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 ? ************************ 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 ******************************************************************************* 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) ************************************************ 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) ************************************************** 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) ****************************************************** 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 [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/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/
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
srirangasri-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |