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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:

Dearest all,

We were enjoying the greatness of Sri Mahalakshmi...
let us continue to enjoy the vaibhavam of our Mother..

It is Sriya: Pathih and VishNu pathnI- the Divya
Dampathi who "is" our SaraNyam and Praapyam. There is
NONE or any recourse for us except Them -who is our
means and the End; the way and the Goal.  

pEyAzhwAr says beautifully in his first pAsuram of
moonRaam Thiruvandhaadhi", 

"thirukkaNedEn ponmEni kaNdEn- thigazhum/
 arukkan aNi niRamum kaNdEn- serukkiLarum/
 ponnAzhi kaNdEn puri sangham kai kaNdEn/ 
 ennaazhi vaNNan paal ninRu.

Look at the lovely words. Firstly, AzhwAr starts off
with Thiru kaNdEn. I saw Lakshmi PiraaTTi. - where did
he see? "en aazhi vaNNan paal in my dark coloured
Emperumaan's ThirumEni (Divine body). 

Pon mEni kaNdEn. 

the colour of the Mother is Golden (hiraNya varNaam
hariNIm..) the Golden colour and the dark hued 
Emperumaan's colour are so nicely superimposed so that
it appears like that of Sun's rays on lustrous
Maragatha Mani (rays of the lustrous Sun on Emerald
stone..) Sri   Periyavaacchaan PiLLai says "this is
like that of light warm Sun's ray on a rainy season 
"iLa veyyil..". 

pEyAzhwAr further says in the last paasuram "saarvu
namakku enRum chakkaratthaan.. thEn  amarum poomEl
Thiru" .  The Goddess who sits on the Honey dripping
Lotus Flower- periya PiraaTTi - is the Saarvu
(meaning: SaraNyam as well as Praapyam)- She is the
upaayam and the upEyam as well. the Means as well as
the End.

ALavandhAr in the first verse of chathusslOkI,
establishes the equal status of PiraaTTi with Her
consort. She enjoys an equal status and rules the
physical and the transcendental universe.  She
possesses like Her Lord, Svarupam , Rupam, GuNam and
Vibhavam . She shares in equal measure the six
auspicious GuNAs of Her consort (Bhagawan) - JnAnam ,
Bhalam , Iswaryam , Veeryam, Sakthi , and Tejas . This
Nitya Sri surpasses in some regards Her Lord as a
result of  Her motherly qualities such as DayA
(Compassion), KshamA (forgivenness ) , Vaatsalya
(affection and love ) just as  a mother has for her
children . She showers us with Her blessings
(anugrahams ) and grants us Aiswaryam , Kaivalyam and
Moksham.  

Ramanujacharya, too requests the Mother in SaraNAgathy
Gadyam, addressing Her with Her all auspicious
qualities with which she surpasses Her Consort even.
Ramanujacharya surrenders to this   Supreme Divine
Mother (Deva Deva Divya Mahishi), as the Mother of the
Universe (akilajaganmaathaa) ; but immediately adds..
``my Mother'' (asmad  maatharam). Indeed, her
compassion is unlimited. Ramanujacharya pleads to the
Mother for the bhakti / devotion that draws to the
Supreme (Para Bhakti), the wisdom or jnAnam that the
Lord grants (Para JnAnam) and the inability to move
away from that Divine Glorious  Vision (Parama Bhakti)
and Ramanujacharya prays that this togetherness be
ever in him always (``avirathaasthu me''). The Mother
looks at Ramanuja with affection and speaks: ``asthu
the.. . tayaiva sarvam sampasyathe''  Let that be so.-
All your pleas be fulfilled- let all those who belong
to you be blessed with them too!". What a merciful
Mother!

It is our most merciful Mother Sri Mahalakshmi, Sri
Sadagopan Iyengar Swami writes, whom we have to thank
for our being fortunate enough to attain a human
birth, for if She had not so willed, we would still be
indistinguishably bundled up with non-sentient beings,
in a state of semi-existence that follows every
pralaya (achit avisishtAn pralayE jantoon"-Sri Daya
Satakam). That this world of sentient and non-sentient
beings would not have been born at all, but for the
enlivening glance of Piratti, is brought out by Sri
Alavandar in ChatusslOki-"eeshat tvat karuNA
nirIkshaNa sudhA sandhukshanAt rakshyatE- nashtam prAk
tat alAbhata: tribhuvanam samprati anantOdayam".

We have been used to thinking that Emperuman creates
this world out of infinite mercy, to enable jeevatmas
to endeavour for liberation by adopting a suitable
strategy therefor. Wrong, says Sri Parasara Bhattar.
Much as a new groom flaunts His prowess before his
bride, the Lord too indulges in Creation to "show off"
to Piratti. This is akin to a peacock unfurling all
its glorious feathers, in a bid to impress its mate.
Sri Bhattar makes fun of the Lord in the following
sloka from Sri GunaratnakOsam-

"PraLaya samaya suptam svam sareera EkadEsam
Varada chitachit Akhyam vistruNAna:

Kachitam iva kalApam chitram Adadya dhoonvan
Anusikhini sikhIva krIdasi SrI samaksham".

If further proof were needed of the Lord's abject
surrender, it is provided by His making His in-laws'
house His permanent residence. Emperuman resides with
pleasure in the Milky Ocean (TiruppArkadal), which is
after all the birthplace of Mahalakhmi ("KshIrOdajE"
"Samudra tanayAm" etc). And He is so enamored of His
bride that He can hardly let Her out of His sight, and
insists on Her staying extremely close to Him, in fact
on His chest ("agalakillEn irayum endru alarmEl mangai
urai marba"). These provide a clear indication of who
calls the shots in the Divine Household. 

It is thus not surprising to learn that Emperuman's
identity, as the Supreme Lord, is itself proved only
through His association with Piratti ("SvarUpa
nirUpaka dharmam").  It is for this reason that
Azhwars address Him tirelessly and variously as
follows-

"TirumagaL sEr mArban"
"Tirumangai nindraruLum deivam"
"Tiruvudai adigaL"
"Tirumangai tannOdum tigazhgindra TirumAlAr"
"MalarAL maNavALan" etc. etc.

Conversely, deities like Brahma and Shiva, though
powerful by themselves, do not enjoy the Supremacy and
glory of Sriman Narayana, as they are not associated
with Piratti, and, as such, are not to be venerated,
says Sri Tirumazhsai Azhwar-" Tiru illA dEvarai
tErElmin dEvu". All of Emperuman's glory is due to His
being the husband of Piratti, says Srimad Ramayana(
"SitAyA: charitam mahat")-

"apramEyam hi tat tEjO yasya sA JanakAtmaja" [Thanks
to Sri Sadagopan Iyengar swami for his wonderful write
up on PiraaTTi). 

She along with PerumAL is the Parathvam and the Eka
sEshi for us. Eka Seshitvam refers to both Sri Devi
and Bhagawan together as the means and the goal
(upAyam and Upeyam )
Regards
asmadhAchArya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm
namo narayana
dAsan



 
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