SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. BhakthAmrutham viswa janAnumodhanam sarvArthatham Sri Satakopa Vaangmayam sahasra SaakOpanishadh samAgamam namAmyaham Draavida Vedha Saagaram Meaning ): adiyEn salutes the ocean of Tamizh Vedam , which is of the form of Sri SaThakOpan's vaak (speech/aruLiccheyalkaL). These are linked to the thousand upanishads and includes in them all the deep meanings (Taathparyams)of Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArthams and artha Panchakam. They are nectar to the minds of the devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNan and they enjoy it with relish as aparyAthAmrutham [insatiable amirtham]. Today?s ThiruvEnkatam verse is: NammAzhwAr?s Thiruvaaymozhi 3.3.6 vEnga dangaLmeym mElvinai muRRavum, thaangaL thangatku nallana vEseyvaar, vEnga datthuRai vaarkku namavenna laanga damai,a thusumanN thaarkatkE. 3.3.6 It is OUR DUTY to greet and pay obeisance to those who live at ThiruvEnkadam; those who take full cognizance of this statement and follow, will let all their karmAs get burnt and destroyed immediately; Those devotees will perform kaimkaryams to the Lord and His bhAgavathAls to their full capacity; That Lord is such a sowlabhyan and He mixes with even lowly people- said AzhwAr in last verse. But, the karmas that have been accrued over the ages will negate that effect and keep us away frm the path towards Him. Will it not? Yes? But if we involve ourselves in the kaimkarya ruchi and even little kaimkaryam [service] to Him, then such an effort and the kaimkaryams would crush those karmic diseases- says AzhwAr. vEmkatadatthu uRaivaarkku ?nama? ennalaam kadamai. For us just mere utterance of ?nama? to the Lord residing at ThiruvEnkatam, which is so easy and simple and that alone would be adequate and is the means for them. That itself is the duty for them. That word alone is enough. Not even those who utter that; but those who bear such a word [adhu sumandhaargatkae]; Those who bear or keep the word nama as the baggage.. Is it so heavy? Is it like having a baggage? It is considered as either Bhagawaan?s [Lord?s] view point or that of AzhwAr?s. Even if we do a mere utterance of Nama: to Him, He considers as the biggest burden that we brought to Him with tremendous effort and take pity on us; has such a great mercy on us like a father looks at His child when the little child with its small hands lifts somc minute object to give it to father. Bhooyishtaam thE nama ukthim vidhEma.. Even if we utter ?nama:? He considers as the greatest effort of ours.. That is the means for Swaroopa praaptham. When one is born, there are three types of debt that he is bound to and he needs to pay back. Deva ruNam; pithru ruNam and rishi ruNam.. ruNam means debt. When one performs yaagam, the deva ruNam gets dissolved; if one learns Vedas and performs Veda adhyAyanam, rishi ruNam gets crushed. And when one begets childreb [sath puthras] the pithu ruNam gets dissolved. These debts as well the karmic diseases associated with the dhEham, are all crushed when one is devoted to ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan and utters ?nama? shabdham.. to Him. Na mama; na ma: Not me and Not mine? All that is me and mine belong to Him and Him alone. I am His eternal servant from time immemorial and have realized now; I would serve Him at all times; under all circumstances and in all ways. Then the sins get automatically crushed. The debts are immediately written off. Mey? True.. sathyam. It is nirdhOsham; and is in accordance with the saasthrAs. Thus when one surrenders to Lord ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan uttering nama: sabdham, the paapams that were committed before surrendering to Him; the paapams that are committed without intentions [afterwards], the sins that are committed due to being associated with dhEham; are all crushed completely. Let us enjoy more on Nama: Sabdham [From Sri Satakopan Swami's wonderful write up:] It is easier to explain the essence of the Nama: sabdham in Tamil: " (1) Jeevan Tanakku tAnE sEshan allan (2) OnRum Jeevanakku sEsham anRu (3)Jeevan onRukkum sEshi allan (4) Jeevanakku svAthanthriyam illai.Swamy Desikan states that the above axiomatic & eternal truths are revealed by our PoorvAchAryAs ( Desika darisatha saarArTam). Swamy Desikan sums the many meanings along these lines with extensive citations from Ahirbudhnya Samhithai in Srimad Rahasya Thraya Saaram and points out that this powerful "Nama: " Sabdham housed in the Veda manhtrams is the karaNa manthram for the performanc e of of Prapatthi : The samhithais like Ahirbhudhnya Samhithai elaborates on the meanings of "Nama: " sabdham along the categories of SthUlam , Sookshmam and Param. The sthUla (gross)meaning is based on VyAkaraNa Saasthram (grammar). According to the meaning derived from sookshmaa (sthUlam) aspect , "Nama: "is interpreted as the salutations to the Lord with great humility and the performance of Prapatthi with its 5 angams.The above (second/sookshma) category of meaning is based on niruktham . According to this intrepretation , Jeevan is understood as not the possesor of independence or ownership of itself ("thaanum tanudayanavum tanakku uriyanavalla"). It has no independence of its own (Tanakku SvAtantriyam illai). The meaning according to Param (rahasya artham at the highest level) is based on Akshara NigaNDu is that the Supreme fruit realized from the performance of the of SaadhyOpAyam (Prapatthi) is the SiddhOpAyam of SrIman NaarAyaNan . AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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