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Sri Parthasarathi thunai
Srimathe ramanujaya Namaha
Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha
Sri vAnAchala mahA munayE Namaha

--- elangadu santanam mukundan
wrote: 
> Date: Mon, 16 Aug 2004 00:48:10 -0700 (PDT)
> From: elangadu santanam mukundan
> 
> Subject: Re: [SriRangaSri] Re: Tirumala
> 
> SRIMATHEY RANGARAMANUJA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAHA
> 
> > H.H. TEREZHUNDUR ANDAVAN USED TO ASK HIS
> DISCIPLES"ENNADA ANDA BOMMAYAI PATHUTTU VANDIYA?"
> BOMMAI REFERS TO LORD SRI RANGANATHA SINCE THERE WAS
> NO SHASTRIC WORSHIP IN LINE WITH AAGAMAS. 
> IN MY HUMBLE OPINION, TIRUMALA IS HOLY SHRINE ONLY
> BECAUSE OF MILLIONS OF DEVOTEES WHO CHANT "GOVINDA
> NAMA SANKIRTANAM". NOT BECAUSE OF THE MOOLAVAR
> BOMMAI
> SRINIVASA PERUMAL. HE RAN AWAY TO HIS ABODE LONG
> BACK
> LEAVING BACK HIS IMAGE.OF COURSE, EVEN HIS DIETY IS
> TRANSCENDENTAL FOR US. HENCE THE CROWD AND
> COLLECTION.
> 

Dear Sri Mukundan,

Adiyen strongly objects your above comments about archAvatAra emperuman. It is 
a great bhagavat abhacharam to call that the archa moorthis lacks sAnidhyam. It 
is not only due to the agamas or worship done that the lord has his sanctity 
but the lord resides in each and every place only due to his wish and that too 
due to his grace on all of us he came down from his divine abode to uplift us 
from this ocean of samsAra ("Adhiyam sOdhi vuruvai angu vaiththu engE 
thOndri"). So that lord though gives us the pleasure of doing kainkaryams to 
him doesn't wait for any of our kainkaryams to exist. Sure the strength of the 
lord increases with the number of devotees that is because he becomes happy on 
seeing his bhakthas and considers himself to have gained strength but his 
strength always remains in full. The divine lord came to this leela vibhuthi 
totally by his wish knowing very well about kali and the people over here, to 
uplift all the jeevatmas and surely he will not run like a coward without 
accomplishing his mission. He shows himself to those who see him with faith and 
for others surely he is like what you have said on top (adiyen doesn't even 
want to repeat it) "meiyarkkE meiyanAgum vidhiyilA ennai pOla poiyarkkE 
poiyanAgum putkodivudaiya kOmAn" is the mangalAsAsanam of thondaradipodi azhvar 
to Sri Ranganatha. Swamy emperumAnAr saw the lord even in the mud idol the 
children in the streets of Srirangam worshipped. The bhakthi matters the lord 
appears in any form "tamarugandhadhu evvuruvam avvuruvam thAnE" It is his 
sowlabhyam to reside anywhere but adiyen doesn't say that we have to leave all 
our sastras and agamas due to that. Since emperuman himselves declares that 
"sruthi smrithi mamai vAgya" so we have to follow the sastras and agamas but if 
there are any flaws then our emperuman will surely forgive us and take us in 
the right path but will not just run out of this place to his divine abode. He 
is our father will a father just leave his son/daughter and go since the 
son/daughter is disobediant?

Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE sharaNam
Adiyen ramanuja dAsee
Sumithra Varadarajan


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