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Dear BhakthAs :

The earlier message got truncated
and therefore I am sending the full
posting .Regret the mistake .

V.Sadagopan

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From: "Sadagopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: "Ponnappan" <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "SG" 
<Tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "Sgt" <saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; "DS" 
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Sent: Saturday, August 28, 2004 9:25 AM
Subject: Saranagathi Fw: [t'venkatam] Sudarshana homa and sudarshana chakra



>
> Dear BhakthAs :
>
> SrImathi JS has provided an excellent description of
> Sudarsana Chakram and it s uniqueness among
> the weapons of the Lord .
>
> Here are some random thoughts in this context
> based mostly on the insights of SrI Koora NaarAyaNa
> Jeeyar , the contemproary of AchAryA Raamaanujar
> and a great expert on the Vaibhavam of Sudarsana
> BhagavAn .
>
> 1.   Sudarsanam is unique as the Lord's weapon because
> it represents the Sankalpa Sakthi of the Lord .If BhagavAn's
> Sankalpa Sakthi is to be compared to an asthram (Mantra
> Siddham ) that leaves the mind of the Lord to destroy quickly
> our ajn~Anam , then  the rest of the weapons of the Lord are
> just sasthrams .
>
> 2. It is the Lord's sankalpa sakthi that blesses us
> with the four kinds of PurushArTams ( The prayer
> based on the fourth slOkam of SrI Sudarsana
> Sathakam is :
>
> tEjO va: chathura: PurushArTAn pushyathAth "
>
> 3. It is the Lord's sankalpa sakthi that creates ,
> sustains and destroys the world and its entities .
>
> 4. Kata SaakhA salutes the Lord for that purpose as
> " DhruthOrdhva PuNDra CHAKRADHAARI " .  His sankalpam
> is His aabharaNam and asthram .
>
> 5. The Nemi of the Sudarsanam is cited by SrI Koora NaarAyaNa
> Jeeyar (the author of Sudarsana Sathakam ) as the guide to
> the archirAdhi mArgam ( ChakradhArA aathmaneenam
> panTAnam va; pradhisyAth ) .
>
> 6. In the 33rd slOkam of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam  ,
> the Jeeyar states that the Sudarsana nEmi
> transforms as BhagavAn HImself at the times
> when the Lord engages in rakshaNam of the Universe
> and its beings(e-g: Gajendra Moksham) .
>
> 7. In the 39th slOkam , the Jeeyar points out
> that the spokes of the Sudarsana chakram
> banishes all asubhams during the last moments
> of one's life as BhagavAn's sankalpa sakthi ( arANi va:
> anthima vipadhi thrAyanthAm). Here the arams are
> visualized as the extensions of the Lord's hands.
>
> 8. The glories of Sudarsanam ( as the Penetrating
> sankalpa sakthi of the Lord ) are celebrated in
> MahOpanishad , Sathapatha BrAhmaNam ,
> Ahirbudhnya SamhithA (Chapter 25) , Parmaa
> SamhithA ( Chapter 16) . Additional special
> information on Sudarsana-Narasimha form
> combining the Lord and His unique weapon is covered in
> SrI M.Rangaswamy's article :
>
> http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati/volume1/V01008.htm
>
>
> 9. the 61st SlOkam of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam
> is another testament to the Sankalpa Sakthi of
> Sudarsana Bhagavan:
>
> amhas samhathya daghdhvaa prathijani
> janitham prouDa samsAravanyaa
> dhUrAdhvanyAna dhanyAn mahathi
> vinathibhirdhAmAni sTaapayanthee
> visrAnthim saasvatheem yaa nayathi
> ramayathAm ChakrarAjasya naabhi:
> samyanmOmuhyamAna thridasa
> ripudasaa sAkshiNee saakshiNee va:
>
> (Meaning): The king of Chakram burns thoroughly
> all the paapams of the SamsAris , who have accumulated
> them over their many janmAs and takes them to
> the supreme abode of the Lord and establishes them
> there in the middle of great bliss.May that Bhagavath
> Sankalpa svaroopi , who is the conferrer of boons
> and remover of all obstacles delight Your eyes !
>
> 10) The 73rd slOkam of Sri Sudarsana Sathakam
> provides addiitonal insight into the uniqueness of
> Chakra Raajan :
>
> SrI VaaNI vaang mruDAnyO vidhadhathi
> bhajanam sakthayO yasya dhikshu
> prAha vyUham yadhAdhyam
> praTamamapi-guNam Bhaarathy PaancharAthree
> ghOrAm SaanthAm cha Moorthy praTayathi
> Purusha: prAktana: prArTanAbhi:
> BhakthAnAm yasyamadhyE disathu
> tadhanagAm akshamadhyakshathAm Va:
>
> (Meaning): The Aksham of Sudarsanam is recognized as
> the PraTama vyUham of Para VaasudEvan and the first of
> the Six guNams of BhagavAn (viz) Jn~Anam by Ahirbudhnya
> Samhithai. Sree , VaaNee , Vaak , MruDAni , the Sakthis of
> the four VyUha Moorthys celebrate the Sudarsana aksham
> from the four directions according to PaancharAthra
> Saashtram . Lord Sudarsana appears in His tranquil
> form (Saantha Roopam ), when bhakthAs worship Him .
> When the same BhakthAs seek him and offer their
> worship for removal of anishtams (asubhams) , He
> appears in His fierce form to chase those anishtams.
> May the Lord of both these forms give you lordship
> ( aadhikyam/AdhyakshathAm disathu )  over the conductance
> of  your activities  leading to the Lord ! Sudarsana: Purusha:
> Va: PourushAya bhUyAth ( Prayer in the 75th slOkam of
> Sudarsana Kavacham ).
>
> 11)  The 76th sLokam clearly states that Sudarsanar is
> the Sankalpa Sakthi of Para VaasudEvan . In RaamAvathAram
> that sakthi manifested as the arrows of Lord Raamachandra ,
> as His uplifted incisor ( kOra pall that positioned BhU Devi
> duirng the journey from below the waters) , as the nail in
> NrusimhAvathAram and axe in ParasurAmAvathAram .It was
> in the Pavithram  in the hnad of Vaamana Moorthy and
> destroyed one eye of SukrAchArya .
>
> 12) In the next Sathaka slOkam , The SudarsanOpasakar
> identifies Lord Sudarsana as "  VishNu Sankalpa Vruksha: ".
> The Kalpaka tree , which protects the aasrithALs from
> the heat of SamsAram (NIzhal tanthu Veppatthai pOkki
> vENDiya PhalankaLai yrellAm kodukkum Bhagavath
> Sankalpa Sakthi Vruksham ).
>
> 13) The presence of this Sankalpa sakthi in Six or eight chakrams
> are saluted by slOkams 90 and 91. He is present as Kaala Chakram
> in ShaDaram , PruTvee chakram in PanchAram , Ap chakram in
> Chathuraram , tEjas chakram in thriAram , Vaayu Chakram in
> DhviAram nad AakAsa chakram in yEka chakram . He engages
> in the five kinds of ativities as the instrument of Bhagavath
> Sankalpam : Uthpatthi, Sthithi, SamhAram , nigraham and
> anugraham . In the Yanthram , He is manifest in the middle of
> the Sudarsana Yanthram with six triangles ,Six aksharams
> and six lotuses .
>
> 14) In this Yanthram , twelve UpavyUha Moorthys
> are present as VYashti BhUthaas according to
> the observations of U.Ve. SrI SthalasayanatthuRaivAr
> Swamy of ThiruvallikkENi  : Kesavan , NaarAyaNan and
> Maadhavan are the three VaasudEva Vyashti BhUthAL and their
> DEvis are the three SrI Sakthis ; Thrivikraman , Vaamanan and
> SrIdharan are the Vyashti bhUthAls of Pradhyumna Moorthy
> having three Vaak sakthis; Govindhan  VishNu and Madhusoodhanan
> are the SankarshaNa Vyashti BhUthAL with the three VaaNee
> Sakthis; HrusheekEsan , PadhmanAbhan and DhAmOdharan
> are the Aniruddha Vyashti BhUthAls with three MruDAni
> Sakthees .  The prayer here is : " Laksmeesakhasya Lakshma
> Va: sphurathu ".
>
> 15) In the 100th slOkam , SrI Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar   reveals
> that the Divine couple leaves the burden of administration of
> the Sakala CharAcharams in the hands of Their Sankalpa Sakthi,
> Sudarshanar and are engaged in their BhOga leelA vyApArams :
>
> Yasmin vinyasya bhAram vijayini
> jagathAm jangama sthAvarANAm
> Lakshmee NaarAyaNAkhyam miTuna-
> manubhavathyathyudhArAn vihAran
> aarOgyam bhUthimAyu: kruthamiha
> bahunA yadhyadhAsTApadham va:
> Sa PurushO DhivyahEthyakshavarthee
>
> " Sudarsana Purusha: Va: Samastham
> Phalam sadhya: disathu ".
>
> Chakra Saayujya Lakshmee PathayE Nama:
>
> Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
>
>
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "jasn sn" <jayasartn@xxxxxxxxx>
> To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Cc: <jai_2_u@xxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Friday, August 27, 2004 2:55 PM
> Subject: [t'venkatam] Sudarshana homa and sudarshana chakra
>
>
>>
>> SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAHA.
>>
>> This mail is an attempt to reply queries on sudarshana
>> homa and the sudarshana chakra.
>> Sri Jayaraman has raised the following questions:
>> "Thus Can we say lord nArAyaNan grants boom when we
>> workship sudharsana or do sudharsana homam. (OR) Is
>> sudharsana and lord narayana is one and the same? Is
>> there any references available for this. "
>>
>> The question on sudarshana homa is being answered on
>> the basis of the Principle of Universal problem
>> solving which in philosophical terms is closer to what
>> sage Yagyavalkya told Maitreyi as the principle of
>> that Principal Being knowing whom, it becomes possible
>> to know everything else. Here the knowledge is that
>> Sriman Narayana is Supreme and the In-dweller of all
>> beings. He is the one who actually receives the
>> offerings in the sacrifices and grants the results
>> accordingly. It therefore comes to imply that Narayana
>> is Supreme and Sudharshana enjoys only a subsidiary or
>> a secondary status to Him. It is He who receives and
>> grants the offerings and results.
>>
>> But when Sudharshana chakra (or in any name ) is
>> meditated upon in a Homa, specific pleas are being
>> made in consonance with what Sudarshana has been
>> ordained to carry out. It is not to add some positive
>> virtues in as much as it is only to ward off evils and
>> obstacles in the path of the chetana. The mantra makes
>> it amply clear that the blessings of Sudarshana are
>> being invoked to destroy enemies as well as the evil
>> effects that are likely to affect the chetana and to
>> bless him with long life. (para karma mantra, yantra,
>> tantra, astra, shashtraaNi samhara samhara, mruthyor
>> moshaya moshaya, aayur varthaya varthaya, shathror
>> naashaya naashaya)
>>
>> While all the 5 weapons of the Lord provide protection
>> (in) 'vanE, ranE, shathru, jalaagni madhyE' and (in)
>> 'maha bhayEshu', the sudarshana has a special place
>> among them. This might be because of the repeated use
>> of this by the Lord on many occasions. At the
>> philosophical level too, it is the chakra and not the
>> other forms of weapons that has been found to posses
>> many implications - some of which as found in
>> Svetahswathara upanishad are given here:-
>>
>> # in verse I-4, the created universe is described as
>> Brahma chakra.
>>> Eka nEmim - this is the axis denoting Maya on which
>> the prapanjam revolves.>
>>> Trivrutam - the three supporting belts are the three
>> gunas.
>>> Shoda chaaram -26 edges consisting of 5 elements, 5
>> gyanendriya, 5 karmendriya and manas.
>> &#61656; Shathaardhaaram - 50 spokes consisting of 5
>> viparyayam, 28 Ashakti, 9 thiushti and 8 siddhi
>> &#61656; Vimshathi prathyaraabhi - 20 secondary spokes
>> that consist of 10 indriyas and 10 vishaya.
>> &#61656; Ashtahbhi:shadbhi: -the 48 angas consisting
>> of 6 of 8 each (prakruthi ashtakam, dhathu ashtakam,
>> ishwarya ashtakam, bhavashtakam, devashtakam and
>> gunashtakam)
>> &#61656; Eka paasham - the rope of kaama or desire.
>> &#61656; Tri maarga bhedam -the three different ways
>> such as dharma. Adharma and gyana
>> &#61656; Dwi-naimitthaika mOham - the rotation of this
>> chakra under the pull of kaama, the rope gives rise to
>> results of two types such as paapa and punya,
>> happiness and sadness and so on.
>>
>> In verse I-6 it is being said that the jiva known as
>> 'hamsa' (aham sa: , I am Him) is being rotated in this
>> Brahma chakra. When the jiva realises the nature of
>> himself vis-a vis the Brahman, he is liberated from
>> the Chakra.
>>
>> Relating this to sudarshana chakra, it can be said
>> that the jiva is protected by the sudarshana when he
>> goes round as part of the Brahma chakra. Meditation on
>> the In-dweller of the Sudarshana helps the jiva to
>> relieve himself from the Eka paasham leading to the
>> realisation 'aham sa:'.  Upon Realisation he starts
>> carrying out commands as ordained by Him and by means
>> of the modes chosen by Him. This to my sittrarivu,
>> seems to be the explanation for how and why azhwars
>> came to embody the qualities of the Divya aayudas of
>> the Lord.
>>
>> Ever in the thought of Him,
>> adiyAL
>>
>>
>>
>>
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