Here is a short summary of swami's out pouring in Boston Sri
Mahalakshmi
temple.
Our Sri-vaishnavam has clear defined roles for Him, Her and
ourselves."Sri"-always come first as in Srinivasan or Thiru maal..He
is unfailing means for liberation.. He is UpAya-means to take us all
towards Him..Sadhana vuAyams are karma, gjana and bakthi
yogam..Saadhya
upAya is He himself..We should perform sarannaagathi--
puhal ontrum
ellaathaal vun adi keezl puhuntheyn -yentru..
.He is full of
VAtsalya-like the cow cleaning all malam,
moothram,raththam etc from the
calf just born, by its mouth ..Only
after knowing that He hasthis vAtsalyam
in abundance , we will not be
afraid to approach Him with all our heaps of
sins,since He will
surely show us parental compassion.
He is full of
Souseelya-just as Rama counted Guhan, Sugreevan and
Vibeeshannan as His
brothers along with Lakshmanan, Baradan and
Shadrugnan..He is
magnanimous to mix with lowly people like us.
..He is Swaami-complete
owner of all of us ..He will go to any extend
to restore all His
properties..That is why He created saastras,our
limbs..but if we mis
use them, He will LOSE hIS SLEEP constantly
stand as in Thirumalai and try
to win over all of us back into His
fold.
..He is full os
sowlabhya-easy access..
..But all these kalyaanna gunnangall are masked
by His Svatanrya-
unquesitionable independance or will..Just as sea water
with lot of
salt is not drinkable...The rule books are shastras and
vedas..He
will abide by these.He will punish the sinners as per the
rule.
..Here is the need for the mediator..Sri Mahalakshmi plays this
role
effectively.She enjoys the role of PurushakAra..Purusham
karOti iti
purushakAra-one who moulds a purusha and makes him behave
so..She
does this for both jivAtma and paraAtma..Nammai arullaal
thiruthukiraall..avanai anbaal thiru thukiraall.She corrects us by
Her maternal compassion and Him by Her love..
..Puru bahu sanOti ii
purusha-one who grants abundantly is a
purusha..He does that for most of the
times..But when we sin, and do
not go by the scriptures,He does not grand
us--and hence needs Her to
make Him as Purusha once again.She pleads by
reminding the intimate
relationship between ParamAtma and jeevAtma..She
expalains the
responsibility of Him being the creator..If this does not
work-
Avanai anbaal thiruthum..she corrects Him by her beauty..Since He is
in mad love with Her,He immediately accepts and forgives our
sins..She
also tells Him that if people are all are virtuous they
have no need to come
to Him..If they have sinned, since they are His
creations, He need to take
respnsibility and correct them and then
accept them.
..We all
jeevAmas are all purushas..He is purushothaman..In our case
the
definition -one who takes a lead towards Him is a Purusha..If we
falls back
in going towards Him and get immersed in mandane
materialistic world,we fail
to be a purusha.. She ,with Her mercy
mends us and makes us intereted in
Him..Sita piraatti advised even
the crual Ravanna to fall at Rama's feet so
thar he will be pardoned.
..Thus she is a bridge between us and Him as in
Omkara-
a=narayaNa..u=lakshmi.and ma=jeevAtma..We can see
thisphysically at
Srivilli puthoor Divya Shedram in Renga mannar, Anndaal
and Garudan -
all sharing the same manndabam..Rama-Sita-Lakshmanan all
three
walking in the forest is also another example of Omkaram itself
walking..
.Sri -thus has six differant types of role to play
..1.srayatE-she
resorts to bhagavan..2.srIyate-she is resorted to
by all..3.srnOn-
listens to our plea..4.srAvayati-she makes baghavan
listen..5-srnAti-
she destroys our sins.. and.. 6-srInati-reaches us to
paramatma..This
is the reason for the name kamalA--ka mou IAti iti
kamalA-one who
restores the lost JivA to its rightful owner and vice
versa..It is
like a barter trade.
..She resides in a separate
sanctum-Thani Kovil Naatchiyaar..She is
also by the sida of Him-Vubaya
Naatchiyaars-Sridevi and Boodevi by
the two sides of Him ..She is also
on His chest..As soon as we recite
all our sins to Her-maraikkaamal,
marukkaamal, marakkaamal-and by the
time we do pradakshinnam and reach
Him,she beginsto perform her
job...she continues to do so when we reach Him
and also tells Him in
His ears.This is the reason for us to go through
Acharayas,
Aazlvaars,Garuda to Thaayaar Sannithi first and then proceed to
Him.
..SaranAgaty is to be done first to Her and then to Him..Raamanuja
chose panguni utharam to do so and plead for all of us in his
gadyam..Soorpanahai chose to go to Him first and lost her nose and
breasts.Raavanna chose to go to her only and lost hid head.
Kaakasuran,
even though did more abachaarams than Raavanna escaped
because of their
joint presense during his sarannagathi..
..Her forgiveness goes far
beyond that of His. Recall Sita piraatti
forgiving all rakshasIs even
without them doing
sarannagathi.Anjeneyar gave the victory news to
Sita..She said she
wanted to give some thing in return for all the help
Siriya thiruvadi
did..unfortunately she is not either in her father's place
or in her
father-in-law'splace.She still asked what would he like. He
only
wanted her permission to crash the rAkshasIs.She replied that since
he was not born in eshvahu kulam, he does not know about
sarannagathi..She said there is none without any blemish..He wanted
to know what way Rama, himself and she can be considered as sinners.
She
replied that Rama made her separate and toil for ten
monthes.Hanumaan did
not know about forgiveness.Her sin was that she
had to speak about
Rama's sin to a third person 1..
.Only Her presence in Him makes Him
behave normally. Vali remarks
that because Sita was not with Rama, he was
killed from the back.Her
divine kadaasham grants all eisvaryangall namely
1.rati-love,2.mati-
wisdom,3.sarasvati-silver
tongue,4.dhrti-steadfastness,5.samrddhi-
abendance,6.siddhi-accomplishment
and 7.sri-wealth.
..She is always in union with Him.. She was Sita when
He was Rama,
Rukmini whwn He was Krishna.Sarannagathi can be done at
any place, in
any time,by anyone and succeeds only in her presence.It never
fails .Hence she is always with Him...JJust as diamond is glorified
by
its lustre,but lustre is not independant--and Just as fragrance in
flower -Sri Mahalakshmi to Perumal.
..Ahalagillen iraiyum enru
alarmEl mangai urai marba..niharil
puhazhAi ulaham mUntru udayAi ennai
ALvAnE..nigaril amarar
munikkanangal virumbum thiruvEngadathAne..puhal
onru illA adiyEn un
adikkIzh amarndu puhundEnE..