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Dear Bhaghavatas:
I am posting the four articles on Saligramam one by one.
This was posted initially in Oppliappan groups.(These were not posted by me.
A sishya of HH Poundareekapuram Andavan posted these.)
Many of you could not get it/or not open the attachments.
adiyen
Lakshmana dasan

Shri:

Shrimathe Gopala Desika Mahadesikaaya nama:

Gandakyaah cha uttarae theerae giriraajasya dakshinae

kshetram tu vishnu sannidhdhyaath sarvakshetroththamoththamam

In the south of Himalayas, on the north side of Gantaki river, nitya
sannidhaanam - permanent presence - of vishnu exists.This is the holiest of
all holy places. Many holy rivers flow here. 

This place is vast, spread over 12 yojanas. The Chakra river flows thru
here. This river was created by Brahma. In the northern part of this river,
there exists a mountain whose rocks exhibit the symbols of Vishnu. People
who visit the southern side of this river are very fortunate, since only
there , the matsya and kurma saaligraama murthies are found. These murthies
have been sculpted with different chakras caused by the drawings of the worm
vajrakeetam. These murthies confer on us the four purushartas viz,
dharma-artha-kaama-moksha. The murthies are of two types : jalajangal (borne
out of water) and stalajangal(borne out of earth).

murthyah dvividhaah gneyaah jalajaah stalajaah thathaa

jalasthham komalam snigdham thatasthham parusham smrutam

Those got in water are soft and beautiful. Those borne out of earth are
rough and hard.These murthies can be blue, black, yellow, white , red and
very red and of honey colour and multi-coloured. Those with the chakra in
the middle or left , or with the fully formed chakra or which are
round-faced or those with the lines of lotus and vanamaala are fit for
thiruvaaraadhanam. 

Amongst these the blue ones give all benefits , the black fame, white moksha
and Yellow money and multi-faceted happiness, and the red, kingdom.

Those with the chakra on the mid and left benedict good progeny - putra and
poutras - and fame , those with vanamaala benedict a good spouse -
patni-soubhagyam , round-faced ones benedict enjoyment of objects and
vak-vilasam or clarity in speech, those with padma chakra bring material
prosperity - soubhagyam, dhaanyam and cattle. 

Generally, the saaligraamam that are be too big or too small or too broken
or very black or very rough are not preferred.

Those of the size of elandai fruit or gooseberry and having two small tiny
chakras or the preferred ones.

tasyaameva sadaa kaalam shriyaa saha vasaamyaham

I stay in these murthies along with Mahalakshmi - says the Lord.

Amongst the saaligraamams, the smaller ones are the better ones.

vylakshanyam visheshena gnyatum shakyam na vai kalou

varna rupadhyavayavai: pramanabila laanchnai:

vipraanaam murthayah sarvapujaniya prayathnathaha

In the kali yuga, it is the difficult to choose a saaligraamam based on its
characteristics like the color, shape, holes. So, the bramhins perform
aaradhanam to all murthies with devotion. 

Odd no.of murthies should not be kept. One murthy can be kept as an
exception. Hence, 3, 5 etc. no. of murthies are not to be kept together.
They have to be placed in different boxes and aaradhanam performed separately. 

Amongst even no. of murthies, 2 should not be kept. If any no. other than
4,6,8 murthies are present.

There are 81 types of murthies for which pooja can be performed. Their
general classification is as follows :-

Dashavatarams - 10 types

keshavaadhi.... 12 types

vaasudevaadhi.... - 4 types

Even if murthies have dosham, it is perfectly all right to have a darshan of
them . This gives us all benefits. Only when one prays for a specific
benefit, the color, shape of the murthy matters. Those who pray for no
specific benefits, the shila-lakshanam does not matter; both material
benefits and moksha are bound to be begotten.

saaligrama shila yatra, yatra dwaaravathi shila, shankam tu tulasi patram,
tatra sannihitho hari:

saaligramodhbhavaha devo devo dwaaravathee bhavaha

dubhayaha sangamo yatra brahma hatyaam vyapohati

vishnu padodakam nityam shirasa dharayeth pibeth 

agnishtoma sahasrasya vaajapeya shathasya cha

yath punyam labhathe nityam vishnoh naivedhya bhakshanaath 

Narayana is always present where the saaligraamam, dwaraka murthies, tulasi
and white conch lie. In a house where the dwaraka shila and saaligraama
shila lie together, even bramha-hatti dosha - the sin of killing a bramhin-
will not affect the residents. Those who perform aaradhanam of saaligrama
and have performed the gayaa snaanam, will be freed from all sins and a lakh
bramha-hatti sins. Those who bear the aaradhana theertam on the head or
drink it will get moksha for sure. One who eats the food which has been
offered to the saaligraamam, is like one who has performed a 1000 agnishtoma
and 100 vajapeya yagnas. Japa, dhyaana, and homas performed in front of the
saaligraama shila, will yield benefits 1000 fold.



narayana, narayana, narayana

The above is a translation of the article in Tamil by HH Paravakottai Swami
of Prakrutam Aandavan of Poundarikapuram Ashramam, SriRangam.


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