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 Great-Greater-Greatest 
We mortals feel flattered when 
somebody praise us. If somebody says 'You are great', we fall for it.Here is 
from the Sage NAradha muni. 
A tortoise was spotted on the 
ganges -shining. The sage observed its splendor and approached and said it was 
indeed great. 
The tortoise refuted telling that 
if it is so great then what would be the sprawling ganges which is having so 
wealth and bequeathing riches to one and all and fertility to the places it goes 
around making it fragrance pervading around. 
The sage then approached the Ganges 
and said 'You are indeed great, flowing around with opulence. The ganges 
forthwith rejected this and said, if rivers are so great, then what about the 
seas and oceans which are repository of wealth and treasures stacked in their 
depths. The sage was again negated by the ocean mentioning that the earth which 
is their base is greater, but earth also pointed to the 
mountains. 
The mountains contradicted this 
saying that BrahmaDevan is greater, being the creator or the 
worlds. 
BrahmadEvan who bases his creation 
on the premise of vEDas pronounced thus: 
The powerful vedics verses were 
propounded to be greater. 
However, these vedic verses 
indicated that the yajnic practices (vEALvi) which are actually demonstration of 
their efficacy is greater. 
These homam-s or the yagnAs 
draw power  from the supreme  being and they declared in 
unequivocal term the He, the Supreme, He the SrimAn, He the one and only person 
pervading all is the Greatest and 
Sri NAradhA came down to earth and 
met Sri KrshNA and expressed this  
worshipping this and Sri KrshNA 
accepted this with a smile. 
Sri PeriyAzvAr quotes this episode 
 
gradually going from lower to 
higher grades thus finally ending with the greatest 
Sri KrshNA 
AmaiyAi-gangaiyAi-Azh-kadalAi-avaNIyAi-aruvarayAi-nAnmuganAi-nAnmaRaiyAi 
vEALviyAi-thakkanAiyAi -thAnum AnAn 
ShEamamudai 
nAradhanAr senRu SenRu thozhudu irainjum.PeriyAzvAr Thirumozhi 
4-9-5; 
That was indeed 
great 
no greater 
no no 
The one and only greatest 
Sri KrshNA 
by  
The great 
AzvAR 
PeriyAzvAr 
dasan 
vanamamalai 
padmanabha 
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org 
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