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Dear Sri Sudarshan :

We have been missing your postings for quite some time .
We are all happy that our dear Andal has intervened to
get our PrasAdhams .

Look forward to recieving many more such postings ,
V.Sadagopan
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "sudarshan madabushi" <mksudarshan2002@xxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <tiruvenkatam@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; <srirangasri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>; 
<oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Saturday, December 17, 2005 10:34 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] "maRRai nam kaamangaL maatru" (Part 2)


>                     TiruppAvai 'sAram'
>                     ------------------
>
> If the TiruppAvai is to be considered "upanishad
> sAram", then it may well and equally be said that the
> 29th and penultimate stanza in the sacred hymn of
> AndAl is verily "tiruppAvai sAram" -i.e the essence of
> the whole TiruppAvai bottled into but one fragrant and
> memorable verse ("nigama parimalam").
>
> In most SriVaishnava homes or families, the TiruppAvai
> in its entirety ("muppathUm thappAmE") might get sung
> only during the course of the 30 days of the
> "mArgazhi" month. The 29th verse, however, will
> continue to be chanted every day of the remaining
> months of the rest of the year, and then year after
> year without fail, forever.
>
> Every morning, when prayers to a household deity in a
> SriVaishnava home draw to a close, there is  usually a
> short burst of staccato recitations from
> litany-passages culled out of a selection of Sanskrit
> and Tamil scriptures. It is called "sAttrmarai". It
> marks the climactic moment when the traditional daily
> ritual of domestic worship ("nitya-tiruvArAdanam") is
> brought to a solemn close after the deity (usually, a
> small icon or idol of Vishnu, Rama or Krishna, or a
> sacred "sAlagrAma-murthi" pebble) has been
> ceremoniously bathed, clothed, bedecked with flowers
> and jewelry, anointed with perfumery, offered food
> ("prasAd") and, after due honors, is finally beseeched
> to continue presiding over the whole household,
> protecting its members and showering His Grace and
> Compassion on every member of the family ("engUm
> tiruvarUL petru inbUruvar empAvaay!", in the words of
> the TiruppAvai).
>
> Now, in the "sattrmarai" crescendo, it is no surprise
> at all that by long-standing and well-established
> convention, the very first passage taken up for
> chanting by the assembled devotees is the 29th verse
> from the TiruppAvai. It is not difficult to understand
> why the SriVaishnava convention of litany
> ("pArAyaNa-kramam") has chosen to single out this
> particular verse from amongst several other ageless,
> sacred passages in the vast body of Vedantic
> literature, and given it its prime pride of place. It
> is because, more than any other single 'shlOka' in all
> of the vast religious literature abounding in the
> SriVaishnava faith, it is this verse alone, that is
> seen to capture and contain, in full and exact
> measure, both the substance and spirit of Vedantic
> thought as expressed or embodied in the very best and
> most heart-felt of Bhakti sentiment.
>
> For ordinary households anywhere in the world -- whose
> family members even while they go about leading
> secular lives that rarely, if ever at all, rise above
> the banal or quotidian -- for such households that yet
> earnestly wish to pursue, embrace, practice and
> cherish the nobility that lies in the Vedantic Way of
> life ("vEdAnta-mArga"), to such distinguished people
> the 29th verse of the TiruppAvai is indeed an
> extremely handy and invaluable aid.
>
> The 29th verse of the TiruppAvai in fact, as the rest
> of this series of essays shall attempt to describe, is
> daily dosage of healthy Vedantic tonic for the human
> soul.
>
>                 *****************
>
> Regards,
> dAsan,
> Sudarshan
>
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