SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya nama: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy azhwAr?s verses in the fourth ten on ThiruvEnkatam. A brilliant set of verses? This fourth ten contains a brilliant eulogy to Lord Srinivasa. The fifth verse today Today?s verse is the fifth one. kampamatha yaanai kazhuththakaththin mElirunthu inpamarum selvamu mivvarasum yaanvENdEn emperumaa Nneesa NnezhilvENG katamalaimEl thampagamaay niRkum thavamudaiyE NnaavEnE Sitting on the neck of the royal elephant and rule the kingdom- I do not want that birth of being a king. I do not want that material wealth. Instead, I would like to be blessed being a thorn plant in the mountain of ThiruvEnkatam- the hill of my Lord [emperumAn]; SavEshwaran [eesan]. I do not seek to rule over the kingdom, the joys of riding elephants. The champaka tree may give flowers and provide [seNpagam] chmpaka flowers [for offering to the Lord] to devotees and also shadow to Bhagawaathas to take rest. But Bhaagawathas may take the flowers and place them on their heads and go down the hill. Hence AzhwAr does not want himself to be a waste. So, he wants in this verse for being born a tree of thorns so that none makes use of the same and he can just be in The Mountain and be blessed to reside in divya Desam For ever. AzhwAr thus moves from one object or being to anotherwith the Bhagawath Bhakti and kaimkarya ruchi like the leaf that is moved by the wind. Here one should reflect on Emperumaan- My lord and EEsan, SarvEshwaran, being used by AzhwAr in the verse. He is asmath swami; my swami; not just that akhila jagath swaamin. [As also uttered by Sri ramanuja in Saranagthi Gadya...] Sri Ranganaatha! Mama naathA! In Sriranga Gadya. Thirumangai AzhwAr says: Argali- ennALi? Is Sriman Narayana Eesan? Yes? Sriman Narayana is the Supreme Lord. Undoubtedly and unambiguously. Any one who believes in Vedas would agree with this- says Alavandhar. Sri Muralidhar adds: In the commentary on the Brahma Soothraas Shankaracharya defines Ishwara as "Ishasya Shira: Narayana:" Significantly all Sanyasis sign off with Narayana Smruthi and all Veda Parayanam ends with the salutation "hari: Om", while AchamanIyam in Sandyavandanam is performed uttering the names of Lord Narayana. These facts are sufficient to establish that Lord Narayana is the Supreme Being-without an equal or a superior. We can also quote from the Mantrarajapada Stotram appearing in the Ahirbudhnya Samhita of the Pancharatra Agama attesting to the supremacy of Lord Narayana. Ahirbudhnya, an Amsham of Shiva was the greatest Bhakta of Lord JwAla Narasimha and performed SharaNagati (unconditional total surrender) to the Lotus feet of Bhagavan Narasimha through the salutation "namaskArAthmakam yasmaI viDhAya Athma nivEdhanam thyaktha dhuKhOKhilAn kAmAn ashNu thE tham NamAmyaham" Meaning: Oh Bhagavan JwAla Narasimha, with folded hands I surrender my Atma to You. Relieved of all sorrows and desires, I salute you. In the next verse of the same Stothram, Ahirbudhnyan declares "dhAsaBhUthA: svatha: sarvE hyAthmAna: paramAthmana: aThOhamapi thE dhAsa: ithi mathvA namAmyaham" The every being in this Universe is your slave and you as the master, the Paramathmaa, reside in them as their inner-being. Recognizing that I too am your slave in this manner, I offer salutations to you. AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan ____________________________________________________________________________________ Yahoo! oneSearch: Finally, mobile search that gives answers, not web links. http://mobile.yahoo.com/mobileweb/onesearch?refer=1ONXIC 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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