SrI: SrImatE yathirAjAya nama: Dear SowbAgyavathi Kalaivani, namO nArAyaNa! Thanks for an excellent poem that glorifies the Supreme Goddess "SrImati Rukmini pirAtti"! Here is a free translation of a part of an article on the glories of Her written by HH SrImad Azhagiya Singar himself. Unfortunately due to adIyEn's poor English skills (and also due to the poverty of the English language itself), the richness of SrImad Azhagiya Singar's writings are not preserved; but aDiyEn tried to preserve the theme of the message. ---- " EmperumAn has plethora of sweet quAlities (kalyAna gunAs). The purpose of the existance of the vEdAs is to glorify these great qualities. These vEdas are very many. In fact, the pramAnAs (the vEdic literatures that shows us the truth) say that there are innumarable vEdas! " All these varieties of vEdAs, which are innumerable in number, together are unable to praise the qualities of our Lord! When this is so, who can completely narrate all the glories of the sweet, auspicious qualities of our pirAtti??!!! Verily, pirAtti is greater than our Lord Himself!! Her glories even excell the glories of the Lord!!! " ThAyE SrI, who is of such Supreme glories! In what way can we hail You, the Universal mother? Number one fools we are, how, and with what (by saying what) can we glorify You (all Your qualities)? (ie When the vEdAs themselves are bereft of words and ways to glorify You, how can we glorify you?)" Thus swAmi AlavandAr explains the exaltedness (Supremacy) of pirAtti. ( Taken from "Srimad Azhagiya Singar's Arul mozhigaL" series from SrI nrusimha-priyA of the month, June 2001 ) ----- aDiyEn is wondering, when swAmi AlavandAr himself accepts his inability to praise all the glories of SrI, the Soverign Princess of the Universe, how foolish would aDiyEn be to attempt to write a small mail to talk about Her qualities with aDiyEn's puny brain? :-) Please read the SrI Stuti (by swAmi dEsikar) articles by Sriman Muralidhar RangaswAmy swAmin in the arcives of bhakthi list http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/jan98/author.html#126 Just a sample of it... SrI Stuti - 6 6. Uddeshyatvam Janani BhujatOrujjatOpADhigandham PratyagrUpE HavisHi YuvayOrEkashEsHitvayOgAth I PadmE Patyustva cha NigamaIrnityamanvishyamANO NAvacchEdam Bhajati MahimA Nartayan MAnasam Na: II Oh Mother! Realizing you both only is our objective. The goal of SharaNagati is also to realize you both only. This objective (i.e., attaining the Divine Couple) comes about naturally and is not forced. Oh PadmAvati! You and your Lord VishNu are constantly glorified by the Vedas. The glory (of your eternal relationship with Lord VishNu), which makes our mind blossom (with your thoughts) knows no bounds. The purpose of this salutation is to establish the elevated status of the oneness of Lord Narayana and Sri for a person engaged in SharaNagati to the Divine Couple. They are like two eyes for a Prapanna. A Prapanna cannot imagine one without the other. In turn, the Divine couple together bless the Prapanna with constant protection. When you get a chance, please visit thiru-alli-kEni divya dEsam to see the breathtakingly beautiful SrI rukmini pirAtti! SrI rukminI ThAyAr samEthA srI VEnkata krishna parabrahmanE namah namO nArAyaNa! aDiYen, LakshmikumAr rAmAnuja dAsan SrImad Azhagiya Singar thiruvadigalE saranam!
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