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Jai Shri Krishna.

I have come across two verses in chapter 5 of canto 11 of the Srimad 
Bhagavata purana, in these verse Narada, explians how Sriman NArayam 
is worshiped the varius yugas, and i would like to know how these 
verses are construed and Interpreted by in Sri vaishnava 
sampradaya.  

Fristly we have Sloka 32 (chapter 5, canto 11)

                 kṛṣṇa-varṇaḿ 
tviṣākṛṣṇaḿ
                 sāńgopāńgāstra-pārṣadam
                 yajñaiḥ sańkīrtana-prāyair
                 yajanti hi su-medhasaḥ

"In the age of Kali, intelligent persons perform congregational 
chanting to worship the incarnation of Godhead who constantly sings 
the names of Kṛṣṇa. Although His complexion is not blackish, 
He is 
Kṛṣṇa Himself. He is accompanied by His associates, servants, 
weapons and confidential companions"

Secondly there are verses 38-40 in the same chapter..
          kṛtādiṣu prajā rājan
          kalāv icchanti sambhavam
          kalau khalu bhaviṣyanti
          nārāyaṇa-parāyaṇāḥ
          kvacit kvacin mahā-rāja
          draviḍeṣu ca bhūriśaḥ
          tāmraparṇī nadī yatra
          kṛtamālā payasvinī
          kāverī ca mahā-puṇyā
          pratīcī ca mahā-nadī
          ye pibanti jalaḿ tāsāḿ
          manujā manujeśvara
          prāyo bhaktā bhagavati          
          vāsudeve 'malāśayāḥ

"My dear King, the inhabitants of Satya-yuga and other ages eagerly 
desire to take birth in this age of Kali, since in this age there 
will be many devotees of the Supreme Lord, Nārāyaṇa. These 
devotees 
will appear in various places but will be especially numerous in 
South India. O master of men, in the age of Kali those persons who 
drink the waters of the holy rivers of Draviḍa-deśa, such as the 
Tāmraparṇī, Krtamālā, Payasvinī, the extremely 
pious Kāverī and the 
Pratīcī Mahānadī, will almost all be purehearted devotees 
of the 
Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vāsudeva."

Who is being predicted in sloka 32???? Gaudiyas interpret this to 
mean Chaitanya mahaprabhu, the swaminarayans see this as predicting 
Sahajanada swami (Swaminarayan).  What is the view of Sri vaishnava 
Purvacharyas in regards to this verse???

In slokas 38-49 does the referrence to "the devottees in south 
india" refer to The Alawars and Srimat Ramanuja?????






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