SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Sri DEvanAthan of
Thiruvaheendhrapuram :
A Souvenir is being readied for release on the day
of
RathnAngi SamaraNam ( TaaraNa
Samvathsaram , Simha
Maasam , Hastha Nakshathram , Saama UpAkarmA day
/
September 16 , 2004) at Thiruvaheendhrapuram
.
Many BhakthAs from all over the world have
joined in
this Kaimkaryam to bring it to the completion
stage.
AdiyEn's anantha kOti PraNAmams to every one of You
.
May I invite You and Your Family to take part in
this
MahOthsavam at Thiruvaheendhrapuram on September
16?
adiyEn is leaving for India on September 8 from
here to have
the auspicious darsanam of SrI DevanAthan
adorning His new
Rathna Kavacham (RathnAngi) . The prathishtai
(Consecration )
will be performed on September 15 at the Temple .
TadhiyArAdhanams
during the entire day of Sep 16 , Veethi
PuRappAdu , Veda PaarAyaNam
and dhivya Prabhandha PaarAyaNam will take place
.
PLEASE JOIN THE ASSEMBLY OF BAHKTHAAS FOR THIS
SPECIAL
SEVAI OF THE LORD RESPLENDENT IN HIS RATHNAANGI
.
NAMO SRI DEVANAATHAAYA ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
PhaNipura NaaTa: Paathu Maam DEvanATa:
*************************************************
by
Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
During August 2002 , adiyEn was blessed to be
at Thiruvaheendrapuram
during the occasion of Aadi Poora MahOthsavam with
my sister,
Kaimakrya SrI Padma VeerarAghavan . AdiyEn enjoyed the elaborate
Thirumanjanam for the Lord , His Devis and Swamy
Desikan . After that
feast for the eyes , adiyEn had the Tani sevai of
Swamy Desikan insideHis
aasthAnam . At that time , the presiding bhattar in
a trance like state commanded
adiyEn without any qualifications to take the
initative to construct and present
a RathnAngi for Lord
DEvanAthan . adiyEn was overwhelmed with
this niyamanam and accepted it as the direct
command of Swamy
Desikan Himself ; adiyEn sought Swamy
Desikan's blessings to engage
as many devotees as possible in this
kaimkaryam for SrI HemAbhjavalli
SamEtha SrI DevanAtha PerumAl and for them all to become objects
of
the Lord of Thiruvayindhai's
auspicious glances .
AdiyEn returned to USA and pondered
over this great bhAgyam of working
with the newly constitued SrI DevanAthan RathnAngi
Kaimkaryam commitee
in the context of realizing the once -in-a-lifetime
dream of creating and
presenting the Noothana RathnAngi AabharaNam that
Swamy Desikan
Himself commanded to be made on that Aadi Pooram day in Thiruvayindhai
.
adiyEn's sincere thanks to the following office
bearers of the RathnAngi
Kaimakryam committee for their deep involvement in
realizing the creation
of this splendid AabharaNam that is being presented
to the Lord on
September 16 , 2004 :
SrI Mohan Parasaran , President ;
Vice Presidents: Smt. Padma Veeraraghavan
and Sri Ramakrishna Reddiyar ; Secretaries: Smt.
Devaki SanthAnam and
SrI M.K. Srinivasan ; Treasurer : SrI
V.N.Venkatanathan of Oppiliappan Sannidhi.
adiyEn wrote for the past two
years about the powerful and ever-fragrant
SrI Sookthis of Swamy Desikan on the Sri Vaishnavite lists on the internet
to invite the participation of the BhakthAs of the
dhivya dampathis
of Thiruvaheendhrapuram from all parts of the
world ; they responded
generously to raise all the funds needed to purchase the
silver , gold , gems
(Padhma Raagam , Emerald and diamonds )and
realize the services of
a very talented gem smith , Sri Mutthuswamy AchAri , whose craftsmanship
has been nationally recognized . adiyEn's sister , Kaimakrya Sri Padma Veeraraghavan
and Treasurer , SrI
V.N. VenkatanAthan toiled over the demands of coordinating
the intricate aspects of bringing this MahA Kaimkaryam to the completion stage
during July 2004 . adiyEn's sincere
thanks to them and every one of the supporters
of this Kaimkaryam .
The postings on Swamy Desikan's Sri
Sookthis that empowered
this Kaimkaryam are archived at http://www.malolan.org and
The Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram saluted by Swamy
Desikan as
"Achyuthan , Natha Sathyan , Namath Sathyan ,
DaasAnAm Sathyan ,
Kimkara Sathyan is the dark rain-laden cloud that
drenches His
kimkaraas with the life-giving rain of DayA at the
appropriate times
( HarimaNi sadhruksha nija ruchi haridhAyamAna
BhujagEndhra
Pura NaaTa: kaalE Daasa JanAnAm dhattha
KaaruNya rasa
krushNa gana : Bhavathi). Swamy Desikan
states that the meditation
of the Thirumukha MaNdalm of the Lord of
Thiruvyindhai destroys
even those sins accumulated consciously ( Prasanna
lOchana
yugaLam Tava Mukham samsmrutham sankalpitha
dhurithAni api
harathy ). That remmebrance of the Lord's
Thirumukha MaNDalam
itself has been declared as Parama PrAyascchittham
for all of our
sins . Those who perform SaraNgathy at His holy
feet are rid of
all Kaliyuga dhOshams ( yE Tava PadhE PravaNA:
tEshAm Kali:
na asthi). Swamy Desikan declares that the BhaagavathAs
who have been blessed to take part in Lord
DevanAthan's Kaimkaryam
are led to Parama Padham by the Lord Himself at the
end of their
earthly existence ( Parama Jn~Ana PradheepA: krutha
KaaryA:
Sadha svayam prabham nija padham Thvayaa niyanthE
).
adiyEn is truly blessed to serve this Bhaagavatha
GhOshti
that has made the realization of the SamarpaNam of
RathnAngi
for Lord DEvanAthan possible . It is all the
anugraham of
the Sarva Loka SaraNYan , Swamy Desikan
and asmath AchAryan .
Adiyen is reminded of the wonderful slOkam composed
by
Vaikunta Vaasi , Assu Kavi Saarvabhouma Srinidhi
Swamy
where in this great Bhaktha of Swamy Desikan
visualizes
the SamarpaNam of the RathnAngi by Swamy
Desikan to
Lord DevanAthan and requesting the Lord to accept that
samarpaNam . Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of
Thiruvayindhai in this slOkam as " Jaya
ViBhudhapathE "
( The Lord of DevAs or of the learned scholars ) .
Lord DevanAthan
responds : " I am the Lord of the learned only in
name ".
Swamy Desikan is shocked to hear this
response and
says : " Oh Lord ! How can You say such harsh
things about
Yourself ? Your status as DevathA
Saarvabhouman has been
established by all AzhwArs and AchAryAs as well as
by myself .
You can not put Yourself down with such painful
statements
that hurt the ears ( KarNayO: kampakAri
) ". The Lord asks
Swamy Desikan : " Please tell me which Prabhandha
rathnams
can I claim to be the author of ! It is You
who has created in
so many languages a great assembly of Sri Sookthis.
Hence
You alone the Lord of VidhvathAns. It is You
alone , who should
adorn the Rathna Kavacham ". Thus Swamy
Desikan became
the Rathna KavachadhAri some thirty five years ago
. Swamy
Desikan never forgot this conversation each time
He adorned
His RathnAngi . He was waiting for an
appropriate time to present
a new RathnAngi of exquisite beauty to His Lord .
On this subha
Dinam , " Visuddha VidhyA BhUshaNa viBhudha jana
nATan ,
ThUppul VenkatanATan " is presenting the new
RathnAngi
for His Lord ; this auspicious day
is that of TaaraNa Samvathsara
Saama UpAkarmA day .
adiyEn would like to conclude this vote of thanks
with
the prayer of Swamy Desikan for the boon of nithya
vAsam
at Thiruvaheendhrapuram ( SrI DEvanAyaka
PanchAsath:
52nd slOkam ):
" Jaya ViBhudhapathE Thvam
darsithAbhIshtadhAna:
saha sarasijavAsA MedhineebhyAm
vasAbhyAm
naLavanamiva mrudhnan pAparAsim
nathAnAm
Garudasarith anUpE Gandhahastheeva dheevyan
"
Jaya Jaya SrI DEvanAthA !
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