Kanchi VaradarAjan & some autobiographical reflections .

[Guest guest]

Dear Fellow Devotees of Atthigiri AruLALan:

 

I appreciate very much Sri Viji Triplicane"s notes

related to my postings on YathirAja Vimsathi .Thanks

Sri Viji for your kaimkaryam as a devoted resident of

Thiru AllikENi and commentary on ParakAlan's Paasuram

on the ParandhAman of Thiru AllikkENi . They are most

enjoyable . What all of us are doing is a form of Bhagavatha

Kaimkaryam to reflect upon our kula dhanams and keep the

warmth of our memories about our illustrious sampradhAyams .

 

I am going to be a little autobiographical in this posting.

Please do not mind me . Perhaps , this is one way for us to get

to know each other a little more through the cyber postings , which tend

soem times to be impersonal and leads occasionally to peculiar

twists . Many of you have shared information on your backgrounds,

birth places , places of residence et al . I will share with you some

thoughts on this special day .

 

Today is my birthday . I am not being sentimental on this day .

I just wanted to share with you some of my blessings .

One of the blessed things that happened

to me during June of 1995 was the invitation from Sri Krishna Kalale to join

the Bhakthi list managd by our Sri Mani .. That was a turining point

in the sense that it was Bhagavath sankalpam to have

the sadh sangam in this far off land from ThiruviNNagar .

 

I was born on the day of Sri Oppiliappan's

Panguni uthsavam (5th day ) , when the Lord steps out on

Siriya Thiruvadi . The day was Panguni JyeshTA nakshathram (Kettai ).

Today , it may not be Kettai . But , my passport reminds me

that this is my birthday according to English calendar .

 

I asked my father once why I was named Sadagopan .He said that

the name was chosen because I was born on the day of the janma

nakshthram of the First Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam . I am glad to say that finally

 

I have been blessed to have the company of BhagavathALs here

and have the benefit of intense enjoyment of our divya sookthis

and AruLiccheyalgaLs at this home away from home . As you know , my

father's name is Sriman VaradAchariyAr . He was named after the

Kanchi Nagareesan , Sri VaradarAjan by his father . Hence Kanchipuram

and sthothrams on Sri Varadaraaja by His athyantha BhakthAs like

Thirukkacchi Nambhi , Swami Deikan , MaNavALa Maamuni are very

important to me . I am glad that the posting related to the Uthsavam

of Sri VaradarAjan brought such a sympathetic resonance in the minds

of Sri Varadan , Sri ParthA and Sri Viji . I feel like one that has done his

duty

and extend the moment of enjoyment of the Lord's Garuda Sevai .

Earlier Sri RengarAjan has written about the Divya Desam of ShoLingar

( Thirukkatigai/Sozha simha puram ) and ThoddAch Ar swamy 's blessings.

Sri Viji's postings added more to the understanding of the blessings of this

devoted bhaktha from the Kanchipuram end .

 

I have never beem blessed so far to witness in person the Garuda SevA at

Kanchi.

Few months back , I had a vivid dream in the early morning. I was standing

on a balcony in that dream and suddenly , I had the Darsanam of Sri VaradarAja

coming out of the West gopuram of Kanchipuram on the back of Garuda and

being offered KarpoorAratthi . It was thrilling . Theday before I had completed

a

lengthy article on Kanchi Divya Desam and Sri Varadaraaja Vaibhavam .

What became clear to me was that the Lord gives his sankethams,

if we consciously or unconsciously think of Him from wherever we are .

Many strage things happen to us. We are not blessed to have AchAram or

anushtAnam . Inspite of this all , it seems that SaraNyan thinks of us

in His own mysterious ways . That is all that matters to us as we go

about our daily lives ordained by Him with all its twists and turns..

 

Please do not read this posting as boastful or sentimental , but as

a statement celebrating THe KaruNa Kataksham of the Divya Dampathis

and my special blessings to be part of this devout group .

 

I will conclude this unusual osting with the Suddha BangALa krithi

of Sadhguru ThyagarAja SwamigaL :

 

Palalvi : TolinE jesina PujA palamu delisinu ; naapAli DaivmA

Anupallavi : Paluvidhamulu nE dalachi karagagA

palukaka neevatu kaaga

CharaNam : SarivaaralalO chowka jesi udhara poshakulanu

pOruguna jesi

Hari Daasa rahitha puramuna bhesi ;

dhari joopa kundaka , ThygarAjArchitha ( TolinE )

 

(Meaning ) : " It must be the effect of my (defective ) worship in

previous births that , although I have been thinking

and

pining in several ways , You are irresponsive , myself

remaining here and YOURSELF THERE .You have left me

to the ridicule of my compeers , in aplace bereft of

your

devotees and full of people , where only concern is to

live

somehow , and You have not shown me a way out ."

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan