SELF EXPERIENCE OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNAS SUPERLATIVE COMPASSION
Each one of us , very happily, endorse every stories mentioned in our reverential scriptures, for they are our beacon light towards our Lord Sri Krishna.
In fact, blindly with total belief and faith , we follow the divine most footsteps of our Azhwars ( celestial saints ) and all our Sri Vaishnava acharyans for they have seen, spoken and touched our Lord Sri Krishna in person. WHAT MORE PROOF DO WE NEED?
My mind takes me back to a year back ,when the highest compassion of our Lord Sri Krishna , I, a total unworthy creature, was a recipient of. These two events , when I close my eyes, flash before me, like a fresh whiff of pure air, that gently caresses me every time.
I had been to Srirangam, Bhuloka Vaikuntham a year back. Having resided in Western India , I am not fully aware of the geography of Sri Rangam. I am equipped with an elementary knowledge , just to see me through.
One miracle happened , at the sanctum of our most beloved compassionate Sri Ranganayaki Amma.
I remember very vividly that day , I was one second late, for the night ekantha arthi ,which is an everyday celestial event at 9 pm. Five minutes event , after which, the temple closes for the day.
Puffing breathlessly, I reached , but the temple apparently seemed closed , for the external door was shut. I begged the security to allow me in, but he flatly refused, saying the temple has closed, around a second back.
I felt very bad and pained, that I missed the divine Dharshan, by a fraction of a second and sat sadly outside , all alone, in the darkness of the night.
The security personnel yelled at me , wondering why did I sit down, when the temple ,has already been shut for the day.
I did not budge an inch. Just closed my eyes meditating on our mother Sri Ranganayaki amma .
In a fraction of a second, could hear some sounds, and to my greatest astonishment, the temple doors opened ,and from a great distance , could lovingly glance the maha divya mangala swaroopa of our Sri Ranganayaki Amma.
I became mad with ecstasy and could see the beautiful pure silk green saree of our mother and HER even more lovely gentle smile.
The main problem, however, was my overflowing tears that blurred my view. How would it not ? If an extremely tired and thirsty person, in search of water , for say, two hours, gets to drink even one drop, Won't his eyes get clouded with joy? Ditto!
I literally felt like the most holiest of holy doors of our Sri Parmapadam opened for me. Within a fraction the temple closed for the day. I experienced a trance and kept wondering, if all this was my imagination or really a reality .
Few VIPs came out of the temple and I knew for sure, YES, what I witnessed was truest to the core.
My mind kept telling me ' Do you think this most celestial sight you are blessed with, was due to your merit or some good Karma ? No! Never! It is the highest mercy of our most beloved mother ,our very own adoring Sri Ranganayaki Amma and not one bit of your merit.'
Yes , my mind ' I agree, you are absolutely right.No doubt on that at all.
Countless prostrations at HER divine most lotus feet.HER Benevolence is universally renowned. SHE captures our heart, our thoughts and showers countless blessings on each one of us. SHE is our DAYA DEVI Amma .
Zillion infinity oceans put together is absolutely nothing before HER magnificent compassion .
After this most celestial miracle, the next day , in three cheers, was waiting in greatest anticipation , to witness the divine Garuda Sevai of our Sri Namperumal of Sri Rangam. ( Our very own most beloved Sri Ranganatharperumal).
We all know that Sri Garuda azhwar is the vehicle of our Lord Sri Krishna and Sri Gaja ( elephant ) is the vehicle of our Sri Maha Lakshmi Amma.
Again, this time, was late by 2 hours. Being new to the place, searching and reaching the destination takes time. To add to this , had to rush to the start point of the divine procession .
Absolutely had no idea of the exact location, but was running at jet set speed , asking every local , and they guiding at every interval , delayed my arrival.
The roads are quite narrow and also no rickshaws too, due to procession ,all roads blocked. Once again, totally fatigued, for rarely have run ,for an hour at a stretch and that too around 7 to 8 pm .
Somehow with great difficuty, reached with a 100% sureity our Lord Sri Namperumal would have already left . To my greatest amazement , the procession had not even begun.
OUR LORD WAS SEATED ON OUR SRIGARUDA VAHANA ,IN A ROYAL MOST DIVINE POSTURE , ADORNED BEAUTIFULLY, WITH COUNTLESS PRECIOUS JEWELS AND HIS HOLIEST VASTRAM and ALANKAR totally mesmerized me .
As a rule, it is the most well known fact, that every celestial event in our Srirangam temple , time management is superlative and that even one second delay is quite rare.
As my best luck would have it, that day , some road problems caused a delay of around 2 hours. My mind prompted , our Lord waited for me. HOW RIGHT! Yes! I totally agreed with my mind.
With stream of tears, absolutely in daze, kept gazing at our SriNamperumal and the divine procession started and it took around two hours total .
On the divine most roads of Srirangam, where the lotus feet of countless acharyans touched, I too literally danced , in the highest ecstasy, right in front of our perumal ,throughout the 2 hours in the closest proximity. Never in my most celestial dreams ,ever dreamed of such a possibility.
How compassionate can our Lord Sri Ranga be? Can anyone of us even fathom the height of HIS never ending mercy?, that too an insignificant ant and atom like myself.
These two ,absolutely, out of worldly events narrated, just to provide a tiny glimpse of our Divine Parents compassion which none in the entire cosmos possess. EXCLUSIVE DIVINE MOST QUALITY OF OUR ONE AND ONE , OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA ONLY.
To this moment my heart, mind , soul and body knows for sure, that the meaning , of the word COMPASSION , in its superlative degree ,would appear like a zero watt blub in front of OUR LORD SRI RANGANATHAR, THE BRIGHTEST OF BRIGHT , BIGGEST OF BIG, MOST MAGNIFICENT SOLE PARABRAHMA CHAITANYA JYOTHI SWAROOPA.
None in all the yugas can gauge our Lord Sri Rangas compassion for to measure such a divine trait of our Lord , one should first know , the accurate radius, diameter, circumference and area.
I KNOW FOR SURE, SUCH A LOFTY FEAT IS NOT HUMANLY POSSIBLE. PURE TRANSCENDENTAL. Countless glories to our most beloved divine parents, our very own Sri Ranganayaki Amma and our Sri Namperumal.
Let each one of us fall flat with utter devotion at their divine most lotus feet, the only place worth living for.
Jai Sriman Sri Narayanaya Namaha. Sab iccha Sri Harika.
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