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SrI:

Dear SrI Rama IyengAr :

Let us see if some of the Oppiliappan
Group Members might have some information
on these special events .

V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "ram iyengar" <veeaar39@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <saranagathi-owner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Friday, April 25, 2008 3:12 AM
Subject: Garuda Servai


> Dear Bhakthas,
>
> We will be in Kumbakonam on the 7th & 8th May '08 for
> the Akshaya Thirtha Garuda Servai of 12 Perumals. Can
> the Devotees give me info on the exact location in
> Kumbakonam, where we can have the Servai of the 12
> Perumals with timings?
>
> Similarly we will be in Thanjavur from the 24th to
> 27th May '08 for the Vaikasi Sravanam(25th) 21
> Perumals Garuda Servai.Here again I would like to know
> the venue in Thanjavur with the timings.
>
> Thanks, Dasan V.Ramabhadran, Chennai.
>
>
> --- "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
>
>>
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>> srI:
>>
>> SrI  sAra  sAram â?" I (11)
>> -- 
>> I â?" ThirumantrAdhikAram
>> -- 
>> The Meaning of the PraNava
>> --- 
>>
>> After revealing the arrangement of syllables in the
>> Thirumantram, SwAmi
>> Desikan now starts giving the details in every word
>> of the mantra starting
>> with the praNavam:
>> â?oithil prathama padatthai, â?~moolamAkiya
>> oTRaiyezhutthaiâ?T  enRu periyAzhvAr
>> aruLic ceythAr. â?~Adyam tu trayaksharam brahmaâ?T,
>> â?~moonRezhutthathanaiâ?T
>> ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE, anantaSAkhangkaLAna
>> vEdangaLukkum im-mantram thanakkum
>> moolamAkiya ithai aRinthavanai vEda-vit ennumpadi
>> sarva-sAra-sangrahamAyirukkum.
>> Eka padamAna ithil akshara-trayam
>> nirvacana-balatthAlE thanit-thaniyE
>> padamAi moonRum kooDa oru vAkkiyamAkiRathu.
>> in-nyAyam namas-silum varum.â??
>> The message conveyed by SwAmi Deikan through this
>> is:
>> By reciting the first word of this mantra, praNava,
>> alone, if one surrenders
>> at the feet of the Lord, he will attain SrI
>> VaikuNtam where he can enjoy the
>> bliss.  This is shown by Sri PeriyAzhvAr. Vedas
>> consist of countless
>> branches, known as â?~SakhAsâ?T. PraNavam is the
>> very root of all of them. The
>> same is at the beginning of the Thirumantram too. It
>> contains within itself
>> the essence of all the Vedas. A person who is well
>> versed in this praNava
>> along with its significance is called as a Vedic
>> Scholar.
>> Now, we shall study this passage of SwAmi Desikan in
>> detail:
>> â?oithil prathama padatthaiâ?? â?"  In this
>> Thirumantram, the first word. By this,
>> he means the praNava.  It is also called
>> â?~moolamâ?T â?" the root or the root or
>> the cause. It consists of one syllable.
>> For this, SwAmi Desikan finds support from a verse
>> of SrI PeriyAzhvAr:
>> â?oâ?~moolamAkiya  oTRaiyezhutthaiâ?T  enRu
>> periyAzhvAr aruLic ceythAr.â??
>> Let us consider the verse in full:
>>  â?omElezhunthathOr vAyukkiLarnthu mElmidaTRinai
>> uLLezhavAngi
>>   kAlumkaiyum vithirvithirththERik
>> kaNNuRakkamAvathan munnam
>>   moolamAkiya oTRaiyezhutthai moonRu-mAtthirai
>> uLLezhavAngi
>>   vElaivaNNanai mEvuthirAkil viNNakatthinil
>> mEvalumAmE.â?? (PeriyAzhvAr
>> Thirumozhi, 4-5-4) --
>> In this verse, SrI PeriyAzhvAr assures that it is
>> not that the ashTAkshara
>> mantra alone is required; the very first word, the
>> praNvam, itself is a
>> mantra. If it is uttered as a one syllabic foot or
>> two syllabic feet, one
>> can attain the fruits in this world and in the
>> higher world within this
>> prakruti mandalam respectively. Uttering the same as
>> a three syllabic
>> measure, if one surrenders to the Lord, he can
>> attain Para vAsudEva in the
>> Paramapadam, as stated in the PrasnOpanishad:
>> â?osa yad Eka mAtram abhidhyAyeeta sa tEnaiva
>> samvEditastoorNamEva jagatyAm
>> abhisampadyatE /â?? (5-3)
>> (If he meditates on the praNava as consisting of one
>> measure, he will attain
>> celebrity in this world.)
>>  â?oatha yadi dvimAtrENa manasi sampadyatE
>> sOntriksham yajurbirunneeyatE
>> sOmalOkam /â?? (5-4)
>> (But, he who meditates upon Brahman through OmkAra
>> of two measures, will be
>> lifted up to the SOmaLlOka by the Yajur mantras.)
>> After enjoying glory in
>> the world of Soma, he returns to the earth once
>> again.
>>  â?oyah punarEtam trimAtrENOmityEtEnaivAksharENa
>> param purushamabhidhyAyeeta
>> sa tEjasi sooryE sampannah /  yathA pAdOdarastvacA
>> vinirmucyata Evam ha vai
>> sa pApmanA vinirmuktah sa sAmAbhirunneeyatE
>> brahmalOkam sa
>> EtasmAjjeevaghanAt parAtparam puirSayam
>> purushameekshatE /â?? (5-5)
>> (He, who meditates upon the Supreme Self with this
>> very syllable â?oOMâ?? as
>> characterized by three measures, becomes united with
>> the Sun, consisting as
>> the orb of light. As a snake becomes freed from its
>> slough, in the same way,
>> he being freed from sins, will be lifted up to
>> VaikuNTa, the abode of
>> Brahman by the sAman mantras. He beholds the Supreme
>> Self VAsudEva, Who is
>> higher than the pure jIvAtma that is higher than the
>> embodied self and Who
>> (VAsudEva) is reposing in all entities as the inner
>> controller.)
>> The same is being said by SrI PeriyAzhvAr in this
>> verse. He says: â?oBefore
>> the breath rises up pushing down the throat and
>> making the legs and the
>> hands shiver and the eyes close down finally, if you
>> utter the single-word,
>> praNava, up to three measures meditating on the Para
>> Brahman, you will
>> attain Him in the VaikuNTa.â??
>> Thus, SwAmi Desikan is describing the great value of
>> the single word, that
>> is, praNava, quoting a verse of SrI PeriyAzhvAr.
>>
>>
>> (To continue)
>> dAsan
>> Anbil S.SrInivAsan
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