SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:
Dearest all,
Let us enjoy the name Narayana? again
To recapitulate:
"Nara" means Vishnu (Narayanan) because He is
imperishable. "Naara" means the entire universe
composed of Chit & Achit entities which originated
from "Nara" as "Nara" is the cause of the entire
universe having the subtle chit & achit as his body
before creation and creates them by giving expanded
form and having the expanded chit and achit as his
body. "Naaraanaam Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is the
base/support for all chit and achit tatvas". This
shows the "Bhahir Vyaapthi" - the manner in which
Naaraayana pervades the universe. "Yesya Naaraaha
Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is present inside all chit
and achit entities as the ultimate controller
(anthar-yaamin, soul) and owner (Seshi-Lord) of
everything. This shows the "Anthar Vyaapthi" - the
manner in which Naaraayana is present inside
everything. The "NAakaara" in the end of the term
"NaaraayaNA" without doubt says that the term
"Naaraayana" is a particular noun denoting the Lord of
Goddess Lakshmi who is Vishnu. This is confirmed by
the grammatical rule of the Vedas (Vyaakaranam - one
among the six accessories of the Veda) and by
Paanini's grammatical treatise. Thus the Veda
identifies the supreme self (Brahman) as Shreeman
Naaraayana [from Sri MS Hari Swami?s wonderful write
up]
What and who is Narayana?
Does He have a form?
As explained above, Narayana refers to the divya Atma
svaroopam which pervades everywhere & He is the
Brahman (source of creation , the maintainer & in
whom it dissolves ).
Narayana is always personal because of His
infinite kalyAna gunAs . Just because He is all
pervading , it doesn?t mean that He is impersonal .
The same infinite nArAyaNA takes many forms for
the pleasure of His devotees & the body of such
forms are made up of the special aprAkruta material
called "suddha sattvam " & such incarnations are out
of His own will (ie.Not because of karmA). The
infinite qualities of nArAyaNA are not because of His
form . It is based on His svaroopam & His
dharmabhooda jn~Anam both of which are infinite . For
example , a human being speaks , laughs , shows
compassion to others , makes friends etc because of
the jIvAtmA & not that the material body by itself
is doing all these things . Similarly, nArAyaNA is
present inside the divine body (divya mangaLa
vigraham) & thereby gives opportunities to His
devotees to serve Him. Thus "nArAyaNA" is different
from nArAyaNA?s form .
But , nArAyaNA eternally gives the sevai (darSan) with
divya mangaLa vigrahA at Sri VaikuNTham . But
muktAtmAs & nityasUrIs can also enjoy the divyAtma
svaroopam of nArAyaNA which is million times more
blissful than His divya mangaLa vigrahA .
Unfortunately , baddha jIvAtms can?t have the
sAkshAtkAram of Him (ie. DivyAtma svaroopam). It is
debarred for them by the sankalpam of nArAyaNA .
Wherever "nArAyaNA" is mentioned it refers to His
divyAtma svaroopam & not to His form , of which
the four handed form which He takes is the most
famous . A baddha jIvAtmA can atbest know about
nArAyaNA (divyAtma svaroopam ) & discuss about His
kalyAna gunAs & in that way meditate on His divyAtma
svaroopam , but cannot have its
sAkshAtkAram.
He is ever merciful & thus takes beautiful forms for
our sake. So , His "divya mangaLa vigrahA" is the
sole refuge for His devotees.
A yogi does the sAkshAtkAram of His divya mangaLa
vigrahA at his heart if he chooses that upAsanA . If
some other yogi chooses to perform some other Brahma
VidyA (upAsanA) , he can have the sAkshAtkAram of the
divya mangaLa vigrahA of nArAyaNA say in the orb of
the sun. But , the greatest &
most merciful avatAram is the archAvatAram , in
which even the rogues , thieves , non - devotee ,
devotee , rich , beggar , athiest, animals & all
sorts of living entities can see with
their material eyes the archA thirumeni ( divya
mangaLa vigrahA ) of Sriman nArAyaNA . This display
of immense Soulabhyam & Sowseelyam by Sriman
nArAyaNA although being the Param poruL (Supreme
Being) is the main reason for His ardent devotees
like AzhwArs to dive into
various devotional moods filled with mystic
experience in communion with the supreme Lord & in
that bliss comes forth their most nectarine Divya
Prabandhams , which is so potent
to change even a stone hearted athiest into a
bhAgavathA filled with all bodily horripulations
during his bhagavad anubhavam . [from Sri Anand
Karalapakkam swami's article]
Our most merciful Acharya purushas have lost
themselves in the divine Beauty of these ArchA
avathArams and have even mentioned that they would
love to be at these Divya Desams rather than going to
even Paramapadham?
The Supreme Goal is to serve Sriya: Pathi Sriman
Narayana at all times, in any condition, wherever the
Divine Couple is. It does not matter whether it is in
Sri Vaikuntham or not. As Swami Sri Vedanta Desika'
says in Sri Varadaraja Panchasat: vaikuNTha-vAse'pi na
me'bhilAsa: I have no desire to even stay in
Vaikuntha. The goal is then nitya-kainkaryam alone. It
just so happens that while embodied, there are
continuous obstacles to performing divine service.
Since there are no such obstacles in Parama-Padam, the
state of liberation, we ask for moksha. But this is
only to sub-serve the true goal of nitya-kainkaryam.
More on these forms - tomorrow.
asmadhAcharya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan
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