SrI: Dear BhakthAs: SrI Raama navami at ThiruvahIndhrapuram and elsewhere is approaching (April 10 ,2003). At ThiruvahIndhrapuram , there is a sannidhi for Lord Raamachandra with Lakshmana Swamy, SithA PirAtti and HanumAn. Swamy Desikan was so captivated by the darsana soubhAgyam of this Raamachandra Moorthy and His valour that he composed a brilliant Sanskrit SthOthram on Lord Raamachandra and named it SrI Raghu Veera gadhyam ( Mahaa Veera vaibhavam). It is in the gadhyam (prose) format instead of in the padhyam (poetry)format. The annotated meanings of the 94 gadhyam pasaages of Swamy Desikan's Raghuveera Gadhyam have been posted by adiyEn seven years ago in the Bhakthi List and are archived there. Perhaps a Raama bhakthA can unite them into one PDF Text for easy readability and make it available to all the others . The first of those postings (Introduction) appeared on September 10 , 1996 and the last in this series on SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam was posted on January 8 , 1997 in the Bahkthi list . The URL for the First Raghuveera Gadhyam posting is: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep96/0007.html These postings on SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam have inside them copious references to the Bhakthi-laden Krithis of Saint ThyagarAja SwaamigaL .Please refer to them during the upcoming SrIraama Navami uthsava season . Additional tributes by SrI Mutthuswamy Dikshithar to Lord Raamachandra are housed in his 14 bhakthi-filled krithis set in the follwing RaagAs: 1) SrI Ranjanai (2)NaaraayaNa GowLai (3) Maanji (4) ThOdi (5) DhanyAsi (6) Dharmavathi (7)VasanthA (8) JyOthi SvaroopiNi (9) Raama Kali (10) Hejjaji / GaayakapriyA (11)DevagAndhAri (12) MaNirangu (13)KokilapriyA and (14) Maahuri/HarikhAmbOji Janyam. The first 8 of the above 14 krithis are in a set known as SrIRaamAshtaka Krithis.Each of these 8 krithis is set in a particular vibhakthi (case) starting from prathamA (First)Vibhakthi to Ashtami (Eighth)Vibakthi. The postings related to these RaamAshtaka Krithis are available at Bhakti archives in the september 10 to October 15 postings: http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/sep96/0007.html http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/oct96/0088.html The theme for the SrI Raama Navami Postings this year ****************************************************** adiyEn has selected the SrI Sookthi of "Abhaya PradhAna Saaram " of Swamy Desikan for this year's postings , which will start from tomorrow and conclude on April 10. Nedumtheru VidvAn SrI Kannan Swamy has made an interesting observation about Dasaratha Raaman , the One to be understood through the eternal VedAs ( veda vEdhyE ParEpumsi DasarathAthmajE jaathE) as follows:: He says SrImad RaamAyaNam is an Utthama Kaavyam; it is about Dharma Saasthram;it is all about SaraNAgathy Saasthram. The central figure (Naayakan ) of SrImad RaamAyaNam is the Parama Purushan , the abode of anantha KalyANa guNams, Lord Raamabhadran .The Naayaki for this Utthama Kaavyam none other than SaakshAth MahA Lakshmi. The scope of the Utthama Kaavyam is about upadEsam on all PurushArTams . The Baala KaaNDam according to SrIman KaNNan Swamy points out that the Lord is the Jagath KaaraNan ( Cause for all the universe and its beings); AyOdhyA KaaNDam teaches us that He is the Protector (Rakshakan) of this Universe;AaraNya KaaNDam reveals that He is the grantor of Moksham;KishkindhA KaaNDam assures us that Lord Raamachandran is KalyANa GuNa ParipoorNan; Sundara KaaNDam lets us know that He is the samhAra Moorthy of all unrighteous; Yuddha KaaNDam reminds us that He is the Supreme Being (Parama Purushan) , whose glory is sung by the VedAs. The genius of Swamy Desikan focuses on SrImad RaamAyaNam and demonstrates brilliantly that it is SaraNAgathy Saasthram personified . With abundant citations from SrImad RaamAyaNam , Swamy Desikan instructs us about the subtle aspects of the profound upAyam of SaraNAgathy: The ten individual chapters of this brilliant SrI Sookthi are: 1. Prabhandha AvathAram 2. Para Tatthva NirNayam 3. SaraNAgathy Taathparya Prapancham 4. PrakaraNa Taathparya NirNayam 5. SaraNya Seela PrakAsam 6. SaraNya Vaibhava PrakAsam 7. Parama Dharma NirNayam 8. SaraNya Vratha VisEsha PrakAsam 9. SaraNya-SaraNAgatha Sangama Laabham 10. PrApthi PrakAra Prapancham The subject matter is the central doctrine of SaraNagathy. The author of SrI Sookthi is the sarva Tanthra Svathanthra NigamAntha MahA Desikan. The writer about this extraordinary SrI Sookthi is a dullard like adiyEn .Please bear with me about adiyEn's profound deficencies in understanding. The intense desire to know more about this SrI Sookthi from earlier AchArya UpadEsams propels me to take the bold step of attempting to write about this great SrI Sookthi. adiyEn seeks Swamy Desikan's blessings to enter into this kaimkaryam during this SrI Raama Navami Uthsava Kaalam. SrI Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Rent DVDs Online-No late fees! 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