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Respected Shri Srirangam Chakravarthy <>

Since you are on the lookout for the most suitable word, you may refer to
three sources, two from orthodox, widely accepted works related to the
most ancient wisdom i.e. the Vedic system, and the third from the modern
old Testament, which incidentally is a direct adaption of the Vedic truth.

1. Bhagvat Gita, where the Lord clearly declares that HE is embedded in the
holiest of the holiest word "OM"

2. Patanjali Yoga Sutras, Chapter I, sutra 27, Sage Patanjali clearly
declares that God is represented in "OM"

3. The first two verses of the Old Testament, which as some are aware is
much much before the birth of Christ is verse (1) "In the beginning was the
WORD,
(2) "and the WORD was GOD"

(Readers may pardon this writer for referring to a different scripture
unconnected with ShriVaishnava tradition. It is a humble request that the
spirit behind the reference may be looked into and the reference itself may
not be construed as the writer's belief and/or championing some other cause
and/or faith)

Therefore, this single most potent word may be adapted, if it so appeals
to you.

Om Tat Sat
Tat Tvam asi





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1. Looking for sanskrit words
From: Srirangam Chakravarthy
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Date: Fri, 2 Apr 2004 19:01:16 +0100 (BST)
From: Srirangam Chakravarthy <srirangam_chakravarthy@xxxx>
Subject: Looking for sanskrit words

Namaskaram

I need a small favour from bhagavathas
Looking for sanskrit words which are in tune with our
vaishnavite/hindu tradition.
equivalent for

I am looking for forming a company which will serve the intrests of
Vaishnavites/Vaishnava culture.

I am looking for some ideas for a name which has
sanskrit/tamil and traditional equivalents ( which also looks good in
the modern world ) from people who have more
knowledge on slokas/sastras etc

( 1 ) Gold

example

swarna,kanaga etc

( 2 ) Kingdom/Empire

example
rajya,samrajya,chakravarthy,etc

( 3 ) Tradition/Culture

samskriti,kalalaya,alaya,divyadesa etc

I could think of some of these.
I need some help on this from sri vaishnavites

Srirangam chakravarthy


Sumithra Varadarajan <sumivaradan@xxxx> wrote:
Sri Parthasarathi thunai

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Sri Vara Vara munayE Namaha

Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha



In the previous posting we enjoyed emperuman as 'ponnuru'. Next azhvar
attributes the qualities of precious gems to emperuman - 'maNiyuruvil
bhoodham IyindhAi'. Emperuman is like a precious gem and he is the five
bhoodhas, Akasam (sky), vayu (air), agni (fire), jalam (water), bhoomi
(earth). Sri kulasekara perumal in his divine work 'mukunda malai'
beautifully portrays emperuman as 'maNi' as follows:



"bhakthApAya bhujanga gArudamaNi:

trilOkya rakshAmaNi:

gOpeelOchana sAdhakAmbhudhamaNi:

soundarya mudrA maNi: I

ya: kAnthAmaNi rukmini ka nagucha

dvanthvaikka bhooshAmaNi:

srEyO dEvasikAmaNi: dishatu nO

gOpAla choodAmaNi: II



Keeping the same in mind Thirumangai azhvar calls emperuman to be
'maNiyuruvil bhoodham IyindhAi'. Emperuman stays as the body made of
pancha bhoodhas and has the qualities of the gems. Sri Periya vAchan
pillai compares the qualities of emperuman and the gems as 1) vadivil
tEjOmayan- emperuman glitters like the gems 2) mAnikka seppilE pon pOlE
tanakkAsrayamAna svaroopaththikkum svaroopAsrayamAna guNangalukkum thAn
suddha sattvamaya mAgaiyAlE prakAsakamAyirukkai- Take for example a gem
studded plate decorated with gold. Emperuman being suddha sattva mayan
his glory spreads to both the svaroopa that gives him form and also the
qualities that depends on the svaroopam. 3) thAn svaroopaththai kAttilum
bhOkyamAyirukkai - highly enjoyable. So there by azhvar showed that
emperuman is someone much different from the chit and the achit and is a
supreme tattva. Thereby the tattva traya knowledge was clearly imparted
by azhvar following which another doubt arises in our minds. Then is
emperuman such a high tattva that cannot be reached by us? The answer
follows in the next line.



Meanwhile let us see what geethAcharyan has to say about the above words of
azhvar.



"bhoomirApO nalO vAyu: kam manO bhuddi rEvacha I

ahankAra etheeyam mE bhinnA prakruthirashtathA II" [7-4]



[know that this nature spread as panchabhoodhas earth, water, fire, air and
sky and manas, mahan and ahankAram, so totally 8 different things all
belong to me]



"mayi sarvamidham prOktham sootrE manikaNA eva" [7-7]



[All these things are joined to me like the beads connected with a string]



In this example, geethacharyan shows his sAmyam (similarity) with the
thread/string that connects all the beads in a chain of beads. Like the
thread all the chetanas and achetanas are connected with emperuman. The
thread goes into the beads and binds all of them together. Similarly all
the chetanas and achetanas remain as the body and emperuman their athma.
A single thread holds all the beads similarly emperuman alone supports all
the chits and achits. The thread is hidden at the back of the beads still
it doesn't need the support of the beads. Similarly emperuman is hidden
by the other tattvas but he doesn't need the support of the other tattvas.
If the thread is removed then the beads fall down which indicates that
only the thread holds the beads and the thread is independent. Similar is
the case with emperuman and the other two tattvas. Though all these
similarities hold good between the thread example and emperuman they lays
one difference. As per the sastric verse,
"anthar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya nArAyaNa: stita: [In all the objects in
this world narayaNa: remains inside and outside] which doesn't suit the
thread case.



"rasOhamapsu kowthEya prabhAsmi sasisooryayO: I

pranavas sarva vEdEshu saptha: kE powrusham nrushu II" [7-8]



[Kunteeputra! Iam the taste in water, light of the sun and the moon,
pravanam among all the vedas, the sound characteristic of the sky, and the
maleness of the males. ]



Let us enjoy the sowlabhyam of emperuman in the next posting.



(To be continued)



Azhvar EmperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharanam



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