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SrI:

Dear SrI Srinivasan :

DEvi Saraswathi is a daughter in law of 
SrIman NaarAyaNa in our sampradhAyam.

She has an identity of Her own in Vedic 
Parlance ( Saraswathi, ILA , BHArathy ) of
which there are postings in the Oppiliappan
Archives .

DEvi Saraswathi and Her role in Kaanchi VaradarAjan's
aavirbhAvam (appearnace ) at Hasthigiri  in response to
the Aswamedha Yaj~nam performed by Brahama DEvan
along with His dharma Pathni , Saraswathi is central
to the Sthala PurANam of Kaanchipuram VaradarAja
PerumAL . 

She is still flowing as Vegavathy river near Kaanchi 
and the sthOthram of " VegAsEthu SthOthram " by
Swamy  Desikan saluting the Lord teaching His furious
daughter in law a lesson by taking the form of a dam (SEthu)
to stop Saraswathi's angry flow as a river to destroy
the AswamEdha Yaagam of Her husband is linked to
YathOktha Kaari PerumAL"s sthala purANam .

Here at Lord YathOktha Kaari's PerumAL Sannidhi , 
DEvi Saraswathi is sitting at the sacred feet of
the reclining Lord ( as the SEthu) and performing 
Kaimkaryams for Her Father-in-Law with folded hands 
even today . Therefore , Saraswathi DEvi is in 
the Garbagraham there and we recognize Her there .

Saraswathi and Her connection to the birth of 
SrImath RaamAyaNam through Her blessings 
to Sage Vaalmiki is also an important factor 
to recognize Her for Her VidhyA granting powers ,
which was blessed to Her by Swamy Hayagreevan
( SrI HayagrIva SthOthram , where Swamy DEsikan
states clearly that Both SrI DakshiNA Moorthy 
and Saraswathi DEvi got their glories as 
blessing one with Jn~Anam through a small 
portion of the powers of Lord HayagrIvan ,
as the seat and source of all VidhyAs . Saraswathi's
power is therefore derivative of the primary power ). 

Sarawathi DEvi has one more aspect as the recognizer 
of AchArya RaamAnujA's BhAshyam at Kaanchi
and naming it as SrI BhAshyam . She presented 
the ArchA Moorthy of Lord Lakshmi HayagrIvan
to AchArya RaamAnuja , which became the AarAdhana
Moorthy of Swamy  Desikan an is worshipped today
by the ParakAla Matam Jeeyars .

We have now come a full circle starting from Saraswathi DEvi 
to Lord HayagrIvan . These are the reasons for worshipping
Lord HayagrIvan over Saraswathi DEvi as the AarAdhana
Moorthy for VidhyA GrahaNam .

Having a picture of Saraswathi in Pooja graham with
the Lord is more reminiscent of YathOktha Kaari
Sannidhi , where both the Lord and Sarawathi Devi
are seen together .

As long as one keeps in mind that SrIman NaarayaNan
is Para DEvathi and is the indweller of all including
Saraswathi and other Jeevans , the power of prapatthi
does not diminish .

V.Sadagopan 


----- Original Message :
From: "malaseenu" <malaseen@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, July 14, 2004 8:41 PM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Anya devatha worship / Sri Saraswathi Pooja


> SrI:
> SrimathE Ramanujaya Nama:
> 
> Pranams:
> 
> Regarding anya devatha worship, adiyen is having a doubt. Adiyen read
> a posting (may be a posting dated 2 years back)regarding Saraswathi
> pooja. If adiyen remembers correct, in place of Saraswathi pooja
> vaishnavites are to do Sri Hayagreeva pooja.  Adiyen doubt is - can a
> vaishnavite especially who had the baghyam of Saranagathi, keep the
> picture of Sri Saraswathi along with Perumal and Thayar? Some one
> told adiyen that there is nothing wrong to keep the picture of Sri
> Saraswathi with Perumal and Thayar. Adiyen will be very greatful for
> clarification.
> 
> Dasan Srinivasan 
> 
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