shetram

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My pranams to all,

 

1. Can anyone tell me about Sri Koormam shetram. I

beleive it is in Andra Pradesh. Is it a patal pettra

sthalam?

 

2. Kulasekara Azhwar says in one of his pasuram about

9 types of relationship with the Lord (ie. jeevan and

Ishwara). Can anyone let me know what are the types

please?

 

pranams once again,

raji sridhar.

 

 

 

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Dear Srimathi Raji Sridhar:

 

Regarding your two questions,

 

(1)Sri Koormam is in Andhra pradesh

and has been visited by AchArya RaamAnujA.

It is not a dhivya desam , but abhimana sthalam .

The lord's Koorma roopam is worshipped here.

 

***Sri Venkat Iyengar has posted an article

in the Bhakthi List (March 25, 1999) on directions

to this KshEthram .

 

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of interest .

 

(2)On Your SECOND question , the nine types of

relationship or Sambhandham between the Lord

and His devotees are through :

 

(1)Bhagavath KathA SRAVANAM: Hearing of the Stories

of the glories of the Lord (Example: King Parikshith)

 

(2) KEERTHANAM: Recital of Bhagavan Naamams or His

Vaibhavams : Sukha Brahamam (recital of Srimeth Bhaagavatham

to the King)

 

(3)Bhagavath SMARANAM: Meditation of the Lord:

five year old Bhaktha PrahlAdhan.

 

(4)Bhagavath PAADHA SEVANAM:Worshipping the sacred feet

of the Lord: MahA lakshmi.

 

(5) Bhagavath ARCHANAM: Worshipping the Moortham of the Lord :

Bhruthu Chakravarthi, a descendant of the family of Dhruvan .

 

(6)VANDHANAM : NamaskaraNam of the Lord : AkrUrar

 

(7)DHAASYAM : Kaimakryam to the Lord: AnjanEyar

 

(8) SAKHYAM: freindship with the Lord : Arjuna with Krishna.

 

(9) AATHMA NIVEDHANAM : Self-Surrender of oneself and all

of theirs : Example: MahA Bali Chakravarthy .

 

There is a famous slOkam : " PitEva pitrasya

SakhEva Sakhyu:-----" which restates the nava vidha sambhandham

in a slightly different way. Naayaka-Naayaki Sambhandham is

included there , which is a form of Daasyam and aathma nivEdhanam.

Three AzhwArs as "Bridal mystics" (viz) Swamy NammAzhwAr as

parAnkusa Naayaki, Thirumangai as ParakAla Naayaki and

ANDAL in her own right as the divine consort of the Lord have

acted out the Naayaka-Naayiki BhAvam.

 

Sriman NaarAyaNA is our Sarva Vidha Bandhu.

 

My earlier postings on bridal Mysticism ( Bhakthi List/Alvars

section in the Sri Vaishnava Home pages : selected articles on

ThiruppAvai: Jan 1996 ) cover these sambhandhams in greater detail .

 

V.Sadagopan