![]() ![]() His praise in the most important of the Nava rasas, the SringAra With the vAsana or memory of the Lord supreme specifically to sing Requested the Bhagavan that he be allowed to be born as a mortal Was not content to remain in the heavenly abode hence, he VyAsa, the divine writer of the MahABhArata and Srimad BhAgavatam Weak to the path of the Sadhana (nAma Sankeertanam). Lord and mix among the weak and frail so that they may take the That they too would like to be re-born as mortals to be with the Parikshit and a host of others, where all of them request the Lord On this aspect, as also on the mythical beliefs and stories of theĭialogues between KrishNA and NArada, Sukha Brahmam and King In my earlier sankeertanams, I have given brief narratives ![]() Taking several incarnations in the form of musical saints and Ordained that He would facilitate the sAdhana and propagate it by The words of the Lord, was and is nAma Sankeertanam. There is a little bit of controversy whether Kshetrayya was firstīhakta Jayadeva & Gita GovindamOf the nine types of BhaktiĮnunciated in the Srimad BhAgavatam, the finest and simplest, in Mythical belief entertains that VyAsa was born again in the 15 th century, as MahA VidwAn Kshetragnya and reportedly composed about 24,000 padams/songs in praise of Lord KrishNA in the SringAra mode and once again, as YatirAja NArAyaNa Teertha in the 16 th or 17 th century and offered the immortal KrishNAleela Tarangini once again on KrishNA and mostly his sringAra leela. The Gita Govindam is believed to be a condensation of the Bhagavatam in 24 Ashtapadis (the term “ashtapadi” referring to a prabandham or song with eight stanzas, although it must be added that some of the songs in this opus have less or more than 8 stanzas). Some of the meanings of the Sanskrit word Prabandham include ‘a continued narrative or discourse’ or ‘any poetical composition or literary work.’ VyAsa took three births, the first in the 12 th century, as Bhakta Jayadeva and offered to mankind the immortal Gita Govindam-a SringAra MahAKAvyam-highlighting Premabhakti to the Supreme Lord KrishNA. I will come to this subject later when we talk of Jayadeva’s Gita Govindam, also known as Kavi Prabandham. Rasa literally translates to ”taste”, ”flavor” or “essence”. Sri Veda VyAsa, the divine writer of the MahABhArata and Srimad BhAgavatam was not content to remain in the heavenly abode hence, he requested the Bhagavan that he be allowed to be born as a mortal with the vAsana or memory of the Lord supreme specifically to sing His praise in the most important of the Nava rasas, the SringAra Rasa. ![]() In my earlier sankeertanams, I have given brief narratives on this aspect, as also on the mythical beliefs and stories of the dialogues between KrishNA and NArada, Sukha Brahmam and King Parikshit and a host of others, where all of them request the Lord that they too would like to be re-born as mortals to be with the Lord and mix among the weak and frail so that they may take the weak to the path of the Sadhana (nAma Sankeertanam). The Lord ordained that He would facilitate the sAdhana and propagate it by taking several incarnations in the form of musical saints and seers. Bhakta Jayadeva & Gita Govindam Of the nine types of Bhakti enunciated in the Srimad BhAgavatam, the finest and simplest, in the words of the Lord, was and is ‘nAma Sankeertanam’. ![]()
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