JANARDHANA - The Supreme God of Sraaddha Karma
WHO IS JANARDHANA ? Janaardhana is one of the popular names of Lord Vishnu. In Bhagawadgita (Canto # 1 sloka # 44; Canto # 3 sloka # 1) we find Lord Sri Krishna being addressed as Janaardhana. It is one of the Chaturvimshati Kesavaadi Roopas of Lord Vishnu. We chant the divine name Janaardhanain Chaturvimshati Kesava Naamaas. Jana+Aardhana = Janaardhana; Jana in general means the people; it also means Janana (birth); Aardhana means destroying. Janaardhana is the one who destroys Janma (birth) and bestows Janmarahitya (without birth). Janaardhana is the one who protects people/devotees from evil. This attribute of Lord Vishnu we find in Sri Vishnu Sahasranaama Stothram wherein He is eulogized as Janaardhana (sloka # 14) and in Phala Sruthi where Arujuna addresses Lord Sri Krishna as… padmapatra vishaalaaksha padmanaabha surottama | bhaktaanaam anuraktaanaaM traataa bhava janaardana || In the...