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. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Sadagopan" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Tiruvengadam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <saranagathi@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <desikasampradaya@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <srivenugopala@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <Parakalamatham@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2003 11:14 AM 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 > > > > 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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