On Sri Rangam [Forwarded message from Sri Gururaj]

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SrI:

SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama:

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Attached is the message from SrI Ranga Dasa SrI

Gururaj.

 

rAmAnuja dAsan,

Lakshmikumar

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Dear Sri Lakshmi Kumar/Sri Swamy Swarna

I was reading with interest your writingsabout Sri

Vipra Narayana and

how great a devotee he was of Sri Ranganatha of Sri

Rangam.

 

I went thru the link given by you to know more about

Sri Thondar-adi-

podi Azhwar.I have picked the following Verses which I

LIKED the most

and I am reproducing as below:

 

QUOTE: <Before concluding Just one look at one of his

GREAT PASURAMS

and let us getblessed by Him.

"OorilEn kANiyillai; uRavu maRRu oruvar illai;/pAril

nin pAtha moolam

paRRilEn parama moorthee;/kAroLi vaNNanE (en) kaNNanE!

 

kadharuginREn;/AruLar kaLaikaN ammA! arngamA

nagaruLAnE!/"

Meaning: I have no place; no properties; no relatves;

none other than

you;I know only your Lotus feet; O Lord of Blue hued

sky colour! You

only aremy refuge. Can you not hear my cries? Is there

any one else

to save meexcept you?"> UNQUOTE

 

When I was studying in REC Trichy, I hadthe frequent

opportunity of

visiting Sri Rangam.I used to visit this place almost

every week, and

I had developed devotion to Sri Ranganatha.I can

recollect the

peacefull and Serene environment the temple has, when

you stand in

front of Sri Ranganatha you will forget the outside

world.

 

Incidentally the Saint Shri Vadiraja ( Of

MadwaParampara) has

indicated in his work called THIRTHA PRABANDHA,and

described Sri

Rangam as most -to be visited- placefor Vaishnavas,

along with other

Vaishnava placeslike Badri, Jagannathapuri, Dwaraka

etc.

 

Sri Ranga Dasa

NS Gururaj

 

 

 

 

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Hari bhaktulaku namskaram. (My namaskarams to Hari

Bhaktas!). I was reading Miraji's bhajans, songs,

poems, call them what you want, their english meaning

so kindly provided by Smt.Kalaivani, just a few

minutes before and now this wonderful Saranagati of

Sri Vipranarayana (forgive me for still being unable

to spell the tamil title). Our path is so clear and

beautifully illuminated by such great devotees. What

more can we ask for?

 

We think of right, wrong etc. due to our ego. So we

feel elated when we do something right and feel

depressed and guilty when we do something wrong, even

if no one else knows our deeds. When our antaryami,

the indweller has woken up and we feel His presence,

we know and torture ourselves with guilt feelings at

our faults. Our conscience is His way of telling us

that He is aware of what is going on. This is prabably

the significance in our singing 'Suprabhatam' daily to

the Lord, a prayer to Him, who is sleeping in our

heart, to wake up! Kindly correct me if I am wrong.

 

The path of spirituality is slippery and many times we

fall. He has advised us to take in our hands, the

staff (Danda) of Bhakti to His Lotus Feet and walk.

And if and when we do fall, He is there always by our

side, to lift us up, to caress and clean our bruises,

to wipe our tears and to give us encouragement to walk

again.

 

He gave Sri Bhishma, who was lying on his bed of

arrows moisture in the mouth and energy so that Sri

Bhishma can describe the ultimate dharma and the

divine glory of the Lord's thousand names. So when our

Samkalpam is to reach Him, He helps us. And at the

appropriate time, our ego dissolves into Him.

 

Thank you for the excellent article on

Thondar-adi-podi Azwar. (I hope I got it right).

 

Humbly yours in Bhagawat Seva,

 

S.V.Swamy