Response from Sri Sadagopan for the 3 questions

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Namaskarams! Sri Sadagopan had kindly sent the following response for

the 3 questions I had raised earlier; I would like to share it with

the group. Thanks to Sri Jaganath Bharadwaj and Sri Sadagopan for

clarifying my doubts.

 

adiyEn,

 

Kalyani Krishnamachari

 

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Dear Srimathi Krishnamachari :

 

Sri Jagan has already answered two of your

three questions . My take on them is a s follows :

 

1. Srimadh RamAyaNam is always known as

Saptha Khanda grantham . Hence the count

includes Uttara Khanadham . Swami Desikan

includes it in his Raghuveera Gadhyam .Hence

it is fine to write about it and do paarAyaNam of it .

Same tradition goes for Srimadh Bhagavatham .

Some do not go beyond the Dasama skandham

dealing with Sri KrishNa . For those who think of Bhakthi

as the fifth purushArtham , the Dasama skandham alone

is sufficient and the rest of the wisdom enshrined in the other

cantos are superflouos . Sri NaarAyana theertha"s

KrishNa leelA tarangini is a case in point .

 

2. On special occasions , wearing an upper garment

( UttirIyam , Shawl ) containing the ThirumaNN , Sankham

and chakram are presented at the temples like

Sri VenkatEswarA temple in recognition of some

kaimkaryam by the ArchakAs or officials . One has

to receive them and wear them during those occasions .

Daily wearing of them particularly as Veshti is

not in vogue for fear of geenral soucham and

possibility of desecration . One can use them during

Japam times . One wears the cloth containing

the impression of AchArya PaadhukhAs on

one's head during japam for similar reasons

to remind one that he or she is the Thiruvadi

of one's AchAryan .

 

3. For ladies , the usage of AdiyEn as a sign-off

sounds like a good one to me . It is neither masculine

or feminine . The femenine counterpart of Dasan

was used hundreds of yers ago , but unfortunately with

the passage of time took on a different connontation .

 

If all of us are wedded to Sriman NaarAyaNa

(the bride groom ) as his bride in a marriage

performed by our AchAryAs , then the insignia

of " AdiyEn " as a kainkaryabharAL to HIM

sounds appropriate .

 

You are welcome to post this response on the net ,

if you wish .

 

Best Wishes ,

V.Sadagopan

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