Dear All: I am happy to recieve the following note of celebration of the glories of Our Mother , MahA Lakshmi . Thank you Sri Rangaswamy . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rangaswamy Muralidhar Civ AFRL/SNHE" <Muralidhar.Rangaswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'gopan'" <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Friday, April 21, 2006 6:52 AM Subject: RE: Sri Lakshmi Sahsram : 17.23 to 17.25 > Sri: > > SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, > > Dear Sadagopan Swamin, > > Thanks a lot for your lovely series of postings on Lakshmi Sahasram. The > mahima of Thayar's divine names is matchless! Sri Venkatadwari Kavi embeds > the essence of the Sri Sooktham salutation "thAm padhminImIm sharaNamaham > prapadhyE alakshmIrmEnashyathAm thvAm vruNE". This salutation glorifies > meaning of the term Sri signified by ShruNAthi (i.e., one who destroys the > impediments in the path of a Prapanna seeking the grace of Lord Narayana). > The foremost impediment in this context is the mountainous pile of sins > accumulated from beginningless time. This is the "alakshmI" precluding the > attainment of the Dhivya Sampath (eternal Kaimkaryam rendered to the > Divine Couple for their pleasure and at their behest). However, the > compassionate glances of Thayar effortlessly destroy this sin pile > enabling the Prapanna to become privy to the grace of Lord Narayana. Swami > Desikan glorifies this mahOpakaram of Thayar in the Daya Shatakam > salutations "karuNE nishkaruNanirUpaNEthvam athayEvahi thAvakAshrithAm > dhurithAnam BhavathithvadhEva Bhiti;" and "sathyApitham thavabhalAdha > kuthO Bhaya thvam" > Thanks again for reminding adiyen of these nuggets about thayar. > > Namo Narayana, > > SriMuralidhara Dasan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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