SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, Let us continue to enjoy PeiyAzhwAr?s wonderful anubhavams on ThiruvEnkatam. Today?s verse on ThiruvEnkatam is the 70th verse. pukumathatthaal vaaypoosik keezthaaznthu, aruvi ugumathatthaal kaalkazuvik kaiyaal, migumathatthEn viNdamalar koNdu viRalvENG kadavanaiyE, kaNdu vaNangum kaLiRu. 70 Yet another poetic skill and narration by AzhwAr! The male lion generally has waters oozing out of its hood and also from its eyes. The waters that ooze out of its hood trickles down its face and so does the water from its eyes. It appears these waters enter into its mouth and the elephant washes its mouth. The water coming down like the water-falls washes off feet also. Thus cleansing itself, plucking the honey dripping fragrant flowers with its trunk, the elephant offers the same at the feet of ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan, knowing the Supremacy of ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan; it prostrates and pays its obeisance. One should approach Bhagawaan with clean body, [and mind also]. AzhwAr sees the elephant having its face and mouth with waters and waters flowing down to its legs - enjoys that the elephant performs Achamanam uttering achuthaaya namah: ananthaaya namah: and Govindhaaya namah: It plucks the flowers and offers at the feet of the Lord ? the unparalleled One- ThiruvEnkatamudaiyaan and prostrates at His Feet. Even the elephant (the animals are not supposed to have as much intellect and vivEkam as human beings) realises His greatness and pays its obeisance, performs Saranagathi. Should we, so called more intelligent not realise and be aware of His Supremacy, our eternal belongingness to Him and follow aachaaram and anushtanam by going to Him purer; perform nithya karma like Sandhyavandhanam etc.. ? The list will go on... He is Sarva Swami; akila jagath Swamin; asmath swaamin. He is the only one who can save us from samsaaric affliction. This reminds me of: [Sri Satakopan Swamin's post few years ago- extract is given below] Sriman KrupAjala Nideh sritha sarvaloka Sarvajna saktha natha vatsala sarvaseshin I Swaamin Suseela Sulabhaasrita PaarijAtha Sri Venkatesa charaNou saraNam Prapathyeh II The slokam goes on to offer Prapatthi at the Lotus feet of the Lord. This slokam addresses the easily accessible Paarijaatha pushpam standing on the top of the seven Hills as Sarva Seshin [master of all] Sarvajnan [the Omniscient], Krupaajala Nidhi [the wealth of Krupai- grace and compassion], Sarva Shakthan [Omnipotent] and SwAmin [Master]. Each of the Naamaas incorporated in this verse are powerful reminders of the Lord of Alamelu Mangaa , who has Dayaa as His cardinal Kalyaana GuNam. Each of these Naamaas can be connected to Dayaa DEvi saluted by Swami Desikan in his Daya Sathakam. Swami Desikan has invoked Lord Srinivasa's Dayaa as a Devi and conversed with Her through the Slokas of DayA sathakam. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam SrI PadmAvathI SamEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE Namah: Regards Namo Narayana dAsan __________________________________ Discover Yahoo! Stay in touch with email, IM, photo sharing and more. Check it out! http://discover.yahoo.com/stayintouch.html ------------------------ 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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