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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