SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on ThiruvEnkatam is the 62nd verse. viNNagaram veqkaa virithirain^eer vEngadam, maNNakaram maamaada vELukkai, maNNakattha then_kudanthai thEnaar thiruvarangam then_kOtti, than_kudangai neerERRaan thaazvu. 62 AzhwAr enjoys here enlisting some more Dhivya Desams wherein the Lord out of His own accord resides in archaa murthy and blesses us all with such easy accessibility. ThiruviNNagaram (Oppiliappan Koil); Thiruve:kaa (in Kanchipuram); The water splashing (with most beautiful water falls) ThiruvEnkatam; This is THE Place? [people]exclaim so looking at ThiruvELukkai Dhivya Desam which is filled with the most beautiful huge palatial buildings; It appears as if it is the center of the bhUmi [earth] itself ? so popular and beautiful Thirukkudanthai (ArA amudhan); The most fertile Thiruvarangam [Srirangam] with honey flooded gardens (honey dripping from their flowers]; The most wonderful Southern ThirukkOttiyoor Dhivya Desam. At all these places resides the Lord who stooped down so low to beg with His small palms for three measures of His Feet [during His Vaamana avathAram]. For the sake of getting back the Devendra?s worlds [Himself being UpEndran], He went begging for three measures of His Lotus Feet; He came in a small brahmachari Boy as Vaamanan; His such sowseelyam can be also seen in each of these most wonderful divine Divya Desams. In order to save the world (its people- namely His children], He has taken these archA murthys and blesses the world every day. ThiruviNnagaram- Oppiliappan Koil. Near KumbakOnam; simply breathtaking PerumAL and BhUmi PiraaTTi; The temple is located 1 mile from Thirunaageswaram & 4 miles from Kumbakonam. The Moolavar is Oppiliyappan (Srinivaasan) seen in standing posture, similar to Venkataachalapathi, facing east. Those who cannot visit Thirupati worship the Lord at this sthalam. Thaayaar - Boomi Devi seen in seated posture at the Lord's feet. No separate sannidhi for thaayaar. ThiruvElukkai- Thiruvvaelukkai is situated in Kancheepuram, about a mile from Ashtabujakaram. The Moolavar is Azhagiasingar, Nrusimhar, Mukundanayagan seen in standing posture facing east. Thaayaar - Vaelukkaivalli, Amruthavalli. AzhwAr mentions the beauty of Dhivya Desam so that people will not get scared of the Lion faced Lord?s ferocity. He is ari pongik kaattum azhagu. He is terror for the enemies of His devotees. Not towards His devotees. Let us go to His devotees? side and needn?t be scared. Thirukkudanthai- Again the most beautiful divya Desam; The temple is located in Kumbakonam 1 1/2 miles from the railway station. The Moolavar is Saarangabaani (other naamaas - Aaravamudan, Abaryaapthaamrudhan) seen in sayanam posture on Aadiseshan, facing East. Thiruvarangam- needs no description. ULTIMATE..#1 divya Desam.. sung by maxmimum number of AzhwArs.. [padutthukkondE jayippaar?] ThirukkOttiyoor- This is where Sri Ramanuja was conferred the title EmperumAnAr by his own acharyan Thirukkoshtiyoor Nambhi for his [Ramanuja?s] compassion towards us. Thirukkotiyur temple is situated about 7 miles from Thirupathur near Madurai. The Moolavar is Uraga-mellanaiaan seen in bhujanga sayanam posture facing east. The uthsavar is Sowmya Naaraayanan seen in standing posture. Thaayaar - Thirumaamagal Naachiyaar. Where is Vaamanan in this Dhivya Desam list? Why does AzhwAr refer saying that in these dhivya Desams one can see vaamanan ? the One who begged with his small palms. Commentator says: AzhwAr refers to the sowseelyam of Vaamana avathAram is seen in these Divya Desams as well in the same manner if not more. That was only for few minutes that he showed His sowseelyam; Here in these Dhivya Desams, the Lord continues to show His easy accessibility for all of us- day after day. Sowseelyam means: Mixing intimately with the inferior class. Since such a communion takes place without any motivation and occurs out of His love, it becomes Suseela (or gracious). It may also mean as interpreted by Sri Sudharsana Suri, that virtue of the Lord by which devotees who approach Him are not made to entertain any fear in the ground that He is Supreme Being. At the same time, God in archA murthy and in Vibhavam does NOT show any Supremacy so that the distinction between himself and His devotees is not felt. Such sowlseelyam ? is the very reason for His being made available so easily for us in these dhivya Desams in the form of Dhivya mangaLa vigrahams. Thus when Vaamanan is mentioned, it is the quality of the Lord Vaamanan which is to be enjoyed in these Dhivya Desams i.e. sowlabhyam, sowseelyam. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE Namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. Click Here to meet a Child you can help. http://us.click.yahoo.com/sTR6_D/I_qJAA/i1hLAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> 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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