"sukhlam bharadaram ...." appears as prelude to vishnu saharanamam(in the poorva bhagam). But no where the second stanza addressing Vinayaka/gajanana appears in it . In fact it is followed either by a stanza addressing vishwaksena(yasya dviradavaktradhya parisadyah....) or Vyasa(vyasam vasista naptharam....). From these, we can easily infer that "Shuklam bharadaram...." addresses the supreme vishnu/Narayana and only vishnu. The addition of the other stanza relating to vinayaka/gajanana is to mislead people by some unscrupulous elements. Sorry if this hurts someone's sentiments, but facts are facts and have to be taken at its face value. -vmkrishna M Karpagam <m_karpagam@xxxx> wrote: I read somewhere that the complete "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum >shashivarnam...... is Shuklaambaradaram Vishnum shashivarnam chathurbujam prasanna vadanam dhiyayethe sarva vignopha saanthaye Gajanaana padmasana gajanaana mahirsham ane`ka dantam bakthanaama eka dantam upasmayema. - Karpagam. >From: sukumar >To: "Srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" , >Oppiliappan , "ramanuja@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx" > >Subject: [SriRangaSri] RE: the meaning of pranavam >Date: Tue, 20 May 2003 19:03:10 +0530 > > >Sri Krishnaya Namah! > >I have been looking for meaning of the sloka -- "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum >shashivarnam............." As I can deduce nowhere in this sloka there is >mention of Vinayaka, while there is a mention of Lord Vishnu. One of my >acquintances (who is a purohit) also told me that this sloka is actually >addressed to Lord Vishnu. > >If this is for Vinayaka, then do we have any such sloka for Lord >Vishwaksena, which is chanted before starting any auspicious deeds. > > >Sukumar > >Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah! >-----Original Message----- >From: balajiv_54 [SMTP:balajiv_54@xxxx] >Sent: 29/04/2003 6:45 PM >To: bhakti-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Subject: Re: the meaning of pranavam > >dear sir, >iam grateful for your apt replt to the meaning of pranavam(aum or ohm) >i am thinking in this way. >ohm is the begining of all,including brahma,vishnu and shivan.it is >this shakti which makes all gods do their functions like brahma does >the job of producing,vishnu does the job of protecting and shiva does >the job of destroying. all the three take their orders by yogic >power. as lord krishna says in geetha after he shows the virata >roopam. he says he could show this because of the yogic power he has >and all that is possible because he is an avatar of vishnu. > >in sandyavandanam we invoke this ohm after doing achamanam and >ganpathi dhiyanam.shuklam paradharam vishnum sasivarnam >chathurbhujam,prasanna vadanam dhiyayeth sarva vikhnoba shanthayedh. >in doing pranayamam we invoke the ohmkaram > >i do not know if iam correct.the learned may guide me. > >balaji > >--- In bhakti-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Ram Anbil" wrote: > > Dear friend: > > > > As per our Siddhantam, PraNavam comprises of three >syllables "a", "u" and > > 'ma". "a" denotes Sriman Narayana. "u" represents "Thaayaar". In >another > > yojana, it is said to denote "only", since "a" itself is taken to >denote the > > divine couplle (Sriman Narayana and His inseparable Consort, Sri > > Mahaalakshmi") "ma" represents the Jivatma. Taken together, it >means that > > the Jeevatma exists as the servitor ONLY for the divine couple as >aforesaid. > > > > Swami Desikan in his "Srimad Rahasya Traya Saaram" has established >this > > truth beyond any doubt quoting appropriate PramaaNams from the >Vedas down to > > the least of our scriptures. >************************** >[ Rest clipped --Moderator] > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------- > - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - >To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx >Group Home: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/bhakti-list >Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ > > >Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > _________________________________________________________________ The new MSN 8: smart spam protection and 2 months FREE* http://join.msn.com/?page=features/junkmail To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ Catch all the cricket action. Download Yahoo! Score tracker [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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