Here is a “paasuram” from Peria-Azhwar’s “tirumozhi” that I consider is an utterly enchanting still-portrait of Krishna Leela theme expounded in the Srimadh Bhaagavatham. You must read it with the portrait of Bala Krishnan above etched in your imagination. வெண்ணெய்விழுங்கிவெறுங்கலத்தைவெற்பிடையிட்டு அதனோசைகேட்கும்கண்ணபிரான்கற்றகல்விதன்னைக்காக்ககில்லோம் உன்மகனைக்காவாய் *புண்ணில்புளிப்பெய்தாலொக்கும்தீமைபுரைபுரையால்இவைசெய்யவல்லஅண்ணற்கண்ணானர்மகனைப்பெற்றஅசோதைநங்காய்! உன்மகனைக்கூவாய் —- யெரியாழ்வார் 2.9 “Your little boy ate up all the butterContinue reading “தொல்லை இன்பம் (“thollai inbam”): an oxymoron for Krishna Bhakthi that Peria-Azhwar knew only too well!”
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The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!
https://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNehttps://www.facebook.com/share/v/aQLx9BfiTqToDyNF/?mibextid=WC7FNe In Sri Vaishnava metaphysics there is this concept known as “shudda sattvam”… the ethereal absolutely pristine non-mortal substance which is what constitutes both the svarupam and kalyaana guna — I.e. form and nature — of Paramatma and the celestials in Sri Vaikuntam. This shuddasattvam is very difficult to conceive or comprehend by our ordinaryContinue reading “The Metaphysics of “shuddha-sattvam” captured in the smile of a baby: Sri. Peria Azhwar’s experience!”
“ahamasmyaparādhacakravartī” : Part-2: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Sri Vaikuntam Kshetra”
A pilgrim’s jottings on a 3-day whirlwind pilgrimage, May 4th, 2024 (Tirunelveli) May 4th at dawn in Tirunelveli — when I set out on my “yaathra” to all 9 of the Nava Tirupati “divya desa kshetras”— threatened to be a torrid day. The weathermen in the newspapers, and on TV channels, were all warning ofContinue reading ““ahamasmyaparādhacakravartī” : Part-2: A pilgrim’s jottings at “Sri Vaikuntam Kshetra””