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 > > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > > > ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Yahoo! Domains - Claim yours for only $14.70 http://us.click.yahoo.com/Z1wmxD/DREIAA/yQLSAA/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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