The different terms for "Father".

[Guest guest]

When SrI Mani raised the question on different terms used for "Father", my

first reaction was "why is he writing about such an outwardly uninteresting

issue?". But then I read the very informative write-up by SrImAn Sadagopan

giving examples of the use of these different terms by the AzhvArs in divya

prabandham, and the significance of these names in the context of our father

being the one who gave us our j~nAnOpadESa. It is then that I realized the

significance of Mani's question. This is just one more instance where I am

reminded of my deep ignorance and inability to comprehend the wealth of of

our sampradAyam, but I am very happy that I am in the company of this group

of great souls who I am sure will succesfully salvage the likes of me in due

course. We are indeed blessed that bhagavAn has given us SrImAn Sadagopan

who takes the interest in us and gives us an idea of the deep significance

of some of these outwardly innocent subjects (see bhakti list v003.n009.1

dated July 22, 98 in case you missed his original write-up). I pray to

bhagavAn for the blessing to cotinue in the company of people like Mani and

SrImAn Sadagopan.

 

-dAsan kr*shNamAcAryan