Dear Srimans Venkatesh , Rangaswamy and Sudarshan : Following the excellent postings of Sri Rengarajan on Sri Oppiliappan , our Kuls Dhaivam , I have sent the first of the two or more postings on Sri Oppiliappan . According to our PaancharAthra Aagamam , Bhagavaan NarAyaNA is our mUlam and His in the form of ArchAmUrthys dear to AzhwArs , AchAryAs and followers of the different sampradhAyams . Same comments can be made about Vibhava avathAra mUrthys as well . Some declare that Lord KrishNA is BhagavAN Svayam and others are Parama Raama ChaithanyAs . Even here , we have to revert back to Sriman NaarAyaNA in Sri Vaikuntam as the Aadhi MUlam , who responded to Gajenfran's acute plea for help . That Gajendra Varadhan and the StambhOthbhava Naarasimham responding instantaneously to defend His Bhakthan's MahA VisvAsam are none other than Sriman NaarAyaNan . Although we engage in this wonderful celebration of our Ishta Dhaivams in the spirit of Saazhals and Uthi paratthal following the sacred foot steps of AzhwArs , the fact remains that every thing reverts back to the paramaAsthAnam , Param Padham and the divya dampathis there celebrated by Swami Desikan in Parama padha SOpAna rahasya grantham. Having said that , I will do some floor crossing in defense of our Kula Dhaivam and how all these come together at the Silver mantapam at AhObila Matam . My thanks to all of you for keeping ' this discussion on the Anantha KalyANa guNams o Sriman NaarAyaNA going in such a devout spirit. We are learning together in the true spirit of a sathsangham . V.Sadagopan > >------------------------Quote---------------------------------- >Dear Bhaktas, Hopefully, there will >be more "floor-crossers" after reading this wonderful verse! > >Namo Narayana, > >Muralidhar Rangaswamy > > > Once again a classic case of starting with thiruvEngadamudaiyAn and > ending with Arangan by NammAzhwAr too. > > I am certain there will be no floor crossers. > > Sri RanganAyaki thAyAr samEtha Sri RanganAthan thriuvadigaLe saraNam. > > adiyEn RAmAnuja dAsan > > Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh > >
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