Dear Bhagavatas,
Sri M.G Vasudevan and Sri Padmanabhan have written wonderfully about the
emperuman's love for the calf.
Emperuman's deep love for the cow and calf is greatly shown in his love for the
"govinda" nAmam. Sri Ramapiran had to sacrifice his pattabhishekam and go to
forest but he was not worried about the same. He did not get angry. But when
Indra showered heavy rain and wanted to destroy the whole gokulam Sri krishna
was put to immense anger and hence he took the govardhana giri in his hands to
save all the gokula vasees (mainly the cows and calf which were very dear to
him). Sri Ramapiran returned back to ayodhya and underwent the pattabhishekam
to ayodhya samrAjyam but still he was not happy. Very shortly he had to get
separated from his dear wife seetha once again hearing the words of one of his
citizens. But in case of krishna, Indra came and did "govinda pattabhishekam"
which made not only krishna but the whole gokula vasees happy. None of the
gokula vasees saw krishna as a special person/god even after seeing him do such
a miracle. Some of the elderly women in gokulam, even
prayed for the welfare of krishna. They did the rites of "drushti kazhithal" to
kutti kannan so that no evil eyes fell on him. Krishna was so attached to the
govinda nama. Usually it is kid's play to irritate the other kid with a name
which the other kid dislikes. Similarly in gokulam the gopis irritated krishna
by calling him "narayana". According to the gopikas this name "narayana" which
is considered so near and dear by the vaidhikas was only a very small name
(siru pEr). Andal in her divine thiruppavai apologizes to have called krishna
with this name.
(Remember Narayana nama alone is the sole proof for the parathvam of emperuman.)
In the 28th paasuram, "karavaigal pin sendru...." andal says, "sirupEr
azhaththanavum seeriarulAdhE"
Here the arayirapadi vyakhyanam to this goes as follows:
"(sirupEr) govinda pattabhishEkam pannina pinbhu mudhal thirunAmam sollugai
kuttramirE"
Here sirupEr refers to nArayana nAmam. Though Indra understood that krishna was
none other than the ubhaya vibhoothi nAthan still he honoured him with the name
"govinda:" (the one who is the leader of the cowherd). So this thirunamam is
considered as par with the nArAyana nAmam. In gokulam, govinda nama has more
prominance since the gokula vasees were attracted to that nama only.
"SahasrAsharangal and dvadhasAsharangal thodakkamAna perumpErgalellAm avan pEr
ettezhuththum kandavArE sirugittru; adhudhAn moodrezhuththudaiya pErai
kandavArE sirugittru;"
All other thirunamams become lowly names when compared to narayana nAmam but
even this narayana nAmam was considered less popular compared to the three
lettered govinda nAmam. According to the vyakhyanam those who say the
ashtAkshara nAma are considered to be confused and hence the gopikas who are
clear in mind consider the nArayana nama to be sirupEr. nArayana nAma is to be
kept as a secret and to be told in the ears by the acharyan and hence it was
used while krishna was a small kid in the cradle ("mannu nAranan nambi
pirandhamai", "narayananE azhEl thAlElO"). But since now he is big kannan that
namam cannot be used.
Erayirapadi reads, "narayananenkai kuttramO? ennil; neermai sambhAdhikka
pOndhavidaththil mEnmai sollugai kuttramandrO?"
While emperuman took avathara as krishna to show explicitly his sowlabhyam to
one and all is it not wrong to point out to his parathvam?
Realising her mistake andal apologizes and says "seeriarulAdhE" Oh! lord please
don't get angry instead forgive our mistake. On seeing krishna's vishvaroopa
arjuna apologised for all the mistakes he did considering krishna to be his
friend. "sowlabhyaththil parimAriya thappugalai parathvam kandavArE porai
kondAn avan" but here andal does the reverse, "sowlabhyaththai kandu parathva
bhuddikku kshamai kollugirArgal evargal"
Even today as we enter the foot steps of thirumalai we hear the govinda nAma
everywhere. But where is the link for govinda nama to thiruvenkatamudaiyan
(learned bhagavatas can through light on this). Adiyen will present one
interesting fact. What is the guna showed by thiruvenkatamudaiyan?
"mannOr vinnOr vaippil, pOginra Ezhulagukkum vuyir pAsam vaiththa nigaril
vAtsalyam mujjvalam" (Acharya Hrudhayam)
What is the definition to the "vAtsalya" guna?
"attra muraikkil adaindhavarpAl ambuyaikOn kuttramunardhu egazhum kolgaiyanO?
ettrai than kandrinudambin vazhuvandrO kAdhalippadhu andradhanai yeendrugandha
Aa." (jnana sAram -24)
Does the sripathi: Sriman narayana hate the jeeva who surrenders to him seeing
all the mistakes he has committed? Doesn't the cow, which is considered as a
clean animal get rid of all the dirt on its newly born calf's body with love?
So probably thiruvenkatamudaiyan learnt this guna of vatsalyam only from the
cow and calf and hence the nama govinda is chanted by bhakthas to keep
reminding him of this great kalyana guna.
Alwar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan
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