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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 # 48 dated 12th April 2006IN THIS ISSUE1. VYAYA 
VARUSHA - PUTHAANDU VAAZHTHUKKAL2. IMPORTANT DAYS IN CHITTIRAI (MESHA) MONTH3. 
TRIMURTHIS IN TIRUVOIMOZHI PART 21(SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI OF 
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 HAPPY VYAYA SAMVATSARAM!May the Divya Dhampatis shower their blessings of 
peace, prosperity and mutual amity upon all humanity.  Let us all be happy, 
healthy and prosperous and engage in greater kainkaryams to Bhagavaan and 
Bhaagavatas in the year ahead. Sri Seva Swamigal has composed a Stotra, 
?Akshaya Aaraadhanam? in which he has used the names of all the 60 years of our 
almanac to pay tributes to Swami Desika. Here is the one dedicated to ?VYAYA 
Samvatsaram.avyayO hi Bhagavaan maadavahsvayasaachi hita krun nirantaram /divya 
vaagbhih abhirakshati iha nahtaadrusO nigama mouLi dEsika: //Meaning:
?Sriya: Pathi Sriman NaaraayaNa known as ?Maadhava? is forever blemish-less. He 
always does what is good for Arjuna known as ?savyasaachi?. He protected us 
through Arjuna by his divine utterances in Bhagavad Gita, as Geetaachaaryan. 
Swami Desika is exactly like Geetaachaaryan for us? The traditional 
Panchangams, of course, give their ?veNbas? that do not instill much of 
sanguine prognosis of the year ahead. This Vyaya year?s VeNbaa, however, 
projects a sanguine picture of the year as follows: Viya varuDa maari viLaivu 
uNDaam- seenamSuya vaazhvuDanE aDaiyum ? uyarvaampathineTTu vithum pathivaai 
palikkumsadir peruga naalakka migum taan Meaning: 
?In this Vyaya year, there will be copious rains and plentiful crops. Nations 
will prosper with sovereignty. Certainly, all that is sown will sprout and 
yield aplenty. There will be all round prosperity and abundance?More often than 
not, the frightening prospects or the more welcome scenario predicted therein 
normally do not come true. Let us hope that this year?s predictions come true. 
The prayers to Swami Desika as contained in Seva Swami?s ?Akashaya Aaraadhanam? 
are sure to guarantee us a pleasant future. 
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 IMPORTANT DAYS IN CHITTIRAI (MESHA) MONTHDate-Indian/English/Day/Nakshatram/ 
Thithi/Event/     Remarks               
--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------01/04-14-06/Friday/Chitrai/Prathamai/
 Tamil New Year Day- Vyaya year begins- Vishu PuNya kaalam05/ 04-18-06/Tuesday/ 
Kettai/Panchami/VARAAHA JAYANTI08/04-21-06/Friday/UttraaDam-TiruvONam/AshTami/ 
SravaNa vratam,/ KOTi Kannikaadaanam STT (P385 of SVD 7th Centenary 
Souvenir))11/04-24-06/Monday/Poorattadi/Ekaadasi/ KrishNa Paksha Sarva 
Ekaadasi/ 32nd Jeeyar (AM)12/04-25-06/Tuesday/UthraTTaadi/ TrayOdasi/ MATSYA 
JAYANTI13/04-26-06/Wednesday/REvati/Chaturdasi/ PERIYA PERUMAL, ABHINAVA 
VAAGHEESA BRAHMA TANTRA SWATANTRAR- PRAKRITAM PARAKAALA MATAM JEEYAR, 
PudukkOTTai Srinivasaraghavachariar14/04-27-06/Thursday/ Aswini/Amaavaasya/ 
Sarva Amaavaasya/Vaduga 
Nambigal16/04-29-06/SaturdayKaartigai/Dviteeyai/UYYAKKONDAAR17/04-30-06/Sunday/RohiNi/Triteeyai/
 Engalaazhwaan, AKSHAYA TRITEEYAI,BALARAMA 
JAYANTI19/05-02-06/Tuesday/Tiruvaadirai/Panchami/ SRI RAMANUJA JAYANTI , 
SAAKSHAAT SWAMI, VAADI HAMSAMBUVAAHAR, Koil Somayaajiyaandaan, Velamur 
Ranganatha MD, KIDAMBI APPULLAAR20/05-03-06/Wednesday/ 
/Punarvasu/ShashTi/Mudaliyaandaan 26/05-09-06/Tuesday/Uthram/Ekadasi/ Sukla 
Paksha Sarva Ekaadasi27/05-10-06/Wednesday/Hastam/Dvaadasi/ KIDAMBI AACHAAN, 
GATIKAASATHAM AMMAAL28/05-11-06/Thursday/Chitrai/TrayOdasi/ MADURAKAVI AZHWAR, 
Tiruthaazhavarai Daasar, Anantaazhwaar, NADADUR AMMAL29/05-12-06/Swati/ 
PourNami/NRISIMHA JAYANTI, Chitraa Pournami, Periya Tirumalai Nambigal        
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 TRIMURTHIS IN TIRUVOIMOZHI PART 21(SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI OF CHICAGO)
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  4.8.1 (30):
 ERu ALum iRaiyOnum, tiSai muganum, tirumagaLum
                kURu ALum tani uDamban, kulam kulamA asurargaLai
neeRu Agum paDiyAga nirumittu, paDai toTTa
                mARALan kavarAda maNimAmai kuRai ilamE.
 
In this pASuram, AzhvAr refers to the beauty of bhagavAn?s tirumEni, His 
sauSIlyam, His vIryam, His ability to accomplish whatever He wants by His mere 
sankalpam, etc.  Above all, AzhvAr points out that anything that cannot become 
useful in the kainkaryam of bhagavAn is a waste as far as he is concerned, no 
matter how attractive it may seem in the eyes of the rest of the world.  He is 
singing this tiruvAimozhi in the nAyaki bhAvam.  
 
mARALan kavarAda maNimAmai kuRai ilamE 
AzhvAr assumes the role of bhagavAn?s nAyaki, and declares that she has no use 
for the beautiful complexion of her body if it does not attract emperumAn.
 
Who is this emperumAn that he is referring to?
 
ERu Alum iRaiyOnum, tiSaimuganum, tirumagaLum kURu Alum tani uDamban.  
The One Who has the beautiful tirumEni that is shared between the god who has 
the bull as his vehicle, by the four-faced brahmA, and by Goddess mahAlakshmi.
 
Kulam kulamA aSurargaLai neeRu Agum paDiyAga nirumittu, paDai totta mARALan. 
He is also the One who made the decision through His mere will that the wicked 
asura-s who were enemies of His devotees will be destroyed without trace, by 
numbers upon numbers;  Once He made this decision, He could have achieved this 
by His mere Will. But instead, He decided to intentionally become cruel to 
them, and used His weapons to destroy them because of His sheer anger that they 
were the enemies of His dear devotees. 
 
kuRai ilamE: I do not care for
maNimAmai: my beautiful complexion
mARALan kavarAda: if it does not attract the Supreme Lord
tani uDamban: who has the uniquely beautiful tirumEni; a-dvitIya vigrahattai 
uDaiyavan.
kURu Alum: different parts of which are occupied by 
ERu Alum iRaiyOnum: The god who has the bull as his vehicle (a reference to 
Siva)
tiSai muganum: The one who has faces in the four directions (a reference to the 
four-faced brahmA)
tirumagaLum: and by Mother MahAlakshmi 
paDai toTTa: and He Who destroyed with His weapons
kulam kulamA: by generations upon generations
aSurargaLai: the demons
neeRu Agum paDiyaga niyamittu: after deciding through his sheer will that they 
will be destroyed without trace.
 
AzhvAr refers to Sivan as the one who has the bull as his vehicle, to contrast 
that with bhagavAn who has garuDa, the personification of the veda-s, as His 
vehicle.  The fact that emperumAn has accommodated Siva and brahmA in His body 
at the same level as He has accorded to His Divine consort, SrI mahAlakshmi, 
shows His sauSIlyam or His willingness to move with all at equal level.  
 
nirumittu : sankalpittu:  EmperumAn is also One who could have destroyed the 
asura-s, who were enemies of His devotees, through a minute fraction of His 
infinite will power.  But instead of destroying them thus with His will power 
alone, bhagavAn chooses to use His weapons to kill them.   He would have 
destroyed them through His will power alone if they were showing enmity only 
towards Him; but instead, they were showing enmity towards His devotees, and 
this is something that He could not tolerate.  So He became angry, and used His 
weapons to destroy them.  Through his choice of words, AzhvAr shows that 
bhagavAn will not tolerate any offense to His devotees. He will not tolerate 
bhAgavata apacAram.   
 
Kulam kulamA asurargaLai nIrAgum paDiyAga nirumittu paDai totta: refers to His 
veeryam - one His six primary guna-s.  
 
mARu Alan:He Who considers the enemies of His devotees as His own enemies;  He 
who literally exchanges His position with that of the devotee, and destroys 
their enemies. 
 
The spirit expressed in this pASuram by AzhvAr in his nAyikA bhAvam, is the 
same that is expressed by sItA pirATTi in SrImad rAmAyaNam:  
 
                na hi me jIvitenArthaH, naivArthair-na ca bhUshaNaiH   |
                vasantI rAkshasI madhye vinA rAmam mahA ratham   ||
 
?For me, living in the midst of these rAkshasi-s, without the great warrior 
rAma by my side, neither life itself, nor any of the other materials around me 
or the ornaments etc., are of any meaning? (I do not care for any of these in 
the absence of my Lord rAma)
 
It is also the same spirit that is conveyed by AlavandAr in his stotra ratnam:
 
                na deham na prANAn na ca sukham aSeshAbhilashitam
                na cAtmAnam nAnyat kimapi tava Seshatva vibhavAt   |
                bahirbhUtam nAtha! KshaNamapi sahe yAtu satatA 
                vinASam tat satyam madhumatana! vij~nApanam idam   ||
 
?Oh! madhusUdana! Please listen to this declaration that I make in front of 
mahAlakshmi:  This body which is useful for observing all the dharma-s, the 
prANa-s that support this body, the pleasures that all beings like, the soul 
which supports all these, the children and the relatives - all of these are of 
use to me only if they help me in serving you.  If they are not of use for 
this, then they are of no use for me.  They can all disappear without a trace 
for me.  This is not something that I say for the sake of saying.  If this be a 
false statement, then I should suffer the same fate that the demon by name 
madhu suffered at your hands?.   
 
ANDAL reflects the same sentiment when she declares:  koLLum payan onRu illAda 
kongai tannai kizhangODum aLLip parittiTTu avan mArbil eRindu en azhalait 
tIrvEnE: 
 
AzhvAr has already referred to the sauSIlyam of emperumAn in accommodating 
rudra and brahmA in His body, in the two pASuram-s that we have covered 
earlier: 
 
valattanan tirupuram erittavan (1.3.9)
ERanaip pUvanaip pU-magaL tannai (2.2.3)
 
It has been explained there that He is accommodating them in His body for their 
protection, in addition to reflecting His sauSIlyam.
 
This tiruvAimozhi teaches us that anything that will not be of interest to 
emperumAn should be given up by the bhakta  ?prAtikUlyasya varjanam?.  
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