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Narayana Narayana
 
The Lord continued, "Although a Brahmana learns all the parts of Veda 
viz., Shiksha, Vyakarana, Chandas, Nirukta, Jyotisha and Kalpa, and 
all the four Vedas along with them, he shall not be considered dear 
to me, if he neglects the Dravida Vedam. Just as a person is 
initiated into Brahmanya with shodasha karma and samskritha Veda 
patham, so will a person attain Vaishnavatvam (will be called as a 
Sri Vaishnava) by undergoing the Pancha samskaaram and learning the 
Dravida Vedam. During my Aradhanam, Yatra and Mahotsavam, Dravida 
Vedas should be chanted. Only then will I be satisfied with the 
kainkaryam. Let your language -Tamil- be untouched by Viswakarma's
 curse. I have given such a high preference to your mother tongue. 
Viswakarma spelt two more curses on you. Is it not? Let those curses 
affect you only once in your life time, and that will also be for the 
welfare of all the Devas and Brahmanas. Just as Agni remains 
untouched by any faults although he consumes anything and everything 
he gets, so will you remain pure, faultelss, although you will be 
affected by the curse. This was already decided by me long ago. 
This is my promise to you. So, don't you worry at all."
Having spoken thus, the Lord returned to Parama Padam, just as 
Agastya beheld the divine form with eyes wide open with excitement, 
and tears filled in them. Agastya was happy that he was freed from 
the curses. He then performed Aradhanam to Sri Srinivasa Perumal at 
that place and continued his journey southwards, to Malaya mountains.
I would like to add a point here. It is usually said that Tamil Vedam 
is more sacred than the original Vedas. That is because the Vedas 
teach a man about all the three gunas (sathwa, rajas and tamas). But 
the Dravida Vedas teach only sathwic qualities, and thus Sriman 
Narayanan likes the Tamil Vedam more than the original samskritha 
Vedas. This is shown in most of the temples beautifully, during 
Utsavams. The Goshti chanting the Tamil Vedas go in front of the 
Lord, and those chanting the samskritha Vedas follow the Lord. This 
clearly shows that those who follow the samskritha Vedas have to go 
in search of the Lord, where as Narayana himself goes in search 
of those who chant the Tamil Vedas.
This is the reason why all Sri Vaishnavas chant the Tamil Vedas. I 
hope this topic has interested all Bhagavathas. I shall write more 
about the Lord residing at Terakanambi, and about the place in the 
forth coming mails. They shall appear under the title "Sri Dakshina 
Sheshadri".
 
(concluded)

Srinivasa Rajan Ramanuja Dasan.









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