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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Today is the 26th post?The number 26 is very
significant FOR US..

Swami Nammazhwar says: eNNilum varum en ini vENDuvam
(tiruvAi. 1.10.2).  if we count numbers and utter the
number 26, He thinks we are referring to Him, and uses
this as an excuse to come to us.

Among the tattva-s, the twenty-fifth is the soul
(jIva), and the 26th is paramAtmA.  If someone counts
numerals just for counting purposes, and accidentally
utters the number 26, He is willing to assume that
this person is thinking of Him as the 26th tattvam,
and is willing to appear before this person to bless
him.  Such is His willingness to be easily accessible.


His easiest accessibility is the form in which He
makes Himself available to us through the archA
vigraham in the temples. 

Swami Srimad PaRavakkOttai Andavan Swami-
asmadhAchAryan His Holiness Sri Gopaladesika
Mahadesikan mentioned in the teleupanyasam the
following: [as translated beautifully by Sri Sadagopan
Swamin]

[quote]
The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's
pancha rUpams ( param , VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi
and ArchA ).

Parama padham , where the Lord is resident as 
Parama padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and
the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ) . It is not of easy
access to us residing on earth . We can  not travel
there even to get a vessel filled with aavaranam
waters .It is too far away .Hence param and parama
padham can not be enjoyed with our sthUla sarIram .
Only as a muktha Jivan possesing 
Sookshma sarIram , one can enter and enjoy the
anthamil pErinbham there .

The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in
the  middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting
Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis.
Again , this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram .
hence , it is not of much use either for us to see 
and enjoy . 

The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been
celebrated as Raama , KrishNAvathArams . These Vinhava
avathArams were enjoyed by those who were
contemproaries .Today , it is histroy and we can not
enjoy Lord KrishNA as Gopis and AkrUrar did . Thus
this rUpam is in the past like last year's river water
, which is no longer available to quench our thirst (
dried up river bed ).

The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam . It is
likened to OoRRu jalam . You have to dig in the river
bed sand and access the water under . Through the
difficult JNa~na Yogam , one can visualize  this
svarUpam of the Divya dampathis seated in our heart
cavities . Very few have the power to succeed in such
efforts and thus , this svarUpam is also not within
reach of ordinary folks on this earth . 

The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan 
took to make Himself easily available to one and all
and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and 
Maamsa chakshus . No divya dhrushti as needed by
ArjunA is a  must to see the VisvarUpam of 
the Lord ." angu vaitthu , inghE piRanthathu " is 
the celebration of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham
.

Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five 
rUpams celebrated by Vedams in the manthram 
in the manner of tamizh maRai :

ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE 
naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn 
sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:
PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha :
-- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3

In ParAvathAram , the Lord is in Sri Vaikuntam
as para VaasudEvan enjoying the Saama ghAnam .
Therefore it is described as Paattu kEtkumidam .
It is not accessible to us ; we can not hear this 
music with our Maamsa karnams .

In VyUham , Lord rests on the serpent bed 
enjoying His yOga NidhrA .He is rudely awakned 
by all the terror stricken devAs , who seek 
His interventiion and complain about the terrors
inflicted on them by the asurAs . He has to come to 
help after listeing to their fear-laden prayers 
( muRaidal iDam ). This far off place is also
inaccessible to us .We can not get there to appeal
to Him to intervene and help us from our afflictions.
Therefore Vyuha Moorthy is off limits for us.

Vibahva avathArams are known as kuthittha iDam .
Lord NarasimhA jumped out of the pillar and
performed His avathAra Kaaryam and can no longer
be seen in His original vibhava form .

AntharyAmi svarUpam is known as OottumiDam .
It is a svarUpam exclusively seen by those ,
who have succeeded in their Jn~ana Yoga saadhanais.
It is again out of reach for us .

ArchA SvarUpam is known as VaLaittha iDam .
Here , the Lord ahs become very accessible to us 
and rests at Srirangam suggestign that He would  not
leave us until all of our Paapams are removed .
He patiently waits for us to get SadAchArya
Sambhandham and come to Him . AzhwArs and AchAryAs
enjoyed the ArchA mUrthys at the various divya desams
and stated unequivocally that it is their prefeered
choice among the five prakAra rUpams of Sriman
NaarAyaNan .

It is interesting to note that para VaasudEvan
gives us sEvai on the PraNava VimAnam at Srirangam ,
VyUha Moorthy is seen as Archai at Srirangam , Anbil ,
Thirukkudanthai et al , Vibhava Moorthys are present
in the ArchA form at ThiruevuLL ( Sri Veera Raaghavan
), Dwarakai ( KrishNan ), AhObilam ( Narasimhan ) et
al.   

AzhwArs and AchAryAl's assertion of their preference
for the  archA form of the Lord over all the other
Four forms are abundant . Srimath Andavan quoted a few
of them .
I have added a few more to illustrate his point :

icchuvai taviRa yaan pOy Indira lokamALum 
achuvai peRinum vENDEn Arangamaa naharuLAnE 
-- ThirumAlai of ThindaradipoDi : 2nd Paasuram

aNdavANanarangan , van pEy mulai
uNDa vAyanRanunmatthan kANminE 
-- KulasEkharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi:3.4

sempavaLa vaayan ThiruvEnkatamennum
EmperumAn Ponn malai mEl yEthEnum aavEnE 
--- Kulasekharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi : 4.10

AanDAi unaik KaaNpathOr aruLenaakaruLithiyEl
vENDEn manai vAzhkhayai ViNNagar MEyavanE
-- Thirumangai's Paasuram on ThiruviNNagarAn
Manai means here Sri Vaikuntam .

athraiva sukhamAsva 
-- Sri RanganAthA's instruction to AchArya RaamAnujA

nirantharam  nirvisatha : tvadhIyam
 asprushta chinthA padham aapirupyam
satyam sapE Vaarana sailanAtha 
 vaikunta vaasEpi na mEabhilAsha :
--Swaami Desikan , Sri VaradharAja-
PanchAsath: 49th slOkam

Here  Swami Desikan that he has  no desire to reside
in Sri Vaikuntam since he has the bhAgyam 
to enjoy the unparalleled beauty of Sri 
VaradarAjan right here in His archA form on top of 
Hasthigiri. He swears that he prefers Kaanchi Vaasam
to have the Sevai of Lord VaradarAjA over residence in
Sri VaikuntanAthan .

That is the glory of ArchA rUpam for us as revealed by
our AzhwArs and  AchAryAs .

Lord Ramachandra in His vibhavAvathAram performed
AarAdhanam to Sri RanganAthA in ArchA form at AyOddhi
. That is the  highest form of tribute that one can
come across regarding the celebration of 
ArchA rUpam as the most enjoyable by us on earth among
all the five prAkarams of Sriman NaaraayaNan.

[unquote]

Such is His Greatness. He has helped us thus in every
possible way? His upakaarams are numerous. Let us
discuss them morrow. 
AsmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
Regards
Namo Narayana
dasan



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