SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Continuing on the wonderful verses on Srirangam by Kulasekara PerumAL? When! Oh! When am I going to offer flowers at the lotus feet of Lord of Srirangam along with the glorious group of His devotees? emmaaNpin ayann^aan_gu naavi Nnaalum eduththEththi eeriraNdu mukamuNG koNdu emmaadu mezhiRkaNka Letti NnOtum thozhuthEththi yinithiRainca ninRa sempon ammaanRan malarkkamalak koppoozh thOnRa aNiyarangath tharavaNaiyil paLLi koLLum ammaanRa NnatiyiNaikkee zhalar_ka LittaNG katiyavarO tenRukolO aNugum naaLE 1.3 Chathurmukha BrahmA (the four faced Brahma), praises his Lord (His Father Sriman Narayanan- from whose lotus navel sprouts out the Lotus Flower in which BrahmA is seated and was born), with all his four tongues (meaning: reciting vedic hymns) and with divine sthotras praising Lord?s most auspicious and wonderful divine kalyANa guNAs; and making fullest utility of his eight eyes (form four faces) enjoying the dhivya sowndhayram of the Lord? in such a majestic form. Such most beautiful Lord with His most wonderful divine Navel shown visibly reclines on the AdhisEshan in the sannidhi of Srirangam (which is like an ornament to this samsaara saagaram). When will I be able to approach Him, offer praising Him with the flowers at His Lotus Feet in Srirangam along with the glorious congregation of BhAgawathas? Alavandhaar expresses the same sentiment- yadvaa sramaavadhi yathaa mathi vaapya shaktha: sthowmyEva mEva khalu tEpi sadhAsthuvantha: vEdhA: chathurmukha mukhAscha mahaarNavaantha: kOmajjathOr aNukulaachalayOr visEsha: Even if powerless (to praise), I, until I get tired, or as far as I am able [with my level of intellect, jnAnam], praise. The Vedas which never ever stop praising Him; the chathumukha, Rudra and others [below those Vedas]; also praise only in similar fashion. Don?t they? [based on what they understand to their intellect or until they get tired]. In this deep, vast ocean [of glories], how does it matter, if the objects immersed are the huge mountain or a small atom? Both are submerged. Until I get tired let me praise. After two days, if he stops? the Lord may ask: You are not tired. And why did you stop?.. So Alavandhar says: until I get tired and /or to the best of my intellect, jnAnam, I will praise. If he knows, he may stop due to being tired; if he is still able, he may not have jnAnam to continue. What Alavandhar! You had mentioned that you are unashamed as you can not utter the praise mentioning my glories fully and you would still continue. That itself is praise. That?s why Alavdnahr uses the word sthowmi.. (in present tense) and not sthOshyaami (future tesne) as he has already started praising. Vedas always praise. Hence it may apply. But Brahma, Rudras do not do always. However as far as possible, they do. Here in this verse, Alavandhar touches upon only BrahmA, as he is the father of Rudra. And hence even if BrahmA can not, it is obvious other will not be able to. Thus even if they utter praise, they do not reach the ultimate. Only if one thinks that he utter the praise fully, that is wrong; but NOT the very praise itself. Even if small and minutest praise, it still is great and is required. Thus, whether it is mountain praise, or atomic size praise, all get immersed in the ocean of His glories and hence get submerged. If they are submerged, why should one praise at all? Alavandhar asks: why did BrahmA, Sivan praise? It is the duty of sEshan [servants] to praise the Master [SEshi] to seek His dayA, grace and blessings; to seek His pleasure; to praise Him with preethi [love], with devotion; to praise Him with manas, vaak and kaayam [word, thought and action]. Seshan [servants] are blessed to be recipient of [sEshi] His grace by praising Him with such manO vaak kaayam obeisance and praise. Thus, even praising is the blessings from Him to do so; and hence I start to praise Sri RanganayikA samEtha Sri Ranganatha ParabrahmaNE Namah AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Bored stiff? Loosen up... Download and play hundreds of games for free on Yahoo! Games. http://games.yahoo.com/games/front Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> 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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