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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs :

It is my pleasure to forward you the note from
Sriman A.M.R.Kannan about the three valuable
CD ROMs about Swamy Desika SthOthrams and
Uthsavam .

Please contact Sriman Kannan to acquire these treasures for
your family audio libraries . It is rare to get santhai style
instructions to learn Swamy Desika SthOthra Paatams .

adiyEn learnt Sri HayagrIva SthOthram in Santhai form front of Garudan
Sannidhi at Oppiliappan Koil from a MahA VidhvAn . Once one learns
in this manner , correct pronunciations are retained and it is held
forever .

Swamy Desikan out of His compassion has incorporated
the Manthrams of the Moorthys in many of His sthothrams
and Men , Ladies and Children can get the benefit of reciting
these sthOthrams without the needed initiation from an UpAsakar .

adiyEn will continue to write on these sthOthrams one by one .
Many of them are already available with meanings at:
http://www.Sadagopan.org  in the Acharya Section .

**************************************************************
Today , let us study one SlOkam in SikhariNi metre  from
Sri NyAsa Tilakam :

MahEndrAgnA VishNu prabhruthishu  mahatthva prabhruthivath
prapatthavyE tatthvE pariNamitha vaisishtya vibhavAm
adhrushyathvam dhoothvaa kamithur-abhigamyathvam Jananeem
Sriyam seethApAngAm ahamaSaraNO    yaami SaraNam

- - - - SrI NyAsa Tilakam : SlOkam 4

The key words of the SlOkam are : " SeethApAngam Sriyam
aSaraNa: aham SaraNam yAmi ". adiyEn , who has no other
refuge seek SrI Devi known for Her cool , nectar-like KatAkshams .
She stays both as UpAyam and PurushakAram for the Bhaddha
Jeevan . Her Motherly heart melts over the suffering of the SamsAris
and She pushes aside (dhUthvA ) the  inapproachability ( adhrushyathvam )
of Her loving consort ( kamithu:) and makes Him easily approachable
( abhigamyathva Jananeem) by the chEthanams . If it is not for Her ,
the erring Jeevans could not approach Her lord . He has such a deep
love for Her and that makes it easy for those , who has Her grace
to approach Him readily . Thus She becomes the one , who intercedes
on behalf of the chEtanams , who trespass Her Lord's Saasthrams .
She displays the guNam of PurushakAram this way . SrI Devi has
the Vaibhavam of  always being with Her Lord . When the Bhaddha
Jeevan performs SaraNAgathy , She is with Her Lord and becomes
the UpAyam . Therefore , one has to perform Prapatthi to Them jointly .
She casts Her cool and rejuvenating glances on the chEtanans and
removes their samsAric taapams .

Swamy Desikan uses here two Vedic practises to emphasize the need
for performing Prapatthi to both of them together . In one of the Yaj~nams ,
Havis is offered to the glorious Indhran(MahEndran)  . When the Yaj~nam is
performed ,
Vedam says that one should not divorce the glorious attribute of Indhran
from Him and offer Havis just to Him as Indhran . It has to be offered
jointly
for Indhran and His glory as indicated by His nAmam of MahEndhran .
Similarly , there are number of Yaagams , where Havis is offered to both
Agni and VishNu together . Vedam instructs us that we should not offer Havis
seperately to Agni and VishNu . You can not leave one aside for the other.
Similarly , Sri Devi has the glory of being always with Her Lord . She does
not leave His side even for a second . She is there with Him , when the
chEtanam performs SaraNAgathy and serves as UpAyam . Therefore , Prapatthi
has to be done to both of them in a state of togetherness . At that time ,
the most cooling glances of our Mother falls on us and destroys the
scorching heat of SamsAram .Therefore says Swamy Desikan that he seeks
Her as refuge as She blesses us through the roles of PurushakAram andf
UpAyam .

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Kannan AMR" <kamr@xxxxxxx>
To: <Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Thursday, July 21, 2005 3:56 PM
Subject: [SriRangaSri] Swami Desikan Sthothra Padam CDs


 Dear Devotees,

 Adiyen recently received two sets of CDs from Kanchipuram Sriman
 Satagopa Thathachariyar Swami. One CD contains Swami Desikan's
 mangalasasana uthsavam at Sri Devadhi Rajan Sannithi on the day of
 Swami's thirunakshatram. The second set of CDs contains all the
 sthothrapadam of Swami Desikan in a santhai format. The total duration
 of these two santhai CDs is around 13 hours. Sriman Satagopa
 Thathachariyar Swami has done a great service to our community by
 rendering Swami Desikan's sthothras in a santhai format. Since these
 slokas have been rendered by Sanskrit scholars, all the slokas have been
 rendered without a flaw. Adiyen made 100 copies of these CDs with Sriman
 Thathachariyar Swami's permission for distribution in USA. These CDs is
 available at the cost of 35$ (for all the 3 CDs). This entire amount of
 $ 35.00 will go for Swami Desikan's Nithya Thiruvaradhana Kainkaryam. So
 essentially anyone who contributes 35$ for one day of nithya thiru
 aradhanam, will get these CDs for free. While writing this appeal I
 really feel sad and ashamed. We have become so ungrateful to our
 Poorvarcharyas, we need to sell their own works to collect money for
 their daily aradhanams!!

 Anyways, to get these CDs please mail your check to:

 Nagu Satyan
 NAMA Inc
 C/O Nagu Satyan
 7821 W. Alder Drive
 Littleton
 CO 80128-5522

 Please note that the checks should be made payable to "NAMA Inc." After
 mailing your check, send me an email (kamr at syr dot edu) with your
 address and adiyen will mail you these precious CDs. Please do not send
 any personal checks to me.

 Adiyen also fully aware of the fact that many of us have involved in so
 many kainkaryams on a monthly basis or some people even on a weekly
 basis!! But please do give priority to Swami Desikan's nithya aradhana
 kainkaryam as well.

 I hope someone will take lead on creating similar santhai format CDs for
 Swami Kurathazhwan's Pancha Sthavas, Swami Parasara Bhattar's sthothras
 and other poorvacharyas sthothra padams.

 Thank you for your kind attention.

 Adiyen Ramanujadasan Kannan






 
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