Today 10th Aug is ‘Yajur Upakarma’ and there was grand
purappadu at Thiruvallikkeni …… Sure you know the puranic legend of ‘Gajendra
moksham [salvation of elephant Gajendra]’ ~ when Lord Maha Vishnu Himself came down to earth to protect
Gajendra(elephant) from the death clutches of Makara (Crocodile). It also offers us great learning – the otherwise mighty elephant too could get into
difficulty and in its extreme distress the elephant after testing its power and
understanding its futility, still had
the presence of mind to think of bhatki
(devotion) and gnana (spiritual knowledge) ….. the plea of elephant was
immediately answered by Lord Maha Vishnu, who came rushing in to protect His devotee – making the earthly human beings
realise that if God does so for an elephant, He sure would protect all of us too.
Gajendra the
King of elephants, was attacked and caught by a crocodile and death seemed
imminent. Gajendra had been rendering
service to the Lord by offering fresh, fragrant Lotus and when he appealed to
God to protect him, Maha Vishnu appeared on Garuda vahanam, saving the devout
elephant by killing the crocodile with his ‘Chakram’. It also explains that one who falls under
the divine feet of Lord [prapathi – surrender] seeking salvation will surely be
taken care of.
The
reenactment of Gajendra moksha takes place during the full moon in the month of
Aadi. During Theppothsavam, Lord
Varadhar has sarruppadi of ‘Gajendra
moksha thirukolam’. In Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam, Lord Devathirajar (the
Moolavar) is giving us darshan on Garuda vahanam – “aanaiyin thuyaram theera
pul oornthu sendru nindru aazhi thottanai” [the one who transcended on the bird
to wipe out the trouble of elephant] in the words of Thirumangai Mannan.
Today, it
was Gajendra Moksham at Thiruvallikkeni, and Sri Parthasarathi had purappadu in
Garuda vahanam. Normally all Garuda
SEvais here are in the morning [this and Garuda sevai of Sri Ranganathar
exceptions] …. It rained very heavily ; devotees could have darshan of Sri
Parthasarathi Garuda SEvai but there was no veethi purappadu. Here are some photos of Perumal Garuda Sevai
In 1971
London educated R Nataraja Mudaliar produced and directed the first silent feature film in Tamil called
‘Keechaka vadham’ ……….. he also made Draupadi Vasthrabaharanam, Mayil Ravana,
Lavakusa and Kalinga Mardanam. The other
early pioneer A Narayanan made “Gajendra Moksham” in 1930.
Adiyen
Srinivasadhasan
10th
Aug 2014.
see the rain clouds in the background !!
Adiyen read a good article on the call of of Gajendra to Aathimoolam and the rescue act there of, in a posting by brother Sampath Srinivasan.
ReplyDeleteLord Sriman Narayana during various Avatars exhibited similar Karunyam to those devotees who surrendered and who had utmost faith and confidence that the Lord would deliver.
Prahlada believed that Lord Narayana is omnipresent and to prove his faith and to save him, he emerged from a pillar.
When Drauapadi called out Hurudaya Nivasi he immediately came to her rescue.
Thiruvallikeni Partasarathi Perumal has blessd us with Jagadacharyan Ramanujacahrya, who is ever ready to show the the path to the same Lord Sriman Narayana, Here is song on this topic. Please visit http://srimannarayana108.blogspot.com/2014/03/blog-post.html