SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy AzhwArs wonderful verses on Thiruvenkatamudiayaan. BhakthAmrutham viswa janAnumodhanam sarvArthatham Sri Satakopa Vaangmayam sahasra SaakOpanishadh samAgamam namAmyaham Draavida Vedha Saagaram Meaning ): adiyEn salutes the ocean of Tamizh Vedam , which is of the form of Sri SaThakOpan's vaak (speech/aruLiccheyalkaL). These are linked to the thousand upanishads and includes in them all the deep meanings (Taathparyams)of Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArthams and artha Panchakam. They are nectar to the minds of the devotees of Sriman NaarAyaNan and they enjoy it with relish as aparyAthAmrutham [insatiable amirtham]. Today?s ThiruvEnkatam verse is: NammAzhwAr?s Thiruvaaymozhi 3.3.7 sumanthu maamalar neersudar dheepamkoNdu, amarnthu vaanavar vaanavar kOnodum, namanRe zumthiru vEngadam nangatku, saman_koL veedu tharumthadaNG kunRamE. 3.3.7 ThiruvEnkadam is the Mountain that can grant us mOksham (the Ultimate for us); There only NitysUris., like Anantha, Garuda, Vishvaksenar come and pay obeisance to Lord VenkatEsa; They hold the "PooraNa kumbham", offer most fragrant flowers, light deepam, burn incense sticks / saambhraaNi during their prayers to Venkata vaaNan; AzhwAr says: in order to get the kaimkaryams that we would like to do and serve; it is not necessary to ask ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan; even the mountain itself can grant the same to us. Devas led by Devendran; and the chief of Devas ? chathurmukha brahmA et al come to ThiruvEnkatam carrying most fragrant flowers, crystal clear sacred waters, dheepam [lamps], dhoopam [incense powder] etc., come to ThiruvEnkatam with lots of preethi [love]. They are granted the kaimkaryam of such nature. Thus those who aspire for celestial wealth also come here and seek His grace and are blessed with kaimkarya ruchi. Thus prayOjaanantha parars also become paramaikAnthins by coming and steeping into ThiruvEnkatam. If we out of devotion and love, carry and bring the flowers, waters, dhoopam and dheepam to tiruvEnkatam, and offer them at the feet of ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan, the Lord considers them as the heaviest objects and valuable ones offered by us and blesses us. Here thus Nithyasuris as well Devas come carrying the flowers, lamp and incense to offer to the Lord. samankoL veedu tharum.. Thirumalai itself would grant mOksham even. Paramam saamyamupaithi; thadankunRam- Like chithrakoota malai, Thirumalai is also well laid out and hence can house many? When Sri InjimEttu Azhagiasingar and Sri Madhurantakam Swamy were before Sri Parthasarathy?s sanctum sanctorum for mangalasasanam, they had to wait for a few minutes outside, as the Lord was adorning Himself after tirumanjanam, perhaps trying to look His best to the two mahAns who were awaiting His audience. Noticing Srimad Azhagiasingar bearing in his hands the rather heavy garland intended for Perumal, Sri Madhurantakam Swamy requested the former to put down the garland in a suitable place, till the sannidhi opened for worship. With his usual smile, Srimad Azhagiasingar replied, adiyen would rather carry this garland, as this too is a form of kainkaryam, for didn?t Sri Nammazhwar say, sumandu mAmalar....? "patram pushpam phalam toyam yo me bhaktyA prayacchati| tadaham bahktyupahr*tam aSnAmi prayatAtmanah ||(gItA 9.16) "If a devotee offers to me a mere leaf, flower, fruit, or water with sincere devotion and love, I accept it as invaluable treasure." [Sri Velukkudi Krishnan in one of his upanyasams said:] Be it any flower, it is the bhakti with which it is to be submitted that matters. Tirumangai azhwar in his tirumozhi states " kaLLAr tuzhAyum kanavalarum koovilayum mullAr mulariyum Ambalum mun kandakkal pullAi Or EnamAi putkidandAn ponnadikkenru ullAdAr ullathai ullamAkkoLLomE. "He has listed adhama pushpa, madhyama pushpa and uttama pushpa. Anything would do. As Gitacharya says "patram pushpam phalam tOyam yO mE bhaktyA prayacchati ..' Any flower - it need not be costly. There is an itihyam here : Nanjeeyar asked Bhattar ( his acharya) - "In the sastras it is said that kantakarika pushpam should not be used for the Lord. If the Lord accepts any flower (as per azhwar), then why does the sastra ban one flower. Bhattar replied " it is not because the Lord does not want it. But kantakArika plant would be full of thorns. Lord cannot tolerate a bhakta being wounded by the thorns when he goes to pluck the flowers. So in HIS love towards his bhakta, the Lord banned the flower itself." Can any other match this quality of Sriman Narayana It is the bhakti that counts and not the quality of flowers. Andal says "toomalar toovi thozhudu " nammazhwar says "soottu nanmalaigal tooyana endi " What do these great souls refer to as "tooymai" (blemishlessness)for flowers. That which is submitted to the Lord, without expecting anything in return from him. This is called "madi tadavadu soru " in our sampradayam. We invite a guest for lunch. Lunch is over. When the guest leaves - if we search his pocket to find whether he has brought anything for us in return of the lunch we offered - that is the same as expecting something from the Lord in return to the flowers we offered. Then they are flowers with blemishes. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE saraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! 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