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Sent: Thursday, November 29, 2007 7:52 PM
Subject: Re: [Oppiliappan] seethaa raama kalyaanam 3

Dear Sirs,
forgive me for this e-mail.
Seetha Devi is Maha Lakshmi herself, how then is she the avatharam of Bhumi Devi ??
Very sorry, for this question .
adiyen

RESPONSE:
 
Dear SrI Venkat : These confusions arise from our attempts
to reconcile PurANams , IthihAsams ( UpabrahmaNams)
with Sruthi and Aagamam .
 
Let me assemble some thoughts on Mahaa Lakshmi ,
BhUmi DEvi , SithA Piratti and other divine consorts
of the Lord :
 
The theological and ontological relationships of Goddess
Sri and othe Devis of the Lord need some comments in
this context of potential confusion .
 
For Swami Desika SampradhAyam , Mahaa Lakshmi 
is on a par with Her Lord , VishNu &  enjoys equal status
with Him and is a Vibhu ( commented in detail in SrI Sthuthi
and also in his commentaries on SrI Sthavam
by Swami Desikan  ) .
 
PaancharAthra Agamam ( Lakshmi Tantram) points
out that Sri Devi is different from BhU Devi and
NeeLA DEvi saluted in BhU Sooktham and
NeeLaa Sooktam ; Purusha Sooktham and
Hari Vamsa ( appendix of Mahaa BhArathA )
again point out that BhU DEvi is distinct from
SrI DEvi .
 
The questions arising  are :
 
1) Are both of them consorts of the Lord ?
2) What is the ontological status of Bhu devi
with respect to Sri DEvi ?
 
PurANa , ithihAsa , Sruthi pramANams assert
that both are VishNu Pathnis . Swamy Desikan has
composed seperate sthOthrams for them as well
as for GodhA Piratti to indcate that they are distinct
consorts of the Lord .
 
From the ontological point of view , BhU Devi and
NeeLaa DEvi are regarded as two ASPECTS ( AMSAAS)
OF VISHNU SAKTHI , WHICH ACCORDING TO  PaancharAthra
Aagamam is the VERY GODDESS LAKSHMI .
 
BhU Devi is the aspect of Kshamaa /tolerance of
Lakshmi and is worshipped with latter as Ubhaya
NaacchiyAr without affecting the unitary character of
Mahaa Lakshmi as the inseperable consort ( anapAyini)
of the Lord enjoying the same status as Her Lord
( yEka Seshithva Yogam , as the means and the goal) .
VishvaksEna samhithai points out that BhU and NeeLA
DEvis are not Vibhus like Mahaa Lakshmi and yet both
are dear to Sriman narayaNa and are His consorts .
 
Ashta Lakshmis are also considered secondary manifestations
of Mahaa lakshmi presiding over 8 sources of wealth .
 
SithA Piraati and AndaL were ayOnijais ( not born out of
human womb) but were discovered by Janakar and PeriyAzhwAr
at the end of their furrows( SithA )  when they were ploughing
the land . According to Srimad RamAyaNam , SithA came out of
the Earth ( Bhu Devi) and returned to Her Mother Earth at
the end of Her avathAra Kaaryam . BhU devi is also  the Mother of
NarakAsura in our PurANams (Srimadh BhAgavatham) and
SathyabhAma  is considered an  amsam of BhU DEvi . RukmiNi
is Mahaa Lakshmi in KrishNAvathAram .
 
In summary , BhU devi and SrI Devi are both the dear wives
of the Lord . One is reminded of the  IsAvAsyOpanishad
passage ( PoorNasya PoorNamAdhaya poorNamEvAvaSishyathE)
and Upanishad BhAshyakArar's commentary passage :
" svaroopathO dharmathO vaa anyaTAthvam gacchath
bhOgya - bhOkthru roopam vasthu  jjatham " . The PoorNathvam
of Mahaa Lakshmi and BhOgya roopam of NeeLA DEvi can be
understood from here . One can visualize a similar ontological
status for BhUmi DEvi as an amsam of Mahaa Lakshmi ,
while both are the dear consorts of Lord VishNu .
 
Mahaa Lakshmi has three different roles in a VishNu Temple ;
She has Her own Sannidhi( TanikkOil  NaacchiyAr as Sri RanganAyaki)
or stays on the side of the Lord as one of the Ubhaya NaacchiyAr or
stays on His chest as Vakshasthala Lakshmi .
 
As TanikkOil NaachiyAr without Her Lord and is known
as AdhikAra archai . We pray to Her First before we go
in to offer worship to Her Lord .
 
As BhOga Archai , She is by the side of Her Lord
as Jaanaki at MadhurAnthakam , BhUmi Devi at
Oppiliappan Sannidhi , VanjuLavalli at NaacchiyAr
Koil or at most of the Sannidhis as one of the Ubhaya
NaaccimAr .
 
As LayArcha Moorthy , She stays on the chest of the Lord to
plead for Her children , who anger Her Lord thru their satha kOti
aparAdhams .
 
Swamy ParAsara Bhattar identified Sri RanganAyaki with
SithA PirAtti and took Her side ( Vide : GuNa Rathna Kosa
SlOkams : Sundarasimham e-book 38 :
http://www.sundarasimham.org ; The finer points about Lakshmi
Tathtvam are housed in Swamy Desikan's commentary on
ChathusslOki and KurEsar's SrI Sthavam .These are also
archived in SundaraSimham.org e-books reelased last year .
 
SrI RanaganAyakai NamO Nama:
 
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
 
 
 
  
 
consoidered   
  
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