Dear SrI VaishNavAs:
The sequel to the article written on the above
topic last week
is attached . The article was written
especailly for the home pages of
HH AchArya RangapriyA Swamy last year
.
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
Sadagopan
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Samarpanam- An
Offering to Our Achryas
Article by Sri
V.Sadagopan, New York

HH Rangapriya
Swamiji & HH Parkala Mutt Jeeyar Offering Mangalasasanams at
Satyagalam
Our AchAryAs are the
ground on which we build our lives .Without them we are nothing and
our wanderings here and there on this earth has no meaning
whatsoever. Blessed with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham and
anugraham ,our lives become purposeful . In addition to reverence
for our own direct AchAryan and His paramparai , we are instructed
by SaasthrAs that we should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who
grow our knowledge of Tatthvams and PurushArtham , while holding
one's own AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads since He is the One ,
who blessed us with Pancha SamskArams and performed Prapatthi for us
. The pramANam is : manthrE tath
dEvathAyAm cha , TathA manthrapradhE Gurou Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA
kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam ( Meaning): The one
and only (primary) step for our ujjIvanam is the devotion to
Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam , reverence for one's
AchAryan, who performed UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs and
dhruva Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is the Para Devathai for
these ManthrAs . Sustained and unfaltering devotion
to the Three( mathrams , AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should
always be there to realize upliftment in our spiritual
saadhanais. Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our
AchAryan in the spirit of the following pramANam quoted by U.Ve.
SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy : GururEva Param Brahma ,
GururEva ParA Gathi: GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva
ParAyanam GururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanam YasmAth
SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth GurutamO Guru: (Meaning):
AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme Brahman).He is the highest to be
attained as Education, wealth ,the means for PurushArtham and the
essence of VedAs.AchAryan is the One , who instructed us on
SadAchAram and anushtAnam . Therefore , He has to be worshipped by
us with reverence at all times out of gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai)
for His MahOpakAram. Our attitude towards our AchAryan
has to be along the lines shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr
AmmAL : Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam
abhIpsitham prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI
BhavEth (Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable
faith in his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing
all that he wishes for , will be the most happy and
contented one . Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is
molded along the lines drawn by Swamy
Desikan: archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya
SARVADHAA DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn
MUDHA upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam
vrajEth AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan ,
Keerthanam of His auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be
peformed by us always . We should seek His feet for succor as the
upAyam for placing our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property ,at His
CharaNAravindham as Aathma NivEdhanam . The noblest of
instruction given to us is: " SarIram , artham ,
PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth " Everything --our
body , wealth and even prANan--has to be placed at the sacred feet
of our SadAchAryan , who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram and
helps us most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. All Sri VaishNava
AchAryAs in general and one's own AchAryan in particular has to be
revered along the above lines.Let us therefore celebrate our
AchAryAs , who have nothing but our KshEmam in their minds , prepare
us for a state of fitness for arpaNam of our Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi
. Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SatakOpan
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