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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Dear Sriman Hari Swamin,

Adiyen is most thankful for your note that clarifies any 
misconceptions caused by adiyen's carelessness. 

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

--- In malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "msharird" <mshari@xxxx> wrote:
> SrI:
> SrImathE rAmAnujAya nama:
> Dear SrI VaishNavas,
> 
> This reply is meant only for malolan net. I thank SrI MuraLidhara 
> RangaswAmi for the kainkaryam and eagerly looking forward for the 
> rest of SlOkams also from SrI pAdukA sahasram. I find in the mail 
> from SrI MuraLidhara RangaswAmi linkages based on the number 25. On 
> usage of certain terms, few have surely misunderstood certain 
aspects 
> that he was written. I too acknowledge that certain points in his 
> mail are misleading. Please go through my observations as follows:
> 
> On his point 1: No comments on the count of aksharams in dwaya 
> mantram. But his words "a concept systematized into a science by 
> Swami NammAzhwar, Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami 
> Desikan" must not be misunderstood. The term "concept" is not in 
the 
> sense "hypothesis/idea" but it is a sAdyOpAyam known from the 
SAstra 
> (veda, smrutis, brahma sUtras, itihAsa purANams). The same applies 
to 
> the word "science". This should not be treated as the science which 
> is based on mere pratyaksham and mere anumAnam. Swami NammAzhwar, 
> Swami Alavandar, Sri Ramanujacharya, and Swami Desikan etc 
practiced 
> the sAdyOpAyam and explained/preached it in their works with para-
> paksha nirasanams. 
> 
> On his point 2: "ma" is the 25th aksharam.
> "ma" and "mA" are different in their meanings. As he has quoted the 
> name "mAdhavan", I think he is referring to "mA" and not "ma". The 
> term "mA" denotes thAyAr SrI mahA lakshmI and it also has other 
> meanings. The term "ma" which is the 25 th aksharam denotes 25 th 
> tatvam jeevAtma and few other things. Actually, "ma" based on its 
> roots-meanings, denotes the jeevAtma. His words "As a result of 
Her 
> eternal oneness with Lord Narayana, the Lord begets the name 
> Madhavan" is very misleading and it is also wrong. Many have taken 
> the meaning from his term "Oneness" as "SrI mahA lakshmI" 
> and "VishNu" are not two different Aatmas but Aatma-Ikyam is 
oneness. 
> This is wrong. SrI mahA lakshmI is a vibhu Chetana tatvam and 
VishNu 
> is another vibhu chEtana tatvam. Their eternal inseparable 
> association in all manners is such that they treated like a "single 
> tatvam" divya dampatis ? The brahma sabdam denotes the divya 
> dampatis. That is all. SrI tatvam is distinct from VishNu tatvam. 
The 
> Lord get the name "mAdhava" not because of oneness that he has as 
> mentioned but because VishNu is the Lord (pati) of SrI lakshmI 
(mA). 
> 
> On his point 3: I do not want to contradict the mathematical 
> reference that he has given. But the sAmpradAyaic artham which I 
have 
> heard from AachArya is that the name rAma: of SrIman nArAyaNan has 
> the capacity to convey all aspects ? 1. kAraNatvam (and
> abAdyatvam), 
> 2. upAyatvam and 3. upEyatvam and hence repeated three times as 
> essence of sahasra nAma which deals with the kalyANa guNams of 
> paramAthma SrIman nArAyaNan. 
> 
> Thanks & Regards,
> naidhruva mAdabhUshi S. HARI rAmAnuja dAsan (mshari@xxxx)
> ============================================================
> --- In malolan_net@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "rangaswamy_m" 
> <rangaswamy_m@xxxx> wrote:
> > Sri:
> > 
> > SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
> > 
> > Dear Bhaktas,
> > 
> > As of today, Sri Satakopan Swamin and adiyen have completed the 
> ...




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