Fw: venkatesvara mangalam

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I thought I would take the liberty of sharing this e-mail from a fellow

bhAgavatha regarding the reason why Sri Manavalamamuni is mentioned in Sri

venkatEsa mangalam. My thanks to Sri Shashikanth for this....

 

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> Shashikanth Hosur <shosur

> 'Mohan Sagar' <msagar

> RE: venkatesvara mangalam

> Thursday, September 17, 1998 8:30 AM

>

> > I thought I was for certain, but now rethinking it, and from what you

have

> > said above, now am not so sure. However, from Sri K. S. R. Datta's

> > translation (the one that you stated is technically accurate in a

related

> > posting), the last line of the mangalam is translated as "May

> > auspiciousness be to Sri Srinivasa who dwells in the heart of the sage

> > Manavala and all the worlds." I presumed that this line would be the

> > closing line of the author of the work, similar to the signature line

used

> > by famous composers such as Sri Thayagaraja. But, it is also possible

> > that

> > this was Sri P. B. Annan Swamy's way of paying respects to his teacher.

> >

> Namaskaram

> There is a reason why the Sage Manavala is mentioned in the

> mangalam.

> It is the ritual in tirupati to go and procure the water from Akasa

> Ganga and add different perfumes before the lord venkateswara is given

bath

> with this auspicious water

> Once Sri P. B. Annan Swamy's when he was to procure the water for

> the Lords bath, he happened to meet his

> spirutual brothers who were also disciples of his teacher. He was

> so happy to meet them he started enquiring

> about the welfare of the teacher and mentally remmembering him and

> the days he spent at the Gurus feet.

> He was so engrossed in the thoughts of the teacher that he was

> delayed in taking the Akasha gana for the morning rituals. So in the

hurry

> he performed the rituals without adding various sungandas.

> He suddenly relaised that he made an apacharam which unpardonable

> since he forgot to add the sungandams before he performed the daily bath.

> On realising this out repentance he prayed to Lord for forgivess for the

> apacharam he made. Then the Lord spoke to him saying that the water he

was

> bathed with smelled very good and he never bathed with that kind of water

> before.

> Sri P. B. Annan Swamy's did not understand because he did not add

> any divya sungandams. Then the lord replied that his gurus smarana while

he

> was getting and procuring the water made the water more precious than

> divya sugandams.

> Thats the reason he mentiones the verse "May auspiciousness be to

> Sri Srinivasa who dwells in the heart of the sage Manavala and all the

> worlds".

> The reason being Lord was always in the heart of his devotee Sri

> Sage Manavala and remembering the Guru/devotee is like performing service

to

> the Lord.

> I read this in Saptagiri a telugu magazine published by TTD

>

> shashi

> >