different emotions such as taste, fear, anger, arts etc. entertainment such as watching telly or movie or theatre is exactly for that.
So, all practices prescribed in the religious texts is essentially to curb or control it.
SarvE manO niGraha lakSanAntaH 2
bikSu gItam, Srimad Bhagavatham
Therefore, it is essential to identify an object which is worthy enough to ensure the thought waves are able to get attracted to.
There’s no other object in the universe that meets any of the parameters such as
- Beauty
- Worthiness
- Value 3
Pleasing
Heartwarming and so on
than Krishna. There’s no limit to the content experienced by mind towards Krishna. The only form of Bhagawan that evokes such a desire is Bala Krishna and not any other rupA (for example Narasimha).
Narayana Bhattatri explains the form of 4
Guruvayurappan through the sloka.
யத் த்ரைலோக்ய மஹீயஸோபி மஹிதம்
ஸம்மோஹனம் மோஹனாத்
காந்தம் காந்தி நிதானதோபி மதுரம்
மாதுர்ய துர்யாதபி சௌந்தர்யதோபி சுந்தரதரம்
த்வத் ருபம் ஆஷ்சர்யதோபி ஆஷ்சர்யம் புவனே ந கஸ்யகுதுகம் புஷ்னாதி
விஷ்ணோபி ந பிபோ - நாரயணீயம் 5
யத் த்ரைலோக்ய மஹீயஸோபி மஹிதம்
There’s no one equivalent in three worlds than Sri Krishna
ஸம்மோஹனம் மோஹனாத்
There are many opioids that give an effect to take away from reality, however the effects are not lasting.
If there’s an opioid that could keep a person under 6
the influence, yet never come out of it is His Krishna form, specifically the Bala rUpam.
Everyone of us go through the pains of samsara cycle and getting engrossed in Krishna form is an effective opioid.
The antics by Krishna in Bala leelA are so engrossing 7
that they take us away into a different world. It also leads to removal of mOhA from material things as the attention gets diverted to something more valuable.
This is reaffirmed by Krishna in BG
MayyA sakta manA partA - He tells Arjuna to focus the AsaktI on Him. 8
காந்தம் காந்தி நிதானதோபி மதுரம்
If you consider all the attractive objects in the universe, Krishna will beat them hands down. He’s more beautiful than the full moon. This is confirmed in Rukminis letter srutvAN gunAn Buvana SundarA
If you consider sweetness, 9
every part and act of Krishna was considered as sweet in MadurAShtakam.
So Bhattatri says everything is AScaryA or surprise and all one needs to do is to watch and get engaged, no need to follow in our lives unlike rAmA avatar.
The outcome is in the engagement itself,
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nothing beyond that. This is why
Srunvanti grunaNti gayanti (listening, remembering/telling others and singing) is important
As Thyagaraja says in his kriti, ‘Cakkani raja margamu’ - this is a well laid road that one can never trip.
Radhekrishna