Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya nama: Dear Sriman Sukumar, I have heard that in SriKrShNAvathAra,the Lord used the four weapons namely shankha(conch),cakra(discus),gadha(maze) and nandhaki(sword) with the exception of sArnga(bow) which was used in SriRAmAvathAra. The Lord SriVenkatakrishnan(Presiding Deity) of Sri Parthasarathy Temple,Madras, sports nandhaki. If you want to experience the KrShNa of SriKrShNAvathAra/MahAbhAratha,you should definitely see ONLY this Lord! No other KrShNa in this world can match this KrShNa(that's my view!). Vraja nadhi is the divider between nithya vibhUthi (srivaikuNTa) and lIla vibhUthi(our materialworld including Brahma's world). Those who are caught in the flood of vraja(samsAra sAgaram) and those who have taken "sole" refuge at His lotus feet(Lord SrinivAsa with His left hand in that posture called kaTi hastha),the flood is only knee deep and hence can cross the river and reach the other side,the shore of mADhava(srivaikuNTa)! Otherwise we will be thrown back to this side(material world). AzhvAr emperumAnAr jIyar thiruvadigaLE sharaNam NC Nappinnai
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