Varadarajan swami,
thanks for extolling Chakratazhvar.
dasan/raghavan
--- rtvrajan <rtvrajan@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Sriman Narayanaya Namaha:
> Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha:
>
>
> What an auspicious day to share my thoughts on this
> wonderful
> question about the equality of Sri BhagavAn and Sri
> Sudarsana. Sri
> Sudarsana is normally considered a part of
> ShodasAutham ( sixteen
> Ayuthams ) of the Lord. However Sri Sudarsana is the
> most supreme
> among them and is considered almost equal to the
> Lord himself. Sri
> Sudarsana's fame is extolled in Sadapada BrAhmanam
> of Sukla yajur
> vedam. Numerous references to Sri Sudarsana are
> found also in Yajur
> and Atharva vedas. For scientific minds, we can say
> that Sri
> Sudarsana is the all-pervasive star power of the
> universe.
>
> Sri Desika would say in Sri SudarshanAshtakam verse
> 2:
>
> Subha Jagathrupa MandanA Sadamaga Brahma VandithA
> Prathitha Vidvath SabashithA Jaya Jaya Sri SudarsanA
> Sura ghana DrAsa KandanA **Sadapada BrAhma
> NandithA**
> Bajatha ahirputhniya LakshithA Jaya Jaya Sri
> Sudarsanae
>
> Sri Desika would also mention in verse 7 `sakala
> tathvath
> pradishtitha' meaning that He is the antharyami of
> all thatvams, sat
> and chith included. In verse 8 Sri Desika refers to
> Sri Sudarsana
> as `Bhuvana Nethra ThrayEmaya', indicating that He
> is the Three-Veda
> swarupE. We normally refer to the Lord himself as
> the Veda swarupE.
> Thus the equality of Sri Sudarsana and the Lord
> Narayana is evident.
>
> Sri Sudarsana is praised as Surya NarayanA and the
> Lord as Adhi
> NarayanA in ThripAd vibhudhi Maha Narayanopanishad
> 1.5:
>
> Anthargatha: Sudarsana Purosho YadhA Surya
> MandalAnthargatha: Surya
> Narayano (a) mitha AparichchiNAthvaitha ParamAnantha
> Lakshana
> ThejorAchyanthargatha AdiNarayanasdhatha
> Sandrusyathe.
>
> Sri Krishna and Sri Sudarsana are equated in another
> manthram
> uttered in the same breath in this upanishad:
>
> Om Namo Bhagavathe Rukmini VallabAya SwAhA Om Namo
> Bhagavathe Maha
> SudarsanAya Hoom Phat.
>
> The moola mantharams in Sudarsana homam praise the
> same equality and
> they are all in the Vedas.
>
> Much of Sri Mahabharatham is about extolling the
> virtues of Sri
> Sudarsana as the mindboggling instrument and
> representative of the
> Lord.
>
> We all do Santhyavandanam as obeisance to Gayathri,
> Sudarsana (Surya
> Narayana ) and the Antharyami, Sriman Narayana,
> residing in the
> Surya Mandalam.
>
> We perform the Surya Narayana Vandanam as follows:
>
> Smarthas recite the following in Sandhyavandanam:
>
> Nama: Savithre Jagatheka Sakshushe Jagathprasuthi
> sthithinasa
> HethavE| thrayEmayAyathriguNathma Dharine Virinchi
> Narayana
> SankarAthmane:
>
> Smarthas and Vaishnavas recite this manthram in
> SandhyAvandanam:
>
> Dhyeya: SathA Savithrumandala MadhyavarthE Narayana:
> SarasijAsana
> Sannivishtaha: Keyuravan Makara kundalavAn Kireeti
> Haree Hiranmaya
> Vabhur dhrutha Sankachakra: Sanka chakra Gatha Pane
> Dwaraka
> NilayAchchutha Govindha PundarEkAksha rakshaMam
> SaranAgatham.
>
> We are in fact praying to Sri Sudarsana and the Lord
> himself.
>
>
> Let us pray that Sri Sudarsana protect us all. Let
> the supreme Lord
> do the same.
>
> Adiyen
> Ramanuja dasan
> U. Ve. R. T. Varadarajan Ph.D.
>
>
> --- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Jayaraman.S"
> <jai_2_u@xxxx>
> wrote:
> > Namaskaram,
> >
> > Thanks to Thiru.Anbil Ramaswamy swamin,
> Thiru.Vijaya
> > Raghavan swamin, Thiru.jayasarathi swami,
> > Thiru.T.R.Govindarajan Swamin for explaining about
> > performing homas for Anya devathas. (Reference to:
> > Email Subject: Doubts related to KankaabishEkam)
> >
> > Adyien understood the significance of workshiping
> the
> > lord Vishnu and not anyother anya devathas through
> > homa, etc.,. This discussion raises another
> question
> > about performing sudharsana homam.
> >
> > Thiruppaavai ("Pallandu Pallandu")
> >
> > "vadivaar sOthi valath-thuRaiyum, sudar-aazhiyum
> > pallaaNdu /
> > padaipOr-pukku-muzhangum, appaancha-sanniyamum
> > pallaaNdE //"
> >
> > We do not workship paanchajanyaa(Sanga/conch) or
> > aazhi(chakrathazhwar/disc) separetly from lord
> > narayana. paanchajanyaa and Sudharshana azhwar are
> > part of permal lord narayana. The Sudharsana
> Chakra or
> > the divine disc of Maha Vishnu is one of the Lords
> > prominent weapons in annihilating evil forces.
> > According to legend, poygaiaazhvaar was an amsam
> of
> > changu and Thirumazhisai aazhvaar was an amsam of
> > aazhi (chakkaram).
> >
> > "yeththavam seidhArkkum arul mudivadhu AzhiyAn
> pAl":
> > The result of any great tapas is granted only by
> the
> > bhagavan who holds the divine sudharsana chakra in
> his
> > hand. For those tapas, which are done towards
> brahma
> > or rudran the bhagavan who stays as antharyAmi
> inside
> > these devas grant the boon.
> >
> > "yO yO yAm yAm thanum bhakthi":
> > (Those who want to worship the devas who are part
> of
> > me with due respect, are granted that regard for
> the
> > devas by me. That jeeva thereby with due respects
> > worships the god of his like. And due to the
> worship
> > he attains the result I grant him) says bhagavan
> in
> > his bhagavat geetha.
> >
> > The results of any worship is ultimately granted
> only
> > by the ultimate lord nArAyaNan.
> >
> > Thus Can we say lord nArAyaNan grants boom when we
> > workship sudharsana or do sudharsana homam.
> > (OR) Is sudharsana and lord narayana is one and
> the
> > same? Is there any references available for this.
> >
> > Dasan,
> > Jayaraman
> >
> >
> >
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