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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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