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Respected Sriman Sadagopan Swamy,
       Srimthe Ramanujaya Namaha!
       Sashtanga Dandavath Pranamams.
       In the context of Saraswathy Puja and Prapanna's approach, I have come across some interesting information about Mallinatha Suri's commentary on Naishadha kavyam. Commenting on 47th Shloka of 7th Sarga, the famous commentator, makes following observation.
       "Sarsvathya Vishnupathneethvam puraana prasiddam. TathA chArchAsvapiDrushyathE. Yatha Purushottamasya Jagannathasya Parshve LaksmeeSarasvathyau"
He seems to have found Sarasvathy as wife of Vishnu in Puranas.
Second thing is in Some JAgannatha Kshetram JAgannatha seems to be flanked by Laksmi and Saraswathy. While, this can not be certainly Puri Jagannatha kshetram (?), is it possible that he was referring to Mukthi Narayan kshetra where, I believe, the local people believe that the Lord NArayana is accompanied by LAkshmi and Sarasvathy. Could you through more light on it?
Dasoham
Srinivasadasa


Sadagopan <sgopan@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
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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