SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha // SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha // SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/ SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya// KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: / SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm// ===================================================================== SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 37 dated 15th January 2006 ===================================================================== IN THIS ISSUE: 1. IMPORTANT DAYS IN THAI (MAKARA) MONTH 2. TRI-MURTI IN TIRUVAIMOZHI? PART 19. SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI, CHICAGO ===================================================================== DATE/ENGLISH/DAY/NAKSHATRAM/THITHI/ EVENT/ REMARKS ====================================================================== 01/01-14-06/Saturday/Punarpoosam/ PourNami/ Makara Sankraanti, UttaraayaNa PuNya Kaalam, Tiruppaavai Sattumurai 02/01-15-06/Sunday/Poosam/Pratamai/Kanu, Paari vETTai 04/01-17-06/Tuesday/Makam/Triteeyai/TIRUMAZHISAI AZHWAAR 06/01-19-06/Thursday/Uthram/Panchami/TIRUVOIMOZHI TIRUNAAL 07/01-20-06/Friday/Uthram-Hastam/ShashTi/IYARPAA SAATUMURAI 08/01-21-06/Saturday/Hastam/ Saptami/KOORATHAAZHWAAN 09/01-22-06/Sunday/Chitrai/AhTami/15th PaTTam Azhagiyasinghar 10/01-23-06/Monday/Swati/ Navami/ UTTAMUR SWAMI 12/01-25-06/Wednesday/Anusham/KrishNapaksha Ekaadasi 14/01-27-06/Friday/Moolam/Trayodasi/40th PaTTam Azhagiyasinghar 15/01-28-06/Satuirday/Pooradam/Chaturdasi/ BOdayana Amavasya 16/01-29-06/Utraadam-Tiruvonam/ Amavasya, SravaNa Vratam 19/02-01-06/Wednesday/PooraTTadi/Triteeyai/Chottai Nambi 20/02-02-06/Thursday/Utrattaadi/Chaturti/ Vasantha Panchami 26/02-08-06/Wednesday/Mrigaseersham/Suklapaksha- Bheema Ekaadasi 28/02-10-06/Friday/ punarpoosam/Trayodasi/EMBAAR 29/02-11-06/Saturday/POosam/Chaturdasi/ THAIPPOOSAM 30/02-12-06/Sunday/Ayilyam/ PourNami/ Makara PourNami ===================================================================== Xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ====================================================================== 2. TRI-MURTI IN TIRUVAIMOZHI? PART 19. SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI, CHICAGO --------------------------------------------------------------------- 3.10.9 (28): duhkam il j~nAnac cuDar oLi mUrti tuzhAi alangal perumA mikka pan mAyangaLAl vikirutam Seidu vENDum uruvu koNDu nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalAga ellArum evaiyum tannuL okka oDunga vizhunga vallAnaip peRRu onRum taLarvilanE. In this pASuram, AzhvAr again emphasizes the Supremacy of emperumAn, and points out that He is One endowed with blemish-less knowledge, a tirumEni that shines with divine luster and decorated with the tirut-tuzhAi garland, and One Who takes different forms as He chooses and performs different actions that are not normally encountered amongst us. He is the same One who swallows everything in this world including rudra and his creator brahmA during pralaya, and keeps them all in His stomach safe until the next cycle of creation. AzhvAr declares that by surrendering to Him as the only Supreme Deity, AzhvAr does not have the slightest concern about his choice. ?duhkam il? As One who has no sorrow or unhappiness of any kind ?j~nAnam SuDar? As One who is the all-knowing; sarvaj~nan ?oLi mUrti? As One Who is resplendent with the tejas (effulgence) that is natural to Him ?tuzhAi alangal? As One Who is uniquely identified by His tirut-tuzhAi garland ?perumAn? The Lord of all ?mikka? exceeding everyone ?pal? (with His) countless ?mAyaângaLAl? powers ?vENDum uruvu koNDu? assuming whatever form He needs for the particular actions ?vikirutam Seidu? performing extraordinary actions ?nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalA ellArum evai okka tannuL oDunga vizhunga vallAnai? (such as) the capability of swallowing everything and everyone starting from rudra and brahmA and containing them in a small corner of His stomach ?peru? by choosing Him as My Lord ?taLarvu onRum ilan? I have the least concern. One of the rahasya-s of bhagavAn?s incarnations that is referred to here is that He assumes whatever form He forms out of His own Will, and He is not subject to the effects of karma. His tirumEni is not made of prakRti the way our body is made of (His tirumEni is naturally effulgent, free of any defects, etc.). ?duhkam il? without any sorrows because of His actions: BhagavAn performs all His wondrous acts without having to suffer sorrow of any kind in the least. When He steals butter from the gopis? houses and gets bound to the mortar, or when He gets into trouble with the gopi-s by stealing their bangles etc., these are all His plays, and He does not in the least undergo any sorrow because of whatever He does. By resorting to this Lord, His devotees attain equality with Him in all respects, and so they also are totally free of any sorrow by surrendering to Him completely. This is the message given by AzhvAr in this pASuram ?peRRu taLarvu onRum ilanE? by resorting to Him as the Supreme Deity, I do not have the slightest cause for concern of any kind. As an example of bhagavavAn?s extraordinary actions, AzhvAr gives the example of BhagavAn swallowing the whole of cetana-s and acetana-s and keeping them in a small corner of His stomach - ?nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalA ellArum evai okka tannuL oDuânga vizhuânga vallAnai?. This incident also brings out BhagavAn?s main concern for all the jIva-s one of protection. At the time of praLaya, He keeps them safe in His stomach so that they can be given a body in the next cycle of creation to enjoy the effects of their karma. He is the Protector of even the deva-s, rudra, brahmA and Indra. --------------------------------------------------------------------- AzhvAr reflects the same thought in another pASuram in tiruvASiriyam (7). naLir madic-caDaiyanum nAn-mugak kaDavuLum taLiroLi imaiyavar talaivanum mudalA yAvagai ulagamum yAvarum agappaDa Or Alilaic-cErnda em perumA mAyanai alladu oru mA daivam maRRuDaiyamO yAmE. (Lord SrIman nArAyaNa hid everything and everyone - including the one who has the crescent moon as an ornament on his head - a reference to rudra, the four-faced god (brahmA), the chief of all the deva-s (indra), all the five elements, and everything else in all the worlds, and then lay down in a small banyan leaf as a small child. Why would I ever consider anyone other than this Lord with such wonders beyond imagination as the Supreme Deity? (Never ever). In his dramiDopanishad tAtparya ratnAvaLi, svAmi deSikan captures this pASuram through bhagavAn?s guNa of taking whatever form He wishes whenever He chooses, for the benefit of His devotees, through the words ?chandavRtteH? One Who has the habit or vyApAra of choosing whatever form He wishes. This is expressed by Nammaazhwaar in the second pAda of the pASuram ? ?mikka pan mAyangaLAl vikirutam Seidu vENDum uruvu koNDu? ====================================================================== To Continue ===================================================================== xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx ===================================================================== ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! 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