Re:Recent Tele-Upanyasam of Dr.M,A.VenkatakrishNan

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Mahaa VidvAn , U.Ve.Sri M.A. Venkata KrishNan Swamy gave

an informative and tightly knit UpanyAsam on the Mukhya

Kaaryam done by the AzhwArs in general and >the Mudhal

AzhwArs in particular . Many members of Bhakthi group

participated from USA.Here is a summary of what he said

during this ooccasion .

 

 

Swamy's elaboration on Sri VaishNavaa duties

( karmangaLai seyyumpOthu Yeppadi seyya VeNum? )

using pramANams from the three important Paasurams of

Mudhal AzhwArs, GeethAchAryan's Charama slOkam

and the one before (Geethai 18.65),Swamy Desikan's

AshtabhujAshtaka sthOthra slOkam ,SaathvIka ThyAga

SlOkams , Swamy outlined the reasons for performing

nithya KarmAnushtAnams and other kaimkaryams .

 

The lecture was a sheer delight to listen to.The PramANams

chosen for the occasion reinforced the central message on

how to perform the nithyAnushtAnams by a Sri Vaishnavan

and what are the reasons for doing them.

 

The overall messages that adiyEn remembers from

this splendid upanyAsam are:

 

(1) We perform NithyAnushtAnams and Kaimkaryams

(Sath Kaaryams)to stimulate the Krupai of the Lord.

We should not perform them with any other motives.

Sath KaaryankaLai seythu , EmperumAn krupai

yERpaduvatharkkAna Yogyathayai sampAthitthuk koLLa vENum.

 

(2)EmperumAnukku adimaip pattu kaimkaryam seyvathu

Jeevanin Svaroopam .Yentha kaaryatthai seyyumpOthum,

EmperumAnai manatthil Vaitthu seyya vENum .

 

(3) "Phalatthil KaNN VaikkAthE; Phalan koduppathai

Yennidam viDu" yenRu GeethAchAryan solhirAr.

"You may end up asking for alpa Phalan . Therefore

leave the phalan granting function to Me ".

 

(4) Phalan koduppathu EmperumAnin ThiruvuLLam .

Avarai naam nirbhandhikka mudiyAthu.Bharathan

did not therfore succeed at ChithrakUtam.

 

(5) Avan thaan namakku AraNN . Avanai SaraNam adaintha

pinn namakku VichAramEthum (relating to nilai,

gathi , piRappU ) kidayAthu.

 

Maha VidvAn Sri M.A.VenkatakrishNan is the Editor of

GitAcharyan , an informative monthly magazine covering topics of

great interest to Sri VaishNavAs.

 

When adiyEn visited with him during February

of this year to thank him for help with the constrcution of

the navarathna SatAri (MudaliANDAn ) for AchArya RaamAnujA's

sannidhi at ThirunArAyaNapuram, he presented me with four

pocket size books on NaalAyira Dhivya Prabhndham :

 

Volume 1: Mudal Ayiram

Periya Thirumozhi 2nd Volume: Second Thousand)

IyaRppA 3rd Volume : Third Aayiram)

ThiruvAimozhi : 4th Volume ( 4th Aayiram )

 

The four volumes have 1644 pages altogether.

The size of individual books is 5 inches by 4 inches

in the mini-book format.

 

These are beautifully printed books that one can

carry during trvels and enjoy reciting the paasurams.

These can be very handy , when you recite Dhivya

Prabhandham in GhOshtis.

 

You can obtain them from him at the following address:

 

GeethAchAryan

7 South maada Veethi

Triplicane (ThiruvallikkENi)

Chennai 600005

 

Dr.VenkatakrishNan's kaimkaryam to release

these 4 volumes deserves our special gratitude.

 

RaamAnujA Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan