194. OM SUPARNAYA NAMA: ॐ सुपर्णाय नम:
With beautiful wings in the Hamsa Avatar.
Sanat Kumara and others are the children of lord Brahma created by his thoughts and so are called manasa putra. Two types of practices are stipulated in Vedas -pravryti dharma and nivruti dharma. Pravrutti dharma is practiced to get pleasures in this world like begetting children or acquiring wealth, etc., and pleasures in Heaven. Nivrutti dharma is to be practiced for discarding all these transient pleasures and seeking the eternal bliss of serving the Lord in Vaikuntam. Are we not to practice pravrutti dharma? Are they also not part of Vedas? Yes, but we have to follow pravrutti dharma with detachment and dedicating the results to the Lord. Pravrutti dharma was preached by Prajapati aka lord Brahma; nivrutti dharma was preached by the Lord Himself. Sanatkumara and others asked lord Brahma to preach them the way to reach Vaikuntam as they were disinterested in others. Lord Brahma did not know the answer. In Srimad Bhagavatam in the 11th skandam, it is told that when lord Brahma meditated on the Lord, He appeared as a Swan or Hamsa and preached the atyadma gyana or the most superior knowledge. This enabled lord Brahma to answer and preach what he learnt to others. When the Lord apperared as Hamsa, His wings were very beautiful. Suparna also indicates Garuda. Sri Andal says Garuda used his wings to provide shade for Sri Krishna as He was grazing cattle in Brindavanam.
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