SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Continuing on the wonderful verses on Srirangam by Kulasekara PerumAL? When! O! When am I going to bow my head at the lotus feet of the Lord? "Chenni Enru kolo Vanangum Naale?? iNaiyillaa vinnisaiyaazh kezhumi yinpath thumpuruvum naarathanu miRainchi yEththa thuNiyillaath thonmaRain^ool thOththi raththaal thonmalarkka NayanvaNangi yOvaa thEththa maNimaada maaLikaikaL malku selva madhiLarangath tharavaNaiyil paLLi koLLum maNivaNNa Nnammaanaik kaNdu koNden malarsenni yenRukolO vaNangum naaLE 1.5 Thumburu Maharishi with his divine veena instrument and Sage Narada with his unmatched divine voice and musical veena play them offering praises to the Lord, and perform saashtAnga praNamams at the lotus feet of the Lord; And with the unparalleled Veda saasthrAs Chathurmukha BrahmA seated on the lotus flower out of the lotus navel of the Lord Sriman Narayanan, praises Him uninterruptedly with sthothras (verses); The Lord Sriranganathan, like a blue hued Gem, reclines on the AdhisEshan in the divine place of Srirangam, which is center of and is surrounded by seven corridors (praakaaram)- when will I be able to approach Him at Srirangam and prostrate at His Feet, placing my head therein? When! O! When am I going to bow my head at the foot of the Lord? Sri Parasara Bhattar praises Lord of Srirangam in his Srirangasthavam.. referring to this saptha prakaara (seven corridors) Saptha prAkAra madhyE sarasija mukuLOthbhAsamAnE vimAnE KaavErI madhya dEsE mrudhuthara paNirADD bhOga paryanga bhAgE nidhrAmudhrAbhirAmam kaDini kaDasira: paarsva vinyastha hastham PadhmAdhAthrI karAbhyAm parichitha charaNam RangarAjam bhajEham " In the middle of the island formed by the two CauvEri rivers (koLLidam and thula cauveri), in the center of the seven ramparts (PrAkArams), inside the lotus bud-like vimAnam known as Sriranga VimAnam (PraNavAkruthi VimAnam ), the beautiful Lord RanganAthA rests in YoganidhrA with His right hand near His crown and the left hand at the left side in kaDi bhantham . At His Paadha Kamalam is seen Sri RanganAyaki pressing the tender feet of Her dear consort. AdiyEn salutes this auspicious subhAsrayam of Sri RanganAthan at Srirangam. [Translation by Sri Satakopan Swami, USA] Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE Namah AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Don't get soaked. Take a quick peek at the forecast with the Yahoo! Search weather shortcut. http://tools.search.yahoo.com/shortcuts/#loc_weather Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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