SrI:
PaarTiva Samvathsaram , Simha
Maasam ,
Sukla Paksha Sarva Parivarshanai EkAdasi
Dear BhakthAs
:
Today is
a very special day . Whatever one attempts today will grow
more
and More . " Pari "
means more and more when added to a noun or adverb.
Varhanam means growth . It is
such a PuNya dinam , where every thing attempted
grows more and more .
AN APPEAL TO YOU ALL TO JOIN
IN A FORTHCOMING CELEBRATION
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adiyEn
seeks YOUR support of a major Kaimkaryam , namely , the
Celebrations of
the 79th Birthday of the
Current Jeeyar of the Ahobila Matam , HH Sri NaarAyaNa
YathIndhra MahA Desikan .
That special day happens to be December 10 , 2005 .
This MahOthsavam will be
celebrated with ChathurvEda PaarAyaNams ,
Dhivya prabhandha PaarAyaNam
et al at Bangalore Sri Matam premises .
YOU are all welcomed to
attend this function . Boarding and Lodging logistics
will be taken care of for
overseas visitors by local Ahobila Matam sishyALs.
On this day , we are also
setting the stage for the SathAbhishEkam celebrations ,
when Prakrutham Azhagiya
Singar will become 80 years in HIs blessed life .
That celebration would take
place in December 2006 . adiyEn will come back to
YOU on
that grand uthsavam in January ,
2006 .
For now , let me say a few
words about this PuNya dinam ( Sep 14 )
as a preface to the Upcoming
79th birthday of one of the greatest
Yathi SrEshtar , who is the
45th Pattam Azhagiya Singar , HH Sri VaNN
SaThakOpa , MalOla
PaadhukA SEvaka , Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra
MahA Desikan .
WHAT IS SO SPECIAL ABOUT THIS
DAY ?
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WHY IS THIS DAY MARKED FOR
PARIVARDHANAM ?
Why is this day is
marked for huge Growth in our VidhyA and Jn~Anam ?
(1) It is because this day
, AavaNi SravaNam is Lord HayagrIvan's
Thirunakshathra dinam . He blesses
His upAsakAs very much on this day .
(2) At
Srirangam , PavithrOthsavam starts today . This is a special
Uthsavam
for removing omissions and commissions in
Bhagavath AarAdhanam
and for the
restoration of Saanidhyam at the Sannidhis of BhagavAn
.
The next
few
days of this & Ensuing week are equally important
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(3) Tomorrow (Sep 15) , it is
Vaamana Jayanthy , Nakshathra and SravaNa DhvAdasi
as well as MahA PradhOsham , an evening
very dear to Lord Lakshmi Narasimhan.
(4)
Friday (Sep 16) is SukravAram , when AlarmEl Mangai ThAyAr of
ThirucchAnur/
Thiruppathi takes Her MangaLa SnAnam
.
(5)
Saturday (Sep 17) is KanyA PourNami and the birth of the Month of
PurattAsi
in which
many
important events happen :
***PurattAsi
2 ( Sep 18 ) : Final Day of ChAthur Maasyam for YatheeswarALs
,
MahALaya Paksham begins today
.
*** PurattAsi 3 ( Sep
19): UtthAnam for YatheeswarALs , when they resume
their SanchArams .
*** PurattAsi 5 ( Sep
21): MahA BharaNi
*** PurattAsi 9 (Sep 25 ):
MahA VyatheepAdha PuNya Kaala Thirumanjanam for
Lord RanganAthan during
MadhyAshtami
. This is a
rare Thirumanjanam for
Lord
RanganAtha at
Srirangam and Pomona , NY .
*** PurattAsi 18 ( Oct 4 ):
NavarAthri Aaarambham
*** PurattAsi 23 ( Oct 9
): Kettai (JyEshtA ) : Adhi VaNN SaThakOpa Jeeyar's
Thirunakshathra dinam
.
*** PurattAsi 26 (Oct
12): Lord SrinivAsa , Swamy Desikan and First ParakAla
Matam Jeeyar's Thirunakshathram , SravaNam .
*** PurattAsi 27 ( Oct
13) : KOil
Vijaya
Dasami
*** PurattAsi 28 ( Oct 14):
Sri VaishNava EkAdasi ( HarivAsaram)
*** PurattAsi 31 (
Oct 17) :
PourNami , Revathy , Vishuva PuNya Kaalam .
Thus ends PurattAsi in a
blaze of glory and leads us on to the sacred
Months of Iyppasi and
Kaarthikai UtthirattAthi (December 10 ) , Prakrutham
Azhagiya Singar's 79th
Thirunakshathra dinam at Bangalore .
There are thus 98 days from
today to that blessed day of
Kaarthikai UtthirattAdhi
dinam (Dec 10,2005) .
adiyEn would like to seek
your financial support for the Parama
Vaidhika celebration of a
MahAchAryan , the Current Azhagiya
Singar , HH Sri NaarAyaNa
YathIndhra MahA Desikan .
Please pledge
as much as you can
for this special celebration
and recieve
Srimath Azhagiya
Singar's dhivyAnugraham .
Please keep
Sriman Srihari
Raghavan , the Treasurer of Ahobila
Matam North America (srihari.raghavan@xxxxxxxxx)
and adiyEn
informed about your pledges
.
All samarpaNams are Tax
deductible . Your SamarpaNams
should be sent to
:
Ahobila Matam North
America
C/O Sriman R.Rajaji
10404 Shephard Crook
Ct
Potomac , MD
20854
WHY AND HOW SHOULD
WE SUPPORT ACHARYA KAIMKARYAMS ?
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In the Sikshavalli
section of Taitthireeya Upanishad , there is a section
called : AnthEvAsyAnuSAsanam about the AchAryan 's commands to
a Sishyan after teaching
him about Veda/VedAnthams :
It starts with " Sathyam
Vadha , Dharmam Chara , SvAdhyAyAn maa pramadha:
ACHAARYAAYA PRIYAM DHANAM
AAHRUTHYA PRAJAATANTHUM MAA
VYAVACCHETHSEE: ( Having
offered the AchAryan the desired Guru
DakshiNai, do not cut off
the line of progeny ) -------
The UpadEsam continues
: SathyAnna Pramadhithavyam ------AachArya dEvo
Bhava ( Let Your AchAryan
be God unto You ) ----
Regarding samarpaNams of
AchArya Kaimkaryams , the Upanishad passage
instructs the Sishyan
:
SraddhayA dhEyam ( You
should offer your SamarpaNam with Faith )
asraddhayA dhEyam ( You
should offer your samarpaNam without attachment )
SriyA dhEyam ( You should
offer your samarpaNam with a happy state of Mind )
HriyA dhEyam ( You should
offer it with shyness that you are not giving
enough)
bhiyA dhEyam ( You should
offer with fear that it is not proportionate to
the MahOpakAram done by
the AchAryan for opening your spiritual eye )
samvidhA dhEyam (
You should give with will /without hesitation
).
This set of
instructions concludes in a thundering fashion:
"
This is the command ( aadEsa: ) and this is the
instruction ( UpadEsa: ) .
This is the
sacred teaching of the VedhAs ( yEshA VedhOpanishad)
.
This is the
command that the Teacher /AchAryan should impart
to
the disciple
( yEthadh-anusAsanam ) . Thus should it be practised
( yEvam
upAsithavyam) .Thus alone should one meditate (
yEvamuchaithadh-
upAsyam
)."
The Siksha valli section
of Taitthareeya Upanishad concludes with the
UpasamhAra
Saanthi Paatam : "
--- SamnO VishNururukrama: ( May VishNu of vast strides
protect US ) ---------
tannmAmAveeth , tadhvakthAramAveeth , AaveenmAm
,
Aaveedh vakthAram , Om
Saanthi: Saanthi: Saanthi: " ( That Brahman
protected
me .
That
Brahman protected the AchAryan . Om Peace, Peace , Peace ")
.
It is in the context of
AchArya Vandhanam that we celebrate AchArya
Thirunakshathrams and
feel fulfilled to offer our SamarpaNams as
SambhAvanai for the
MahOpakArams Recieved from an AchAryan .
adiyEn will elaborate
next in this 79th and 80th Thirunakshathram series
about the
Upanishadic Instruction : " SraddhyA dhEyam " .
What is SraddhA ? Who is
SraddhA ?
We will take up the two
versions of SraddhA Sooktham and study
their meanings according
to Nanjeeyar's commentary on SrI Sooktham
and Saayana BhAshyam
.
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
Thiruvadi ,
Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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