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Sri Sudarsanar is the radiant disc seen on the upper 
right hand of Sriman Naarayana.His imprint is present
on the right shoulder of all Sri Vaishnavaas , who
have been initiated with Pancha Samskaaram rites by
a SadAchaaryan to qualify for one's life as 
a SrI Vaishnava.

The Birth day of Lord Sudarsna
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Aani Chitthirai is the avthaara dinam of Lord Sudarsana.
This year , it falls on July 7. Lord Sudarsana is hailed with 
the benedictory invocation of "Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana ". 
He is the sankalpa sakthi or the power of volition of 
Sriman Naarayanan.

The name of Sudarsana and benefits of links to Him
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The name Sudarsana means that He is the beautiful One , 
who shows us the auspicious path of reaching His Lord. 
Those who have sambhandham to Sudarsana Azhwaan have their 
paths lit to follow the way to Sriman Naarayana. 
The Sudarsana Manthra japam and Sudarsana homam 
blesses us with Jn~Anam and the power to be free 
from fears of every kind.

The shape/architecture of Sudarsana Chakram
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Sudarsana Bhagavan has sixteen weapons in His hands to
chase away the three kinds of thApams. He has eight arms on
the right side and eight more on the left side of His body
to carry these sixteen weapons for our protection. He is inside
a six cornered yanthram (geomeric form of mathram ).
He has multitudes of flames (JwAlais ) around this
six cornered yanthram contained in a disc(nEmi).
There are spokes inside that rotating disc (arams)
and an axel (aksham), where Sudarsana Purushan resides.

Celebrations of the Glories of Sudarsana
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Sri Sudarsana SkodasAyudha sthuthi and SrI Sudarsana ashtakam
composed by Swamy Desikan extolls the glories of Sudarsana BhagavAn.
SrI Sudarsana Sathakam ( 100 verses ) by SrI Koora NaarAyana
Jeeyar , a contemproary of AchArya RaamAnuja is another
powerful Sthuthi on Lord Sudarsana and His vaibhavam.
adiyEn will post articles on this powerful Sathakam ,
which cured the illness of one of the five AchAryans of 
Bhagavath RaamAnujaa by the name of Thiruvaranga perumAL aRayar. 
The majestic SrI Sudarsana ashtakam of Swamyis Desikan 
set in the Dhruthi chandhas metre is usually recited 
at the end of the Sudarsana Homam as the participants 
go around the sacred fire pit (agni Kuntam), where the Homam 
was completed.Among all Swamy Desikan's sthOthram , 
SudarsanAshtakam is the only sthOthram , where this 
rare metre has been used to provide ringing resonance . 

Sudarsanar and the DasAvathArams
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During VarAhavathAram , Sudarsanar was present in the tusks
of VarAha Bhagavan to destroy the Asuran , HiraNyAkshan .
During NrusimhAvathAram , Sudarsanar was present as
the nails in the hands of the Lord to tear apart HiraNyakasipu ,
who offended Bhaktha PrahlAdhan. In RaamAvathAram , Sudarsanar
was present in the arrows of Lord Ramachandra. During
ParasurAmAvathAram , Sudarsanar was present as the power
behind the axe of the Lord. In KrishNAvathAram, Sudarsanar
served His Lord directly as well as indirectly. During this
avathAram , Sudarsanar destroyed Poundra VaasudEvan,SisupAlan
and Jayadhrathan at the behest of His Lord. Sudarsana BhagavAn's
valor was revealed during the Lord's battle with BaaNAsuran and
the Crodoile , which fought with GajEndhran. Sudarsanar was
commanded by the Lord to teach Sage DhurvAsa a lesson , when
that angry sage tried to insult King AmbharIsha , a dear Bhakthan
of SrIman Naarayana. Sudarsana BhagavAn is hailed as
" Sri Vijayavalli SamEtha SrI Sudarsana ParabrahmaNE nama:"
at the end of reciting His 108 Naamams.

Sudarsana Manthram
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Sudarsana manthram is a powerful manthram (Sudarsana ShadAkshari)
to recite and it confers auspiciousness on the reciters 
initiated by Sudarsana UpaasakAs and SadAchAryaas.
Sudarsana manthra Japam followed by the recitation of 
SrI Sudarsana Shatkam (the six slOkams of Prapatthi at 
the sacred feet of Lord Sudarsana )makes Lord Sudarsana 
appear before one and assures victory in all undertakings .

DhyAnam for Sudarsana Manthra Japam
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Lord Sudarsanaa is meditated in the dhyAna slOkam
with His sixteen weapons ( please refer to Swamy
Desikan's ShOdasAyudha Sthothram for details .)
He is visualized inside a six cornered yatnrham 
with three eyes as well as withhaaram and kEUram :

Sankham Chakram cha ChApam Parasumasimisham
Soola-paasAnkusAbhjam
BhibrAnam vajrakEDou halamusala
gadha kunthamathyugra dhamshtram
JwAlA-kEsam thrinEtram jwalath-
anala nibham hAra-kEUra bhUsham
DhyAyEth ShaDkONam samstham sakala-ripu-jana
prANa samhAra Chakram 

Sudarsana Homam
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MahA Sudarsana Homam is a powerful Homam involving the combination of
sacred offerings to the consecrated fire to the accompaniement of
a variety of powerful Manthrams including SrI Sudarsana
ShaDAkshari , SrI Sudardsana Gaayathri , Sri Sudarsana Maala
manthram , SrI Nrusimha Manthram , SrI Nrusimha Gaayathri,
SrI VishNu Gaayathri , SrI Lakshmi Gaayathri , SrI Lakshmi
Manthram , SrI Dhanvanthri Manthram , Paanchajanya Gaayathri
and other manthrams.

Prior to this sacred homam , SrI Sudarsana Homa mahA sankalpam
is made and the Lords in the form of VaruNan, Laksmi Naarayanan
and Sudarsanar are invoked (aavAhanam) in a pot of water(Kumbham).
In the fire, Lord Lakshmi NaarAyaNan and His Sudarsanam
are invoked(Agni Prathishtai). The Homam starts thereafter 
to the accompaniment of 108 or 1008 repetitions (aavrutthi)
of the above manthrAs punctuated by the sacred offerings 
into the consecrated Agni Kuntam. The Homam at the Yaaga
Bhumi concludes with a PoorNAhUthi into the sacred fire .

It is an auspicious sight to experience the seven tongues of Agni
carrying the Havis to Lord Sudarsana and His antharyAmi,
SrIman NaarAyaNa during this homam. On rare occasions, one can 
catch a glimpse of the disc form of Lord Sudarsana appearing
in the middle of Agni Kuntam to bless the participants. The soot
from the burnt offerings(Havis and PoorNaahUthi) are placed on 
the forehead of participants at the end of the Sudarsana Homam 
as a shield against every kind of inauspiciousness.

The 108th Sudarsna Homam at SrI Ranganatha Temple
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Sri RanganAtha temple will be completing the 108th Sudarsana
Homam on June 7, 2003. Elaborate preparations have been made to
celebrate this special 108th homam . Please attend this most
auspicious homam and be the beneficiaries of Lord Sudarsana's
protection and blessings(anugrahams).The MahA Sudarsana Homam 
and MaNdala Poojai for Chakra Raajan (Sudarsanar) will
take place on July 5 , 2003 at the temple. Please attend
and recieve the blessings of SrI Vijayavalli SamEtha
SrI Sudarsana BhagavAn.

Subham Prasanna Vadhanam PrapathyEham Sudarsanam

adiyEn will translate and comment on the 100 slOkams
of SrI Sudarsana sathakam of SrI Koora NaarAyana Jeeyar 
following the commentary of SrI U.ve. SthalasayanatthuRaivAr
Swamy of BrindhAraNya KshEthram (ThiruvallikkENi).
adiyEn needs the rakshai of this powerful Sathakam , which
was made available to us due to the DayA of Bhagavath
RaamAnujA .Each of the slOakms have a benediction
to gain the anugraham of Lord Sudarsana .

adiyEn needs the rakshai of this sthOthram in the context
of the ongoing efforts to assemble the samarpaNams from
Bhaktha Kotis to construct the RathnAngi for Lord
DevanAthan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram . October 5 (PurattAsi
Sravanam ) is fast approaching and the Kaimkaryam has
to progress with the sankalpa sakthi of the Lord.Please
join in this kaimkaryam and recieve the blessings of
SrI HemAbhjavalli SamEtha SrI DevanAtha PerumAL .












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