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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Ijya samskAram or Yaaga samskAram- Learning of
ArAdhanam or worship of God Sriya: Pathi Sriman
Narayana. The ArAdhanam is a form of worship of the
Lord through various courtesies. There are two forms
of worship ? namely Maanaseeka and external [baahya].
The practice of performance of Aradhanam as per Sri
Ramanuja?s Nithya grantha is taught. 

Aradhanam- this is worshipping an archa vigraham or
SaaligrAma of the Lord. It commences with waking up of
the Lord [suprapAtham], then mantrAsanam ? i.e.
washing the Hands and Feet of the Lord; SnAnAsana-
Bathing Him and Adorning Him with dresses. 

alankArAsAnam- Adorning Him with ornaments and
jewellery, flowers sandal paste, dhoopam, garlands,
flowers, thuLasi leaves etc.. 
bhOjyAsanam- serving of food, fruits and betel leaves,
nuts.. 
punar mantrAsanam- i.e. washing His Hands and Feet and
placing one?s request [saatrumuRai] for nithya
kaimkaryam.. and finally concludes the Aradhanam with
ParyankAsanam- i.e. requesting the Lord to retire and
take rest. 

The above is a brief procedure of external puja. One
can also do maansaika Aradhanam with the same
procedure as above but all mentally with the eyes
closed or looking devotedly and reverentially at the
archA murthy or dhivya mangaLa vigraham and enjoy the
kaimkaryam mentally. 

The Ijya ardhanam is performed by one member in a
family. The maanasika aradhanam needs to be performed
by everyone who is initiated and enjoyed. Sage Sukar
while narrating Bhagawatham to King Pareekishith,
mentions how great devotees used to worship the Lord
within their heart cavities. These devotees mediate on
the Lord with four Hands holding ChakrA, Sankhu,,
etc.. They focus on the most beautiful divya mangaLa
form of the Lord and mediate performing maanasika
aradhanam. Having fixed His form firmly, they worship
Him with all upacharams [courtesies] and offer food
mentally. 

mAnasika ArAdhanA has to be performed by all. This is
similar to the bahyA ArAdhanA, but the whole ArAdhanA
is done mentally. Pictures of Sriman NArAyanA in
various Divya Desams, plays an important role here.
Irrespective of the caste, place, time or sex, one can
perform this mAnasikaa ArAdhanam. 

I wish to share with you another article written by
His Holiness Srimad Andavan Sri PaRavakkOttai
Gopaladesika Mahadesikan on meditation (dhyAnam). 

When uttering manthram, it would be nicer and more
enjoyable if one knows the meaning of the manthram.
Out of all manthRas, the three manthrAs, namely,
ashtAksharam, VasudEvadwAdasAksharam,
VishNushaTaksharam, are most important. In those
manthrAs, the words Narayana, Vasudeva, VishNu mean
that Emperumaan (the Lord) is everywhere; there is no
place at all where He does not exist. He is the Lord
of Shree Lakshmi, Bhoomi and Neela Devi.

Sriman Narayanan is the Supreme soul of all chit and
achit tatvas, having all chit and achit tatvas as his
body, controlling everything, the only material and
instrumental cause of the universe, present inside and
outside everything. antharbahischathassarvam vyApya
nArAyaNasthitha: Out of His five forms, Pararoopam is
the first.

In Bhagavath vibhUthi, three parts are above virajA
nadhI, which is Sri 
VaikuNta lOkam called aprAkritha lOkam thripAdh
vibhUthi and the remaining one quarter is prAkritha
lOkam, consisting of the universes, worlds where we
live in.

SrIvaikuNta Divya nagar is the city or capital of Sri
vaikuNta lOkam. It is well guarded by Kumudhan,
KumudhAkshan, PuNdareekan, vAmanan, Shanka karNan,
SarpanEthran, Sumukhan and   SuprathishTan. There are
four entrances with tall gopurams (towers) on all four
sides. At the center is the tall grand, greatest
palatial building. ChaNdan, PrachaNdan, Badran,
Subadran, Jayan, Vijayan, dhaatra, vidhatra are the
ones at the gates safeguarding this palace.

Inside the palace, is the most exquisitely beautiful
ThirumAmaNi maNdapam. At its center, is the most
gorgeous athisundhara SimhAsanam. There are eight legs
for this simhAsanam called, Dharmam (justice), jnAnam
(knowledge), VairAgyam(renunciation), aishwaryam
(wealth), adharmam(injustice), anjnAnam (lack of
knowledge or ignorance), avairAgyam
(non-renunciation), and anaishwaryam (poverty). There
is a bed (or seat) of AdhisEshan on that simhAsanam.
There are nine damsels namely, Vimala, UtakarshiNI,
jnAnA, kriyA, yogA, prahvI, SathyA, IsAnA, and
anugrahA who serve Sriman Narayanan, moving gently the
veNchAmaram ( a bushy type fan). In the front of
Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana, all AchAryAs are seated
most gracefully and on the right, SridEvi; on the left
BhUdEvi and nIlAdEvi; and other dhivya mahishIs
surround EmperumAn.

The most beautiful shining crown on His Head;
mukthAhAram (pearl necklace) around His neck;
SrIvathsam; Kausthubham; Vaijayanthi vanamAlA- are
brightly adorning His Divine Chest. The PeethAmbaram
at His Hip; The dress and ornaments worn by the Lord
such as silk apparel, crown, ear rings, arm rings,
waist belt (Around the waist the ottiyANam); Holding
in His most resplendent Hands are the Divine weapons
such as Conch and ChakrA, mace, bow, sword and lotus
(padmam).

Anantha, Garuda, VishvaksEnar and others recite
SaamagAnam; Vishvakenar (the commander-in-chief) along
with GajAnanan (the elephant faced NithyasUri),
JayathsEnan, Harivakthran, and Kaalaprakruthi pay
military honor to EmperumAn; akilahEyaprathyanIkan
(having no faults and no blemishes absolutely at all
times and under all circumstances in all forms and in
all avatars), ananthakalyANaguNakaran (having anantha
kalyAna guNas of jnAnam, Shakthi, Balam, aishvaryam,
vIryam, Shakthi, thEjas etc.) The One who is also
addressed as ParavAsudEvan, Parabrahmam is Sriman
narayanan. He is Iswaran- the Lord.

All names identify him as He is the soul of all and
everything. He is infinite Absolute Bliss (Ananda),
infinite knowledge self, knowing everything (jnAnam).
He is the creator; sustainer and destroyer of
everything. He is Pristinely purest
(akilahEyaprathyanIkan) -untouched by impurities; He
has infinite (kalyANa guNAs) most auspicious, divine
qualities unique to Only Himself.
(ananthakalyANaguNakaran).

He is the Lord Of Shree Lakshmi, Bhoomi and Neela
Devi. He has all and everything (both Chith and achith
tatvas) as his body. Sriman Narayanan alone is
Parathvam.

At least for ten minutes, everyday, we need to
cultivate our minds to meditate on (think of) Him;
This mind is so fickle; like a monkey. But it is
KaNNan (GeethAchAryan?s upadEsam that with practice,
and vairAgyam (determination) one can concentrate
slowly and develop. Without thinking of anything else,
if we keep trying to think and meditate on Paraman, we
can do it. 

All errors and faults are only mine; May AchAryan and
BhAgawathas forgive me for the same.

AsmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan


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