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Dear BhakthAs:

I almost forgot this posting based on an outstanding
UpanyAsam by HH SrI PoundarIkapuram Andavan
some five years ago.Because of the importance of the subject ,
I am copying the lists. Thanks to SrI MadhavakkaNNan for
the reminder .

Once a month , HH SrImad Andavan blesses us with
UpanyAsams on SrI RanganAtha Paadhuka Sahasram .
The most recent one was a beautiful one dealing with
the final three paasurams of Naadha Paddhathi with
subtle SaasthrArTams. Please contact SrIman Murali
Rangaswamy , if you wish to join in these insightful
monthly upanyAsams .

V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "srivaishnavan" <srivaishnavan@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, February 05, 2004 3:26 AM
Subject: Re: Perumal in five forms and water


> SrI:"
> Dear Sri Malolan
>
> I believe it should be five forms of waters (and not Solid liquid or
> gas- as they are NOT forms of waters... :-) I may be wrong)...
>
> There are comparisons of waters like AvaraNa jalam, the fountai
> waters, the well waters, etc.. to the five forms....
> AsmadhAchAryan His Holiness Srimath PaRavaakkOTTai Andavan swami had
> mentioned in one of tele upanyasams in 99... about the same and Sri
> SatakOpan mama (of New york) beautifully translated the same into
> English for everyone'e enjoyment:
>
> I have reproduced the same (collected from my archives):
>
> The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's
> pancha rUpams ( param , VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi
> and ArchA ).
>
> Parama padham , where the Lord is resident as
> Parama padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and
> the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ) . It is not of easy access
> to us residing on earth . We can  not travel there even to
> get a vessel filled with aavaranam waters .It is too far away .
> Hence param and parama padham can not be enjoyed with
> our sthUla sarIram . Only as a muktha Jivan possesing
> Sookshma sarIram , one can enter and enjoy the anthamil
> pErinbham there .
>
> The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in
> the  middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting
> Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis .
> Again , this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram .
> hence , it is not of much use either for us to see
> and enjoy .
>
> The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been
> celebrated as Raama , KrishNAvathArams . These Vinhava
> avathArams were enjoyed by those who were contemproaries .
> Today , it is histroy and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as
> Gopis and AkrUrar did . Thus this rUpam is in the past
> like last year's river water , which is no longer available
> to quench our thirst ( dried up river bed ).
>
> The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam . It is likened
> to OoRRu jalam . You have to dig in the river bed sand and
> access the water under . Through the difficult JNa~na Yogam ,
> one can visualize  this svarUpam of the Divya dampathis
> seated in our heart cavities . Very few have the power
> to succeed in such efforts and thus , this svarUpam is
> also not within reach of ordinary folks on this earth .
>
> The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan
> took to make Himself easily available to one and all
> and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and
> Maamsa chakshus . No divya dhrushti as
> needed by ArjunA is a  must to see the VisvarUpam of
> the Lord ." angu vaitthu , inghE piRanthathu " is
> the celebration of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham .
>
> Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five
> rUpams celebrated by Vedams in the manthram
> in the manner of tamizh maRai :
>
> ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE
> naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn
> sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:
> PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha :
> -- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3
>
> In ParAvathAram , the Lord is in Sri Vaikuntam
> as para VaasudEvan enjoying the Saama ghAnam .
> Therefore it is described as Paattu kEtkumidam .
> It is not accessible to us ; we can not hear this
> music with our Maamsa karnams .
>
> In VyUham , Lord rests on the serpent bed
> enjoying His yOga NidhrA .He is rudely awakned
> by all the terror stricken devAs , who seek
> His interventiion and complain about the terrors
> inflicted on them by the asurAs . He has to come to
> help after listeing to their fear-laden prayers
> ( muRaidal iDam ). This far off place is also
> inaccessible to us .We can not get there to appeal
> to Him to intervene and help us from our afflictions.
> Therefore Vyuha Moorthy is off limits for us.
>
> Vibahva avathArams are known as kuthittha iDam .
> Lord NarasimhA jumped out of the pillar and
> performed His avathAra Kaaryam and can no longer
> be seen in His original vibhava form .
>
> AntharyAmi svarUpam is known as OottumiDam .
> It is a svarUpam exclusively seen by those ,
> who have succeeded in their Jn~ana Yoga saadhanais.
> It is again out of reach for us .
>
> ArchA SvarUpam is known as VaLaittha iDam .
> Here , the Lord ahs become very accessible to us
> and rests at Srirangam suggestign that He would  not
> leave us until all of our Paapams are removed .
> He patiently waits for us to get SadAchArya Sambhandham
> and come to Him . AzhwArs and AchAryAs enjoyed the ArchA
> mUrthys at the various divya desams and stated unequivocally
> that it is their prefeered choice among the five prakAra
> rUpams of Sriman NaarAyaNan .
>
> It is interesting to note that para VaasudEvan
> gives us sEvai on the PraNava VimAnam
> at Srirangam , VyUha Moorthy is seen
> as Archai at Srirangam , Anbil , Thirukkudanthai
> et al , Vibhava Moorthys are present in
> the ArchA form at ThiruevuLL ( Sri Veera Raaghavan ),
> Dwarakai ( KrishNan ), AhObilam ( Narasimhan ) et al.
>
> AzhwArs and AchAryAl's assertion of their
> preference for the  archA form of the Lord
> over all the other Four forms are abundant .
> Srimath Andavan quoted a few of them .
> I have added a few moreto illustrate his point :
>
> icchuvai taviRa yaan pOy Indira lokamALum
> achuvai peRinum vENDEn Arangamaa naharuLAnE
> -- ThirumAlai of ThindaradipoDi : 2nd Paasuram
>
> aNdavANanarangan , van pEy mulai
> uNDa vAyanRanunmatthan kANminE
> -- KulasEkharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi:3.4
>
> sempavaLa vaayan ThiruvEnkatamennum
> EmperumAn Ponn malai mEl yEthEnum aavEnE
> --- Kulasekharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi : 4.10
>
> AanDAi unaik KaaNpathOr aruLenaakaruLithiyEl
> vENDEn manai vAzhkhayai ViNNagar MEyavanE
> -- Thirumangai's Paasuram on ThiruviNNagarAn
> Manai means here Sri Vaikuntam .
>
> athraiva sukhamAsva
> -- Sri RanganAthA's instruction to AchArya RaamAnujA
>
> nirantharam  nirvisatha : tvadhIyam
>  asprushta chinthA padham aapirupyam
> satyam sapE Vaarana sailanAtha
>  vaikunta vaasEpi na mEabhilAsha :
> --Swaami Desikan , Sri VaradharAja-
> PanchAsath: 49th slOkam
>
> Here  Swami Desikan that he has  no desire
> to reside in Sri Vaikuntam since he has the bhAgyam
> to enjoy the unparalleled beauty of Sri
> VaradarAjan right here in His archA form on top of
> Hasthigiri .He swears that he prefers
> Kaanchi Vaasam to have the Sevai of Lord VaradarAjA
> over residence in Sri VaikuntanAthan .
>
> That is the glory of ArchA rUpam for us
> as revealed by our AzhwArs and  AchAryAs .
>
> Lord Ramachandra in His vibhavAvathAram
> performed AarAdhanam to Sri RanganAthA
> in ArchA form at AyOddhi . That is the
> highest form of tribute that one can
> come across regarding the celebration of
> ArchA rUpam as the most enjoyable by
> us on earth among all the five prAkarams
> of Sriman NaaraayaNan .
>
> AzhwAr AchAryan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
> Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
>
>
> --- In malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Malolan Cadambi <mcadambi@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Sri
> >
> > I recently read somewhere that a Sri Vaishnava acharya (?) opined
> > that the five states of perumAl (para, vyuha, archa, antaryamI etc)
> > can be compared to states of water (solid, liquid, gaseous etc).
> >
> > I would like more information in detailed about this.
> >
> > Thanks in advance,
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Malolan
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >
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