SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anupadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//
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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.07 / ISSUE # 37 dated 15th January 2006
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. IMPORTANT DAYS IN THAI (MAKARA) MONTH
2. TRI-MURTI IN TIRUVAIMOZHI? PART 19.
SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI, CHICAGO
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DATE/ENGLISH/DAY/NAKSHATRAM/THITHI/ EVENT/ REMARKS
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01/01-14-06/Saturday/Punarpoosam/
PourNami/ Makara Sankraanti,
UttaraayaNa PuNya Kaalam, Tiruppaavai Sattumurai
02/01-15-06/Sunday/Poosam/Pratamai/Kanu, Paari vETTai
04/01-17-06/Tuesday/Makam/Triteeyai/TIRUMAZHISAI AZHWAAR
06/01-19-06/Thursday/Uthram/Panchami/TIRUVOIMOZHI TIRUNAAL
07/01-20-06/Friday/Uthram-Hastam/ShashTi/IYARPAA SAATUMURAI
08/01-21-06/Saturday/Hastam/ Saptami/KOORATHAAZHWAAN
09/01-22-06/Sunday/Chitrai/AhTami/15th PaTTam Azhagiyasinghar
10/01-23-06/Monday/Swati/ Navami/ UTTAMUR SWAMI
12/01-25-06/Wednesday/Anusham/KrishNapaksha Ekaadasi
14/01-27-06/Friday/Moolam/Trayodasi/40th PaTTam Azhagiyasinghar
15/01-28-06/Satuirday/Pooradam/Chaturdasi/ BOdayana Amavasya
16/01-29-06/Utraadam-Tiruvonam/ Amavasya, SravaNa Vratam
19/02-01-06/Wednesday/PooraTTadi/Triteeyai/Chottai Nambi
20/02-02-06/Thursday/Utrattaadi/Chaturti/ Vasantha Panchami
26/02-08-06/Wednesday/Mrigaseersham/Suklapaksha- Bheema Ekaadasi
28/02-10-06/Friday/ punarpoosam/Trayodasi/EMBAAR
29/02-11-06/Saturday/POosam/Chaturdasi/ THAIPPOOSAM
30/02-12-06/Sunday/Ayilyam/ PourNami/ Makara PourNami
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2. TRI-MURTI IN TIRUVAIMOZHI? PART 19.
SRI N. KRISHNAMACHARIAR SWAMI, CHICAGO
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3.10.9 (28):
duhkam il j~nAnac cuDar oLi mUrti tuzhAi alangal perumA
mikka pan mAyangaLAl vikirutam Seidu vENDum uruvu koNDu
nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalAga ellArum evaiyum tannuL
okka oDunga vizhunga vallAnaip peRRu onRum taLarvilanE.
In this pASuram, AzhvAr again emphasizes the Supremacy of emperumAn, and
points out that He is One endowed with blemish-less knowledge, a tirumEni
that shines with divine luster and decorated with the tirut-tuzhAi garland,
and One Who takes different forms as He chooses and performs different
actions that are not normally encountered amongst us. He is the same One who
swallows everything in this world including rudra and his creator brahmA
during pralaya, and keeps them all in His stomach safe until the next cycle
of creation. AzhvAr declares that by surrendering to Him as the only Supreme
Deity, AzhvAr does not have the slightest concern about his choice.
?duhkam il? As One who has no sorrow or unhappiness of any kind
?j~nAnam SuDar? As One who is the all-knowing; sarvaj~nan
?oLi mUrti? As One Who is resplendent with the tejas (effulgence) that is
natural to Him
?tuzhAi alangal? As One Who is uniquely identified by His tirut-tuzhAi
garland
?perumAn? The Lord of all
?mikka? exceeding everyone
?pal? (with His) countless
?mAyaângaLAl? powers
?vENDum uruvu koNDu? assuming whatever form He needs for the particular
actions
?vikirutam Seidu? performing extraordinary actions
?nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalA ellArum evai okka tannuL oDunga vizhunga
vallAnai? (such as) the capability of swallowing everything and everyone
starting from rudra and brahmA and containing them in a small corner of His
stomach
?peru? by choosing Him as My Lord
?taLarvu onRum ilan? I have the least concern.
One of the rahasya-s of bhagavAn?s incarnations that is referred to here is
that He assumes whatever form He forms out of His own Will, and He is not
subject to the effects of karma. His tirumEni is not made of prakRti the
way our body is made of (His tirumEni is naturally effulgent, free of any
defects, etc.).
?duhkam il? without any sorrows because of His actions: BhagavAn performs
all His wondrous acts without having to suffer sorrow of any kind in the
least. When He steals butter from the gopis? houses and gets bound to the
mortar, or when He gets into trouble with the gopi-s by stealing their
bangles etc., these are all His plays, and He does not in the least undergo
any sorrow because of whatever He does. By resorting to this Lord, His
devotees attain equality with Him in all respects, and so they also are
totally free of any sorrow by surrendering to Him completely. This is the
message given by AzhvAr in this pASuram
?peRRu taLarvu onRum ilanE? by resorting to Him as the Supreme Deity, I do
not have the slightest cause for concern of any kind.
As an example of bhagavavAn?s extraordinary actions, AzhvAr gives the
example of BhagavAn swallowing the whole of cetana-s and acetana-s and
keeping them in a small corner of His stomach - ?nakka pirAnODu ayan mudalA
ellArum evai okka tannuL oDuânga vizhuânga vallAnai?. This incident also
brings out BhagavAn?s main concern for all the jIva-s one of protection. At
the time of praLaya, He keeps them safe in His stomach so that they can be
given a body in the next cycle of creation to enjoy the effects of their
karma. He is the Protector of even the deva-s, rudra, brahmA and Indra.
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AzhvAr reflects the same thought in another pASuram in tiruvASiriyam (7).
naLir madic-caDaiyanum nAn-mugak kaDavuLum
taLiroLi imaiyavar talaivanum mudalA
yAvagai ulagamum yAvarum agappaDa
Or Alilaic-cErnda em perumA mAyanai alladu
oru mA daivam maRRuDaiyamO yAmE.
(Lord SrIman nArAyaNa hid everything and everyone - including the one who
has the crescent moon as an ornament on his head - a reference to rudra, the
four-faced god (brahmA), the chief of all the deva-s (indra), all the five
elements, and everything else in all the worlds, and then lay down in a
small banyan leaf as a small child. Why would I ever consider anyone other
than this Lord with such wonders beyond imagination as the Supreme Deity?
(Never ever).
In his dramiDopanishad tAtparya ratnAvaLi, svAmi deSikan captures this
pASuram through bhagavAn?s guNa of taking whatever form He wishes whenever
He chooses, for the benefit of His devotees, through the words
?chandavRtteH? One Who has the habit or vyApAra of choosing whatever form He
wishes. This is expressed by Nammaazhwaar in the second pAda of the pASuram
? ?mikka pan mAyangaLAl vikirutam Seidu vENDum uruvu koNDu?
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