SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwArs wonderful verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama: I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance(a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali dhOsham. Thirumangai mannan enjoys the Lord of ThirunaRaiyoor Divya Desam and blissfully reminisces the good deeds that he had done to the world. 1. The Emperumaan, who appeared as the brahmachari boy with pooNool, tied with the deer skin (which had incidentally hidden the PiraaTTi residing in His Chest), and begged the measures of earth from Bhali and measured the whole Universe with His steps; the PerumAn, who shows Himself gracefully at ThiruvEmkatam, - That SarvEshawaran, - I went in search of Him and have seen Him at ThirunaRaiyoor. When amrutham was obtained as a result of the Lord's assistance as KUrma mUrthy , Indra and the DevAs got the upper hand in their battle with the asurAs and the kings of the asurA clan like MahA Bali were killed . The guru of asurAs ,SukrAchAryA with his power of penance brought back to life , MahA Bali and his retinue throught the performance of a MahA Yajnam known as Visvajith . MahA Bali and his associates got restored to their lives and went after IndrA and the DevAs and drove IndrA from his kingdom . The mother of IndrA , Athithi Devi appealed to her lord , Kasyapa PrajApathi and asked him for guidance on redressing the sufferings of their son , IndrA . Kasyapa PrajApathi advised his wife that the performance of the PayOvratha hOmam consisting of the aahuthi of rice cooked in milk would please Sriman NaarAyaNA would lead to the birth of a son , who would help IndrA regain his kingdom . Athithi Devi performed with austerity the recommended hOmam and had the good fortune of having Sriman NaarAyaNA Himself as her son ( Vaamana MUrthy ) . She appealed to her new ?born dwarf-staured son to help His brother , IndrA and restore his kingdom . MahA Bali was restored to life not only because of the manthra balam of SukrAchAryA , but also because of the vow given by the Lord during NarasimhAvathAram to PrahlAdhan that He will not kill any of his descendants . MahA Bali was the grandson of PrahlAdhA . Hence , Sriman NaarAyaNA brought him back to life and to enact his avathAra kaaryam as Vaamana -TrivikramA . [above is an extract from Sri Satakopan Swami?s article] Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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