SrI: Dear Sriman Sundar Rajan Swamy: namaskArams:: The write-up on ChakrathAzhwar is very nice except the comparison with "Olympic triple jumper". adiyEn, senthil.b --- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr.S.Sundar Rajan" <kuresadasan@...> wrote: > > In Srivaishnava parlance the word nambi is reserved for one who is > replete with good qualities, guna. For this reason Chakrathazhwar at > Thirumoghur should be called Sudarshana nambi. It is said that this > figure of the Lord's mighty discus is chock-full with all the > attributes as prescribed in the agamas. > We are blessed by some truly magnificent Sudarshanas in various divya > deshas. The chakra roopi Janardanah at Srirangam, the exquisite > Sudarshana at Kanchi Varadaraja temple etc etc. In Kumbakonam there is > a temple to Chakrathazhwar , the justly famous Chakrapani temple. But > the Chakrathazhwar at Thirumoghur, the domain of the peerless > Kalameghaperumal and Mohanavalli thayar, is unique and one of a kind. > He graces us in a truly disc form with teeth at the edges. It appears > to be constantly rotating even when stationary. His two legs are far > apart like an Olympic triple jumper at the height of his leap. This > signifies His unconditional willingness to come to the devotees' aid. > He is everready to jump into the fray to defeat His bhaktas' foes. > Being the will power, sankalpa shakti of our Lord, He is aparajitha, > one who can never be vanquished. > He has three eyes and has flames, jwala , for hair. Being the > Hetiraja, king of weapons, He has 16 different weapons in His hands. > From the centre to the rim he is a disc. The most significant > attribute is that He is full of bija, seed, mantraksharas. The maha > Sudarshana mantra is one of the most potent mantras known. The fact > that this particular icon of Sudarshana has all the seed letters of > the mantra makes it a complete one, without any deficiency. Perhaps > that is why Thirumoghur Chakrathazhwar is renowned as a granter of > wishes, a maha vara prasadi, and thousands visit His shrine day in and > day out. In fact He is more famous than the main deity such is the > paradox of our Lord's grace. Lord Narasimha in a yogic posture with > four arms each with a discus in it is on the other side of the image. > Both Sudarshana and Narasimha are handsome and one finds it difficult > to tear one's eyes away from them. > When we reached Thirumoghur on the Sunday 3rd of Aug 2008 > Chakrathazhwar was in a balalayam as renovation was being done to His > sanctum. By Chakrathazhwar's grace, a gold covering for the vimana is > to be undertaken. The treasurer of the Sri LakshmiNarasimha Aptan > Kainkarya Sabha ,Shri U.Ve. Gopala Bhatter B.Com has requested one and > all to help in whatever capacity they can. His address is 1/8 East > Mada Street, Thirumoohur, Madurai 625017. He can be contacted at 99423 > 26069. Off.phone 0452 2422692. He invites all bhaktas to visit > Thirumoghur and get the blessings of Kalameghaperumal and Mohanavalli > thayar and of course the ever gracious Sudarshana nambi. > ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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