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Author: SriMatham Balu Mama
Source: Maha Periyaval Darisana Anubhavangal Vol. 2
Compiled by Jagadguru Sri Maha Periyava - Kanchi Paramacharya/Fb
A devotee who had been connected for long with the SriMatham was talking to Periyava. He was complaining about another
Author: SriMatham Balu Mama
Source: Maha Periyaval Darisana Anubhavangal Vol. 2
Compiled by Jagadguru Sri Maha Periyava - Kanchi Paramacharya/Fb
A devotee who had been connected for long with the SriMatham was talking to Periyava. He was complaining about another
man saying, "That man is an utter kaarkotaka (the king of snakes)!"
After a moment’s silence,
Periyava said, "Do you mean he is good?"
The devotee could not understand. "I meant he is a kaarkotaka who has the dreadfully, poisonous venom..."
Periyava asked him: "You know
After a moment’s silence,
Periyava said, "Do you mean he is good?"
The devotee could not understand. "I meant he is a kaarkotaka who has the dreadfully, poisonous venom..."
Periyava asked him: "You know
praatasmarana shloka?
Kaarkotakasya Naagasya Damayanthyaa Nalasya Cha
Rithuparnasya Raajarsheha Keerthanam Kalinaashanam
"Kaarkotaka, Damayanti, Nala, Rituparna just remembering them removes one of their sins. They are such punyavaans (sacred souls)."
The bhakta who had spoken
Kaarkotakasya Naagasya Damayanthyaa Nalasya Cha
Rithuparnasya Raajarsheha Keerthanam Kalinaashanam
"Kaarkotaka, Damayanti, Nala, Rituparna just remembering them removes one of their sins. They are such punyavaans (sacred souls)."
The bhakta who had spoken
disparagingly of another was embarrassed. It meant that he did not talk ill of the other person after all (though he wanted to)!
"You have yourself told me he is a good man. Isn't that so?"
In Periyava's viewpoint everyone is good. To refer to Kaarkotaka is to destroy the evils
"You have yourself told me he is a good man. Isn't that so?"
In Periyava's viewpoint everyone is good. To refer to Kaarkotaka is to destroy the evils
of Kali. This is not only the assurance of elders but of our Periyava too.
Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam 🙏🏻
Sarvam Sri Krishnarpanam 🙏🏻
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