Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Respected Madam, My pranams to you. I don't know whether one would consider the reference to Azhwar's pasuram as a "direct evidence", but I am just posting a reference to Nammazhwar's Thiruvasiriyam in this mail just to support the fact that it is not good to perform anya-devatha worship(though these devathas have to be respected due to their superior post). "Oh! Oh! Ulaginadhu Iyalve! Eendrolirukka MaNai neeraatti, padaitthu idandhu undu umizhndhu alandhu therndhu ulagalikkum mudharperum kadavul nirka, pudaippalanaadhari deivam penudhal, thanaadhu pullarivaanmai porundhakkaatti" - Thiruvasiriyam - Nammazhvar. Meaning: Azhwar exclaims with sorrow that "oh! This is the nature of the people - to praise and take care of only their wife while their mother(old) needs care and affection.". He quotes this as an analogy to - "The ultimate(Shriman Narayanan) is there who creates(padaitthu) (Shrima Narayanan), protects(idandhadhu - varahar), destroys(undu), re-creates(umizhndhu), measures(ulagai-alandhadhu - thiruvikkiraman) this universe while people show their ignorance by worshipping others." The whole of Thiruvasiriyam is a wonderful composition by Nammazhvar. The words are coined in such a simple fashion that it almost resembles a prose more than a poem. Anyone who reads it would definitely be able to feel what Azhwar felt. One would get very good bhagavad anubhavam from this. If this post is irrelevant to your question, kindly ignore the same. My sincere apologies. Yatheendra Pravanam Vandhe RAMYA Jaamaataram Munim Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan, Lakshmi Narasimhan --- In ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "geetha_rangarajan2000 <geetha_rangarajan@xxxx>" <geetha_rangarajan@xxxx> wrote: > Dear Smt Nappinnai > > My pranams to you. thank you very much for your thought provoking > reply. > > You mentioned that > > > While worshipping anya devatas,it > > is difficult to develop the "state of mind" where one can visualise > > and experience the "antaryAmi" Sriman nArAyaNa residing in those > demi- > > gods. > > This paragraph probably explains the 'harm' of anya devata worship > for a person seeking mukti. Is there any direct evidence for this? > Please forgive me for my questioning nature and persisting to know > the evidence without just accepting conventional answeres. > > > Please accept my pranams once again. > > adiyal > geetha
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