Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!! Today in the evening, Swamy enjoyes the Hamsa vAhanam. In this posting we shall enjoy Swamy as a Paramahamsa. "Deshika the Paramahamsa" There is a popular maxim in the Sanskrit lore known as ?Hamsa-ksheera nyAya? -From a jar of diluted milk, a swan imbibes only the rich milk leaving out the water behind. It is because of this quality that acharyas are embellished with the sobriquet ?Paramahamsa?. That is because they have the ability to choose the superlative leaving behind the lesser ones behind. Our acharyas have chosen the cream essence of purports from the Vedas and have discarded the rest. They have propagated this to the subjects effecting their spiritual elevation. Deshika, an Acharya of the highest caliber is also a Paramahamsa, who has propagated the superlative purports (?sAratamamAna vishayaNgaL?) to the subjects. He has upheld these sAratama vishayangaL in each and every work of his. As Pillai Lokacharya rightly points out, ?OronRuthAnE amaiyAdO vAzhvArkku vAnErappOmaLavum vAzhvu? ? ?Even a single work of Swamy Deshika, if perused and pursued, is sufficient enough to open the gates of beatitude to the nomads on the earth?. Every work of Swamy Deshika enshrines these superlative truths in easy ways for everyone to follow and understand. One should indeed approach the feet of a sadacharya and imbibe this nectar like truths seeking his benevolence and grace. Swamy Deshika?s Acharya was popularly known as ?vAdihamsAmbuvAhar?. He was like the dark rain bearing cloud to the swans that hailed from other adverse systems of philosophies. These swans unable to bear the heavy shower like refutations of Appullar ran for cover hither and thither. But Deshika on the other hand is a swan with a difference. He imbibed this pure nectar like shower from Appullar and drowned himself in that stream to great depths. He was spiritually raised and cared by Appullar as if one would bring up a parrot with all love and fondness. Swamy fondly quotes this in one of his rahasya granthams. May our minds on this day be blessed with an unstinted devotion to the lotus feet of this royal swan of teh Lord's court - ?Paramahamsa parivrAjaka Swamy Deshika? !!! mangaLam deshikendrAya mahanIya guNAya cha chakravarthi tanUjAya sArvabhoumAya mangaLam vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!! vEdAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!! --------------------------------- Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail is new and improved - Check it out! [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/VkWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/SriRangaSri/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: SriRangaSri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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