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Dear svAmin:

My sincere thanks for the feedback.  I have got into the habit of 
taking things for granted, and that is something I have to overcome.  
I could not find the 'definition' for the word 'paratvam' in amara 
koSam.  However, I looked at a dictionary I have, and it gives the 
meaning in tamizh as 'mEnmai', 'uyarndadAgai'.  I have been 
translating it as "Supremacy",  "Lordship".   The term 'paramAtmA' is 
used in the sense of His being the Supreme Deity above all other 
deities, and everyuthing else that exists anywhere.  I believe that 
paratvam is different from perfection, even though they are both guNa-
s of bhagavAn.  I venture to write in detail on this, because it is 
useful to keep the guNa that is meant in mind while reading the 
different guNa-s that go to support that particular guNa.

paripUrNatvam may be 'perfection'.  The translation of samskRt words 
into English is not staightforward, at least for people like me who 
neither know English nor tamizh nor samskRt in perfection.  

Through this mail, I would like to thank all the others who have been 
kind enough to give me feedback as well.  This gives me encouragement 
and support.  

-dAsan

--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, srinivasan sowmianarayanan 
<vasans2004@...> wrote:
>
> Respectful swAmin,  the explanation of the first slokam of Bhagavad 
Gunas deeply rooted in the first ten verses of tiruvAimozhi is 
excellent. Paratvam could have been explained as many may not be 
aware of its significance. As adiyen understood, it means perfection, 
thereby declaring bhagvAn as the Perfection Incar nate. Each of the 
pAsurams of the first tiruvAimozhi describes the various aspects in 
wnich He is perfect with no one equal or superior to Him.
>   Regards,
>   dAsan srInivAsan 
> 
> champakam <champakam@...> wrote:
>           tAtparya ratnAvaLi - Part 13 - Slokam 11-1.
> 
> SrImate SrI ra'ga rAmAnuja mahA deSikAya namah.
> 
> 






 
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