Achyuthan - oru siRiya viLakkam

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Dear bAgawathALs,

 

I thankfully acknowledge the love poured for my postings on thiru maal

irum sOlai by Srimans AR, VS, Sudarshan, Mohan Sagar, Krishna Kalale, Ramesh,

Viji, Ragavan, Arun and feedabcks from Srimans Mani. There some more personal

mails since this series started atleast 3 or 4 months back. The intention of

the post is to get atleast one soul to get the feelng that they must visit this

kshEthram and Lord Azhagar's blessings. If even one jivan feels that way after

reading the post the puporse is fulfilled in my opinion. One of our netter

wanted the copy of the previous postings. I accidentally erased his mail. If he

send his address I can send them. There will be a sit in which all these will

be stored hopefully. I will go on to write 2 more reader's request on 2

kshethram's thala purAnams and related pAsurams in the coming weeks.

 

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On Feb 25, 7:53am, V. Sadagopan wrote:

> Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram(RPS) : Naadha Paddhathi--part 1

> Dear Members of the Prapatthi group :

>

> I will cover the 51st Verse of RPS today .

>

> Verse 51/RPS Slokam 431

>

> dAkshinyam athra NIYATHAM NIYATHAA sudhAsmin

> ithyudhgathO NIYATHAM Achyutha paadarakshE I

> pratyeka samsritha padha sthutayE bhavathyO:

> sangarsha vaadha iva madhya maNi praNAdha: II

>

> Swami Desikan uses the name Achyuthan deliberately to suggest that

> Sri RanganAthan NEVER abandons his asritha janams .

 

Bagvad Ramanuja Sidhdhantha thaathparya sAArdulam Sriman Oppiliappan

Koil Varadachari Sadagopan rightfully pointed out in his vyaakyaanam

for padhuka sahasram verse 51 of naadha pathathti that Swami dEsikan

had used the word achyuthan such that HE never abandones his asritha

janams and also HE never abandones one for the other of the paadukais.

His vyaakyaanm is so excellent that the whole series of postings is flowing

like a regular course for us and we can learn the concise version of

padhuka sahasrams so easily if we can follow his posts regularly.

 

PoruL 1:

I would like to add a small note here only to glorify the name of

achyuthan so that readers may feel the imoprtance of worshipping

Arangan as "achyuthan". It is said that Arangan as amalan and achyuthan

is unshakable from HIS position of amalaththuvam. The word Achyuthan

means one who is never "wavering" from HIS position. In tamil it means

"than nilaiyil irunthu "vazhuvaatha"van".

 

PoruL 2:

This unwavering is interpreted (other concept for achyuthan) is such

that Lord

Ranganatha as achyuthan is lying down in HIS bOga sayanam and (HE) is holding

all of us (the jivans and others) in HIS "firm grip" and HE never let us slip

from this grip. ie HE is in sayanam (sleeping) with a "tight hug" over all of

us the surrendered jivans. It is one's annyaanam that sometimes one may think

that they are independant and that they can do something of their free will

after they are surrendred. The moment we realise this and worship HIM at this

place as Achyuthan we are already in HIS firm grip and we donot have to worry

about the annyaanam due to karma occupying our mind again.-

 

 

PoruL 3:

 

One of the bAgawathAL in their upanyAsam used to wonder "HE is the entire

universe and to benefit us HE has come in this archa form to Srirangam. How

could HE possibly contain this entire universe in this small uruvam? What a

compassion HE has for us such that HE is undertaking this task (appearing as

achyuthan who contains everything including the universe contained in HIM) for

the sake of we jivans and appear here as Arangan". ie as ahyuthan HE is the

container of universe in HIM and is the most compassionate and graceful.

 

PoruL 4:

 

His "kidappu" is also a wonderful anubavam to think of. One other wondered if

HE has to contain the whole universe then the service our adisEshan is doing by

being HIS bed and carrying HIM all the time is so wonderful. Yes it is;

However, it is asid that HE is lying down in such a way that HE is so light and

feels like a mild weighing flower in HIS bed.

ie HE is lying down so light as achyuthan, and yet contains everything in HIM.

 

I was reminded of this when our Buffalo BhakthaaLS made a special doLi or

oonchal and velvet pillows and bed for Lord Ranganatha (moolavar photo) during

the conference. I thanked them for being so thoughtful and i do the same again.

 

PoruL 5: "Achyuthan" is the exact name of form of HIM from where brahma

is born and the other two moorthis are derived. Adi moola manthram taught to me

conveys this.

 

Coming back to the use of the name "achyuthan" in pps, it can be meant

that as achyuthan HE never leaves his "grip" on the surrendered jivans

(us) or the holy padhukaas ! ie Swami desikan would have wanted to

emphasis the "firm grip" Lord Arangan has on these pAdhukais.

 

Sri Sri RanganAyikA samEtha Sri RanganAtha maNi pAdhukE charaNam

Sampath Rengarajan