SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika Mahadesikaya nama:
Dear Tara Sridharan,
sAlokya (residence in the same plane as the Lord)
sAmIpya (abiding in close proximity to the Lord)
sAdRSya or sAroopya (attaining the same form as the Lord), and
sAyujya (union with Godhead).
In Srivaikuntam, the jeevathma attains all the above.
meaning- in same place (and plane); close enough; same form and
enjoyment same level in all aspects (except that the shrshti,
samhaaram and granting of moksha are not shared).
para, vyUha, vibhava, arcA, and antaryAmi roopam are forms of
bhagavAn and they all refer to the different places where bhagavAn
dwells.
BhagavAn resides in SrI vaikunTham (Param),
in Milky ocean (tirup-pAR-kaDal)- vyooham
antharyaami roopam- in the heart caves of sAdhu-s as their antaryAmi
roopam (in all human beings, He takes the form as small as a thumb)
and in the middle of the sUrya maNDala , and
arcA form in all divya desams, in saalagraam silAs on His own
accord.
Here it needs to be understood that antharyaami is different from
antharyaami roopam. antharyaami is the One who manifests and dwells
in everything and in everyone.. antar bahischa tat sarvam vyApya
Narayana:stittha:(All sentient and nonsentient beings are pervaded
and transcended by Narayana).Azhwar's inimitable lines,in the first
Tiruvaimozhi, are udalmisai uyirena karandu engum paranduLan-sudar
migu surudiyuL ivai unda suranE...
Lord Sriman Narayanan (who by the very name means one who houses
everyone and everything and is housed in everyone and everything)
most mercifully takes the form of above mentioned Para, vyooha
(five) forms for our sake and for our enjoyment of His different
forms
See below an extract from the most brilliant write up by Sri
Satakopan Swami based on asmadhacharyan H.H Srimad Paravakkottai
Andavan's tele upanyasam few years ago on the same context:
The superiority of ArchA rUpam among Sriman NarAyaNA's
pancha rUpams ( param , VyUham , Vibhavam , antharyAmi
and ArchA ).
Parama padham , where the Lord is resident as
Parama padha nAthan is surrounded by the aNDams and
the aavaraNam waters (Oceans ) . It is not of easy access
to us residing on earth . We can not travel there even to
get a vessel filled with aavaranam waters .It is too far away .
Hence param and parama padham can not be enjoyed with
our sthUla sarIram . Only as a muktha Jivan possesing
Sookshma sarIram , one can enter and enjoy the anthamil
pErinbham there .
The second rUpam of the Lord is as Sesha saayee in
the middle of the milky ocean .Here He is presenting
Himself as KshIrAbhdhi nAthan to DevAs and maharishis .
Again , this is beyond our reach with SthUla sarIram .
hence , it is not of much use either for us to see
and enjoy .
The Third rUpam of the Lord is what has been
celebrated as Raama , KrishNAvathArams . These Vinhava
avathArams were enjoyed by those who were contemproaries .
Today , it is histroy and we can not enjoy Lord KrishNA as
Gopis and AkrUrar did . Thus this rUpam is in the past
like last year's river water , which is no longer available
to quench our thirst ( dried up river bed ).
The fourth rUpam is antharyAmi savrUpam . It is likened
to OoRRu jalam . You have to dig in the river bed sand and
access the water under . Through the difficult JNa~na Yogam ,
one can visualize this svarUpam of the Divya dampathis
seated in our heart cavities . Very few have the power
to succeed in such efforts and thus , this svarUpam is
also not within reach of ordinary folks on this earth .
The fifth rUpam is the One that Sriman NaarAyaNan
took to make Himself easily available to one and all
and to enjoy Him with our own sthUla sarIram and
Maamsa chakshus . No divya dhrushti as
needed by ArjunA is a must to see the VisvarUpam of
the Lord ." angu vaitthu , inghE piRanthathu " is
the celebration of this ArchAvathAram by Eedu grantham .
Srimath Andavan went on to describe the five
rUpams celebrated by Vedams in the manthram
in the manner of tamizh maRai :
ambhasya paarE bhuvanasya madhyE
naakasya prushtE mahathO mahIyAn
sukrENa jyOthIgumshi samanupravishta:
PrajApathisccharathi garbhE antha :
-- TaittirIya AaraNyakam : III.13.3
In ParAvathAram , the Lord is in Sri Vaikuntam
as para VaasudEvan enjoying the Saama ghAnam .
Therefore it is described as Paattu kEtkumidam .
It is not accessible to us ; we can not hear this
music with our Maamsa karnams .
In VyUham , Lord rests on the serpent bed
enjoying His yOga NidhrA .He is rudely awakned
by all the terror stricken devAs , who seek
His interventiion and complain about the terrors
inflicted on them by the asurAs . He has to come to
help after listeing to their fear-laden prayers
( muRaidal iDam ). This far off place is also
inaccessible to us .We can not get there to appeal
to Him to intervene and help us from our afflictions.
Therefore Vyuha Moorthy is off limits for us.
Vibahva avathArams are known as kuthittha iDam .
Lord NarasimhA jumped out of the pillar and
performed His avathAra Kaaryam and can no longer
be seen in His original vibhava form .
AntharyAmi svarUpam is known as OottumiDam .
It is a svarUpam exclusively seen by those ,
who have succeeded in their Jn~ana Yoga saadhanais.
It is again out of reach for us .
ArchA SvarUpam is known as VaLaittha iDam .
Here , the Lord ahs become very accessible to us
and rests at Srirangam suggestign that He would not
leave us until all of our Paapams are removed .
He patiently waits for us to get SadAchArya Sambhandham
and come to Him . AzhwArs and AchAryAs enjoyed the ArchA
mUrthys at the various divya desams and stated unequivocally
that it is their prefeered choice among the five prakAra
rUpams of Sriman NaarAyaNan .
It is interesting to note that para VaasudEvan
gives us sEvai on the PraNava VimAnam
at Srirangam , VyUha Moorthy is seen
as Archai at Srirangam , Anbil , Thirukkudanthai
et al , Vibhava Moorthys are present in
the ArchA form at ThiruevuLL ( Sri Veera Raaghavan ),
Dwarakai ( KrishNan ), AhObilam ( Narasimhan ) et al.
AzhwArs and AchAryAl's assertion of their
preference for the archA form of the Lord
over all the other Four forms are abundant .
Srimath Andavan quoted a few of them .
I have added a few moreto illustrate his point :
icchuvai taviRa yaan pOy Indira lokamALum
achuvai peRinum vENDEn Arangamaa naharuLAnE
-- ThirumAlai of ThindaradipoDi : 2nd Paasuram
aNdavANanarangan , van pEy mulai
uNDa vAyanRanunmatthan kANminE
-- KulasEkharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi:3.4
sempavaLa vaayan ThiruvEnkatamennum
EmperumAn Ponn malai mEl yEthEnum aavEnE
--- Kulasekharar : PerumAL Thirumozhi : 4.10
AanDAi unaik KaaNpathOr aruLenaakaruLithiyEl
vENDEn manai vAzhkhayai ViNNagar MEyavanE
-- Thirumangai's Paasuram on ThiruviNNagarAn
Manai means here Sri Vaikuntam .
athraiva sukhamAsva
-- Sri RanganAthA's instruction to AchArya RaamAnujA
nirantharam nirvisatha : tvadhIyam
asprushta chinthA padham aapirupyam
satyam sapE Vaarana sailanAtha
vaikunta vaasEpi na mEabhilAsha :
--Swaami Desikan , Sri VaradharAja-
PanchAsath: 49th slOkam
Here Swami Desikan that he has no desire
to reside in Sri Vaikuntam since he has the bhAgyam
to enjoy the unparalleled beauty of Sri
VaradarAjan right here in His archA form on top of
Hasthigiri .He swears that he prefers
Kaanchi Vaasam to have the Sevai of Lord VaradarAjA
over residence in Sri VaikuntanAthan .
That is the glory of ArchA rUpam for us
as revealed by our AzhwArs and AchAryAs .
Lord Ramachandra in His vibhavAvathAram
performed AarAdhanam to Sri RanganAthA
in ArchA form at AyOddhi . That is the
highest form of tribute that one can
come across regarding the celebration of
ArchA rUpam as the most enjoyable by
us on earth among all the five prAkarams
of Sriman NaaraayaNan .
[Thanks to Sri Satakopan swami for his permission]
Erudite scholars- may please add/supplement
Regards
namo narayana
dAsan
--- In SriRangaSri@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, Tara Sridharan <sreesukta@...>
wrote:
>
> Dear Bhagavatas
> Could you please enlighten me with following terminologies with
regards to moksha. I only know them in high level I'm trying to
understand them in more depth.
> 1. Salokya
> 2. Saroopya
> 3. Sanidhya
> 4. Sayujya
>
> Set 2
> 1. Para
> 2. Vyooha
> 3. Vibhava
> 4. Archa
> 5. Antharyami
> Thanks a lot
> Tara
>
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