Sri Parthasarathi thunai Srimathe ramanujaya
Namaha Srimad Vara Vara MunayE
namaha Sri Vanachala mahA munayE
namaha Srivaishnavas, generally have different
rules and regulations always different from that followed by normal
folks/bhakthas. We have already
seen one such exemption about anthima smriti. Next in this posting we will see one
more exemption.
Before starting anything it is common
practice to verify if the time is ok.
We fix good time and good day for any of our auspicious occasions. To our wonder nowadays half of the
babies are born through operations without normal deliveries and hence people
fix up good time and good stars for the birth of the baby. How is good time/day/star etc
determined? It is done in
accordance with the specifications in the jyOdhisha sastra, one of the six veda
angas. But according to
Srivaishnavas everything is emperuman so for them the time that helps them to
attain bhagavat anubhavam, the day that takes them near to emperuman’s thiruvadi
and the star that blessed them with the satsangam of bhagavatas is the good
time/day/star. Our sampradyam flourished due to the
guru paramparai. The first acharya
nAthamunigal, who put the milestone to the Srivaishnava community, was born on a
Tuesday. Do we consider Tuesday as
an auspicious day but it is surely auspicious to Srivaishnavas. We don’t do anything on ashtami and
navami but we celebrate the Krishna janmAstami and rAma navami. Similarly lowkikas skip margazhi month
for any auspicious activities but that is the month very much liked by our dear
lord. That is why parthasarathi
says, “mAsAnAm margaseershOham”.
The lord doesn’t like the things people keep it for themselves when
something is out of the ahankara/mamakara of jeevatmas emperuman cherishes to
possess the same. That is why
prapannas shed their ahankara/mamakaram and do sharanagati under the divine feet
of emperuman. Then emperuman
accepts the jeevatma with full happiness.
Only when drowpathi left both her hands and shouted for help krishna came
to her rescue. Only when gajendran
left his efforts and shouted “AdimoolamE” did varadhan rush to help
gajendran. So leaving all our
efforts and falling into the divine feet of emperuman with ultimate faith is
most important. For that is there
any necessity to wait for a good auspicious time? If someone is drowning will we wait for
a good time to save him? Before the
time comes he will be dead so it is wise to save him immediately. That is our case too; we are drowning in
the ocean of samsAram so we have to be saved immediately. That is why our acharyas never wait for
a good day/time to do samAsrayanam.
The best time is the instant when the shisya goes near the acharya and
requests him to do pancha samskAram.
The acharya rushes to save the jeevatma immediately so that he doesn’t
change mind.
This time when we are saved from
samsAram and attain bhagavat anubhavam has to be surely celebrated. That is why thirumazhisai azhvar says,
“andru nAn pirandhilEn pirandha pin marandhilEn” Andal therefore shows her
special gratitude to the time that has helped her to attain bhagavat anubhavam
in the very start of her thiruppavai.
She adorns the month and paksham as “marghazhi thingal madhiniraindha
nannAlAl”. (To be
continued) Azhvar emperumAnAr Jeeyer thiruvadigalE
sharaNam Adiyen ramanuja
dAsee Sumithra
Varadarajan azhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyAr thiruvadigalE saranam
Yahoo! Groups Links
|
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia |
ramanuja-subscribe@yahoogroups.com To subscribe to the list |