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govindhan gunam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppen - post 32

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M.G.Vasudevan • July 11, 2002 


Post 32

Dear Sri vaishNava perunthagaiyeer,

KrishNa sthuthi has been done by so many people in srimadh bhaagavatham. It
all started with krishNa's daddy sri vasudhEva as soon as krishNa was born.

His slokam is 
vidhithO ~si Bhavaan  saakshaath purusha: prakruthE: para:
kEvala anuBhava aanandha svaroopa: sarva budhdhi dhruk

-- slokam 13 sargam 3 skandham 10 srimadh bhaagavatham

Please see here sri vasudhEva starts the praise by saying "you are the real
purusha: - male". This is at the stage of just born child. The srivaishNava
philosophy is amply given prominence in this statement itself. Also please
note the words 'aanandha svaroopa:' - the figurative bliss krishna. 

The bliss - is it to look at, or, hear about, or, read about, or, think
about 
- oh krishNa, un guNam paadi en aavi kaaththiruppEn. 

The wives of kaaLiyan starts the next slokam -
paraavaragathignaaya sarvaaDhyakshaaya thE nama:!
avisvaaya cha visvaaya thadhdhrashtrE~sya cha hEthavE!!

The naamaas available are
Om paraavaragathignaaya nama:
Om sarvaadhyakshaaya nama:
Om avisvaaya nama:
Om visvaaya nama:

Taking one by one "Om paraavaragathignaaya nama:" - meaning - prostration to
you, oh lord, who knows the movements in the causes and effects, or movement
of 'old and new', or ancient and latest etc. 

This a special naama here by these ladies, since you are not getting such a
naama in SVSN. 

The letter 'gna' in samskrith means knowledge. Just to check what are
different 'knowledge attributes' made in SVSN to the lord as his sthuthi or
praise, they are
Om kshEthragnaaya nama: - naama 16
Om kruthagnaaya nama: - naama 83 and 536.
Om samayagnaaya nama: - naama 360
Om sarvagnaaya nama: - naama 454, and 821
Om gnaanam uththamaaya nama: - naama 455
Om gnaanagamyaaya nama: - naama 499
Om brahmagnaaya nama: - naama 674

Each portent is very large and enjoyable individually. Incidentally this
"paraavara" kindles the thought on that single long line 'sundara kaaNdam'
of Sri swami dhEsikan's raghu veera gadhyam - 

'apaara paaraavara parikhaa parivrutha parapura parisrutha dhava dhahana
javana pavana Bhava kapivara parishvanga Bhaavitha sarvasva dhaana" - 68
sargams of srimadh vaalmeeki raamaayaNam are condensed in this one long
line- whether it is hanumaan's perumai - glory short and sweet - or kavi's
expertise- you please judge. 

Of course that paaraavara means 'ocean' and has no relation with paraavara
in present context we are dealing. But that rhyme kindles the thought and
makes me to enjoy both at same time and share the same with you all. 

The next naama here is
Om sarvaadhyakshaaya nama: - meaning- prostration to you, oh lord, who is
the supreme leader or commander of all [without exception]. 

Again there is no such naama in SVSN since there are 4 naamaas with this
adhyaksha padham built in. They are
Om lOkaadhyakshaaya nama: - 135th naama
Om suraadhyakshaaya nama: - 136th naama
Om dharmaadhyakshaaya nama: - 137th naama
Om thridhasaadhyakshaaya nama: - 539th naama
So, from that point, this naama from these ladies is a special.

Since Om avisvaaya nama: and Om visvaaya nama: are dual and opposite in
nature, they are to be combined and dealt with. 

Om visvaaya nama is the first naama is SVSN and already dealt with in this
series, it is not taken up for much elaboration. 
Visvam is the world. Meaning- prostration to you, oh lord, who is the world
and all things in it. The opposite is also true. He is the world, and yes he
is not the world. That is the special with krishna. 

Such duality are also there in SVSN. To quote them
Om nayaaya nama: -- om anayaaya nama:
Om arthaaya nama:  -- om anarthaaya nama:
Om sathE nama:  -- om asathE nama:
Om ksharaaya nama:  -- om aksharaaya nama:
Om niyamaaya nama: -- om aniyamaaya nama:
Om yamaaya nama:  -- om ayamaaya nama:

Similarly in this series of krishna sthuthi itself we saw these wives
addressing lord krishna as Om aguNaaya nama: and guNaaya nama: [dealt
earlier].

It is just exhibition of duality in attributes and lord is in both
extremities and also in between as loka saakshee. It is quite interesting
and similar to krishNa having 16008 wives, [gopees, rukmini sathyabhama
jambavathy and others,] also having some children born out of them, and yet
proving he is the naishtika brahmachari. That is krishNan and his mahimaa.

With this the first 10 slokaas ends wherein we have naamavali. Subsequent 6
slokaas are pleading to the lord for that barthru bhikshaa. There are some
very nice slokaas in sri vishNu puraanam as kaaLiyan doing the sthOthram of
krishNa. These slokaas we already had n post 14. We will see meanings and
some comments on these in subsequent posts. 

Dhasan 
Vasudevan m.g. 



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