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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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