Guest guest Posted September 2, 1998 Report Share Posted September 2, 1998 Dear Vaishnavas, Our perumal has 64 divine qualities and none of them diminish in any of the Divya Desams.So is his Daya (mercy). Therefore all arguments based on qualities/mercy cannot be taken into account. We also cannot decide based on individual experiences.Each one of us would have had many different experiences in several Divya Desams. Now what are the other attributes /features we can use in coming to a proper conclusion ? 1. Can we decide by the blessings the Lord offered in each of the sthalams ? 2. Can we decide based on the lila's in each place ? 3. Can we decide based on Alzwars that graced the place ? My humble opinion in this matter is we should look at the glory of the devotee (Alzwar) who visited each of these places and sang about the perumals there. ( A vishnu temple becomes a Divya Desam because it was visited and sung about by the Alzwars If I am not mistaken) This is the only bench mark that gives an edge for one Divya Desam over another. This argument brings forth this question : Alzwar kulle endha Alzwar osathi ? (Among Alzwars who is the highest/Best ?) How do we determine who is the highest devotee ? 1.By the number of thier works ? 2.By thier individual literary achievements ? 3.By thier devotion to Perumal ? I would take the 3 option in this determination. This Brings the point to the RAsa or Bhava in which each Alzwar served/(associated with) the Lord.Of the RAsa's highest is the mAdhurya Rasa, therefore my humble opinion is all Divya Desams graced with songs from the Alzwar who served the Lord in the highest Bhava, all deserve number one status and subsequent gradations. My vote is for Sri Andal. adiyen Sriram,Balaraman ____ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 18, 1998 Report Share Posted September 18, 1998 Sri : Srimate Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Para Brahmane Namaha Srimate Sri Lakshmi - Nrusimha Divya PAdukA Sevaka - Srivan Shatakopa Sri NArAyana Yateendra MahAdesikAya Namaha Dear Sri Sriram, namo nArAyaNA . pranAmams. On Wed, 2 Sep 1998, Balaraman M Sriram wrote: > Dear Vaishnavas, > > Our perumal has 64 divine qualities and none of them diminish > in any of the Divya Desams.So is his Daya (mercy). Therefore all > arguments based on qualities/mercy cannot be taken into account. Sriman NArAyaNA has _infinite_ kalyAna gunAs & cannot be limited to some number like 64. Even one among those infinite gunAs cannot be comprehended properly by a baddha jIvAtmA. Ennumeration of some of His gunAs is for our bhagavad anubhavam only . > > Alzwar kulle endha Alzwar osathi ? > (Among Alzwars who is the highest/Best ?) > How do we determine who is the highest devotee ? > > 1.By the number of thier works ? > 2.By thier individual literary achievements ? > 3.By thier devotion to Perumal ? > > I would take the 3 option in this determination. > > This Brings the point to the RAsa or Bhava in which each Alzwar > served/(associated with) the Lord.Of the RAsa's highest is the > mAdhurya Rasa, > therefore my humble opinion is all Divya Desams graced with songs from > the > Alzwar who served the Lord in the highest Bhava, all deserve number one > status > and subsequent gradations. > > My vote is for Sri Andal. Well Well :-) . There are many hardcore fans of kaliyan (thirumangai AzhwAr) in this list who would respond that their kaliyan also has sung many pAsurams in nAyakA-nAyakI bhAvA (mAdhurya rasA) as "parakAla nAyakI". NammAzhwAr is well known for his exhibition of this superior nAyakA-nAyaki bhavA as "parAnkusa nAyaki". namo nArAyaNA adiyEn anantha PadmanAbha dAsan sarvam sri KrishnArpanamastu Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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