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Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swami,

In view of your kind permission to reprint your postings in our journal "Sri
Ranganatha Paduka", i have taken the liberty of publishing the interesting
article on "kim - the What of Sri Vishnu Sahasra Nama" by Sri M.K.
Sudarshan, followed by your most lucid exposition in your June 26th
postings - Reflections on "Kim" : Parts II & III (Rg Veda Manthrams). This
would be a holistic approach that should attract the attention of the
readers who cannot (afford to) and would not access the net.

I have misplaced the mail id of Sri M.K. Sudarshan; can you forward this
mail to him please? I have already secured his consent to reprint his
postings!

Warmest regards and respects.

RR.



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Subject: [Oppiliappan] Reflections on " Kim " : Part II (Rg Veda manthrams)


> SrI:
>
> Dear VedAbhimAnis:
>
> Today , we will study the use of "Kim " in
> Selected Rg Vedic Rks. The extended meanings
> that would be given by me is based on my personal
> anubhavam of these manthrAs .Let us start with
> the first manthram:
>
> 1)Rg Vedam: IV.5.12
> ********************
> kim nO asya dhraviNam kaddha ratnam
> vi nO vOcO jAthavEdas chikithvAn
> guhAdhvana: paramam yannO asya
> rEku padham na nidhAnA aganma
>
> (Extended Meaning):
>
> Here , the antharyAmi Brahman of Agni is
> addressed. He is addressed as the Omniscient
> One , who is a knower of all that has been
> (created by Him) and exists(protected by Him).
> The supplicant throws up his hand in despair over
> the aj~nanam that surrounds one in life and asks
> the Lord : What is the use and value of all this
> (material)wealth to us and what permanent and
> beneficial thing do we gain by its acquisition?
> Oh Lord , who is the knower of all with
> the penetrating vision of the past , present
> and future ! You know very well about what is
> parama hitham for us & what is Parama purushArTam !
> You know what is the best secret (guhyatamam)
> for us to follow without obstruction (vignam)
> for liberation from the cycles of repeated births
> and deaths . You know this direct road instead of
> all the bye ways that lead us to travel and suffer
> like some one lost in an endless maze. Please bless us
> with Your divine wisdom so that we can rush to
> the most direct road /upAyam ( like SaraNAgathy at
> Your Thiruvadi) and enjoy your divine splendour and
> perform nithya kaimkaryam in Your supreme abode to You.
>
> The echo for this prayer is heard in another Rg rk(V.78.4)
> in the form of a response :
>
> It says: When a sagacious and fortunate one escapes
> with Your limitless DayA from the dark and forbidding
> cave of nescience and entreats You as UpEyam , like
> a wailing woman seeking protection of her Master,
> You rush to that person with the rapidity of a falcon
> (on the divine falcon like at the time You rushed
> to the lotus pond , when GajEndran called for you
> and addressed You as Aadhimoolam).
>
> This is "the Kim " that the Vedam salutes !
>
> Speaking of that " Kim " another Rg Vedic Rk
> starting with "KIM" sums up in the second paadham
> this way:
>
> " nahee nv-asya pratimAnam asty antar jAthEshutha
> yE janithvA:" --Rg Vedam : IV.18.4
>
> The nature of the Lord as Parama Purushan
> with none equal to or better than Him is
> referred to here as the "Kim". He is the Supreme Being
> (Para Devathai), who is the one that commands
> all (niyanthA) and is the Master of all. He is
> the SamAnAdhika Daridhran. There is none that
> exceeds Him or equals Him in any aspect .
> He is the Para Tatthvam , UpAyam and Phalan.
> When a Prapannan approaches Him in a state of
> ananya Gathithvam , he gets the MokshAnugraham
> directly from Him without the help of any other
> DevathA , who are after all HIs vassals.
>
> This portion of the Veda Manthram is one about
> Paratatthva Nishkarsham ( determination of
> the Supermacy of that KIM sabdhAnuvAchyan.
>
> Rg Veda manthram IV.35.4
> *************************
>
> This is a prayer to the Lord saluting His mysterious
> power and also an upadEsam for us to enjoy the nectar
> of Bhagavath anubhavam :
>
> KIMmaya: svic camasaa yEsha aasa yamm
> kAvyEna chathurO vichakra
> aTA sunudhvam savanam madhAya
> pAtha ribhavO madhuna: sOmyasya
>
> Extended Meaning: Cosmic creation and activities
> of the Lord is referred to here. The Saadhakan addresses
> the Lord (Kim) in wonderment: "What sort of universally
> spanning ladle did You apply with Your art and
> wisdom and used it deftly in a fourfold motion
> to engage in Your activities of creating the Universe
> and its beings from Moola Prakruthi? "
>
> The four fold motion has been intrepreted by commentators
> as " downwards, upwards, transverse and straight(adha Urdhvam
> tiryak samagathi yuktham "}. Four really stands for
> countless ways in which He performs His leelais.
>
>
> We will study additional manthrams with "Kim "
> sabdham incorporated in them in our next posting.
>
> SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigLE SaraNam ,
> Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
>
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