SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Let us enjoy the name Narayana? again To recapitulate: "Nara" means Vishnu (Narayanan) because He is imperishable. "Naara" means the entire universe composed of Chit & Achit entities which originated from "Nara" as "Nara" is the cause of the entire universe having the subtle chit & achit as his body before creation and creates them by giving expanded form and having the expanded chit and achit as his body. "Naaraanaam Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is the base/support for all chit and achit tatvas". This shows the "Bhahir Vyaapthi" - the manner in which Naaraayana pervades the universe. "Yesya Naaraaha Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is present inside all chit and achit entities as the ultimate controller (anthar-yaamin, soul) and owner (Seshi-Lord) of everything. This shows the "Anthar Vyaapthi" - the manner in which Naaraayana is present inside everything. The "NAakaara" in the end of the term "NaaraayaNA" without doubt says that the term "Naaraayana" is a particular noun denoting the Lord of Goddess Lakshmi who is Vishnu. This is confirmed by the grammatical rule of the Vedas (Vyaakaranam - one among the six accessories of the Veda) and by Paanini's grammatical treatise. Thus the Veda identifies the supreme self (Brahman) as Shreeman Naaraayana [from Sri MS Hari Swami?s wonderful write up] What and who is Narayana? Does He have a form? As explained above, Narayana refers to the divya Atma svaroopam which pervades everywhere & He is the Brahman (source of creation , the maintainer & in whom it dissolves ). Narayana is always personal because of His infinite kalyAna gunAs . Just because He is all pervading , it doesn?t mean that He is impersonal . The same infinite nArAyaNA takes many forms for the pleasure of His devotees & the body of such forms are made up of the special aprAkruta material called "suddha sattvam " & such incarnations are out of His own will (ie.Not because of karmA). The infinite qualities of nArAyaNA are not because of His form . It is based on His svaroopam & His dharmabhooda jn~Anam both of which are infinite . For example , a human being speaks , laughs , shows compassion to others , makes friends etc because of the jIvAtmA & not that the material body by itself is doing all these things . Similarly, nArAyaNA is present inside the divine body (divya mangaLa vigraham) & thereby gives opportunities to His devotees to serve Him. Thus "nArAyaNA" is different from nArAyaNA?s form . But , nArAyaNA eternally gives the sevai (darSan) with divya mangaLa vigrahA at Sri VaikuNTham . But muktAtmAs & nityasUrIs can also enjoy the divyAtma svaroopam of nArAyaNA which is million times more blissful than His divya mangaLa vigrahA . Unfortunately , baddha jIvAtms can?t have the sAkshAtkAram of Him (ie. DivyAtma svaroopam). It is debarred for them by the sankalpam of nArAyaNA . Wherever "nArAyaNA" is mentioned it refers to His divyAtma svaroopam & not to His form , of which the four handed form which He takes is the most famous . A baddha jIvAtmA can atbest know about nArAyaNA (divyAtma svaroopam ) & discuss about His kalyAna gunAs & in that way meditate on His divyAtma svaroopam , but cannot have its sAkshAtkAram. He is ever merciful & thus takes beautiful forms for our sake. So , His "divya mangaLa vigrahA" is the sole refuge for His devotees. A yogi does the sAkshAtkAram of His divya mangaLa vigrahA at his heart if he chooses that upAsanA . If some other yogi chooses to perform some other Brahma VidyA (upAsanA) , he can have the sAkshAtkAram of the divya mangaLa vigrahA of nArAyaNA say in the orb of the sun. But , the greatest & most merciful avatAram is the archAvatAram , in which even the rogues , thieves , non - devotee , devotee , rich , beggar , athiest, animals & all sorts of living entities can see with their material eyes the archA thirumeni ( divya mangaLa vigrahA ) of Sriman nArAyaNA . This display of immense Soulabhyam & Sowseelyam by Sriman nArAyaNA although being the Param poruL (Supreme Being) is the main reason for His ardent devotees like AzhwArs to dive into various devotional moods filled with mystic experience in communion with the supreme Lord & in that bliss comes forth their most nectarine Divya Prabandhams , which is so potent to change even a stone hearted athiest into a bhAgavathA filled with all bodily horripulations during his bhagavad anubhavam . [from Sri Anand Karalapakkam swami's article] Our most merciful Acharya purushas have lost themselves in the divine Beauty of these ArchA avathArams and have even mentioned that they would love to be at these Divya Desams rather than going to even Paramapadham? The Supreme Goal is to serve Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayana at all times, in any condition, wherever the Divine Couple is. It does not matter whether it is in Sri Vaikuntham or not. As Swami Sri Vedanta Desika' says in Sri Varadaraja Panchasat: vaikuNTha-vAse'pi na me'bhilAsa: I have no desire to even stay in Vaikuntha. The goal is then nitya-kainkaryam alone. It just so happens that while embodied, there are continuous obstacles to performing divine service. Since there are no such obstacles in Parama-Padam, the state of liberation, we ask for moksha. But this is only to sub-serve the true goal of nitya-kainkaryam. More on these forms - tomorrow. asmadhAcharya paryanthAm vandhE GuruparamparAm Regards Namo Narayana dasan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:SriRangaSri-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:SriRangaSri-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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