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Sri:

Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

The Temple raffle for realizing the two living quarters for 
the Priests of the Temple is moving slowly . We have sold 
650 tickets sofar out of the 2,000 tickets that need to be sold.

Meanwhile , two SalakshaNa GhanapAtis ( Reciters of Vedam
in the Ghanam style) have arrived as new priests and 
are carrying on their kaimakryams to Lord Ranganatha  
at the temple with vigor and intense devotion . 

Among the three priests that we have , all are experts in Yajur
Vedam recitation and two of the three are GhanapAtis . One of
the three is an expert in reciting the Four thousand sacred 
collect ( NaalAyira Dhivya Prabhandham ). 

We therefore have the truly Ubhaya VedAntha tradition of 
offering worship to Lord RanganAtha as has been done for 
thousands of years at Srirangam . The Lord hears daily 
the Sanskrit Vedam and AzhwArs' moving Tamil Vedams . 
The UBHAYA VEDANTHA Tradition is thus scrupulously 
maintained at the Lord's house at Pomona , NY . 

WHAT IS UBHAYA VEDANTHAM ?
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Professor Vasudha Narayanan has written extensively about this topic in
her monograph on " Tamil Veda ( 4000 Sacred Collect )" . It is " a theology 
and a dual VedAntha tradition based on both Sanskrit and Tamil VedAs " . 
Sanskritized Tamil (ManipravALam ) was used by the commentators of the 4000 
sacred collect  of the Azhwars . The SthOthrAs of VaishNavite 
Ubhaya VedAntha AchAryAs like Naatha Muni , AlavanthAr , 
RaamAnuja , KurEsar, Swamy Desikan and others were 
inspired by both the Sanskrit VedAs and the Tamil VedAs .  

ANCIENT RG VEDAM REFERS TO THE 4000 SACRED COLLECT 
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The 4000 sacred collect ( NaalAyira Dhivya Prabhandham ) is
certainly younger than the ancient VedAs and major Upanishads.
It is fascinating however to find that the oldest of the VedAs ,
Rg Veda , saluting the 4000 sacred collect of Mahaa Jn~Anis (Yogis)
through  four of its Mantraas . These mantraas refers expressly to
" ChathvAri SahasrA " ( the Four Thousand Collect ) . The prescient 
Rg Veda Manthrams point out that the Four Thousand collect 
blessed by great Jn~Anis ( AzhwArs) remove our nescience 
(Ajn~Anam) and grow our Jn~Anam and through that process
banish our painful samsAric afflictions. Let us now study each of 
these four Rg Veda manthraas (V.30.12--15) .

The First Rg Veda Manthram ( V.30.12)
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Bhadramidham rusmaa AgnE akrangavaam CHATHVAARI dhadhatha: SAHASRAA
ruNamchayasya prayatA magAni pratyagrabheeshma nruthamasya nruNAm 

( General Meaning): Oh Resplendent , Self-luminous One ( Svayam JyOthi) !  
The MahA Jn~Anis ( the AzhwArs steeped in Your guNa anubhavams ) 
have blessed us with the 4000 Sacred Collect to grow our knowledge of 
the three tatthvAs (Sentients , Insentients and Iswaran and the integral 
relation between these three tatthvAs) . This knowledge has been
bequeathed to us as our family treasures ( Kula dhanam) by these Mahaa Yogis.
We welcome and recieve them with gratefulness and recognize them as
the special gifts given to us through Your mystic Saints (AzhwArs) in Your role
as the bamisher of our three debts and as our indisputable Master (Sarva Swamy).

ChAndhOgya Upanishad ( 5.24.3) refers to the growth of this Jn~Anam 
from the clear understanding of the instructions of Ubhaya VedAntham 
and states that the beneficiaries have their Paapams and PuNyams  burnt 
thoroughly just as the swift moving fire burns  the dried grass 
in the fields . ANdal refers to this in THiruppAvai ( Theeyinil
thoosAhum ). 

The Second  Rg Veda Manthram( V.30.13)
*******************************************************
SupEsam maava srujantyastham gavaam sahasrai: rusmAsO AgnE
theevrA indhramamandhu: suthAsOakthOrvyushtou paritakmyAyA:

(General Meaning): Oh PurushOtthamaa! The great Jn~Anis ( AzhwArs) 
have given us as gift this great palace made up of the sacred collect of 
Four Thousand . We are blessed. These sacred collect of their Bhagavath
GuNa anubhavams gladdens the Lord , who resides in the temple of our
heart lotuses ( as antharyAmi Brahmam) and at the same time drives away 
the darkness of the night of SamsAram and brings in the bright dawn of
Jn~Anam about the three cardinal tatthvams.

The Third Rg Veda Manthram (V.30.14)
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Oucchathsaa rAthree paritakmyA yaagum ruNamchayE rAjani rusmAnaam
athyO na vaajee raghurajyamAnO BhabhruscchathvAryasanathsahasrA

( General Meaning): Oh Self-effulgent Lord ! When You the deliverer from
all debts are invoked ( through the Sacred collect of four thousand eulogies 
of the 12 AzhwArs ) , the frightful night of SamsAram transforms itself into 
the bright dawn of Jn~Anam . As the Lord of these MahA Yogis , You have 
linked us to the sacred collect of the AzhwArs to observe self-surrender
(SaraNAgathy) at Your divine feet and blessed us with the support stick 
of these sacred collects during our journey via  the path of light to Your 
Supreme Abode of Sri Vaikuntam. These sacred collect of the AzhwArs serve 
not only as support rod during the journey but also as the companion 
during that special journey to Your Supreme Abode.

The Fourth Rg Veda Manthram ( V.30.15)
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Chathu: Sahasram gavyasya pasccha: pratyakbheeshma rusamEvagnE
garmAscchitthataptha: pravrujE ya aaseedh ayasmayastamvAdhAma viprA:

(General Meaning ): Oh Supreme Lord ! We have now recieved the trasure
of Jn~Anam ( the sacred collect of four thousand) from the MahA Yogis and
recognize them as the shining havis (sacrificial offering ) in the homa kuntam 
of
their minds . Through a study of these sacred collect , we engage in the 
enjoyment
of the auspicious attributes of the Lord ( Bhagavath GuNAnubhavam) and feel
comforted like one who gets relief from the scorching heat of summer by 
dipping in the cool waters of the mountain brook . We develop the Jn~Anam 
that the Chith-achith visishta Brahmam is the only doctrine and spend this
life on earth as Ubhaya VedAnthis.

NamO Veda PurushAya ,

Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan      


    



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