SrI : Dear Sri Rangaswamy : Thanks for another thought-provoking posting on the ve of Maarghazhi Maasa PiRappu . NamO NaarAyaNAya, V.Sadagopan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Rangaswamy Muralidhar Civ AFRL/SNHE" <Muralidhar.Rangaswamy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> To: "'sgopan '" <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Thursday, December 15, 2005 8:31 PM Subject: RE: Saranagathi Fw: Thiruppaavai > Sri: > > SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha, > > Dear Sadagopan Swamin, > > Thanks for your note on the above subject. We may remember the strident > declaration "kodai tamizh aIaindum aindum ariyAdha mAnidaraI vayyam > summapadum vambu" bearing eloquent testimony to the loftiness of the > magnificent verses of Andal. These magnificent verses succicntly > encapsulate the karma and jnana Khandam of the vedas-verses 1-17 being the > germinating seeds for the karma Khandam and verse 18-30 the corresponding > item for the jnAna khandam. In particular pasuram 3 is worthwhile > mentioning for it is the succinct encapsulation of the entire soma > mandalam of the Rg Vedam devoted to the glorification of Lord Trivikrama. > The beauty of this avataram is that it is the only incarnation in which > the Lord did not undertake any samharam. The Yajur vedam describes this > act in the rk "yajnasya bhogadhaDhi prathyushtagam raksha prathyushtA...". > Swami Desikan uses this rk verbatim to describe Trivikrama as raksha > Vamana. The Vedam Rk again declares the benefit of extolling this avataram > through the salutation "varuNa krutha", i.e., there is copious flow of > rain water (racchOdhakam). The Lord is described in the Taittriya > Upanishad as raso vai saha (i.e., he is the nature of rasa-Brahma ananda > anubhava rasa). The Taittriya and Aitareya Brahmana declare the presence > of this rasa at the third foot of Trivikrama. Swami Desikan highlights > this fact in verse 428 of the Padhuka Sahasram, wherein he declares that > there arose a competetion between the two Padhukas as to who should be > first to grace Bali (in order to partake of the Brahma ananda anubhava > rasa) and notes that the right Padhuka won out in this contest. The Vishnu > puraNam equates this rasa to the Ganga emanating from the tiruvadi of > Trivikrama, which is eulogized by Swami Alavandar's stotra ratnam > salutation "kadha puna: shankha rathAnga kalpaka..." and Swami Desikan's > Daya Shatakam tribute "prasaktha madhunAvidhi praNihithaissaparyOdhakai:". > Andal beautifully brings these aspects together in the Ongi ulagalantha > Pasuram. Thanks again for enabling adiyen to start his day with the > contemplation of the sublime Tiruvadi of Trivikrama. > > Namo Narayana, > > SriMuralidhara Dasan > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> 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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