SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest Srivaishnavas, In the world, everyone?s action is due to Your sankalpam. Everyone is dependent on You; their swaroopam [nature], Sthithis [state or being], pravritthi [action- deeds] is only dependent on You; swaadheena thrividha chEthana, achEthana swaroopa sthithi pravrtthi is all His adheenam; Why cant they be of BrahmA, Rudra et al? Even if they are all dependent on Him, why can?t He be dependent on someone above Him, who has delegated to Him?- perhaps the one above him would have granted Him then power to rule the world, beings? There could be such questions? Alavandhar responds here: [in this verse] that A vaidIka ? one who follows Vedas would not ask such queries- if he understand the Vedas correctly.. [Let us also learn..] svaabhaavikaanavadhikaathisayEsithruthvam nArAyaNA! Tvayi na mrshyathi vaidika: ka: brahmA Siva: sathamakha paramaswaraadit yEtEpi yasya mahimaarNava viprushasthE Narayana! BrahmA (Chathurmukha BrahmA); Siva; Sathamakha (Indran); ParamaswarAt (Nithya suris); - and all others ? they are all none other than the minutest droplets of the vast huge, unbounded ocean of Your glorious attributes. In such Greatest You- The Unparalleled Supreme One- You, there is the ruler-ship of all worlds and all beings including the one listed above- by Your very nature due to your being our Lord in most wonderful manner; You rule us and are the Lord without any reason or excuse [vyAjam] and such Iswarathvam [being our Lord for all and everyone]- which vaidIka (who has studied Vedas] would not accept [everyone would if he has understood the Vedas and saasthrAs correctly] Oh Narayana! BrahmA, Siva, Indra, Nithyars, mukthars and everyone else is all none but droplets of the ocean of Your glories only; who is the VaidIka- the follower of Vedas and SasthrAs- one who has studied or understood Vedas ? who would not accept or acknowledge Your Supremacy or Bhagavathvam, Godhood, with scuh unparalleled and unsurpassed excellence! Vedas have mentioned Parathvam [Supreme God] with many other names - uttered in many places in sruthis. It is true that Upanishads do mention Sat, Brahmam, AthmA, HiraNyagarbhan, Sivan, Indran, et al.. Also Purushan, Narayanan are also mentioned to denote God. The word Narayana is the only word to denote Only One- Sriman Narayanan- the Divine One who has Sri as His divine Consort. Nara means the beings (or bodies of beings); One who possesses these beings or the One who is the indweller of these beings is therefore Narayanan. Naaraayana" is the term derived from the vyutputhis "Naaraanaam Ayanam" and "Yesya Naaraaha Ayanam". "Nara" means Vishnu (Naaraayana) because He is imperishable. "Naara" means the entire universe composed of Chit & Achit entities which originated from "Nara" as "Naara" is the cause of the entire universe having the subtle chit & achit as his body before creation and creates them by giving expanded form and having the expanded chit and achit as his body. "Naaraanaam Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is the base/support for all chit and achit tatvas". This shows the "Bhahir Vyaapthi" - the manner in which Naaraayana pervades the universe. "Yesya Naaraaha Ayanam" means "Naaraayana is present inside all chit and achit entities as the ultimate controller (anthar-yaamin, soul) and owner (Seshi-Lord) of everthing. This shows the "Anthar Vyaapthi" - the manner in which Naaraayana is present inside everything. The "NAakaara" in the end of the term "NaaraayaNA" without doubt says that the term "Naaraayana" is a particular noun denoting the Lord of Goddess Lakshmi who is Vishnu. This is confirmed by the grammatical rule of the Vedas (Vyaakaranam - one among the six accessories of the Veda) and by Paanini's grammatical treatise. Thus the Veda identifies the supreme self (Brahman) as Shreeman Naaraayana. Thus is the application of the Chaaga Pasu Nyaaya. Further the the Brahma Sutra recognizes only the Paancharaatra Aagama as authoritative as the Veda and rejects all other authored works like Saankya, Yoga, Vaisheshika, Charuvaaka, Bowdha, Jaina and Pasupata Saiva. It further identifies the Supreme self by Ubhya Lingam - Two identifications namely "Ananta Kalyaana Gunaakaratvam" (Supreme self has infinite divine qualities) and "Akila Heya Pratyaneekatvam" (Supreme self though is present in all chit and achit entities, is untouched by all impurities). These two identifications apply only to Shreeman Naaraayana and it does not apply to any other deity. Therefore it is ascertained without doubt from the authority of Veda that Shreeman Naaraayanan is the unparalleled and unsurpassed Supreme Self. [From Sri Hari?s write up] Purusha also refers to Sriman Narayanan only; HreeschathE LakshmIscha pathnyow? in Purusha sooktham is enough for one to categorically know who is Supreme. There is one Narayana Upanishad in Krishna Yajurveda which elucidates the nature and functions of Lord Sriman Narayana. This indicates how various priciples and forces emanated from narayanan seuqnetial to his desire to create. The following are said to have emanated: Para (vital airs), manas (mind), indryas (organs of action and senses); akaasa (ether), vaayu (air), agni (fire), aapa (waters), prithvi (earth). While the above are principle constituenst, the following forces also emanated from Him;- BrahmA, Rudra, Indra, Prajaapathi (none in number), Aditya (suns- twelve in number), Rudras, vasus, and all chandas.. These are personification of forces. These are souls just like us- taking these exalted positions or posts depending on their good karmas and they do have certain period beyind which they need to take briths on other bodies. Someone else may become Rudra and BrahmA, Indras. He is eternal. Sriman Narayanan is eternal and permanent as He is the Iswara. BrahmA, Siva, Indran, Kaala, Dhik, - above and below is all Narayana who has manifested in everything and everyone. Antharbahischathas sarva vyApya Narayanasthitha: Narayanan is the embodiment of the whole Universe. Narayana has the unqiue qualities of being blemishless, faultless, sinless, changeless, purest and divine.. devoid, of old age, weakness, hunger.. etc.. Thus when Vedas mention Siva, Rudra, Indra and BrahmA etc.. as God and if we substitute those names as the indweller in them i.e. Sriman Narayanan then, the statement would make sense. Else it would contradict with other vaakyams of Vedas and saathrAs and we would only get confused. So to understand Vedas and saasthrAs not violating any of other sruthi vaakyams, then considering the Supremacy of Sriman Narayanan would resolve all doubts and confusions. Chaaga pasu nyAyam explains all of this: Click here to read the excellent write up by Sri MS Hari on this: http://members.tripod.com/~sriramanujar/tutorial/6.html#chaaga-pasu-nyaaya Sage Vyasa one who compiled all Vedas; one who wrote 18 purANAs; one who wrote Mahaabharatha- is the one who declared [raising his both hands]? Sathyam, Sathyam and punas sathyam (Truth; Truth and again Truth) that there is no other SaathrAs than Vedas and there is no God other than Kesava. The Purusha who was created by Sriman Narayana is called as BrahmA and Ka is the name of chathurmukha brahmA. Siva says: I am the master called Isa.. and both BrahmA and I (Ka and Isa) are born of You and You are thus called Kesavaa. Ka ithi bhramaNO nAma IsOham sarva dhEhinaam | aavaam thavaamgE sambhUthow thasmaath kESavanAmavAn || The primordial One was Sriman Narayana. From him was born the four faced One- brahmA. And from, him was born Siva. parO nArAyaNO dEva: thasmAjjAthasChathurmukha: thasmAth rudrO(S)bhavath || nArAyaNAth rudrO jaayathE? nArAyaNAth IndrO jaayathE nArAyaNAth bramhO jaayathE? All demigods including BrahmA, Rudra, Indra and all great sages are solely worshipping the Supreme God, Sriman Narayana. sabrahmakAssarudrASCha sEndrA dEvA maharshaya: | arChayanthi suraSrEshtam dEvam nAraayaNam harIm || It is thus declared unambiguously that demigods like Rudra, BrahmA, Indra et al and everyone and everything are creations of Supreme Lord Sriman Narayana and that Supreme Narayana is the in-dweller [antharyaamin] of all. It is pointed out that jeevathmAs due to their great karmas have attained these positions of Rudra, BrahmA Indra et al by means of their services to the Lord and it is time bound beyond which they need to be born again in different bodies. They hold such positions on account of grace by Sriman Narayanan- the one without a second. These demi gods are also bound and are subordinated to the delusion of matter or prakruthi and are dominated by thri gunAs ? Sattvam Rajas and thamas. Their jnAnam is subject to expansion and contraction and they serve the Lord (their indweller) in accordance with their best understanding of the Lord and their ability. They too are the inseparable attributes of the lord just like us ? you and me. All tehse demi gods are dependent on the Lord Sriman Narayanan for gaining jnAnam and powers to grant little fruits to others- their respective devotees (declared by Krishna in GitA- refer Ch 7- sloka 23 and 24?] All of these demi gods, hence can not be pure (as they are also subject to thriguNAs and their jnAnam is not fully expanded)- because they are born according to their karma. All living beings upto BrahmA, down to the smallest insect, are beings that are migrating in this world on account of their karmas. The Supreme Narayana is the Ultimate refuge for all. God (Demigods) take refuge in Rudra. Rudra has BrahmA as his refuge, and BrahmA takes refuge in Me. I have no one to take refuge. I am the final refuge- says the Lord. In Mantraraaja padha sthOthra ? Rudra says: dAsabhUthA: swatha: sarvE AthmAna: paramAtmana: | athO(S)hamapi thE dAsa: ithi mathvA nAmAmyaham || All Athmans are servants of that paramAthmA by their very nature. So also, I am Your dAsa. Knowing thus, I seek refuge in You. Thus, one who has understood Vedas correctly would never ever consider anyone else other than Sriman Narayana as the Supreme God. Enough has been said- Alavandhar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? New and Improved Yahoo! Mail - Send 10MB messages! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> $9.95 domain names from Yahoo!. Register anything. http://us.click.yahoo.com/J8kdrA/y20IAA/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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