Lord Krishna's love for His devotees
Sunday 28 March 2010
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The slOka( declared in brahmAnda purAnam and varAha purAnam ) written in Telugu language that you see in the header of this page transliterated to English is:
which means...
"In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri(i.e.,There is no place in the whole Universe which is more auspicious than the hill Venkatachala). There is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither in the past nor in the future going to be(i.e.,There is no Archa murti (worshippable form) in all the three times (present,past and future) whose glories are comparable to the Lord of Venkatachala)"
The ceremonial dancer of the Srirangam temple once did abhinaya for a verse, which expressed Thirumangai Azhvar's argument with the Lord. To represent Azhvar's anger, the dancer kicked his foot and waved his hands menacingly in the direction of the Lord.
Embar, a Vaishnavite preceptor who was there at the time, felt this was the most inappropriate abhinaya.
The reason for his displeasure was that the Lord would not be provoked by a bhakta kicking out at Him. He would, out of His love for His devotees, be happy at such a gesture, said K.B. Devarajan in a discourse.
There is a verse by Jayadeva, in which Lord Krishna tells a Gopika to put her feet on His head. The story goes that Jayadeva left to have an oil bath. While he was gone, the Lord Himself wrote this verse.
When Jayadeva returned from his bath, he found this verse written, and the parchment on which it was written was covered with oil since the author Jayadeva had been having an oil bath. So Lord Krishna Himself wrote the verse which talks of His delight in bearing the feet of the Gopikas on His head.
Such is the lenience He shows His devotees, and such is His love for them. So He will not at all be angry if a devotee were to kick his feet in His direction, or wave his hands impertinently.
The Lord will only be pleased that His devotee has taken such liberties with Him. What will make Him sad will be the separation of His devotees from Him. That parting He cannot bear.
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that those who want to recover lost wealth approach Him. Others approach Him for new sources of wealth. There are the ‘kaivalyarthis' who do not progress to the bhakti yoga, which will help them to get the boon of serving the Lord in Sri Vaikuntha.
The gnanis are the ones who know what moksha is, and who seek it earnestly. Krishna says that such gnanis are His Atma.
While the Lord Himself is the Atma of the entire universe, imagine His love for His devotees, if He describes them as His Atma.
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Embar, a Vaishnavite preceptor who was there at the time, felt this was the most inappropriate abhinaya.
The reason for his displeasure was that the Lord would not be provoked by a bhakta kicking out at Him. He would, out of His love for His devotees, be happy at such a gesture, said K.B. Devarajan in a discourse.
There is a verse by Jayadeva, in which Lord Krishna tells a Gopika to put her feet on His head. The story goes that Jayadeva left to have an oil bath. While he was gone, the Lord Himself wrote this verse.
When Jayadeva returned from his bath, he found this verse written, and the parchment on which it was written was covered with oil since the author Jayadeva had been having an oil bath. So Lord Krishna Himself wrote the verse which talks of His delight in bearing the feet of the Gopikas on His head.
Such is the lenience He shows His devotees, and such is His love for them. So He will not at all be angry if a devotee were to kick his feet in His direction, or wave his hands impertinently.
The Lord will only be pleased that His devotee has taken such liberties with Him. What will make Him sad will be the separation of His devotees from Him. That parting He cannot bear.
Krishna says in the Bhagavad Gita that those who want to recover lost wealth approach Him. Others approach Him for new sources of wealth. There are the ‘kaivalyarthis' who do not progress to the bhakti yoga, which will help them to get the boon of serving the Lord in Sri Vaikuntha.
The gnanis are the ones who know what moksha is, and who seek it earnestly. Krishna says that such gnanis are His Atma.
While the Lord Himself is the Atma of the entire universe, imagine His love for His devotees, if He describes them as His Atma.
UTSAVA MURTHY OF LORD SRI MALAYAPPA(VENKATESWARA) WITH SRIDEVI AND BHUDEVI
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"vEnkatAdri samam sthAnam brahmAndE nAsti kinchana,
vEnkatEsa samO dEvO na bhUtO na bhavishyati"
vEnkatEsa samO dEvO na bhUtO na bhavishyati"
which means...
"In this Universe there is no sacred place equivalent to Venkatadri(i.e.,There is no place in the whole Universe which is more auspicious than the hill Venkatachala). There is no God equivalent to Lord Venkateswara neither in the past nor in the future going to be(i.e.,There is no Archa murti (worshippable form) in all the three times (present,past and future) whose glories are comparable to the Lord of Venkatachala)"
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