Dear Baagavathas,
Adiyeyn is trying to pass on the Elixir of Swami's gifted out pouring
on this topic of NamasangIrthanam at Sri Mahalakshmi temple in Boston.
..DyAyan krtE yajan yagnal:trEtAyAm dvAparE arcayan yadapnOti
tadApnOti kalou sankIrtya kesavam?this talks about the means for
liberation?In krta yuga it was meditation-very complicated..dhyanam
should be like the stream of oil pouring out,with all senses
controlled both internally and externally ?without any break..In
trEta yuga the means got simplified?it was oblations?still
complicated but only physical and not mental..In dvApara yuga it was
further simpilfied to just arcana?with purity.The purity refers to
not intending to get any fruits or palan, but just for the pleasure
of doing the same.Like Andaal saying "thooyomaay vanthom..thoo malar
thoovi thozluthu "..like Vithura's and Maalakara's bakthi..Now in
kali yuga ,the means is just oral nama sangIrtanam.. vaay nuniyaaha
sonnaalum-vaayinaal mattum paadi, manathinaal sinthikkaamal-
erunthaalum athey palan allikkum.. Understanding the meanings -
kesavaaya namaha-we belong to kesavaa-understanding this relation
with deha-atma viveham will add to the pleasure of nama sangIrtanam..
.Just like the bitter medicine for cure, and the elixir for
enjoyment, nama sangIrthanam eliminates the pain of samsara and fetch
us mOKsham-absorbs us in bliss..
..As we realise atman's subservience to paramAtma?with clear gjanam
of ananyaarha seshadvam-exclusive depandance on Him and paara
danthiriyam-living only for Him and doing every thing only His
pleasure..we engage in nama sankIrtana..Recall"
stavya:stavapriya:stOtram"..We can never praise Him with any
thing,unlike those here, who could be praised with more
adjectives..there is nothing that is not in Him, with which we can
praise Him.. The stotras are only for purifying our tongue..Swami
naratted the story of mottai thalaiyan, who gave away lots of prize
on hearing about his kuzal azlahu..
..His nAmas fill the vacuum of His physical absence.He is like 24ct
gold-too maleable. His namas are like 22 ct gold-fit for
ornaments .Even when He is away His namAs are close -as we saw from
the episode of draupadi-"avan thoorasdan aanaalum, ethu kitti nintru
vuthavum"-even, though He was at far away in Dwaraka,when she called,
His namAs blessed her clothes..When He is nearby, He takes away
clothes as we saw with gopies..Andaal also says "paadi parai
konndu..aadai vuduppom "..
..All are elligible to chant namAs..The only qualification reqd is
that no other qualification is reqd for this..this itself is a
qualifier..Just as for bathing in Ganges, no other pre-cleansing is
reqd..Swami naratted the story of a wicked son slapping his
mother..still he shouts out "ammaa" in pain.."kai
nonthaal "ammey "yenkirathey praapthi"..the mother still was happy
that the son called out her name without forgetting
her..Sisubaalan,obtained mOksham, just because even during blaming he
uttered His namas..
..It is not mendatory to know the meaning of each nAma : it works
even without that..fire burns when touched irrespective of whether we
know that it would burn or not.."kedum idar ayavellaam kEsavA enna"-
just by saying kesava once, all accumulated paapams vanish?just as we
light a candle in a dark cave where the darkness vanishes ..
..Swami gave out lots of tetimonies ..the story of AjAmila..it is a
misconception that nama sankIrtana is recurring medicine that allows
us to repeat mistakes..for AjAmila,saathu samaaham-the company of
baagavathaas and his repentance led him to liberation..
..The episode of Mudgala?listening to the conversation between him
and Yama darma rajan that kesava is kilasa naasini?"narahamey
svargam aanathu"-the hell itself transformed into heavan..appadi
patta "naamangall vudaiya nambi "yenkiraar Thondar-adi-podi
aazlvaar.He also says in "kavalil pulanai..nin naamam kattra
aavalippu vudamaiyaal.. naman thamar thalaikall methey naaval ettu
vuzli tharuhintrom"-we are dancing over the heads of yama thothars?
Similarly kshatra bandhu?kesavaa yenna paraangathi kanndu
konndaan.Thirumazlisai aazlvaarum "Naman tamarAl ArAyap pattu ariyAr
kandir "-yenkiraar..In "Paccai mA malai " paasuram evan moksham was
given up for the joy of chanting nAmas-"Achudaa !Amara yerey !Aayar
tham kozlunthey! yennum etchuvai thavira yaan poy endira loham aallum
atchuvai perinum veunndeyn " yenkiraar.".yeraar muyalai vittu kaakai
pin povatho" yenkiraar Thiru Mangaiyaarum..?desa,deha, kaala vaasi
entri engeyey, entha vudambodey, eppozluthey anubavikka koodiya per -
amutham nAma sangeIrthanam..In Mukunda maalai Kulesekarar also says
even if he goes to naraham, as long as he chants namavalli it is ok.
..Sri Vishnu sahasranama-the cream of mahabharata as well as appendix
for geetha-talks about nAmas being the means for bakthi which will
help all of us to reach Him..Sri Krishna also was sitting and
listening to the canversation..After listening through over 999
namas, Yudhishtra was looking up to have the glance of
ParamAtma..Beeshma had to remind him that He is none other than
Devahi-puthiran, seated next, whom the Paandaavas considered as a
cowherd boy and just ther votti..
..The nAmas in Vishnu sahasranAma explain one or more of the
following.
.1.Soroobam-His essential nature -like KAraNa-the sole cause for all..
2..Roobam-the divine form-like PuNdarIkAsha-One with lotus like eyes.
.3..Gunnas-qualities-like Vatsala etc and..
4..Viboothi and seshditham -His wealth and His leelaas-like
VisvamUrtE..
..The namavalli "Kesava "is one which covers all the four..control
of all including -ka=piraman easa=rudran..this is His Soroobam..He is
Kuzlal azlahan-kesi..roobam..He is kilesa naasan-his gunnam and
finally He killed Kesi yentra arakkan-his seshditham..
..Nama sangIrtana 1. removes fear,
2.cures diseases,
3.,clears confusion,
4.improves wisdom,
5.nurtures bakthi,
6.blesses wealth needed for
service..and much more..
..Siva's reply to Parvati suggeting Rama nAma as equal to all
thousand nAmAs..per aayiram vudaiya nambi-We should never trade namAs
for low human ends..We should chant for the pleasure of chanting-as
an end by itself and not means.Swami naratted the story of the fisher
man finding a diamind-selling to a trader just for a few dollars -who
sold to a king for over a million dollars -who enjoyed wearing that
for himself and for his wife.
..Let us all keep on chanting His divine nAmas, and dance
around..just as Nammaazlvaar's Aruli seyal..paadi ezlunthum,
paranthum,?kumbidu nattam aadi kohu kattunndu vuzlantru ..veethikall
thorum thulli ..ninaithu aadi neer malhu kanninaraahi..vulahor
sirikka nintru aadi?avarkall sirippaiyey thaalamaha konndu
aadi..antha per enbathai konndaaduvom..
..Adiyeyn prays Him to give Swami good health ,to continue such noble
kainkaryams -of sharing such elixir-virunthu- in decades to come.
Adiyeyn Raamanuja Daasan.
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