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Sent: Thursday, March 15, 2007 7:19
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Subject: [Oppiliappan] Panguni
Uttiram
Swamin,
What is the significance of Panguni Uttiram?
Can any of the learned Swamins explain in detail
as to why we celebrate Panguni Uttiram?
Dear Sriman RaghunAthan Swamy
:
Panguni Utthiram ( Meena Maasa
Utthara Phalguni ) is
celebrated by VaishNavAs as
the avathAra dinam of
MahA Lakshmi from the Milky
Ocean during the churning for
nectar ( amrutha MaTanam)
. It is not that Mahaa Lakshmi
did not exist before . She is
always with the Lord in an eternal
sense .This avathAram as
AakAra Thraya Sampannai was
to wed the Lord . Many
PurANams including Srimath
BhAgavatham celebrate this
avathAram as a part of
Amrutha MaTanam
.
The other significant event
associated with this day is
the avthAram of the three
Gadhyams by AchArya RaamAnuja
and His performance of
SaraNAgathi during the sErthi sEvai
of the dhivya dampathis at
SrIrangam . AchArya RaamAnujaa
showed us the way to perform
SaraNAgathy to the dhivya dampathis
for gainign Moksha phalan .
I also want to know the real import of Mattai Adi Utsavam that
day?
Could the event have been real?
It is a special event at
Srirangam , where the human emotions
behind Oodal_Koodal (
VislEsham-SamsLEsham) are injected
to enjoy the Vaibhavam of the
Dhivya Dampathis . It is an uthsavam
to highlight the kapada
Naatakam of the Lord and the legitimate
anger of Sri RanganAyaki , the
role of Arayars and Swamy
NammAzhwArs to intervene " to
unite " the dhivya dampathis
( sErthi) and bless us .
It is made colorful thru the enactment of
the drama to indicate event he
dhivya dampathis are not above
human emotions as a dampathi .
It is an occasion to highlight
the UrayUr Dhivya dEsam , the
birth place of ThiruppANAzhwAr .
Could God indulge in the kind of activity he is alleged to have?
If one looks at it as a
colorful uthsavam to teach some values ,
it is perfectly acceptable .
We do not need to look more
into this from a point
of justification or ethical behavior .
Many chEshtais of Baala
GopAlan celebrated in AzhwAr
Paasurams ( PeriyAzhwAr) will
come under the same
category . It has to be taken
as an anubhavam in my
humble opinion .
I shall be grateful if I can be enlightened.
Dasan
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