Dear Sri Rangaswamy : The quotations from AchArya-AzhwAr Sri Sookthis resonate very well with the thoughts of Kaliyan . Thanks very much fro the feedback . V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "muralidhar rangaswamy" <rangaswamy_m@xxxxxxxxxxx> To: <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, May 29, 2005 7:28 AM Subject: Re: Sri Oppiliappan Paasurams by Thirumangai:PartIX( Paasuram 6.2.1 of Periya Thirumozhi Of Thirumangai on ThiruviNNagarappan ) > Sri: > > SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, > > Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin, > > Thanks a lot for the beautiful summary of Tirumangai Mannan's praise on > the Lord of Tiruvinnagar. > This verse echos the sentiments expressed by Andal in the Tiruppavai > salutation "ozhikka ozhiyAdhu"-a consummate illustration of the jivatma > Paramatma relationship. This also reflects the Chandogya Upanishad > message, contained in the story of the Gandhara Purusha lost in a forest > and waylaid by robbers until seeing light through the grace of an Acharya. > Swami Desikan too in the Rahasyatrayasaram refers to the fact that the > jivatma forgets its swaroopam and its relationship to Lord Narayana > through the analogy of a prince getting separated from his father (the > king) while on a hunting trip and being lost in the clan of tribals until > the king's messenger seeks him out and reminds him of his true identity. > Thanks again for your wonderful post, which brings together these > fundamental Sampradayic concepts in an eloquent manner. Adiyen wishes to > conclude with the nyasa dashakam salutation "mAm madhIyamcha niKhilam > chEthana achEthanAthmakam svakaimkaryOpa karaNam varadhasvIkurusvayam" > > Namo Narayana, > > SriMuralidhara Dasan > > > > > > > > >>From: Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> >>To: Ponnappan <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, >>Ramanujamission@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Iowa <srivenugopala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Sgt >><saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Rajeev <Parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, DS >><desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, Swami <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, >>acharya <acharya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>CC: Srikaran Rengarajan <sravan19@xxxxxxxxx>, Srikanth >><chakra@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> >>Subject: Re: Sri Oppiliappan Paasurams by Thirumangai :PartIX( Paasuram >>6.2.1 of Periya Thirumozhi Of Thirumangai on ThiruviNNagarappan ) >>Date: Sat, 28 May 2005 15:53:08 -0400 >> >>SrI: >> >>Dear BhakthAs of OppilA Appan : >> >>Let us study the second paasuram of Thirumangai Mannan >>( Periya Thirumozhi : 6.2.2) : >> >>maRanthEn Unnai munnam maRantha mathiyin manatthAl >> iRanthEn yetthanayum athanAl idumpaik-kuzhiyil >>piRanthu yeytthu ozhinthEn PerumAn ! ThirumArbhA ! >> siRanthEn NinnaddikkE ThiruviNNagar MeyavanE >> >>(Meaning ) : Oh Lord of ThiruviNNagaram ! In many janmAs before , >>adiyEn had svaroopa Jn~Anam about our relationship and at the end of >>those janmAs , adiyEn forgot however about You and our indissoluble >>relationship . adiyEn's mind got attached to other matters and as a result >>, >>adiyEn had to suffer through the assumption of aditional janmAs and >>become >>a SamsAri again and again . Just as You said : " Yamm YammvApi smaran >>bhAvam >>thyajathyanthE kaLEbharam , tamm tamEvaithi " . adiyEn attained >>accordingly >>different births as birds , animals or humans and suffered . >>Again In all these births , adiyEn lost the rememberance of You . >>adiyEn continued to suffer and this cycle went on and on . >>adiyEn knew many things in these janmAs , but did not remember >>You and adiyEn came under the category of " asannEva sa bhavathy " . >>As a result , adiyEn experienced the sorrowful state of stay in >>different wombs and became powerless to break the cycles of births >>and deaths. Oh Omnipotent Swamy , who can banish these miserable >>cycles of births in different yonis and grant adiyEn Moksham ! >>Oh Lord , who has given Your chest as the place of esidence for >>Your most merciful PirAtti , who pleads for our redemption >>with You ! adiyEn has finally arrived before You in a state of fulle >>rememberance of our indissoluable relationship . adiyEn is standing >>before You with no other recourse ( in a state of aakinchanyam >>and ananyagathithvam ) . Please bless adiyEn with Your Mahaa anugraham ! >> >>Special Notes : >>****************** >>Thirumangai focuses on the Sesha-seshi ( Liege-Master) relationship >>between >>the Jeevan and the ParamAthman . Jeevan/Seshan is eternal (nithya) and an >>amsam of ParamAthman . Jeevan , which exists in Brahman all the time is >>the >>possessor of the essential intrinsic attributes such as Jn~Ana and >>Aanandha. >>During the time of creation , the Jeevan gets embodied , has a name and >>physical form . Its svaroopam ( intrinsic nature) does not undergo any >>change . The only change that takes place in it after creation is >>the shrinking and expansion of its dharma bhootha Jn~Anam or >>attributive knowledge . In the embodied state , Jeevan exercises >>its rights as the agent of action (karthaa) as prompted by ParamAthma . >>The activity of the Jeevan (Kartruthvam ) takes place because of >>ParamAthman , the indweller . The bondage in SamsAram >>and the liberation from it are caused by ParamAthman . Through >>appropriate >>Saadhana /UpAsana , the Jeevan is blessed to attain Mukthi and freedom >>from >>the cycles of births and deaths. In the state of Mukthi , the Jeevan >>remains a distinct entity from Iswaran though it is integrally related >>(apruthak bhUtan) to Iswaran as substance and attribute (PrakAri >>and PrakAra mode of Brahman ). In the state of Mukthi , the liberated >>Jeevan enjoys at the Supreme abode of ParamAthman all the desired things >>(BhOgams) along with ParamAthman . Upanishads instruct us that >>" Moksha is not merely a total liberation for Jevan from the state of >>bondage or the cessation of avidhya but it is the existence for Jeevan >>free from bondage in a higher realm enjoying the bliss of Brahman " . >> >>Thirumangai Mannan seeks this deliverance form the cycles of births and >>deaths and the acquisition of the bliss of enjoying ThiruviNNagarappan and >>performing nithya kaimkaryam to Him in His Parama Padham .To this Ubhaya >>lingathva NaaTan , ThiruviNnagarappan ( free from any defects and >>possessor >>of all auspicious attributes ) , Thirumangai appeals for release from the >>SamsAric sufferings . Thirumangai admits to the Lord that he due to karama >>vaasanais forgot the aadhAra-aadhEya realtionship between him as >>a sesha bhuthan of the Lord and the Lord as Sarva Seshi . Iswaran is the >>supporter (aadhAra) and the Jeevan and Prakruthi are the supported >>(aadhEya) . Forgetfulness about that led to repeated births and deaths >>and stay in different yOnis. In a state of ananya gathithvam and >>aakinchanyam , Thirumangai approaches now ThiruviNNagarappan >>and seeks the highest boon of Moksham . He stresses the theological view >>of >>Moksham , the eternal divine service to the Lord and His divine consort at >>SrI Vaikuntam ( Thiru ViNNagar) . Thirumangai folows the footsteps of >>Swamy >>NammAzhwAr and seeks the boon of " uninterrupted , appropraite service >>to Sriya: Pathi at all times ( Ozhivil kAlamellAm udanAy manni) . This is >>recognized as Parama PurushArTam made available to the liberated Jeevan >>in the state of Mukthi . This is the eternal divine service (Kaimkaryam ) >>that Thirumangai longs for . 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