Dear Smt. Rajalakshmi:
The various Thiruvahendrapuram Rathnangi Kainkaryam
postings have been collated
and placed in three different formats.
1. As they have been sent, these are filed in the
archives by month.
2. As a series. The complete series is archived
separately and can be
found at
3. A more comprehensive account maybe found at each
topic. Desika Prabhandam - Gitartha
Sangraham topic maybe found at url
If after perusing through all three, you still find
holes, please do inform as they
can then be looked into.
Thanks
Srinivasan Sriram
----- Original Message -----
Sent: Friday, November 26, 2004 4:35
PM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Re:
Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 254/Desika
Prabhandham : GeethArTa Sangraham : Part 15
Dear Sir,I have been browsing with avid interest
the various postings and along the way I've been keeping up with the
Desika Prabhandam series begining with Amritharanjini...Ihad to
discontinue the same from April when I went on a sojourn to India . After
my return in October of this year ; I started perusing from where I had
left off . Now
as i am going through GithArthasangraham. In 5008 5018
postings251&252are repitations; and in them you have stated that the
second chaptor in the second hextad will take more than one postto
summarise the highlights of the said chapter . There is no follow up.
The next posting is missing
.
After quite a gap, in continuation you have followed up with the 9th
chapter of Srimad Bhagavat Geetha and Swami Desikan's summary of the 8th
Shloka: TannmEmayum...in5070posting 250 . I'm just curious to know if I've
missed something
.
Ihave been following other writeups too.Smt Sumitra Varadarajan's
'Nanmugan Thiruvandadi'has been held in abeyance . There has been no
posting for a long time ! Sorry to bother you.Thanks a lot for all the
good work.
Yours in the service of the Almighty & our Acharya Srimad Ahzagiya
Singar Rajalakshmi
Jagannathan
--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxx>
wrote: > SrI: > > Dear BhakthAs of Lord
PaarTasArathy : > > Today , we will study the
NINTH Chapter of > SrImath Bhagvath GeethA .This chapter has > 34
slOkams . > > Swamy Desikan's summary of the 9th chapter >
************************************ > Tann mEnmayum Tann piRappil
taLarAt-tani nilayum > pannmEni naNInan paal piriyA anbar
aasaikaLum > punnmEni ViNNavar paal puriyAtha Tann Bhatthimayum >
nannmEni NaaraNannaranukku navinRananE > > (Meaning): Lord
KrishNa of divinely beautiful body > instructed Arjuna about His
Supreme status ( with no one > to equal Him or excel Him ) , His
undimished Superiority > as the Lord even in His avathArams
(Parathvam ) > and His indwellership inside the bodies of all
chEthanams > (DevAs , humans , birds , animals et al) , the
loving services > rendered by His BhAgavathAs and the Bhakthi
yOgam to be > practised towards Him . > > ThirukkaLLam
Swamy's special Comments on this Paasuram : > BhagavAn is the antharyAmi
( indweller ) for both the chEthanam > and achEthanam . He creates every
one and every thing. He protects > them and utlimately dissolves
them . The world functions because > of Him . BhagavAn instructed Arjuna
on these glories . > > Wherever BhagavAn incarnates and whatever
forms He takes > during His incarnation , His Jn~Anam and Sakthi are
undiminished. > There is no dimmunition of His Parathvam
(Supermacy). > > The Lord explains the BhaagavathAs practising
Bhakthi yOgam > towards Him with nAma sankeerthanam , archanai ,
aarAdhanam > with intense (Bhakthi) bhAvam .He instructs Arjuna that His
true > BhAgavathAs would not desire insignificant and non-lasting
phalans > and that they would not devote their time to DEvAs , who have
> perishable bodies . > > BhagavAn explained that His
BhAgavathAs perform AarAdhanam > for Him and perform Saathvika ThyAgam
at the end and meditate on > Him with intense love. BhagavAn identified
this devout love with > Bhakthi . > > Swamy
AaLavanthAr's summary of the 9th Chapter >
**************************************** > Sva-mahAthmyam manushyathvE
Parathvam cha mahAthmanam > visEshO navamE yOgO Bhakthiroopa:
prakeerthitha: > > --13th SlOkam of GeethArTa Sangraham >
> (Meaning): Lord KrishNa described in the ninth chapter , > "
His own eminence , His undimished Supermacy as > the divine even
when He assumes embodiments as > incarnations , the excellence of
MahAthmAs or devotees > who seek Him alone and the
discipline of Bhakthi or > devotion to Him ". > > In the
previous chapter, the differences that characterize > the four different
seekers , who approach the Lord were > covered . In this chapter , the
nature of UpAsanaa taking > the form of Bhakthi is explained .The glory
of those BhagavathAs > practising Bhakthi yOgam is also extolled by the
Lord to establish > the lofty state of the Jn~Ani practising Bhakthi
yOgam . > > Some Key slOkams of the 9th Chapter of Bhagavath
GeethA > ************************************************* > MayA
tathamidham jagadhavyakthamUrthinA > mathsTAni sarvabhUthAni na chAham
tEshvavasTitha: > ---SlOkam 4 > > (Meaning) : The whole
uiniverse is pervaded by Me in > an unmanifest form. I am the Seshi
(Master) , who sustains > and rules over this universe .I am their
indweller , who controlls > their actions. They depend on My will for
their existence and > acts . I do not however depend on them for My
existence . > > avajAnAni Maam mUDA manusheem
tanumAsritham > Param bhAvamajAnanthO Mama bhUthamahEswaram >
--SlOkam 11 > > (Meaning): Driven by their bad karmAs , fools
ignore Me > when I take on human forms and fail to recognize that I
am > the Supreme Lord of all beings and the Omniscient as well
as > Omnipotent Lord , who has incarnated as a mere human being
. > > MahAthmaansthu Maam PaarTa dhaiveem
PrakruthimAsrithA: > BhajanyanyamanasO jn~AthvA BhUthadhimvyayam >
--SlOkam 13 > > (Meaning): On the other hand , the great--souled
ones (MahAthmAs) > who are affiliated with My divine nature , worship Me
with steady > minds and recognize Me as the immutable origin(source) of
all beings . > > Sathatham keerthayanthO Maamm
yathanthasccha dhruDavrathA: > namasyanthsccha Maamm BhakthyA
nithyamukthA upAsathE > ---SlOkam 14 > > (meaning): "
Aspiring for eternal communion with Me , they worship > Me, always
singing My praise , striving with steadfast resolution > and bowing
down to Me in devotion " . > > Through SlOkams 16-19 , the Lord
reveals to ArjunA that He is > the Vedic sacrifices (Krathu &
Yaj~nam) , He is the offering to > the manes (SvadhA) , He is the
oblation proper , He is the Mantram > with which such oblation is
offered , He is the clarified butter poured > as oblation in the
sacred fire , which is none other than Himself . > Our Lord continues to
reveal about His pervasive presence in > every thing and being : " I am
the Father , Mother , creator and > grandfather of the universe. I am
the purifier .I am the syllable Om > ( Pavithram OmkAra: ) and also
Rk, Saaman and Yajus . > I am the goal (gathi) , supporter , the Lord ,
the witness, > the abode , the refuge and the friend . I am the seat of
origin and > dissolution , the base of preservation and the
imperishable seed > (Bheejamavyayam)---I am immortality (amrutham) as
well as > death (Mruthyu) ". > > SlOkam 23 : >
********* > yEpyanyadEvathA bhakthA yajanthE sraddhayAnvithA: >
tEapi MaamEva KounthEya yajanthyavidhipoorvakam > > (Meaning ) :
" Even those who are devoted to other divinities > with faith in their
hearts , worship Me alone , Oh ArjunA , > though not as sanctioned by
the SaasthrAs". > > SlOkam 24 > *********** > Aham hi
Sarva-yajn~AnAm bhOkkthA cha PrabhrEva cha > na thu mAmabhijAnanthi
tatthvEnAthasachyavanthi tE > > (Meaning): " For , I am the only
enjoyer and the only > Lord of all sacrifices. They do not recognize Me
in > My true nature; hence they fail ". > > SlOkma
26: > ************ > pathram Pushpam Phalam thOyam yO mE bhakthyA
prayacchathi > Tadhaham bhakthyupahruthamasnAmi prayathAthmana: >
> (Meaning ): " whoever offers Me with true devotion a leaf , >
a flower , a fruit or some water , I accept this offering made > with
devotion by him , who is pure of heart ". > > SlOkam 27: >
************ > YathkarOshi yadhasnAsi yajjuhOshi dhadhAsi yath >
yatthapasyasi KounthEya tathkurushva madharpaNam > > (Meaning): "
Whatsoever you do , Whatsoever you eat , > whatsoever you offer ,
whatsoever you give away , > whatsoever austerity you practise , Oh
ArjunA , do that > as an offering to Me". > > SlOkam
29: > ************ > samOham sarvabhUthEshu na mE dhvEshyOsthi na
priya: > yE bhajanthi thu Maam bhakthyA Mayi tE tEshu chApyaham >
> (Meaning ) " I am the same to all creation .There is none >
hateful or dear to Me .But those , who worship Me with > devotion abide
in Me and I do abide in them ". > > SlOkam 34 : >
************ > ManmanA bhava MadhbhakthO MadhyAji Maam
namaskuru > MaamEvaishyasi yukthvaivamAthmAnam
MathparAyaNa: > > (Meaning ) : " Focus your mind on Me , be My
devotee , be My > worshipper. Bow down to Me. Engaging your mind in
this manner > and regarding Me as the Supreme Goal , You will come to
Me. > > In this last slOkam of the Ninth chapter of SrIMadh
Bhagavath > GeethA , Our Lord decribes the true nature of Bhakthi
. > > Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu , > > Daasan ,
Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan > Srimate Sri
Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka > Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana
Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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