SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Alavandhaar enjoys describing the four divine strong shoulders of the Lord separately here: chakaasatham jyaa kina karkasaih subhai: chathurbhi raajaanu vilambibhir bhujai: priyaavathamsOthpala karNabhUshaNa slathaalakaa bandha vimardha samsibhih: [33] [The Lord who has] four most auspicious long limbs [arms] that extend right upto knees; that has the scars of the bow string that keep touching the wrists and the shoulders; that which grants auspiciousness to His devotees; that which denote the contacts of His divine consorts [SrI Devi; bhUdEvi; nILdEvi] imprints the marks of their bangles while they hug Him with their hands; the marks of their ear studs; the marks of curls of their black tresses; etc.. During avathArams, the Lord uses the bow and the wrists show the mark of scars due to the continual usage of pulling the bow chord to fight and aim arrows. But in Paravaasudeva roopam, where is the case of such marks and where is the time as He is sitting on AdhisEshan most of the time? [When Alavandhar enjoys RanganAthan- which is the #1- Divya Desam- the Primary Moorthy, different kind of marks appear to Alavandhar; PiraaTTi lies down with Him on the divine bed of AdhisEshan.. and hug Him with her soft tender hands- the bangles; the ear studs, the curls of black tresses press and leave marks on His shoulders. Alavandhaar enjoys Para, vibhava and vyooha here in archA avathAram. There are lots of scriptural evidences that the Lord has four shoulders and hence it is completely in accordance with saasthrAs. sundaratthOLgaL [most beautiful shoulders] ?says Kamban , It feels : "ThOL KandAr ThOLE KandAr" When Rama walked in the streets of MithilA, those who saw His shoulders see only those shoulders; they are unable to take their eyes from that. The aanandAnubhavam of HanumAn , when the thankful RamachandrA embraced with His hands and powerful shoulders. His messenger (Raama dhUthan) for bringing the auspicious news of finding His piratti in the city of LankhA. Sri RaamA acknowledged that the embrace of His is all the wealth that he had to confer on HanumAn for his unmatched service: yEsha SarvasvabhUthO mE parishvanghO HanUmatha: [From Sri Anbil mama?s write up:] At the time of Coronation, Sri Raama wanted to gift something valuable to Hanuman as a token of gratitude for all the help he had rendered. But could not find one as adequate recompense. So, he offered himself and embraced Hanumaan. Except for Sita, the only other person who had the blessings of an embrace of the Lord was Hanumaan. What greater object could he give than this? The coolness of that embrace associated with the powerful shoulders and the comfort that the nAyaki (ParAnkusa Naayaki) derived from those shoulders holding her tight is described by her as being under the cool shade of the fragrant KaRpakA tree. (Thiruvaimozhi 6.6.6). Alavandhaar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? Check out the new Yahoo! Front Page. www.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> 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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