NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. ------------------- srI: SrI sAra sAram â I (50) -- I â ThirumantrAdhikAram -- The Significance of ânArAyaNanAyaâ --- Swami Desikan summarizes all these points in a beautiful Tamil verse: âyAthAmivaiyanaitthum padaitthEnthum iRaiyavanumAik kOthAm kuNangaLuDan kuRukAtha guNatthanumAi mAthApithAvena mannuRavAik kathiyenna ninRAn pOthAr thirvuDan ponnaruL pootthanam puNNiyanE.â Meaning: âpOthAr thirvuDanâ -- Along with SrI Who resides in flower; âponnaruL pootthaâ â full of great compassion; ânam puNNiyanâ â Our Lord Who appears to be the very personification of our good deeds; âpadaitthEnthum iRaiyavanumAiâ â Remains the Lord by creating and protecting; âyAthAmivaiyanaitthumâ â All these sentient beings and non-sentient things âkOthAm kuNangaLuDan kuRukAtha guNatthanumAiâ -- Having all the auspicious qualities without a trace of any bad quality; âmAthApithAvena mannuRavAiâ â Being a strong relative like Mother or Father; âkathiyenna ninRAnâ â Stands as the goal. The Lord is known through the name, ânArayaNaâ as the One Who, accompanied by Sri, is full of compassion; is the very personification of our good deeds; is the Creator, the Protector and the Ruler of everything, both sentient beings and non-sentient things; is without any trace of any of the bad qualities but full of auspicious qualities; remains a close relative like a mother and a father; and is the ultimate goal to be attained. (To continue) dAsan anbil S.SrInivAsan -------- Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ------------------------------------ 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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