Copy of: Need clarification.

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Dear BhakthAs : I forgot to copy you on my

note to Sri KrishNamAchAri regarding his two

queries . I am sure there is more to it and

bhakthAs knowledgable about Thirupathi

Viabhavam will comment further .

V.Sadagopan

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V. Sadagopan, 75041,3037

TO: N Krishnamachari, INTERNET:krish

DATE: 7/8/97 9:58 AM

 

RE: Copy of: Need clarification.

 

Dear Sri KrishNamAchAri : Regarding your queries

on Sri VenkatAchalapathi , you may wish to browse

the following URL dealing with Sri BalAji

( http://thondar.busi.utc.edu/108cd/mainmenu.htm ).

This URL is not widely available to the public.

 

The sthala purANam section there has a lot of details

that might interest you . There is a reference to

the Lord bleeding profusely twice due to the apachArams of

a cowherd and a parama bhakthA. Once , he took it

on his forehead and another time on the chin. Paccahi

Karpooram is said to have been pressed to stop the bleeding.

assuage the pain and cover the two spots , where He was hit ,

 

Regarding the Paachai Karpoora Pundram , it is my

intrepretation that it is a manifestation of the tradition

of offering the choicest and the most precious things by

BhakthAs to the Lord. Pacchai Karpooram is indeed

a rare item and has its own coolness like the mountain

stream . Partial coverage of the eyes can be understood also as.

a compromise between the different ways in which the pundram

is worn by the Sri VaishNavAs of two kalais.

 

Given the intensity of disputes few hundred years ago about

the control of the administraive aspects of the temples , this

line of speculation may not be far fetched !

 

Many thanks for the much appreciated support of

ThAyAr's kaimkaryam by both of you . The check for $100 from

Srimathi KalyANi KrishNamAchAri was received yesterday

by me. Please thank her for me.May the Divya Dampathi's

blessings be with you and your family always .

 

Regarding the curtain being placed between the BhakthAs and

the Lord during Thaligai SamarpaNam , dhOshams are said

to happen , when the ThaLigai is presented in the open for the Lord's

pleasure. From ThirumadapaLLI , the covered Thaligai is usually

carried on the head of the ParichArakan , who himself covers

his mouth and nose with a vasthram during his travel to

the sannidhi. The purpose is not to have the flavor of

the PrasAdam get into his nostril or others and there by

make the offering unworthy before the Lord partakes it.

Thaligai is havis an dhas to be offered to the Lord and

it is for his enjoyment . Whatever is left after His enjoyment

is to be enjoyed by us as Bhagavadh PrasAdham .

 

 

The other reason is for people to stay away from unintended

appreciation of the ThaLigai through their looking or seeing it

and thereby make the sacred food unfit for consumption by the Lord.

Suppose some one says , while watching the ThaLigai

samarpaNam pass by , " BhagavAn ThaLigai innikku

amakkaLamA amaainjirukku. Yenna Vaasanai ! Ataa ! AtAA ! etc " .

That will project the ahankAram , mamakAra DhOsahm

and make the ThaLigai unfit for consumption by the Lord.

 

Once the Lord blesses it by partaking it as an UpachAram , then

it becomes appropriate for the bhakthAs to enjoy the PrasAdham

that has been made pure by the Lord at the conclusion of the properly

executed AarAdhanam.

 

With Best wishes ,

V.Sadagopan