Abhaya Mudra of Lord Ranganatha

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Dear Prapatti Group Members:

 

Recently Shri Sadagopan had written about the Abhaya Mudra of Namperumal

(Lord Ranganatha). The first sloka of Nyasa Thilakam refers to this Abhaya

Mudra. (Praya: Prapadhane Pumsam.....). Kumara Varadahachar (Swami

Desikas's thirukumarar) had commented on this sloka and indeed it is a

wonderful explanation of the Kalyana Gunam of the Lord. The Abhaya Mudra

seems to indicate that Prapannas need to do Prapatti only once. It is as

though the Lord is forbidding the Prapanna to repeat the Prapatti again.

Kumara Varadhachar says: Prapatti done once, alone is sufficient for the

Lord to give everything to that Prapanna. If the Prapanna chooses to

repeat the same, the Lord is afraid that he will be a debtor (kadan-kAran)

for not being left with anything else to bless the Prapanna for the next

Prapatti. Enna Achcharyamana Anubhavam.

 

I also greatly enjoyed the posting of Shri Sadagopan on the Vedic

references to Prapatti.

 

Vijayaraghavan