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Dear BhakthAs :

SrImathi SaranATan  has provided an excellent 
description of the many unique features of 
Sudarsana Chakram as well as  it s uniqueness among
the weapons of the Lord . Her posting is appended below.
Please read it first as the link to which this posting of
mine is related .  

Here are some random thoughts in this context
based mostly on the insights of SrI Koora NaarAyaNa
Jeeyar , the contemproary of AchAryA Raamaanujar
and a great expert on the Vaibhavam of Sudarsana
BhagavAn . DrI Vijaya Raghavan mentioned about 
the importance of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam in
this context . 

Here are some observations :
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1.   Sudarsanar is unique as the Lord's weapon because
He  represents the Sankalpa Sakthi of the Lord .If BhagavAn's
Sankalpa Sakthi is to be compared to an asthram (Mantra
Siddham ) that leaves the mind of the Lord to destroy quickly
our ajn~Anam , then  the rest of the aayudhams of the Lord are
just sasthrams (weapons) .

2. It is the Lord's sankalpa sakthi that blesses us
with the four kinds of PurushArTams ( The prayer
based on the fourth slOkam of SrI Sudarsana
Sathakam is :

tEjO va: chathura: PurushArTAn pushyathAth "

3. It is the Lord's sankalpa sakthi that creates ,
sustains and destroys the world and its entities .

4. Kata SaakhA salutes the Lord for that purpose as
" DhruthOrdhva PuNDra CHAKRADHAARI " .  His sankalpam
is His aabharaNam and asthram .

5. The Nemi of the Sudarsanam is cited by SrI Koora NaarAyaNa
Jeeyar (the author of Sudarsana Sathakam ) as the guide to
the archirAdhi mArgam ( ChakradhArA aathmaneenam
panTAnam va: pradhisyAth ) .

6. In the 33rd slOkam of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam  ,
the Jeeyar states that the Sudarsana nEmi
transforms into BhagavAn Himself at the times
when the Lord engages in rakshaNam of the Universe
and its beings(e-g: Gajendra Moksham) .

7. In the 39th slOkam , the Jeeyar points out
that the spokes of the Sudarsana chakram
banishes all asubhams during the last moments
of one's life as BhagavAn's sankalpa sakthi ( arANi va:
anthima vipadhi thrAyanthAm). Here the arams are
visualized as the extensions of the Lord's hands.

8. The glories of Sudarsanam ( as the Penetrating
sankalpa sakthi of the Lord ) are celebrated in
MahOpanishad and Sathapatha BrAhmaNam .

9. the 61st SlOkam of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam 
is another testament to the Sankalpa Sakthi of 
Sudarsana Bhagavan:

amhas samhathya daghdhvaa prathijani
janitham prouDa samsAravanyaa
dhUrAdhvanyAna dhanyAn mahathi
vinathibhirdhAmAni sTaapayanthee
visrAnthim saasvatheem yaa nayathi
ramayathAm ChakrarAjasya naabhi:
samyanmOmuhyamAna thridasa
ripudasaa sAkshiNee saakshiNee va:

(Meaning): The king of Chakram burns thoroughly
all the paapams of the SamsAris , who have accumulated 
them over their many janmAs and takes them to 
the supreme abode of the Lord and establishes them 
there in the middle of great bliss.May that Bhagavath
Sankalpa svaroopi , who is the conferrer of boons
and remover of all obstacles delight Your eyes !

10) The 73rd slOkam of Sri Sudarsana Sathakam 
provides addiitonal insight into the uniqueness of 
Chakra Raajan :   
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "jasn sn" <jayasartn@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <jai_2_u@xxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:55 PM
Subject: [t'venkatam] Sudarshana homa and sudarshana chakra


>
> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
>
> This mail is an attempt to reply queries on sudarshana
> homa and the sudarshana chakra.
> Sri Jayaraman has raised the following questions:
> "Thus Can we say lord nArAyaNan grants boom when we
> workship sudharsana or do sudharsana homam. (OR) Is
> sudharsana and lord narayana is one and the same? Is
> there any references available for this. "
>
> The question on sudarshana homa is being answered on
> the basis of the Principle of Universal problem
> solving which in philosophical terms is closer to what
> sage Yagyavalkya told Maitreyi as the principle of
> that Principal Being knowing whom, it becomes possible
> to know everything else. Here the knowledge is that
> Sriman Narayana is Supreme and the In-dweller of all
> beings. He is the one who actually receives the
> offerings in the sacrifices and grants the results
> accordingly. It therefore comes to imply that Narayana
> is Supreme and Sudharshana enjoys only a subsidiary or
> a secondary status to Him. It is He who receives and
> grants the offerings and results.
>
> But when Sudharshana chakra (or in any name ) is
> meditated upon in a Homa, specific pleas are being
> made in consonance with what Sudarshana has been
> ordained to carry out. It is not to add some positive
> virtues in as much as it is only to ward off evils and
> obstacles in the path of the chetana. The mantra makes
> it amply clear that the blessings of Sudarshana are
> being invoked to destroy enemies as well as the evil
> effects that are likely to affect the chetana and to
> bless him with long life. (para karma mantra, yantra,
> tantra, astra, shashtraaNi samhara samhara, mruthyor
> moshaya moshaya, aayur varthaya varthaya, shathror
> naashaya naashaya)
>
> While all the 5 weapons of the Lord provide protection
> (in) 'vanE, ranE, shathru, jalaagni madhyE' and (in)
> 'maha bhayEshu', the sudarshana has a special place
> among them. This might be because of the repeated use
> of this by the Lord on many occasions. At the
> philosophical level too, it is the chakra and not the
> other forms of weapons that has been found to posses
> many implications - some of which as found in
> Svetahswathara upanishad are given here:-
>
> # in verse I-4, the created universe is described as
> Brahma chakra.
>> Eka nEmim - this is the axis denoting Maya on which
> the prapanjam revolves.>
>> Trivrutam - the three supporting belts are the three
> gunas.
>> Shoda chaaram -26 edges consisting of 5 elements, 5
> gyanendriya, 5 karmendriya and manas.
> &#61656; Shathaardhaaram - 50 spokes consisting of 5
> viparyayam, 28 Ashakti, 9 thiushti and 8 siddhi
> &#61656; Vimshathi prathyaraabhi - 20 secondary spokes
> that consist of 10 indriyas and 10 vishaya.
> &#61656; Ashtahbhi:shadbhi: -the 48 angas consisting
> of 6 of 8 each (prakruthi ashtakam, dhathu ashtakam,
> ishwarya ashtakam, bhavashtakam, devashtakam and
> gunashtakam)
> &#61656; Eka paasham - the rope of kaama or desire.
> &#61656; Tri maarga bhedam -the three different ways
> such as dharma. Adharma and gyana
> &#61656; Dwi-naimitthaika mOham - the rotation of this
> chakra under the pull of kaama, the rope gives rise to
> results of two types such as paapa and punya,
> happiness and sadness and so on.
>
> In verse I-6 it is being said that the jiva known as
> 'hamsa' (aham sa: , I am Him) is being rotated in this
> Brahma chakra. When the jiva realises the nature of
> himself vis-a vis the Brahman, he is liberated from
> the Chakra.
>
> Relating this to sudarshana chakra, it can be said
> that the jiva is protected by the sudarshana when he
> goes round as part of the Brahma chakra. Meditation on
> the In-dweller of the Sudarshana helps the jiva to
> relieve himself from the Eka paasham leading to the
> realisation 'aham sa:'.  Upon Realisation he starts
> carrying out commands as ordained by Him and by means
> of the modes chosen by Him. This to my sittrarivu,
> seems to be the explanation for how and why azhwars
> came to embody the qualities of the Divya aayudas of
> the Lord.
>
> Ever in the thought of Him,
> adiyAL
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