question on nitya-karmas

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Dear Bhakthi Group Members :

 

My comments /observations on the request for

information on SV Dinasaris including

SandhyAvandhanam with

svarams are as follows :

 

1) This is a vast subject covered by

Aacharya Saarvabhouman RaamAnujA ,Swami

DEsikan and other AcharyAs .

 

2) The SandhyAvandanam part can be addressed

thru the audio tapes referred to earlier by

Sri M.Rangaswamy or Sri VijayarAghavan . If I

recollect rightly , these tapes have been

created by Poundarikapuram Aandavan Aasramam .

 

SRI VAISHNAVA DINASARI

***********************

The day of a Sri VaishNavA is divided into

five parts by our AchAryAs . Swami Desikan

has blessed us with ten Tamil verses through

a grantham revered as " Sri VaishNava Dinasari " .

These five parts are : (1) Abhigamanm , the reverential

approach to Sriman NaarAyaNA as one wakes up , performs

the morning rituals like snanam , sandhyAvandhanam .

The first verse is a prayer to Kanchi Varadaraajan

at Brahma muhoortham .

(2) UpAdAnam or acquisition of articles for the worship

of BhagavAn (3) IjyA or worship proper as the main

item of the day for a Sri ViashNavA. This is the AarAdhanam

proper (4)SvAdhyAm or study of devotional works

(sthothrams , AruLiccheylgaL of AzhwArs, Veda Paatam )

(5) Yoga or meditation performed during the last

part of the day.The Sri VaishNava prepares the Lord for

His sayanam by mentally preparing a bed of flowers

for the Lord and then he goes to sleep placing his head

at the lotus feet of the Lord and to prepare for

spending another auspicious day in the life granted

on this earth .

 

Swami Desikan paints a beautiful picture of the

five angAs of the life of a Sri VaishNava in his

grantham .

 

I doubt very much that we are able to observe these

angAs in our lives here . Our AchAryAs do. For us there are

Laghu Aaraadhanam and other expediencies prescribed

so that one can have a modicum of observances for those

who wish to follow these dinasaris .

 

On the Naimmitthika KarmAs , there are elaborate texts

written by our AcharyAs and SutrakArAs .One such voluminous

text ( Aahnika Grantham )is " Sri Vaishnava Sadaacharya NirNayam "

with commentary by Sri Villivalam KrishNamAchArya

SwamigaL .Those , who belong to the Ahobila Mata

SampradhAyam are familiar with the current role

of Sri Villivalam SwamigaL in service of

Lord Lakshmi Narasimhan of Ahobilam .

This Magnificient Commentary in Tamil was published

in 1990 and is priced at rupees 100 . The original work

is by His Holiness,the 26th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt .

His father was the 25th Jeeyar of the Ahobila Mutt

and his son was the 27th Jeeyar

of the Ahobila Mutt.These three Jeeyars belong to an

illustrious family of KumbakoNam (Thirukkudanthai ),

which many of you know is 6 Kilometers away from

Oppiliappan Sannadhi.

 

The illustrious 44th Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt ,

Sri VaNN SatakOpa Sri VedAntha Desika Yatheendhra

MahA Desikan blessed the commentary of his AsthAna VidwAn

( Sri Villivalam SwamigaL)with a MangaLAsAsana

Srimukha PathrikhA .This is my reference manual

on Aahnika Granthams .

 

I end this posting with a deep salutation to

the memory of His Holiness , the 44th Jeeyar of

Ahobila Mutt, who built the south Gopuram for

Sri RanganAtha , whose shadow stretches over

all of us and protects us everywhere .

 

SRIMADH VEDA MAARGA PRATHISHTAAPANAACHAARYA

PARAMA HAMSA PARIVRAAJAKAACHARYEDHYAATHIBHIRUDHA--

BRUNDHAVIBUSHITHAI: , SRIMADHAHOBILAMATEEYE

CHATHUSCHATHVAARIMSE DIVYAASTHAANE DHEEVYADHBHI:,

ANITHARA SAADHAARHANA-AKHILAGOCHARA- NAIPUNEE NIRUPITHA

NIRUPAMA KEETHIBHI: VADHAANYAVARAI: , DHRUSHTAA-

DHRUSHTAABHYAAM PRAKAARAABHYAAM ATHANUM AATANVAANAI :

 

SRIVANN SATAKOPA SRI VEDHAANTHADESIKA YATHEENDHRA

MAHAA DESIKA CHARANOU SARANAM PRAPADHYE .

 

SVASTHI ASTHU , SUBHAMASTHU .

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

 

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A request from a member of the list:

 

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could you ask some bhakta in the list to post the

vaishnava dinacharyas including the sandhyavandhanam along with the

uchaaranams;I ask this becaus I dont have the ability to post an article

right now.

 

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