Sri VaishNavam-6- Simple tatvam- It is just eightufaa..

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SRI:

 

SRIMATHE RAMANUJAYA NAMAH:

 

SRIMATHE NIGAMANTHA MAHADESIKAYA NAMAH:

 

SRIMATHE GOPALA DESIKA MAHA DESIKAYA NAMAH:

 

SRIMATHE RANGANAYIKA SAMETHA SRI RANGANATHA PARABHRAHMANE NAMAH:

 

Dearest Sisters and Brothers, bhakthAs of Sriman NarayaNA!

 

Ennuyir thandhu aLitthavaraich charNampukki/ yaanadaivE avargurukkaL

niRai vaNanghi/

PinnaruLaal perumpudhUr vandha vaLLal/ periya nambi Alavandhaar

maNakkal nambi/

NanneRiyai avarkku uRaittha uyyakkoNdaar/ nathamuni sadagOpan sEnai

nAthan/

Innamudhath ThirumagaLenRu ivarai munnittu/ Emperumaan ThiruvadigaLai

adaiginREnE!

 

Archiraadhi Maargam:

 

jIvAthmA, during the death- How does "It" leave the sarIram? The five

jnAnEndriyAs and five karmEndriyAs are joined with mind (by the grace of

Emperumaan). The mind joins with the PrANa vaayu. Then, the prANan joins

with the jIvAthmA. The jIvan is now with the sUkshuma amsanghaL of

Pancha bhUthAs.

 

In the body, there are 101 naadis (Pulse?-). The jIvAthmA, which had

already surrendered to the Lord, to attain mOksham, goes through the

Brahma Naadi (the 101st Naadi).

 

Such a Mukhtha jIvAthmA is welcomed by agni, The Sun, Vaayu, The Moon,

The Goddess of Lightning, VaruNan, Indran, BrahmA and Sivan et al and

send "It""off" to Sri Vaikuntam. This is called Archiraadhi Maargam.

 

Purushaartham:

 

The Prapanna jIvAthmA, thus, through the archiraadhi Maargham, reaches

the river, that is full of nectar, the VrajA NadhI. There after crossing

the VrajA nadhI, the Muktha jIvan, leaves "its" sUkshma sarIram also,

and attains the new Divya sarIram. The jIvan loses all "its" karma

vaasanAs. The jIvan attains the atomic swarUpa AvirbhAvam and shines

again with samastha kalyANa guNAs that are actually ever existent with

the jIvAthmA always. (sinless, lasting, changeless youth, immortality,

freedom from sorrow, hunger, thirst, sathya kamathvam, sathya

sankalpathvam, etc.,- How nice! I know we all are longing to go there

IMMEDIATELY! First surrender with MahAvishwaasam and continue to think

of the Lord's Lotus feet always.) There jIvan reaches the

Irammadheeyam-the pond and enters the KINGDOM OF SRIVAIKUNTAM, The

Eternal, The Blemishless, unlimited bhOghams. Then the jIvan approaches

the pupil tree (arasa maram called sOmavanam), the tree worshipped by

dEvAs. The flabbergasted, wonder struck jIvan now is simply not able to

believe the exquisite beauty of Sri vaikuntam. At the mantapam called

Prabhuvimitham, about 500 apsaras ladies welcome the jIvan with

garlands, most fragrant deepams, lights, sandal paste, incenses, etc.,

and music from Divine musical instruments, to celebrate the arrival of

the (successful) jIvan in Sri Vaikuntam. (nammAzhwAr's Thiruvaaimozhi

10.9 describes this most beautifully). The apsaras adorn the jIvan with

the PeethAmbharam and offer him the food partaken by the Lord.

 

Sisters and Brothers, it is an excellent scene! Now the jIvan enters the

Most Beautiful Divya MaNi maNdapam where Emperumaan Sriman Narayanan is

gracefully seated along with Sri Devi, BhU Devi, and NeeLA Devi on the

AdhisEshan. The NityasUris wash the feet of the jIvan in grateful

recognition of the arrival of that Sri VaishNavan. The consorts (Our

dearest Goddesses, mothers with Their Most Beautiful moon-like faces)

offer the jIvan, Sri sadagOpam, Sri chUrNam, and welcome the jIvan with

pUrNa kumbhams and dheepams.

 

Here the jIvan sees all his pUrvAchAryAs in front of the simhAsanam of

Sriman Narayanan. They are all beaming with joy, not only due to their

continuous enjoyment of Lord's beauty; also due to Lord's compassion on

this jIvan's too. The jIvan offers "it's" salutation to Them and goes

closer to Him. The jIvan seeks the permission of AdhisEshan and climbs

on the 1000 head snake's body to sit on the LAP OF SRI VAIKUNTA NATHAN.

(Simply wonderful! What a nice fragrance jIvan would be enjoying; I am

sure jIvan would not know which part to see first and what to enjoy

,where to take "it's" eyes from!)

 

The jIvan performs mangaLAsAsanam on the Most exquisite Divine Beauty of

The Lord Sri Vaikunta Nathan and the KalyANa guNAs of the Lord and His

consorts. The jIvan (Muktha jIvan) is totally OVERWHELMED by the

unmatchable limitless unbounded Beauty of the limbs of the Lord and

enjoys completely part by part of the Lord's sowndharyam. The jIvan

prays to the Lord for the boon and eternal Bliss of Lord's Lotus Feet.

The Lord immediately agrees to that and keeps His Lotus Feet on the

jIvan's head. The Divya Dampati shower their Blessings on the Muktha

jIvan. The Mukhtha jIvan gets a COMPLTE BRAHMAANUBHAVAM and

PARAMAANANDHAM at Sri Vaikuntam and stays as a PERMANENT RESIDENT OF SRI

VAIKUNTAM FOR EVER.

 

All the above, sisters and brothers, are NOT SIMPLY Burudaa (or kattu

kadhai); They are 100% TRUE , FACTUAL AND EXISTING; The vEdAs say all

these; the Brahma sUthram says this; NammAzhwAr describes them; Sri

RamanujA narrates them most beautifully in his Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam and

Swami Desikan renders an excellent composition on all these scenes in

his Parama padha sOpAnam.

 

CONCLUSION:

 

God's assurances to humanity, particularly that given to His ardent

devotees, which are interspersed in sacred literature, will never go in

vain. Many are His declarations but one among them brings cheer and hope

to those who may at times get demoralised on account of continuous

suffering.

 

The Lord is ready to extend His grace to all devotees but in the case of

a few who are extremely dear to Him, He makes them go through extreme

trials, tests their tenacity and removes all their sins and takes them

to His abode.

 

AdiyEn tried to gather and wrote all that I could blabber on Sri

VaishNavam; I would have definitely made LOTS AND LOTS Of mistakes;

Please correct them and enable the readers to get the correct facts /

interpretation. Please forgive me for all my errors and omissions.

 

I consider as a great honour and privilege to write on this Sri

VaishNavam; Though being fully aware of the vibharItha jnAnam that I

possess, I still had a greedy attempt to make something for the

beginners of our traditions; more so, because I too, am in that novice

group. It is more for a beginner like me, so that we can get to know

what all Sri VaishNavam talks about and what exactly does it say. It is

our fortune, again, Dear ones, to be a BhakthA of Sriman NarayaNA and be

a Sri VaishNavA. It is Emperumaan's grace that we talk about Him in this

electronic media. Hence, Let us not waste yet another single day, year

and the life again and come back to this cruel trap.

 

Even after knowing all these, we should not continue to ignore our

anushtAnams namely., performance of Sandhyaa vandhanam, undergoing

Pancha samskaaram, SamAshrayaNam, ManthrOpadEsam (from AchAryA),

Prapatti (surrender) to Emperumaan's Lotus Feet, doing kaalakshEpam,

carrying out kaimkaryams to bhakthAs, AchAryA and Emperumaan (at the

temple) etc., etc... We should always recite the Dwaya Manthram wherever

we are and whatever we are doing; We should always keep thinking of

Emperumaan's Most Beautiful Just Bloomed Red Lotus like Feet. We should

dance and sing His glories and names and forget ourselves in the

process.

 

 

 

Sri VaishNavam is SO SIMPLE. It is just 8,2 and FA. 8- AshtAkshara

manthram. 2- Dwayam; FA (Final assurance)- Charama slOkam. The scene,

while you recite 8,2 & FA, should be two lovely cute reddish, bluish,

red lotus like Feet of Sriman Narayana placed on fully bloomed red lotus

flower and while enjoying that, HOLD those two ankles so tight that He

does not escape our grip. It is just that eight two fa. and nothing

else. Do not worry about anything else; You are His.

 

May Lord Sriya: Pathih Sriman Narayanan and MahAlakshmi keep showering

Their continuous Mercy and Grace on all of us for ever and ever and

ever!

 

It is indeed a great excitement for me to start this series on the

Thirunakshathram of H.H. Srimad Poundareekapuram Andavan Swami and

conclude the series on Panguni Utthiram (the day of "SEtthi sEvai" at

Sri rangam, Thayar and Nam PerumAL appear together with Thaayaar facing

the Lord at an angle and on this day, Our Greatest AchAryA, Sri RamanujA

composed Gadhya Trayam- SaraNagathy Gadyam, Sri Ranga Gadhyam and Sri

Vaikunta Gadhyam- in front of Sri Rangam Divya Dampati.)

 

Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana Narayana

 

Sri RanganAyikA samEtha RanganAtha ParabhrahmaNE namah:

 

SrImathE nighamAntha mahAdEsikAya namah:

 

AchAryAL ThiruvadigaLE saraNam

 

NarayaNa dAsan MadhavakkaNNan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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