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Sri:
 
Dear Devotees :
 
Sri H.O.Krishna asked a question with subsets :
Who are Saptha Rishis ? How many of them are VaishNavAs ?
Name them .
 
The way in which Sri H.O.Krsihna frames these questions ,
I am often at a loss to know whther he is serious or not . 
 
The Question sounded like a Quiz . Anuway , I will answer him .
 
Answer : There are Many Rishis , who are Manthra DhrashtAs
to whom Veda Manthrams are linked  .Seven among them locatable
in the Big Dipper are the Saptha Rishis : Mareechi , Vasishtar , Ankeerasar ,
Athri , Pulasthyar , Pulaahar and Krathu . DhruvA , the pole star and
Arundhathi right next to Vasishtar are easily seen ithere . Arundhathi and Vasishta
are quite close and as one's eye sight dims ,(as one ages)  it is hard to see them
separately . Arundhathi darsanam is an important part of Vedic VivAhams.
 
Asking how many of the Seven Rishis  are VaishNavAs is a question one can answer
in many ways : lightly or seriously or dismiss it . They are Vedic rishis mentioned in 
Veda-VedAntham and many Sthala PurANams . They are Parama VaidhikAs ,
who were Bruhaspathis known for their severe power arising from Tapas .
Vasishta is the PurOhithar for IshvAku Vamsam . If you quote Sage VyAsa , who declared 
"Sathyam Sthyam idham Sathyam , Na dhaivam KesavAth param " , Sarva dEva 
namaskAram Kesavam prathigacchathi " . one can intrepret that they are Brahminical
Rishis worshipping Sriman NaarAyaNa and therefore VaishNavAs , who recognized
that BhagavAn is  the indweller of all other DevathAs . 
 
Asking about Saptha Rishis , Nava KannikAs and 33 crores of DEvAs , ashta Vasus ,
DwAdasa AadhithyAs will be fine except that one will spend so much time in details
and miss the boat on learning about our most revered sampradhAyam of ours and AzhwAr
AchArya Sri Sookthis as well as PrasthAna Thrayam . That is all !
 
 
V.Sadagopan 
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