Sri vaibhavam

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---Dear Bhagavatas,

 

namaskar.

 

first three qualities of Piratti viz. ananya bhogyatvam, ananya seshatvam and

ananya

saranatvam are also called AkAra trayam as they describe Her nature of being

eternally subservient to

PerumAL.

 

The first quality, ananyArha bhOgyatvam, means that pirAtti is bhOgyam only for

PerumAL.

as discussed in earlier posting, She is a caring mother for all other jeevas.

This guNa is made crystal-clear to the world inlcuding non-believers such as

rAvaNa,

in Her incarnations as sItA and rukmiNI.

 

It is not right on the part of Hindus or vaidikas to place Her image on the

side

of a demi-god or goddess. We always wish that our parents be united. whenever a

guest

comes to our house, we offer him/her a proper place to sit. It is much more

important

to offer a right place to piratti i.e. near Perumal in our poojaa mandir.

intentionally worshipping Her with a demi-god is a very serious apachAram.

All such prayers not only go futile but also yield very bad results.

 

Now, coming to ananyArha SEshatvam, this term means that piratti is subservient

to PerumAl alone.

For thsi also, many examples can be quoted from purANas and rAmAyaNa.

 

ananya SaraNatvam means PerumAL alone is Her refuge.

 

emberumAnAr, as recorded by ananthALwAn, says that Piratti, garudan, SrI

pAnchajanyam and sudarSanam are exclusively

meant for serving perumAl. Hence Lord of thiruvengadam is none other than

naaraayana, as He is hailed as sriyahpati and sankha chakra dhAri in puraanas.

Sri raamanuja quotes from vAmana purANa, 22nd chapter, wherein Sankara

meditates on Lord

KrishNa after the Latter's discus burns His kshetra i.e. vArANasI into ashes.

Lord Krishna tells Sivan that laskhmI, sankha chakras, kaustubha, SrI SArngam

and garudan are eternally meant for His sevice alone and nobody else can be a

refuge for them. This stands as a pramANam for all the three qualities of

thAyAr.

 

in AlawandAr stOtra, hailed as kutti bhAhsyam, as it is considered to be a

prelude

to Sribhashyam, SrI AlawndAr says "sadA tavaivOchitayA tava SriyA" in the

sloka "svavaisva roopyena..". This sloka says that though Perumal is enjoying

Her with

His visva roopam, each and every moment in Her association is surprising

and novel for Him (They are eternally associated with each other!). In this

slokja

"sadA tava Eva uchitayA tava SriyA" means "Your SrI is eternally suited for You

alone".

SrI VaiyAkaraNa rAmAnuja Iyengar ( a great srivaishnava scholar in the

beginning of 20th century) translates this as Her being eternally subsevient to

the

ISwara i.e. ananyArha SEsha bhUtA.

 

the "tulya SIla vayO vruttAm" sloka of rAmAyaNa also says that the divya dampati

are made for each other.

 

let us now see what vishnu puraana says on this.

 

Though piratti is eternal, She incarnates alongwith perumAL to assist

the Master of the universe. this is said in the following verse:

 

Evam yadA jagatsvAmI dEva dEvO janArdanah

avatAram karOtyEshA tadA SrIh tatsahAyinI.

 

That is why She incarnated first as the daughter of Bhrugu and khyAti and then

as

in TRhirupparkadal. and also as sItA and rukmiNI in vibhava avatarams.

let us enjoy the following Vishnu purana slokas:

 

BhrugOh khyAtyAm samutpannAh SrIh poorvamudadhEh punah

dEva dAnava yatnEna prasUtAmruta manthanE

 

rAghavatvE bhavatseetaa rukmiNee krishnNa janmani

anyeshuchAvatArEshu vishNOrEshAnapAyinI

 

Indra says in vishnu purANa:

 

tvam mAtA sarva lOkAnAm dEva dEvO harih pitA

tvayaidadvishNunAchAmba! jagadvyaaptam charaacharam

 

which means

 

"You are the mother of all worlds, Lord hari being the father.The entire

universe is pervaded by You and Lord Hari."

 

Let us conclude this mail with the following prayer offered by indran to our

lotus-eyed mother

 

"namsatE sarvabhUtAnAm jananIm abja sambhavAm

Sriyam unnidra padmAkshIm vishNu vakshassthla sthitAm"

 

(to be continued)

 

dAsAnudAsan

vishnu

 

 

 

 

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