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SrI :

Dear AaasthikAs :


Srimath Prakrutham Azhagiya Singar will be blessing us tomorrow
with the first of the 8 upanyAsams during the ChAthurmAsyam
observance at ThiruppuLLambhUthangudi .

Please register for these important  UpanyAsams on SaraNAgathy
Gadhyam at the Ahobila Matam Web site and join the ghOshti :

http://ahobilamutt.org/upan/sign01.asp

Srimath Azhagiya Singar will be following the Commentaries of 
Periya VaacchAn PiLLai and Swamy Desikan's. 

AchArya RaamAnuja's Nine Sri Sookthis
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AchArya RaamAnuja blessed us with 9 Sri Sookthis .

The first three ( Sri BhAshyam , VedAntha Saaram and
VedAntha dheepam) deal with Brahma Soothrams.

The Fourth one is VedArtha Sangraham and it describes 
the meanings of selected Veda Vaakyams.

The Fifth one is GeethA BhAshyam and it elaborates on
the GeethArtha Sangraham of Swamy AlavanthAr .

The sixth is Nithya Grantham , which instructs us on the daily
observances (nithyAnushtAnams) of a Sri VaishNava .

The last three cover the essence of our noble sampradhAyam ,
the Svaroopam of Prapatthi and the ways to perform Prapatthi.
These three dhivya granthams ( SaraNAgathi , Sriranga and 
Vaikunta Gadhyams) and have a samudhAya nAmam ( Gadhya
Thrayams).

These three Gadhyams speak about the Vaibhavam of Prapatthi
and the Bhagavath Svaroopa-Roopa-GuNa VibhUthis and connects them 
to the Rahasya Thrayams in general and Dhvaya Manthram in particular.

The meanings of these three Gadhyams are taught by our Compassionate 
AchAryAs for the benefit of those , who do not have the power or Jn~Anam  
to absorb the tachings of complex Sri Sookthis like Sri BhAshyam .

Commentaries on the Three Gadhyams:
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Great PoorvAchAryAs such as YengaLAzhwAn (VishNu Chitthar) ,
Nanjeeyar , Periya AacchAn PiLLai , PiLLai LokAcchAr , Srutha PrakAsar
and Swamy Desikan have blessed us with their commentaries on
Gadhya Thrayams .

Among these Commentaries , the three in circulation are the brief
commentary by Srutha PrakAsikAcchAr ( Sishyar of NadAthUr AmmAL )
and the elaborate commentaries of Periya AcchAn PiLLai and Swamy
Desikan .

It will take many months to complete the KaalkshEpam of the three
Gadhyams . Srimath Azhagiya Singar will cover SaraNAgathy Gadhyam
alone in the 8 sessions of the ChAthurmAsya UpanyAsams.

Scope and content of SaraNAgahty Gahdyam
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The three Gadhyams house the dialogs of the JeevAthma with
the ParamAthma . It has been said of these three Gadhyams : 
" the fervour of the Jeevan throbbing with deep love & sense of 
total surrender to ParamAthmA ( its Master) has rarely found such 
moving expression and there is a pervasive  sense of certainity and 
an atmosphere of Serenity ".

SaraNAgathy Gadhya is considered to be made of the three parts
each of which dealing with one of the three rahasyams : " Moola 
Mantram , Dvyam and Charama SlOkam ". PurushaakAra Prapatthi 
involving the mediation or intercession by Mahaa Lakshmi for 
the contrite Jeevans with Her  Lord takes place at the very beginning 
of SarNAgathy Gadhyam .

AchArya RaamAnuja teaches us here about how to perform SaraNAgathy 
before the dhivya Dampathys . On a Panguni Uttharam day , AchArya 
RaamAnuja had the darsana soubhAgyam of the sErthi sEvai of 
the divine couple and was overcome with rapture , which drove him 
to perofrm His prapatthi to them spontaneously and that ended up
in the vision of darsanam of the dhivya Dampathis at their supreme
abode of Sri Vaikuntham ( Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam).

The central message of all the three gadhyams is SaraNAgathy
in all its aspects. It is an easy to perform (KshaNa Karthavyam) ,
accessible to all independent of gender, scholarship level or
VarNaas unlike the difficult to practise Bhakthi Yogam , which is 
limited only to the three VarNaas and is hard to practise .

AchArya RaamAnujaa establishes clearly in SaraNAgathy Gadhya
that Prapatthi is an independent route to Moksham or liberation from
the cycles of births and deaths for a Jeevan and to enjoy ParipoorNa
BrahMAnandham through nithya Kaimkaryam to the Divine Couple in
their Supreme Abode of Sri Vaikuntam .

There are 33 , 7 and 14 ChoorNikais ( Unitary Prose Passages ) in
SaraNAgathy , Sriranga and Vaikunta gadhyams respectively.

Srimath Azhagiya Singar will cover the introduction(avathArikai)
to SaraNAgathy Gadhyam tomorrow and possibly portions of 
the First ChoorNikai :

" Bhagavan-NaarAyaNa abhimatha anuroopa svaroopa-roopa guNa 
   vibhava aiswarya SeelAdhi anavadhkAthisaya asankyEya kalyANa
   guNa ghaNaam PadmavanAlayAm Bhagavatheem Sriyam dEveem 
   dEva-dEva dhivyamahisheem akhila-jaganmAtharam asman-mAtharam
   aSaraNya-SaraNyaam ananyaSaraNa: SaraNam aham prapadhyE " 

There are 29 words that constitute the First ChoorNikai saluting 
the Divine Consort of Sriman NaarAyaNan . Each of these 29 words
have such deep meanings that it will take considerable time to
comment . 

We are fortunate to have the benefit and anugraham of Srimath 
Azhagiya Singar's extraordinary UpanyAsam skills and Scholarship
to guide us thru these doctrine-laden words used through out 
the SaraNAgathy Gadhyam.

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam .
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan    

P.S : AdiyEn is hoping that one of the aprticpants will be recording
the upanyAsams of Srimath Azhagiya Singar for the benefit of all .
adiyEn will try to post in English the highlights  of Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 
upanyAsam for the benefit of those not familiar with Tamil language.

   
         







  


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