SrI: 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 __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Your favorite religious organization? Make a donation at Network for Good. http://us.click.yahoo.com/EOl1HB/LPaOAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> 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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