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sriDear SrI VaishNavAs:  

The sequel to the article written on the above topic last week 
is attached . The article was written especailly for the home pages of
HH AchArya RangapriyA Swamy last year .

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan   
       

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        Samarpanam- An Offering to Our Achryas 

        Article by Sri V.Sadagopan, New York



        HH Rangapriya Swamiji & HH Parkala Mutt Jeeyar Offering Mangalasasanams 
at Satyagalam


            Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our lives .Without 
them we are nothing and our wanderings here and there on this earth has no 
meaning whatsoever. Blessed with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham and 
anugraham ,our lives become purposeful . In addition to reverence for our own 
direct AchAryan and His paramparai , we are instructed by SaasthrAs that we 
should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who grow our knowledge of Tatthvams 
and PurushArtham , while holding one's own AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads 
since He is the One , who blessed us with Pancha SamskArams and performed 
Prapatthi for us .
             
            The pramANam is :
             
            manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha , TathA manthrapradhE Gurou
            Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam
             
            ( Meaning): The one and only (primary) step for our ujjIvanam is 
the devotion to Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam , reverence for 
one's AchAryan, who performed UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs and dhruva 
Bhakthi for Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is the Para Devathai for these
            ManthrAs .
             
            Sustained and unfaltering devotion to the Three( mathrams , 
AchAryan and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should always be there to realize upliftment in 
our spiritual saadhanais.
             
            Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our AchAryan in the spirit of 
the following pramANam quoted by U.Ve. SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy :
             
            GururEva Param Brahma , GururEva ParA Gathi:
            GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam
            GururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanam
            YasmAth SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth GurutamO Guru:
             
            (Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme Brahman).He is the 
highest to be attained as Education, wealth ,the means for PurushArtham and the 
essence of VedAs.AchAryan is the One , who instructed us on SadAchAram and 
anushtAnam . Therefore , He has to be worshipped by us with reverence at all 
times out of gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram.
             
            Our attitude towards our AchAryan has to be along the lines
            shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL :
             
            Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam abhIpsitham
            prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth
             
            (Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faith
            in his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing all
            that he wishes for , will be the most happy and contented
            one .
             
            Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is molded along
            the lines drawn by Swamy Desikan:
             
            archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAA
            DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHA
            upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth
             
            AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan , Keerthanam of His 
auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be peformed by us always . We 
should seek His feet for succor
            as the upAyam for placing our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property ,at 
His CharaNAravindham as Aathma NivEdhanam .
             
            The noblest of instruction given to us is:
             
            " SarIram , artham , PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth "
             
            Everything --our body , wealth and even prANan--has to be placed at 
the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan , who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram 
and helps us most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs 
in general and one's own AchAryan in particular has to be revered along the 
above lines.Let us therefore celebrate our AchAryAs , who have nothing but our 
KshEmam in their minds , prepare us for a state of fitness for arpaNam of our 
Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi .
             
            Daasan
            Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan 

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