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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
 
Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Thus we enjoyed the Gopika charithams. We need to
touch upon one of last slokas of Yadhavaabhyudhayam
before completing this series for completion?s sake.
That tells us how one should enjoy the
KrishnAvathAram. 

nAreeshtaChhA miyamithadhiyO nAkanAThESwarathvam 
samyOgE Cha pravaNamanasa: SASvatham brahmacharyam |
athraikasyAm purinivasatha: sarva lOkADhikathvam
niDhyAyantha: swarithamatharan dhustharAm thasya
leelAm ||

The subjects discussed here are:

1. Bhagawaan Sri KaNNan is Devaadhi Devan- He was
always at the beck and call of Gopika girls. Once when
one girl complained to Him that her legs are paining
and can not keep walking. He lifted her and carried
her on His shoulders. Thus he listens to his devotees
and allows himself to be at their service. But we
should not be misled to believe that He is not the
Lord; He listens to these young girls of Gopas and the
young Gopa boy friends. Though he does that, He is the
lord of all Devas; Devaadhi Devan. Devendra, Brahma,
et al came and prayed to Him and praised Him. 

We are bounded to someone due to our karma and its
association on us. It is mandate on us; There is no
esacpe and it is due to our karma bandham. For
SarvEshwaran, it is not the case. He is bound down and
tied down to devotee?s pleas and requests due to his
own sankalpam. ?kaTTuNNa paNNiya peru maayan- paNNiya
is important. All this is  due to His mercy and
anugraham on the devotees and that?s why comes Sri
KrishNAvathArams says Srimad Bhagawatham. anugrahA
bhakthAnAm maanusham dhEhamAsThitha: Thus listening
and heedimng to the request of His devotees, He thus
becomes easily accessible and sowlabhyan. That is His
Greatness; That is the greatness of Sri
KrishnaavathAram. 

KaNNan alone is SarvEshwaran; He alone due to His
sowlabhyam blesses the devotees should be fully and
properly understood ? this is what is contemplated by
KaNNanallaal Deivam illai; [There is no God other than
KaNNan]. Can there be any one equal to Him with such
Parathvam and still exhibit such greatest sowseelya,
sowlabhyathvam! 

2. KaNNan- who was involved in his affair with
sthrees- is eternal Brahmachaari! -    

KaNNan had 16000 women as his spouses and was
conducting his family with each one of them
individually ? as seen and enjoyed by Sage Narada. He
also had enjoyed being united with Gopa sthrees. In
spite of all these, KaNNan is declared as the eternal
ever Nithya Brahmachari. When Pareekshith was born
from utthara?s womb, it feels as a charcoal [due to
AsvatthAmA?s asthira?s power]. The only lineage ? heir
from Paandava vamsa was Pareekshith and hence they
were grief struck looking at the lifeless char coal
child. It was told by one of the elders that if pure
Bramachari?s foot touches the child, it would be
alive; become normal and active- said KaNNan. But none
dared come near as they felt scared that their true
nature would be revealed. [Sri Ramanuja defines the
term Brahmacharyam in GitA BhAshyam as: ?not having
even a thought at any time that women are the objects
of enjoyment?. What a great and wonderful definition!]

Thus, since none came forward, Bhagawaan KaNNan
himself come forward: If I am the true purest
Brahmachari and if I am SarvEshwaran, let the child
come back alive and become normal.? He touched the
baby?s body in full with His divine Lotus Feet.
Immediately the baby became fair complexioned and was
full of life, alive and crying.. In front of everyone,
this had happened.  This is mentioned by Swamy
Desikan:

vimOhanE vallabagEhineenAm na brahmacharyam bibhidhE
thadhIyam |
sampathyasthE bAlakajeevanam thath sathyEna yEnaiva
sathAm samaksham ||

Thus KaNNan is the purest Brahmachari is Sathyam. It
was also true that He had played and enjoyed with
cowherd women; 16000 spouses; How could that both be
possible. Answer is: Only Bhagawaan can make that
happen. We should never ever equate Him with us. Sage
Narada once ? came into Krishna?s palace saw KaNNan
welcoming him and asking his wife to bring waters for
argyam, pAdyam etc.. and honoured the sage; in the
next house he went into and saw KaNNan eating with his
wife serving him; third house he saw Him doing
ThiruvArAdhanam; fourth house, he was playing dhAyam
with his wife; The wonderstruck Narada came out and
after some time, all KaNNans came out to become one to
board the chariot and reach the palace. He realized
the Lord?s Iswarathvam and sang in praise of Him; The
Lord too replied to the Sage: oh Brahma rishI! I am
the one instructing DharmA; I am also following the
same in strict sense; I have come here to protect
dharma; and establish the same; Do not worry.? 

He conducted his grahAsthama dharmam with His 16000
spouses; with no grievance from any one; KaNNan
Himself says in GitA: DharmAvirudDhO bhUthEshu
kAmOsmi-. Swamy Desikan also says: 

AvidhitharaChanEna swEna pArThAya gItha: 
Swayamajani kaama: kO(S)pi DharmAvirudDha: 

It is possible only for Bhagawaan; The ultimate
GrahasthAsramam and the love, desire?s extent therein
was well established here and to establish that
dharma, this leelA of KaNNan was played. By the GopikA
charithram, the greatest Upanishad Dharmam was
established and shown to us? 

The Lord?s ThirumEni (Body) is completely Suddha
sathvam; aprAkrutham- unaffected by matter (that we se
and have); Hence, His natural Brahmacharyam can never
change; It is also told that with His mere sankalpa
(will), He gave the sambOga sukham to Gopikas. Sage
Suka says the same in: avarudDha sairEtha: his
brahmacharyam thus never changed or was affected.
KaNNan only blessed them with His grace and anugraham
and granted what they desired for; He never desired
the same for; He did not consider them as objects of
enjoyment and hence in Ramanuja?s definition he was
full Brahmachari and Nithya Brahmachari. 

3. The One who resided in the corner of Dwaraka is the
Lord of entire worlds; when Jarasandham came to fight
in the battle field, KaNNan [in order to protect the
people from destruction from the battle] built a city
in the centre of an ocean and stayed there with His
people. Jaraasandhan and others mistakenly thought
that He felt scared and hence ran away; They laughed
at His running away with fear. But as a matter of
fact, they were completely shivering with fear. 

It is completely wrong to belittle KaNNan as the one
staying in a corner of Dwaraka city;  He is the Lord
of all; He is Devas? Devan. He is the One who grants
to these Devas what they grant to their devotees. As a
matter of gratitude, they gave little of what He had
given them, when he built this Dwaraka city. KubEra
gave away some wealth; Varunan gave Him some horses;
Devendra gave the paarijatha tree etc.. They grabbed
the opportunity to show their gratefulness. 

One should enjoy KrishNAvathAram thus and contemplate
on His glorious deeds and leelAs. Then only can one
get rid of the maayaa (samsaaric affliction). If one
learns in half baked manner about His dhivya
chEshthithams, then we will end up arguing with
kutharkam and never ever be able to cross the ocean of
samsara. Thus with Gopika charitham, the highest
Upanishad saasthrA and VaidIka dharmam is established.


We should place our heart and mind at the lotus Feet
of KaNNan and Swamy desikan thus established the same
in Yadavabhyudhayam.

Anything found good in these posts is only due to the
wonderful original article written by Sri U Ve Dr
Vasudevachar Swami from  Swamy Desikan?s excellent
analysis. Mistakes, errors, omissions are entirely
mine

Sarvam SrI KrishNArpaNamasthu
AchAryan ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo Narayana
dAsan madhavakkannan     


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