Rivers

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Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Parabrahmane Nama:

Srimate Ramanujaya Nama:

Srimate Nigamantha Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Athivan Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Srivan Satakopa Sri Vedantadesika Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Dhivya Padhukasevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yathindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

Dear Members

 

It feel sorry that my earlier posting on ganga/yamuna/kaveri generated

displeasure to some members.

I think the posting gave different meanings to members than what was

intended. Here I would like to

clarify the intended meaning in other words : Firstly, I was not

interested at all to claim

or point out which one is the holiest river and which is lesser in degree

of its purity

etc. I mentioned kaveri because a reference was made by one of the Alwars

similar to

that of Yamuna mentined in Thiruppavai.

 

Next, the central point of my posting was to establish that

Alwars/Nayanmars

won't have really discriminated the rivers and other holy places with their

conscious efforts of doing it so. At different point of time, for one

reason or the other, all

these entities gained some kind of significance out of compassion and grace

of the God and those

were expressed through saints' songs and compositions. While enjoying their

Oneness state with the Supreme

Being, they also narrated in their songs & compositions that how a

particular

entity gained significance and its direct attachment/relation to God.

 

In my last posting also I pointed out that the God through his various

manifestaions, one or other time

gave significance to a particular kind of form. This in general helped

devotees to approach Him through whatever

form they got attracted to. Something similar to this, depending on the

place, time and/or context natural entities

were elated/glorified ( by His ThiruvuLam) through the great saints' songs

and compositions .

 

I hope this clarifies the meaning of my earlier posting.

 

Obsevations and other interpretaions on this subject is entirely AdiyEn's.

I invite members to correct me in case I am wrong

and also request members to provide additional information.

 

Adiyen

Balaji K