Search:
Bhakti List Archives

Re: darpa-dAya namah--> krishna and the gopis

From the Bhakti List Archives

bvsheela • August 7, 2002 


The difference is because, in the case of tiruvarangath amudanAr 
the "pride" was out of "experiencing" rAmAnuja and in the case of 
gOpis it could have been because of the "ego" that Kannan danced with 
them because of something they "did" (attract) or "possessed" 
(beauty) ...

--- In bhakti-list@y..., "kalaivani retnavellu" 
 wrote:
> Sri:
> srimathe ramanujaya nama:
> jai sri krishna
> 
> dear bhaagavatas,
> adiyal has got a question based on sri krishnamachari swamy's post 
on sri 
> vishnu sahasra namam.
> 
> 
>  >718. darpa-dah - a) The Bestower of pride (to His devotees).
>  > b) The Bestower of beauty and attractiveness in everything.
>  >
>  >om darpa-dAya namah.
>  >
>  >a) SrI kRshNa datta bhAradvAj gives the explanation - darpo 
harshah;
>  >tam sAttvikebhyo dadAti AtmAnam pradarSya iti darpa-dah. BhagavAn
>  >makes His true devotees proud by revealing Himself to them. SrI
>  >aNNa'ngarAcArya svAmi's anubhavam is that bhagavAn gives full 
enjoyment
>  >of Himself to His true devotees, and makes them feel proud of this
>  >experience. tiru ara'ngattu amudanAr expresses this kind of pride
>  >arising out of his association with emperumAnAr - "enakku Arum 
nigar
>  >illaiyE"; "Ar
>  >enakku inRu nigar, Sollil?", "enakku enna tAzhvu iniyE?".
>  >
> 
> my question is, then why did krishna disappear from among the 
gopis, when 
> they were feeling proud, prior to the rasa leela?
> 
> my advance thanks to all bhaagavatas :)
> 
> lottsa krishna premai
> kalaivani
> namo narayana
> 
> _________________________________________________________________
> MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: 
> http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx



--------------------------------------------------------------
           - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH -
To Post a message, send it to:   bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com
Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list
Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/
 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/