BhaudhAnya Samvathsara Panguni Uttara prabhAvam

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Srimans Madhavakkannan and Murali Rangaswami have

already paid their tributes to AchArya RaamAnujA's

SaraNAgathi gadhyam, Sriranga Gadhyam and Sri Vaikunta

Gadhyam in the context of this glorious day - Panguni

Utthiram -at Srirangam .

 

Sriranga mahAthmya slOkam points out why Srirangam

and Sri Ranganaayaki samEtha Srirangarajan are important

to us :

 

smruthimAthra agha naasEna pavithrENa cha SaarngiNA

yayaa kayaa cha vidhayaa sambhandha: sa thu paavana:

 

(Meaning ): The Lord of Srirangam is capable of removing

our sins at the very thought of Him ; He is the purest

among pure and holds in His hand the mighty bow of Saarangam

(aruLamudham podhintha Kovil of Saarngi ).If we develop

a relationship with Him by whatever means or whatever kind ,

that relationship (Sambhandham ) would destroy all of

our great sins and make us pure .

 

It has been my bhAgyam to post a series of articles

on Sri RanganathA's MahAthmyam , His adulation by

AzhwArs , AchAryAs and NaadhOpAsakas last year .They

are available for reference in the Bhakthi archives

( March 29 , 1998 );( 20 postings starting from April 3, 98

to May 2, 98 ).These were written in the context of

Sri RanganathA Temple construction at Pomona , NY .

Sri RangaanthA has arrived here now and His prathishtai

is going to take place on July first week .On behalf of

the Sri RanganathA Kaimkarya Committe , I invite you all keep

the July 4th weekend date aside to attend the functions here .

With the divya dampathi's anugraham , we hope to celebrate

the PramAthi year's Panguni Uttaram serthi sevai here

in New York at His new temple .

 

Achaarya RaamAnujA refers to JithanthA sthothram

blessed to us by Sounaka Maharishi in his SaraNAgathi

gadhyam . A study of this marvellous sthOthram

by AchArya RaamAnujA has left a deep imprint in

his mind as one hears the echos of the thoughts

expressed by Sounaka Maharishi for loka kshEmam .

In tomorrow's posting , I will refer to selected

slOkams of Jithanthaa sthothram to indicate the

sambhandham of SaraNAgathi Gadhyam passages to

them .

 

Sri Ranga Divya dampathigaL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan