QUIZ on sharanagati gadyam: Dr. NSA's class

[Guest guest]

It was a real pleasure for us to get a taste of "real"

kalakshepam style rendering of sharanagati gadyam. The

subject was "paramarthika bhagavaccharanaravinda....."

churnika or verse.

 

The commentaries of Sri Sudarshanasuri, Sri

Periavacchan pillai and sri Vedanta Desika were dealt

with line by line. The upanisadic statements and all

the connected issues of upayatvam etc. were taught in

the class.

 

Those of you who are interested should definitely try

to get on this next week sunday evening 6:30pm Pacific

time. Among all the prasthana trayas : Gita,

Upanisads, Bramha sutras, gita is said to be of prime

importance. In Gita the charama shloka is the essence

and its meaning is explained in the Sharanagati Gadyam

of Sri Ramanujacharya. Particularly, since the

explanations are given in ENGLISH, it is a treat for

all of us who might have difficulty in dealing with

the tamil/manipravalam medium of Sri Periavacchan

pillai and the sanskrit of the other two great

masters. It is really worth it and thanks for

Ranganathan Hemmige who requested this series.

 

QUIZ: Usually the upanisads teach bhaktiyogam. However

there is an upanisadic statement which indicates

direct angi prapatti ie. prapatti to attain directly

salvation instead of attainment of bhaktiyogam and

thru that attain salvation. which upanisadic statement

is that? THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE CLASSES SHOULD

NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION, SO AS TO ALLOW OTHERS TO

THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

 

I request all of you to support these type of classes

in one way or the other.

 

adiyen Krishna Kashyap

 

 

 

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[Guest guest]

Sri:

 

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

 

Dear Sriman KalaLe Swamin,

 

Adiyen believes the upanishadic salutation that Swamin is referring

to in this context is "yO BrahmANam vidhadhaadhi poorvam mumukshuvai

saraNamaham prapdhyE" Additional Vedic messages attesting to the

margam of SharaNagati are the KatOpanishad salutation "Prapatti

sarvasya sukritham" and the Sri Sooktham salutation "tAm padminImIm

SharaNamaham prapadhyE alakshmIrmEnashyathAm tvAm VruNE", which

reflects the appeal of a Baddha jivan upon surrendering to the Lotus

Feet of Mother of the Universe (Mahalakshmi) to rid them of the

Alakshmi (innumerable cycles of births and deaths from beginingless

time as a result of Karma),which comes in the way of attaining the

Dhivya Sampath (eternal Kaimkaryam for the Divine Couple at their

behest and for their pleasure).

 

In the sAdhyOpAya AdhikaraNam of Srimad Rahasya TrayasAram, Swami

Desikan quotes from the Ahirbudhnya Samhita (an important Pancharatra

Agama text). Specifically, he uses Mantrarajapada Stotram salutation

"namaskArAthmakam yasmaI vidhAya Atma nivEdanam" to show that

prapadhyE is SadhyOpAyam.

 

Namo Narayana,

 

SriMuralidhara Dasan

 

 

bhakti-list, Krishna Kashyap <kkalale1> wrote:

>

> It was a real pleasure for us to get a taste of "real"

> kalakshepam style rendering of sharanagati gadyam. The

> subject was "paramarthika bhagavaccharanaravinda....."

> churnika or verse.

>

> The commentaries of Sri Sudarshanasuri, Sri

> Periavacchan pillai and sri Vedanta Desika were dealt

> with line by line. The upanisadic statements and all

> the connected issues of upayatvam etc. were taught in

> the class.

>

> Those of you who are interested should definitely try

> to get on this next week sunday evening 6:30pm Pacific

> time. Among all the prasthana trayas : Gita,

> Upanisads, Bramha sutras, gita is said to be of prime

> importance. In Gita the charama shloka is the essence

> and its meaning is explained in the Sharanagati Gadyam

> of Sri Ramanujacharya. Particularly, since the

> explanations are given in ENGLISH, it is a treat for

> all of us who might have difficulty in dealing with

> the tamil/manipravalam medium of Sri Periavacchan

> pillai and the sanskrit of the other two great

> masters. It is really worth it and thanks for

> Ranganathan Hemmige who requested this series.

>

> QUIZ: Usually the upanisads teach bhaktiyogam. However

> there is an upanisadic statement which indicates

> direct angi prapatti ie. prapatti to attain directly

> salvation instead of attainment of bhaktiyogam and

> thru that attain salvation. which upanisadic statement

> is that? THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE CLASSES SHOULD

> NOT ANSWER THIS QUESTION, SO AS TO ALLOW OTHERS TO

> THINK ABOUT THIS ISSUE.

>

> I request all of you to support these type of classes

> in one way or the other.

>

> adiyen Krishna Kashyap

>

>

>

> Make a great connection at Personals.

> http://personals.

[Guest guest]

Mumukshurvai sharanam aham papadye is the verse from

the upanisads, since the sentence does indicated

directly that "being desirous of moksha, I surrender".

This verse is quoted by sri Vedanta desika in the

bhasyam on sharanagati gadya - paramarthika.

 

By the way, Dr. NS Anantha rangachar lecture is at

6:30pm Pacific this sunday.

 

regards,

 

Krishna