SrI: Dear BhakthAs: In the previous postings , the focus was on the extended meanings of Milky Ocean (ThiruppARkkadal/Jalanidhi ) and SrI Vaikuntam as two of the preferred places of residence of EmperumAn. In this posting , we will continue with the other FOUR PREFERRED PERMANENT RESIDENCES of the Lord besides SrI Vaikuntam and Milky Ocean as revealed by NigamAntha MahA Desikan in the tenth slOkam. The Tenth SlOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath ********************************************** dhivyE padhE jalanidhou nigamOtthamAngE svAnthE sathAm savithru-maNDala-madhya-bhAgE BrahmAchalE cha bahumAnapadhE muneenAm vyakthim Tava ThridasanATa vadhanthi nithyAm Lord's presence on top of Veda Siras ************************************ Swamy Desikan salutes EmperumAn here as " Nigama utthama angE Tava vyakthim nithyAm vadahanthi" . Nigama means VedAs. Utthama angam is the head or Siras. The Utthamangam of Nigama is constituted by Upanishads, which are the end portions of the VedAs. They are visualized as prostrating at the sacred feet of the Lord (Thiru adivAram) and are eulogizing His glories. The MahA NaarAyaNa Upanishad salutes HIm and says that I know this Purusha, SrIman NaarAyaNan , who is immense/great (mahAntham), who is radiant like the Sun and is beyond and above the primordial matter . The blessed one who knows this ParamAthman becomes immortal in this birth itself (iha amrutha: bhavathi). There is no alternative path fr Moksham : "vEdAhamEtham Purusham mahAntham , Aditya varNam tamasa: parsthAth TamEvam vidvAn amrutha iha bhavathi, nAnya: panTA: vidhyathE ayanAya" Taittiriyam joins in and defines Him "Sathyam Jn~Anam Anantham Brahma " ( The Brahman that I am eulogizing is True ,uncontracted Consciousness and is infinite in dimensions and is not limited by place, time or substance). IsAvasyOpanishad adds to the chorus of salutations as part of the veda Siras and hails that all this whatsoever is in the Lord's Universe is pervaded by Him (IsAvAsyamidham Sarvam yath kincha jagathyAm jagath). KatOpanishad as One of the Veda Siras is blessed by the contact with the Lord's Sacred feet and declares: yathaschOdEthi SooryOastham yathra cha gacchathi Tamm dEvA: sarvE arpithA: tadhu nAthyEthi kascchana ( All gods without exception are established in Him from whom the Sun rises and in whom the Sun also sets. None can transgress this omnipotent Brahman, who is the Self of ALL). Lord's presence inside the minds of Saadhu Janams ************************************************** SaasthrAs and PurANAs aver that the Lord enjoys as One of His preferred residence , the minds of His BhaagavathAs . MahA NaarAyaNopanishad points out this MahA Purushan moves within the caves of the minds of the wise(DheerA:) as the inner controller. Although He has no birth to speak of(ajAyamAna:), He is born in many forms (BahudhA VijAyathE) out of His own dhivya sankalpam (divine will). The Yogins in whose minds the Lord resides yearn to attain the eternal abode of the nithya sooris through ceaseless dhyAnam: PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha: ajAyamAnO BahudhA vijAyathE Tasya DheerA: parijAnathi yOnim marIcheenAm padham icchanthi vEdhasa: These blessed souls, whose minds the Lord seeks as the preferred place of residence are saluted by one manthram of SvEtasvatara Upanishad: yunjathE mana utha yunjathE dhiyO viprA- viprasya BruhathO vipascchitha: vi hOthrA dhadhE vayunAvidhEka ith mahIdEvasya Savithu: parishtuthi: These saadhu janams (viprA:) unite their mind , where the Lord resides with that ParamAthman (YunjathE). Through their ParamAthma-centered meditation , they comprehend that the Lord inside their minds is Omniscient , embodiment of perfection , PoorNan , Controller of all (niyanthA) and associated always with His divine consorts of SrI and BhU devis. They also come to know that this ParamAthman relishes kaimkaryams of those knowers of His essential nature (Brahma Vidhs). Lord's presence in the middle of the Soorya MaNDalam ****************************************************** MahA NaarAyaNOpanishad salutes Him as the One in the middle of the orb of the Sun as the Golden-hued Purusha: " ya yEshOantharAdhithyE HiraNmaya: Purusha: " The entire Soorya NamskAra Prasnam also instructs us on this truth of the Lord residing in the middle of the Orbit of the Sun. In the PrAtha: sandhyA vandhanam , after UpasthAnam , we recite a prayer as a part of the dhig vandhanam: DHEYA: SADHAA SAVITHRU MANDALA MADHYAVARTTHEE NAARAYANA: SARASIJAASANA SANNIVISHTA: KEYURAVAAN MAKARA KUNDALAVAAN KIREETI HAARI HIRANMAYA VAPU: DHRUTHA SANKHA CHAKRA: ( Sriman NaarAyaNan dwelling in the middle of the orb of the Sun having a golden hue, seated on a lotus , adorning oranments of exquisite beauty such as shoulder bands, ear rings , crown, garlands , holding Sudarsanam and Paanchajanyam as dhivya aayudhams is the Parama Purushan to be meditated upon always). This prayer ends up with SaraNAgathi (Govindha PundareekAksha Raksha Maam SaraNAgatham). This prayer has been pointed out to us by our AchAryAs as the essence of SandhyA vandhanam. Lord's presence as ArchA at BrahmAchalam/ThiruvahIndhrapuram ************************************************************* The final permanent place of residence of the Lord besides SrI Vaikuntam , Milky Ocean, Veda Siras, Minds of Saadhu Janams and the center of the Sun is pointed out by Swamy Desikan as BrahmAchalam(Place of penance of Brahma Devan / ThiruvahIndhrapuram ): BrahmAchalE cha bhaumAnapadhE munInAm vyakthim Tava ThridasanATa vadanthi nithyAm At BrahmAchalam revered by the Sages, Oh DeavanATaa , You manifest Yourself permanently says Swamy Desikan in this slOkam. NigamAntha Summary of the places of Lord's residences ****************************************************** This powerful slOkam of Swamy Desikan eulogizing the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram is a summation of the renowned MahA NaarAyaNopanishad manthram: ambhasya pArE bhuvasya madhyE nAkasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn sukrENa jyOthigumshi samanupravishta: PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha: Here the Lord's residences at the Milky Ocean (ambhasya pArE) , inside the Sun's orbit(Bhuvanasya MadhyE)are saluted. At the Milky ocean , He resides to be accessible to BrahmA and DevAs. In the middle of Adithya MaNDalam, (Bhuvanasya madhyE) He resides to enable the bhakthAs to meditate upon Him during the SandhyA Kaalams.He resides in SrI Vaikuntam (nAkasya prushtE), a world free from any sorrow , to recieve the Nithya Kaimakryam from the MukthAs and nithya Suris . He resides in the minds of the Saadhu Janams to make Himself readily accessible to those UpaasakAs.He is present as the inner self in all beings as their controller. He is the Supreme Lord (at ThiruvahIndhrapuram) with infinite Isvaryam and VyApthi. In the next posting , the abundance of the PuNya Theerthams (Sacred assemblies of waters) at ThiruvahIndhrapuram is saluted by Swamy Desikan. NamO SrI DevanAtha MahA PurusAya Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan inviting Your participation in the RathnAngi Kaimkaryam for SrI DhaivanAyakan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram scheduled for poorthi with His anugraham on October 5,2003(PurattAsi SravaNam day).
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