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SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

Let us continue to enjoy the acharyaâs glories. In our tradition, Acharya is 
equal to God if not more than Him. 

Thus the mainstage of Srivaishnavam was the period of Sriman Nathamuni, Sri 
Yamunamuni and Sri Ramanujamuni â who are regarded as the muni traya (three 
saints). 

Someone asked me the basics of Srivaishnavamâ 
I thought let us just get back to the basics before we proceed further

There are lots and lots of lives on this earth. Human beings, Animals, 
birds, insects, trees, plants, creepers, etc., etc., - there are so many 
varieties of lives living in this world. Every day- every minute, there 
are so many births of such lives and so are deaths. 

After taking so many lives (they say about 8,400,000 lives), we have 
come to this human life. Avvayaar, The Tamil poet, says : "aridhu aridhu 
maanidaraayp piRatthal aridhu"- It is extremely rare and precious to be 
born of human being. It is quite true that it is our fortune to be born 
a human being with the capacity of sixth sense. Let us make use of it 
for our upliftment further. What is good and bad- what to do and what 
not to do- only human beings are blessed with such discriminating 
capabilities- We have been given that capacity by Emperumaan. Shall we 
not make full use of it?

Bhagyam:

Even out of human beings, it is our pUrva janma puNyam and that of our 
ancestors for our being SrivaishNavAs. There are so many religions in 
the world; Even in Hindu religion, there are many sects; and there are 
hindus who worship many dEvatAs as their Gods. 

For us SrivaishNavAs, Sriman NarayaNan along with His consort Sri 
MahAlakshmi alone is the God (Deivam). He is the Primordial Chief. He is 
the Chief of all dEvAs, including Sivan and BrahmA. Vedas proclaim that 
Sriman NarayaNan is the ParamAthmA, PeramporuL and ParanjOthi. VedAs 
also say that except Him all including dEvas, Sivan, BrahmA and Indran 
are all jIvans. Being born a SrivaishNavA and/or a bhakthA of Sriman 
NarayaNA, we need not worship other devatAs. We are related to the Great 
King Himself; why to go and beg the army chief, minister or the Gate 
keeper? No doubt, all dEvAs are also His great bhaktAs sometime or the 
other; but they are NOT Gods. There can not be more than one God. He is otthAr 
mikkAr illaadha maamaayan... Peerless. Unparalleled. Sriman Narayanan is the 
God.  

VedAs and SaastrAs say that even to think of Sivan and BrahmA and other 
dEvas as equal to God is a great sin (mahApaapam). For that matter, 
Sivan and BrahmA themselves are great bhaktAs of Sriman NarayaNA. I am 
sure They themselves DO NOT RELISH being considered anywhere near the 
Adhimoolam- The Primordial Chief. When GajEndrA shouted for help 
"AdhimoolamE!" it is NOT any name of God-please note! It is just calling 
the Primordial Chief, the first one- the Parathvam! Nobody dared come 
claiming for "Adhimoolam" post, it is our Sweet Lord Sriya: Pathih 
Sriman Naraynan who appeared IMMDEIATELY on GarudA and saved the 
elephant. You may tell that it is only the name and rose by any name 
will smell as sweet. But it is vEdAs (which are eternal and 
apaurushEyam) that proclaim that Sriman Naraynana is the Supreme 
Godhead. It is not just a name. It is kaaraNa peyar; name with a meaning 
in it; naaram + ayaNam is Narayanan. Hence, we should worship only 
Sriman Narayanan. Even uttering His name alone will yield tremendous 
benefits both in this world and in the next.

For us, only vEdAs are the moola pramaaNam. (The proof). VedAs were not 
created by anybody. They are apaurushEyam. Vedas proclaim the Glories of 
Emperumaan Sriman NarayaNan. 

Guru paramparA:

As mentioned earlier in this series: Sriman Narayanan is the first AchArya for 
all of us. He is the Adhi Guru. Next comes Periya Piratti MahAlakshmi. 
VishvaksEnar (Senai Mudhali)( -no connection with Mudhaliar caste of present 
times) is the next AchAryan. He is the Chief of the Lord's army (sEnai). Next 
is NammAzhwAr. VishvaksEnar, it appears had come down to the earth to teach 
NammAzhwAr. Nathamuni is His sishyA. UyyakkoNdaar, MaNakkaal Nambi, Yamuna Muni 
(Alavandhaar), Periyanambi come in that lineage. Periya Nambi's sishyar is Our 
Most reverred YathirAjar, Sri RamanujAchAryA (lakshmaNa Muni). He is the Most 
important AchArya of VaishNava Siddhantham. [The above is a translation from a 
booklet written by Dr. Sri U Ve V.N. Gopaladesikan Swami of Oppiliappan Koil]

We have covered upto Yamunacharya so far. Let us proceed to enjoy further

Acharyan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan



      


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