Dear sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,
We are continuing the study of krishNa's birth and how aazhvaar closely followed sree sukha brahmam in bhaagavatham even when he said that thiruvONaththaan – which normally would appear different – for we know krishNa is born on rOhiNi.
We have seen father and mother of child vishNu praying him in that jail cell. Now continuing - Sri bhagavaan replies the parents together - see slokam saying this is my third birth to you – oh blessed couple – vasudhEvar and dhEvakee -
adhrushTvaa anya thamam lOkE seela oudhaarya guNaih samam |
aham suthO vaam abhavam pr snigarbha ithi s ruthah || 10 –3-41
TRANSLATION
Since I found no one else as highly elevated as you [the couple] in simplicity and other qualities of good character, I appeared in this world as pr snigarbha, [or one who is celebrated as having taken birth from lady pr sni].
[MGV adds - this is the first birth of lord to the couple vasudhEva and dhEvakee - earlier known as 'suthapa' and 'pr sni']
thayOr vaam punar Eva aham adhithyaam aasa ka syapaath |
upEndhra ithi vikhyaathO vaamanathvaach cha vaamanah || 10 –3-42
TRANSLATION
In the next millennium [manvantharam], I again appeared from the two of you, - my mother, 'adhithi', and my father, 'kasyapa'. I was known as " upEndhra", and being a dwarf [size wise], I was also known as vaamana.
[MGV adds - this is second birth to same couple- vaamana avathaaram]
thrutheeyE~ asmin bhavE~ aham vai thEnaiva vapushaa atha vaam |
jaathO bhuyas thayOr Eva sathyam mE vyahrtham sathi || 10-3- 43
TRANSLATION
O supremely chaste mother, I, the same personality, have now appeared of you, both, as your son for the 3 rd time. Take my words as the truth.
So all three times same supreme lord naaraayaNan, vishNu has appeared – HIS words "mE vyartham sathyam" reports sree sukhar. And see further slokam – the lords' own words to parents – "hey you will not believe that I have come – to make you believe I appear in a form which you can recognize me easily" --
Ethadh vaam dhar sitham roopam prag janma smaraNaaya mE |
na anyathhaa madh bhavam jnaanam marthya lingEna jaayathE || 10-3-44
TRANSLATION
I have shown you this form of Vishnu [the 4 handed form with kousthubham sreevathsam et al] just to remind you of my previous births. Otherwise, if I appeared like an ordinary human child, you would not believe that me, the supreme vishNu, has indeed appeared.
Point: Oh, oh, great grand proving of his own identity. So he himself has to say with an emphasis on that words 'mE vyartham sathyam', 'to make you people, my dear parents, believe I have come in that vishNu form which you can recognize easily, '.
[perhaps in dhvaapara yugam itself 'believing' of such incidences might be slightly difficult - it appears, from this.
Now in kali – kEtkavE vENdaam – thirumbavum 'mE vyartham sathyam' sonnaalum kEtka maaTTOm – unakku indha maadhiri evvaLavu sathyam vENumnu thirumba kEtkum kaalam idhu].
So again recall aazhvaar – when HE has come as per HIS own words –
"aaN oppaan ivan illai kaaN – thiruvONaththaan"
– being confirmed by himself and nobody else.
krishNa is a 'sulabhan' – they say – in all places. If he is not such a sulabhan – andha soulabhyaththai vaari vaari vazhangum vallaL – illaiyaanaal – why should he try to prove himself – that too to his own parents, and openly say that – I come in this form - to make you believe that I only have come – I have to take pains to make you believe.
" show by action first – in physical forms, then follow it by words " is one of the points in modern management - all learnt from our ancient texts only.
Oh, see how hard he tries to prove his own identity -- and that too as soon as born – baalakam says sukhar – at that stage -
– to none else than that very same mother – who has just delivered him [after 12 months of carrying in pregnancy]
– to the parent who has watched his wife deliver the baby
– because both are in same cell, he has to watch his wife deliver the baby
– to both who are in such a confinement in that cell
– in the dark of the night.
Aha, aha – krishNa krishNa. Great great. Let us continue in next post,
Dhasan
Vasudevan m.g.
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