SRIMAN NARAYANA, SRI LAKSHMI AMMA (DAYA DEVI) AND THE HOLIEST OF HOLY WORKS OF THE REVERENTIAL AZHWARS ( MYSTIC SAINTS ) OF THE SOUTH OF INDIA. ( Part 12 / 21)
Sri Kulasekhara Azhwar Part 12 of 21
When we read the divine works of our most reverential azhwars, one most peculiar feature is very striking that all our adoring azhwars are from different strata , some are priests, kings,musicians etc. The divine message of our creator Lord Sriman Narayana is once again crystal clear that no matter what we do for our sustenance , what we have, what we crave, WE ARE LOVED BY HIM ONLY FOR WHAT WE MAKE OURSELVES OF IN TERMS OF OUR SPIRITUAL UPLIFTMENT NOT ONLY TOWARDS OUR DIVINE CONSORT BUT ALSO TOWARDS EACH ONE OF HIS CREATION SENTIENT AND IN SENTIENT.
Our Sri Vaishnavism is very particular of deepest compassion, truth, ahimsa and steadfast devotion towards our lord Sri Krishna , at the same time our scriptures are very meticulous in prescribing MANAVA SEVA AS MADHAVA SEVA. Our srivaishnavism accords the highest importance to the soul which has neither religion, nor caste, gender , nor can it be slain, it is eternal and only gets transferred from one physical covering to the other till it attains permanent liberation. It is the foremost duty of a truest of true srivaishnava to live peacefully amidst all without making any distinctions. OUR DEAREST KULASHEKARA AZHWAR HAS SET THE HIGHEST PRECEPT BY FOLLOWING THIS DIVINE PRINCIPLE OF LOVING ALL TRULY WITHOUT ANY BIAS OR PREJUDICE.
When our king and most beloved acharyan ,Sri Ramanujar, THE ONE AND ONLY YATI RAJA was the most loving social reformer who knew only one religion and that is compassion and ensured his level best to redeem each of us , our lord Sri Krishna's creations and hence has the highest place in our lords lotus heart .
Our Kulasekhara azhwar was a very royal king who was a scholar par excellence , more than his very glorious dignified position , his devotion towards our lord Sri Krishna and all the srivaishnava devotees of our lord and creator lord Sri Rama was super transcendental. His devotion to our dearest lord Sri Rama is at its zenith and he keeps visualizing Lord Sri Rama and is very concerned and sad at our lords separation from our dearest Sita amma, dances with joy at his coronation, runs with his mighty army to protect our dearest of dear lord Sri Rama during the battle between the most evil Ravana, whenever our dearest of dear Parmatman Lord Sri Rama is happy our azhwar too dances with happiness, when our lord is sad, our azhwar cannot bear his sadness .SUCH IS HIS BHAVANA , TO TOTALLY MERGE WITH OUR LORD'S MOODS.
Every single moment he is in a divine spell and in blissful union with regards to his bhakti towards our PARMATMAN our most beloved Lord Sri Rama and hence our azhwar was one of the most righteous ruler just like our most loving lord Sri Rama who is loved dearly by all as MARYADA PURUSHOTAM (OUR PARMAATMAN Lord Sri Rama was WITHOUT ANY FLAWS/ PRISTINE PURE ).
Our azhwar is deeply anguished at the saddest plight of Kaushalya amma because of her separation from her most beloved son our dearest Parmaatma Lord Sri Rama, every event in our lord Sri Rama's divine manifestation creates a great sentiment in our most beloved Kulasekhara azhwars mind.
HIS LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA IS UNPARALLELED. WHEN ONE READS IN DEPTH OF HIS DIVINE VERSES ONE CAN MARVEL AT HIS HIGHEST WORSHIP AND ADORATION FOR OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA AND THE VERY BEST PART IS OUR LORDS OCEAN OF LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST KULASEKHARA AZHWAR. IT IS THE MOST JOYOUS MOMENT FOR EVERY JIVATMA WHEN OUR PARMATMA OUR DEAREST LORD SRI RAMA ALSO LOVES US MUCH MORE THAN WE CAN THINK OF LOVING HIM, THIS VERY FEELING IS LIKE AN ELIXIR TO OUR BODY AND SOUL.
Once our dearest of dear lord Sri Venkateswara of holiest of holy Tirumala appears in our Kulasekhara azhwars dream to draw him closer to him , to remind him to divert his loving attention to our lord.
As humbly conveyed earlier, our lord Sri Rama keeps coming to his most beloved devotees striking a chord in each of our heart when we fail to think of him , he keeps drawing us closer to him. Our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar is mesmerized by our lords beauty, his dazzling splendour and from that moment onwards itself tries his level best to concentrate on the glories of our dearest of dear one and only Lord Sri Rama, our loving creator , despite the fact our azhwar is the king he immerses himself in Hari Bhakti.
His most happiest of happy moments is to spend time with the bhagavadars ( devotees of our lord Sri Rama), our lord Sri Rama always loves if we serve his devotees for it measures to serving our lord only, such is the place of the loving devotees of our lord. OUR LORD HAS ACCORDED THE HIGHEST PLACE TO HIS DEVOTEES AND THAT IS HIS DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL COMPASSIONATE HEART
The core essence of our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwars divine writings mentioned:
- His highest prapati , his yearning to be with lord Sri Ranganatha of Srirangam, is the fact that everyday he decides to leave for holiest of holy Srirangam to permanently serve our dearest Lord Sri Ranganatha but compelled by circumstance takes a U turn back to his kingdom but the separation from our dearest lord Sri Ranga gets unbearable for our dearest azhwar as the days go by.
Certain divine events in his life later, makes him fully transfer the charge of his kingdom to his son and he gets fully immersed in his Bhakti for our dearest of dear PARMAATMA lord Sri Rama, each of his vast property and wealth is very lovingly used for our lord and also for his devotees. None can match our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar for his vairaagya ( total renunciation).
His humility despite him being a king is worth emulating countless times, for he is the rarest precious pearl, a priceless Kohinoor diamond etc who begs our lord , to lovingly serve at his divine most lotus feet in any capacity as a fish, as a stone etc. His only concern is to be eternally very close nearside our dearest lord Sri Rama. He is ready to do whatever service our lord feels happy at, he is ever willing to hold a golden bowl for our lord to spit after he brushes his sparkling white teeth, such is his Bhakti, he conjures an image that standing with the golden bowl in his hand as a servant of our dearest of dear lord Sri Rama, he may get noticed by our lord and be a recipient of his immense grace. He knows of our dearest lord SriGovinda's exalted position as unparalleled creator of all the worlds and hence wants to be subservient to him.
CAN ANYONE OF US EVEN IMAGINE OF THE MONUMENTAL HEIGHT OF HIS PRAPATI AND THE HIGHEST LOVE HE HAS FOR OUR DEAREST LORD WHERE HE IS READY FOR ANY SERVICE . CAN WE BOAST OF SUCH AN EXALTED LOVE FOR OUR DEAREST OF DEAR SRI GOVINDA?, NONE CAN ,ONLY OUR DEAREST OF DEAR KULASEKHARA AZHWAR HAS PROVEN TO THE ENTIRE MANKIND OF HIS PUREST DEVOTION.
THE HIGHEST LESSON WHEN I READ OF KULASEKHARA AZHWAR IS HIS UTTER HUMILITY, HIS SUPERLATIVE BHAKTI WHICH NONE CAN EVER MATCH AND HENCE IN THE INNER MOST SANCTUM SANCTORUM OF OUR TEMPLE AT HOLIEST OF HOLY SEVEN HILLS TIRUMALA, THE DIVINE MOST STEP IS CALLED KULASEKHARA AZHWAR PADI WHERE HE IS SUPER SATISFIED BEING A HUMBLE DIVINE STEP NEAR OUR MOST LOVING LORD SRI GOVINDA . OUR DEAREST KULASEKHARA AZHWAR LOVINGLY ADMIRES OUR BELOVED LORD SRI KESHAVA AND ALSO HIS DEVOTEES FOR EVERY OF THEM HAS TO CROSS THAT STEP. SUPERLATIVE BHAKTI WHICH NONE CAN EVER MATCH.
- Our Kulasekhara azhwar exhorts each one of us to give up the sensory pleasures for they are transient and will surely perish one day but our divine most love for our creator Lord Sri Rama will be like a raft which will transport us to the other end of the shore and that is divinity of our lord's grace and blessings which is eternal and timeless. Each one of us must make sure to enshrine our lord Sri Govinda now for time is fleeting, no one knows what tomorrow may hold for us, THIS IS THE TIME TO UNCONDITIONALLY FALL AT THE DIVINE MOST BEAUTIFUL LOTUS FEET OF OUR DEAREST LORD SRI VITHOBHA MAULI, LORD SRI RAMA, LORD SRI KRISHNA, LORD SRI VAAMANA, LORD SRI NARSIMHA AND HIS COUNTLESS MANIFESTATIONS.
3.Our dearest Kulasekhara azhwar asserts very affirmatively that he would never be seen in the company of those who do not love our lord , for it is total waste here and here after to correct or reform them. As also conveyed by our dearest lord Sri Krishna in our divine Srimadh Bhagavad Gita that the demoniac people always work against our lords interest and also constantly argue that they are right and view the world upside down and the best way to treat such asuras is to shun them like we do of a deadly poisonous snake.
This is one of the dearest message of our most beloved Kulasekhara azhwar who relentlessly serves every of our lords devotees with so much zeal, love and affection that none can match him in his divine service of our dear lords Sri Govinda's devotees too.
Please make a note, my dearest spiritual brothers and sisters, all our azhwars have strictly adhered to our divine message of our Lord Sri Govinda uttered through his mukhakamalam in Sri madh Bhagavad gita ,the one point source of all our religious scriptures for it has one of the most unique features , our lord has uttered the 700 holiest of holy verses.
The stature of the mighty Himalayas can fall, our purest mother Ganges can dry but our lord's word of promise , his love for all his creations will never falter but only grow by leaps and bounds , SUCH IS THE GREATEST GLORY OF OUR LORD SRI KRISHNA , COME WHAT MAY HIS DIVINE PROMISE WILL ALWAYS BE FULFILLED BY HIM UNDER EVERY CIRCUMSTANCE , SATYAM , SATYAM PUNAHA SATYAM. THERE IS NO GREATER TRUTH THAN OUR LORDS BEAUTIFUL MESSAGE AND DIVINE LOTUS FEET IN THE ENTIRE COSMOS.
- Our dearest of dear Kulasekhara azhwar has accorded the highest position to our archa form of worship in divine most temples like Srirangam, Triumala etc where our lord Sriman Narayana in his ever smiling divya mangala vigraha swaroopa, whether in standing , sitting or reclining position is none other than our lord Sri Govinda as in Sri Parmapadam which thereby goes to prove whilst we are present on our dearest mother earth we can visit these very exalted places of worship and seek the divine blessings of our dearest lord Sri Govinda and Sri Mahalakshmi amma here itself , whether we reach Sri Parmapadam is entirely unto the mercy and grace of our divine parents Lord Sri Keshava and Mahalakshmi amma.
Having born as humans , the least we can do is to seek the divine darshan and benediction of our dearest lord Sriman Narayana and MahaLakshmi amma here itself. As humbly conveyed earlier where our lord resides , that holiest place is only SriParmapadam, we can make our home a SriParmapadam by devoutly worshiping our lord Sri Govinda by offering him beautiful fragrant flowers, by lighting the most perfumed incense sticks, by calling all our sri vaishnava friends in large numbers and singing glories of our divine consort , by chanting of his divine holiest of holy names and many many of such loving service to our PARMATMAN.
Isn't he the HEAD OF OUR FAMILY TOO, DOES HE NOT WAIT EAGERLY FOR US TO RETURN BACK FROM OUR JOB, DOESN'T HE HEAR WITH RAPT ATTENTION OUR EVENTS OF THE DAY, DOESN'T OUR DEAREST OF DEAR MOTHER LAKSHMI AMMA GATHER US IN HER MOST LOVING LAP AS A VERY DOTING MOTHER WOULD.
PLEASE LET US IN STILL SILENCE LISTEN TO THE DIVINE VOICE OF OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA, ALL OUR ANSWERS WOULD BE AUTOMATICALLY ARRIVED AT, NO NEED TO SEARCH OUTSIDE AT ALL, ONLY INWARD INTROSPECTION WOULD DO WONDERS. THE DIVINE RESIDES WITHIN US , WE NEED TO SPEAK TO HIM LOVINGLY TO EARN HIS BLESSINGS , WE NEED TO DRAW HIM VERY CLOSER TO US , HE WILL COME RUNNING TO US, NO DOUBT ON THIS AT ALL.
EACH OF US HAVE EXPERIENCED NUMEROUS MIRACLES , EACH OF US HAVE FELT HE IS LOVINGLY BOUNDED US TO HIM ETERNALLY BUT ALL THIS WOULD BE FELT BY US ONLY IN TOTAL SILENT MEDITATION WHEN WE CAN CLEARLY HEAR HIS MOST MELODIOUS VOICE AND THE LOVELY TUNES OF HIS DIVINE MOST FLUTE.
MY DEAREST SPIRITUAL SISTERS AND BROTHERS PLEASE TRY TO SIT IN TOTAL MEDITATION FOR FEW MOMENTS IN A DAY, AM VERY SURE WE ALL WILL HEAR HIS MOST DIVINE MUSICAL VOICE. FAITH AND PATIENCE CAN MOVE MOUNTAINS AND OUR DEAREST OF DEAR LORD SRI GOVINDA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA ARE THE SOFTEST OF SOFT , LIKE A BEAUTIFUL SMOOTH SILKEN ROBE THEN SURELY THEY WILL LOVINGLY TIE US TOGETHER WITH THEM EVER WITH A GOLDEN TWINE , PLEASE TRY, A SMALL EFFORT HERE WILL BE HIGHLY REWARDED.
- Our dearest humblest of humble Kulasekhara azhwar conveys to our lord that he is the sinner of the worst type waiting for our lord Sri Krishna's redemption , this divine message should surely be taken as a message for us, not for our dearest azhwar who knows not what a sin is , he is purity personified , he has forever engaged himself in the service of our lord and his devotees.
We need to take a cue here and let our dearest lord know what a vile sinners we are and when the time has come for judgement we are trembling with utter fear of the outcome of our despicable actions, it is like running to a well when the well has already dried up, we keep doing numerous sins and when the time of assessment ( THE DAY OF JUDGEMENT) begins we shiver at our wicked actions, hence we need to plead guilty before our lord Sri Keshava much before we even commit a single sin for preventive action is much more superior than remedial action.
SO LET US THIS MOMENT ONWARDS, FERVENTLY PRAY OUR BELOVED LORD SRI KRISHNA, TO PERMANENTLY RESIDE WITHIN US, AS AN ANTARYAAMI (INDWELLER ) AND CORRECT EACH OF OUR ACT EVEN BEFORE WE HAVE SOWN THE SEED OF THE BAD ACT , EVEN BEFORE THE THINKING STATE, OUR BLACK THOUGHTS HAVE TO BE ERASED FOR THOUGHTS CULMINATE INTO ACTION AND ACTION CONVERTS INTO KARMA WHICH WE NEED TO PAY FOR.
ONE EVIL THOUGHT ONE BAD KARMA AND COMPOUNDED EVIL THOUGHTS, SURE SHOT ROUTE AWAY FROM OUR DEAREST OF DEAR PARMAATMA LORD SRI KRISHNA, THE THOUGHT ITSELF CAN MAKE ME CRINGE IN FEAR AND TAKE THE LIFE OUT OF MYSELF FOR CANNOT IMAGINE IN MY WILDEST OF WILD NIGHTMARE, ONE BILLIONTH OF A SECOND TOO, WITHOUT OUR LORD SRI GOVINDA'S PRESENCE IN OUR LIFE, WE ARE THERE BECAUSE OF HIM, WE MOVE BECAUSE HE HAS SO ORDAINED, WE ARE A PART AND PARCEL OF EVERY OF HIS ENDEAVOR AND HENCE WE NEED TO BE BOUND TO HIM EVER AS OUR MOST LOVING YASHODA AMMA BOUND OUR MOST ADORING LITTLE BABY KRISHNA WITH A SMALL ROPE AS SRI DAMODHARA , WE TOO SHOULD BE FOREVER BOUND TO OUR DIVINE PARENTS LORD SRIMAN NARAYANA AND MAHALAKSHMI AMMA EVER AND EVER HERE AND HEREAFTER.
Countless prostration to our most beloved lord Sri Govinda, our most loving mother Lakshmi amma , our humblest of humble adorable Kulasekhara azhwar. May one billionth part of his divine bhakti, prapatti and utter humility be a part of our nature too ,for if that be so, we are very close to our Lord Sri Govinda.
Sriman Narayanam Charanam Sharanam Prabhadye, Srimate SriNarayanaya namaha.
Countless prostration at the divine most lotus feet of our dearest Kulasekhara azhwar.
OM TAT SAT.
HARE KRISHNA HARE KRISHNA KRISHNA KRISHNA HARE HARE HARE RAAMA HARE RAAMA RAAMA RAMA HARE HARE.
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