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• February 2, 2003


Respected Vaishnavaites,

>From our vaishnavaite sampradayic references, we come to know that Krishna married Napinnai after conquering seven bulls. 

paambaNaimEl paaRkadaluL paLLee amarndhadhuvum
kaambaNaiththOL pinnaikkaa ERudanEzh seRRadhuvum
thEmbaNaiya sOlai maraamaram Ezheydhadhuvum
poombiNaiya than thuzhaay pon mudi em porERE. (T.V.mozhi 2-5-7)

vambavizh kOdhai peruttaa maal vidai Ezhum adarththa
sembavaLath thiraL vaayan siridharan thol pugazh paadi
kumbidu nattam ittaadi kOgu kattoondu uzhalaadhaar
tham piRappaal payan ennE ! saadhu sanangaLidaiyE (T.V.Mozhi 3-5-4)

Nappinai was believed to be living in gokulam. But this practice of “conquering seven bulls” is only referred in old tamil literatures and not seen in north Indian literatures.  Ref: Sanga Song “kollERRuk kOdu ERa ancuvaanai ezhumaiyum pullaaLE aaya magaL “ My doubt is whether nappinnai was from tamilnadu and Krishna married her after coming here? . There was one poet by name thuvarai kOmaan who was in middle sangam. Was he Krishnaa?

Vathsala Srinivasan

 

 



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