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Sri Krishnaya Namah!


Definitely, this is more appropriate. I apologise.



Sukumar

Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah!

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Subject:        Re: [SriRangaSri] Koumudaki & Nandaka

Radhe Krishna,
The gada was used by the lord during the fight with Hiranyaksha.He
also uses it in the garbha of Uttara to protect Parikshit.
It is a news to me that left hand of Venkatanata is used to adjust
the jewellary.I have heard from saints that since the right hand
shows sharanagati to His feet ,the left one shows that for the one
who has surrendered ,the samsara sea is upto the knee which can be
easily crossed.The meaning implied is that I accept those who
surrender to me.I think these meanings of the hasta mudra are more
appropriate.
das

On Tue, 03 Jun 2003 sukumar wrote :
>Sri Krishnaya Namah!
>
>Nandaka is the sword of Srimannarayana. This was revealed in the
>story of
>Tallapaka Annamacharya, who is actually this sword that the Lord
>sent to
>mother earth to be born as this great poet, spreading bhakti
>among us.
>
>Is there any incident where Lord used this Nandaka. Also, I have
>not heard
>/ seen Lord as sporting this sword among other weapons -
>Sundarshana(disc)
>& Koumudaki(mace).
>
>Talking of Sudarshana chakra, as and when I look at a beautiful
>image of
>Lord Srimannarayana (Seshashayi) sporting Sudarshana with His
>consort Sri
>Mahalakshmi, besides Padmagarbha(Lord Brahma), I left questioning
>myself
>that, is this Sudarshana - a kaalachakra. As we all know, this
>is a
>glowing, thousand edged disc which is most potent enough to
>destroy all the
>evils in the world and it is said that when He releases
>Sudarshana, time
>stops. When Sudarshana is released, nothing moves except
>itself. May be
>bhagavathas, seeing its splendour and grandeur, are moved
>within
>themselves, but the jeeva (be it asura or anything) on whom it is
>directed,
>and the rest froze. Sudarshana also exhibits tremendous power
>(when it is
>directed towards Mandara parvatha for cutting it before placing
>it on the
>sea), expands itself to whatever size required (during
>Jayadratha's
>episode, in Mahabharatha, it expands itself to oversize Sun),
>emits light
>(syamprakasha) whenver required. Sudarshana is ferocious, as if
>to
>reflect the mind of the Lord and practically implement His
>intention. The
>case in point is, during Shishupala episode, after slitting his
>throat,
>Sudarshana, as if to show its urgency to reach Him, settles on
>Lord
>Krishna's finger hurriedly injuring His fingers. It is said that
>none
>except Draupadi moves quickly and tearing a portion of her saree,
>she does
>a bandage around His fingers. This very act, saved her when she
>suffered
>at the hands of Dushyasana and the Lord gave her plentyfull of
>clothes in
>return.
>
>Lord, more often than not, uses Sudarshana, whenever he is in
>urgency -
>some instances are
>During Gajendramoksha. For killing a crocodile and saving
>Gajendra, Lord
>could have used Nandaka or Koumudaki also.
>During Bhishma Parva, when incited by the injuries inflicted by
>Bhishma, he
>takes off Sudarshana. Likewise, Lord uses Sudarshana more often
>by
>impulse, and I would like to know whether He used Koumudaki
>anytime.
>
>Also, talking of Koumudaki, Lord holds this in His right hand
>except in
>some archa murthys like Sri Chennakesavasa Swamy, who seems to be
>holding
>this in His left hand, while the right hand is busy gracing
>bhagavathas,
>while Lord Venkateshwara, as in Tirupathi, does not sport this
>mace as His
>left hand is busy adjusting the jewellary while the right hand,
>rightfully
>so, showing the bhagavathas, His divyapadams. Some may voice
>their opinion
>on this gesture (incidentally the only gesture where bhagavathas
>are
>directed towards His divyapadam), but this shows that, He being
>Supreme God
>Head, His divyapadam is the paramapadam for jeevas.
>
>Among various namas of Lord, I would like to know about His nama
>-
>Vajapeyi, on whose name a yaga too is performed. While He has
>sahasranama
>as per Bhishma and sahasrabahu (as per Arjuna in BG - sahasrabahu
>baja
>vishnu murthe), as sahasrakoti yugadhari (as per Lord Brahma),
>it only
>shows that His namas vibhutis are uncountable. When Brahma says
>sahasra
>koti yuga dharine namah! it implies that it is uncountable.
>Likewise, the
>namas can be taken by us for recitals and japas, but can we
>really limit
>these to some numbers. It is not possible.
>
>Sarvaaparadha Kshamasva!
>
>
>Sukumar
>
>
>Sri Krishna Parabrahmane Namah!
>
>
>
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