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srImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:

Dearest all

today is the Father's day.. we dont generally
celebrate the same; However I thought we would take
this golden opportunity to offer our obeisance and
meditate on our Father sriman Narayanan on this great
day. 

I immediately remembered a brilliant write up by Sri
MK sudharshan Swamin and am reproducing an extract for
our enjoyment:

The Lord indeed is the only True 'bandhu' of All
creation! .

Just take a few well-known and oft-quoted samples:

(a) Swami Desikan in his "Sri-Stuthi":

"mAthA devi! tvamasi bhagavAn vasudeva-ha pithA may
  jAtha-ha sOham janani yuvayOr-eka-lakshyam
dayAya-hA"(Thou art my Mother and the Lord my pater in
truth?."

(b) Sri AlavandAr in his "stotra-ratna":
 
"pitA tvam mAtA-tvam, dayita-tanayas-tvam priya suhrd
tvam eva, tvam mitram, gururasi gatiscAsi jagatAm,
 tvadIyas tvad bhrtyas tava parijanha tvad-gatiraham
 prapannas chaivam satyaham api tavai-Asmi hi
bharaha."
(Lord, thou art my sole "bandhu" of every description
-- father, mother,
son, friend, preceptor, refuge, support?! 

(c) Sri.Ramanuja in his "saranAgathi-gadyam":

 "tvamEva mAtA pitA tvameva tvameva bandhuscha
gurustvamEva,
  tvamEva vidya dravinam tvamEva tvameva sarvam mama
deva deva"

(Thou art my mother, father, kinsman, teacher, wisdom
and wealth ---  thou art everything in this world to
me, My Lord!)

(d) GAndhAri to Lord Krishna in the "mahabharatA":

    "tvam eva mAtA ca pitA tvam eva
     tvam eva bandusca sakA tvam eva"
(Thou art my mother, my father, my "bandhu" and
companion!"

(e) Tondar-adi-podi AzhwAr in his "tirumAlai":
     
    "telivilAk kalangal nIrsUzh tiruvarangatUl-OngUm,
     oliyUlAr-tAmE-yenrE thanthaiyUm thAyUm-AvAr?."
(Verse#37) 
(Yonder amidst the gurgling swifts of the Kaveri, in
the blessed city of Tiruvarangam, rests my Lord who is
my true father and mother?.)

The poetic tone in all the above lines is one of
sheer, unmistakable spiritual exhilaration --- the
sort that would fill an "orphan" who has at last found
his parents!

The "AchAryA-s" found (as YagnyavalkyA too did in the
"brhadAranyaka-upanishad" in our last post) boundless
joy in realizing their individual "akinchinyam"; in
the clean and irrevocable severance of ties with
earthly "bandham"; and in the realization that
"parabhrahmham" the Supreme One, in the form of Lord
Ranganatha or Krishna, alone was the true "bandhu" of
all Creation ---- "bandhumakhilasya-janto-ho".
***********
thanks Swamin for your great write up as usual
How beautiful!
the Lord is addressed as appaa, aNNaa, atthA by
AzhwArs.

Again sri Sadagopan mama has written on this subject
also few years ago [what subject has he left.. Swamin
is indefatigable. May God bless him]

Among all births , the birth called Jn~Anap piRavi 
resulting from the blessings of Moola Manthram as 
Mother and one's AchAryan as the Father providing that
"BrahmOpadEsam " elevates the role of parents , who
are endearingly called ammA /ambhA/aaryAmbhA ( the
most merciful ) and appA/appan  (the most sacred )
.aNNan is typically the name for the elder brother in
Tamil Naadu .

aNNal seybhavan is aNNal .aNNal is the leader . 
aaryA is the term for a very revered one 
and the term AchAryA mihgt be interpreted as AchArEna
aarya : , or anushtAnEna prasiddha aarya :
In old formal Sanskrit , when a revered one 
( mahaneeya or pUjaneeya ) arrives at your home ,
you prostrate before them and invite  them to
sit ( aasana parigrahENa alankarOthu imam 
pradEsam Aarya : ) . 

The connection to all these nomenclature can be found
in Divya Prabhandhams , when Thirumangai and
NammAzhwAr address the Lord in their SaraNAgathi
Paasurams .Examples are :

Periya Thirumozhi : ThiruveLLak KuLam paasurams:

** 4.7.1-- ThiruveLLak KuLatthuL aNNA adiyEn idaraik
kaLayAyE 
                                 ^^^^^ 

** 4.7.2: ThiruveLLak KuLatthuL yenthAi ----
                                ^^^^^^^

Periya Thirumozhi : Thiruvenkata Pasurams

** 1.9.5: --yenn appA vanthadainthEn  adiyEnai
aatkandaruLE 
                 ^^^^^

** 1.9.6--aNNA vanthadainthEn ---
          ^^^^^

** 1.9.7--Gana maamalai VenkatavA ,
          ariyE ( HariyE ) vanthadainthEn --

**1.10.1 -10 : aNNaa adiyEn idarik kaLayAyE ,
               ^^^^^
               aNDA         "   
               kOnE         "               
               yenthAi , ini unnai yenRum vidEnE 
               ^^^^^^^

NammAzhwAr : ThiruvEnkatam paasurams ( Thiruvaaimozhi
)

3.3.1: Ozhuvil kaalamellAm---ThiruvEnkatatthu ,
       yezhil koLL sOthi yenthai tanthai tanthaikkE 
                         ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

6.10.3 : aNNalE unnadi sEra adiyErkkAvennAyE
         ^^^^^^

PriyAzhwAr PallANdu : Paasuram 6 

yenthai tanthai tanthai  tam mUtthappan  yEzhpadikAl
thodangi
        ^^^^^^^              ^^^^^^^^^^^     

The sum of it all is that one's father revered by 
Vedam as "pithru dEvO bhava " is deservedly addressed
as "appA , aNNA , tanthai , appan , aNNal , Aaryan et
al "to indicate the reverence for givng us the JN~Anap
piRavi . In the days past , a son never sat in front
of his father .He always stood unless asked by his
father and even then at a place below his father's
seat . 

The exemplary case of Father-AchArya-Son relationship 
is that of Kumara VaradAchAr  and  Swami Sri Desikan ,
His father , AchAryan and God 

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