Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 Dear Sri.Sundarrajan, Thank you for your kind note and query. Yes, sriman narayanan was indeed "born" in this 'bhu-lOkam' in his 'archA-avatAra' as tiruvengadamudaiyAn. He is still residing there on tiruvenkatam hill and even today you can go and worship him. The 'tirunakshatram' of tiruvengadamudaiyAn is 'tiruvonam'. To understand the significance of "born" you have to approach a knowledgeable person and ask him to explain the 'avatAra-rahasya' of God as set out in the Vedantic theology of SriVaishnavam. You will be referred to important passages from the 'purusha-suktam', the 'bhagavath-gita' and the 'pAnchArAtra-agama'. From a proper study and understanding of those scriptural texts, you will gradually emerge into a true awareness of what 'bhagavath-avatAra' means and what is the significance of the Lord's "birth" on earth. As for the other question as to why women are not supposed to utter Vedic mantram-s, yes, there is an injunction against the practice. The Vedas do not discriminate based on gender. But they do emphasize a clear division of spiritual labour: i.e. men must submit themselves to the hardships of long years of "veda-adhyAyanam" and ceaseless performance of "yagnya-karmA"; women need not subject themselves to such hardship -- they only need to support the menfolk in their endeavours and thereby reap the same benefits as them. In a narrow technical sense, only those who have been initiated into the 'gAyatri' mantram and who bear the 'yagnyOpavitam' on their shoulders are regarded as fit to recite the sacred syllables of the Veda. For any other questions in this regard you should seek personal advice from a Vedic adept or your own AchArya. This is a far too important a matter to be clarified on mere internet-forums. Trust this clarifies your questions. Regards, dAsan, Sudarshan --- Sundarrajan <sundar wrote: > SrimathE RaamAnujAya Namaha > AzhvAr EmperumAnAr Jeeyar TiruvadigalE Saranam > > Dear Bakthas > > I have the following 2 queries : > > 1. Is Sravana Nakshatram the birth star of Sriman NaarAyanan. If > so, whether Bhagavan was born in the Bhoo Lokam. What is the > significance of "Born" > 2. I understand that "Ladies" should not recite Vedham. Is there > any emperical reason for this ? > > I would request the elite members of this group to enlighten this > ignorant's query. > > Beg pardon if the question is wrong in any way to be raised. > > Best Regards > > G. Sundarrajan > PT. Aneka Kimia Raya Tbk > Wisma AKR, Jalan Panjang No.5 > Kebon Jeruk, Jakarta 11530 > Indonesia > Tel : 62-21-5311110 Extn. 898 > Fax : 62-21-5311388 > > > Listen to your Mail messages from any phone. http://phone. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted February 10, 2002 Report Share Posted February 10, 2002 SrI: SrImatE rAmAnujAya nama: SrImatE SrI LakshmI-nrusimha divya pAdhukA sEvaka SrIvan SaThakOpa SrI nArAyana yatIndra mahA dESikAya nama: Dear Sow. B.Shoba, namO nArAyaNa! His Holiness The Jeeyar of SrI Ahobila mutt, SrImad Azhagiya Singar in his book SrI Vishnu purAnam (translation of SrI Vishnu purAna in Tamil) answers your questions very clearly. This book (actually printed in two volumes) enshrines so much precious informatian ( presented in simple and easy Tamil for everyone to understand) that every SrI VaishnavA needs to know and follow. aDiyEn requests you to buy and read this great book. This book can ordered via internet from http://www.ahobilamutt.org aDiyEn will try to brief the relevent portion of the book viz. Canto 2 Chapter 6 (pages 292 to 298 of Volume I). Please excuse any errors in aDiyEn's free translation of these excerpts. aDiyEn requests bAgavathAs to correct any error in his translation. --------- Partake food with others ------------------------ SrI Vishnu purAnam says that the one who eats any tasty foodstuff alone (and the one one who does 'sAhasa' activities) attains a kind of naraka (hell) called "bhUyavaham" (hope I spelled it correct!). This is a place where one can not even stand for a second because of the stench that's pervaded there. So, we should eat any good food sharing with others. Like this, there are many sinful activities that lead one to many different kind of hells. Sins and the ways of expiation ------------------------------ SrI Vishnu purAnAm also says that only the one, who does not want to atone for / expiate his sins by doing 'prAyacchittams', goes to the hells. Like the sins, the prAyachchittams also are many. According to the gravity of sins, the prAyachchittam may be harder or easier. Sarva pApa prAyachchittam ------------------------- It is hard to find these prAchchittams and it is harder to execute them. Even if we could execute it successfully, it absolves only the sin for which we did the prAyachchittam. Moreover, it will not prevent us from doing the sins in the future. Unlike these kind of prAchchittams, there one prAyachchittam available. That (1) is very easy to do; (2) absolves all the sins done so far; (3) prevents us from doing the sins in the future. That is 'KrishNa-anu-smaranam' ( meditating of Lord SrI Krishna). This is greater than all the prAchchittams like fasting, doing penances, yAgyams, etc. prAyaSchiththAnyaSEshANi thapa:karmAthkAni vai | yAni thEshAm aSEshANAm krishNAnusmaraNam param || Thus Sage SrI parASarar explains the greatness of SrI krishNAnusmaranam. We should meditate on SrI KrishnA with the thought that we are His servants. The upaSarkA 'anu' in 'anusmaraNam' emphasizes SEshatvaanusanthAnam (feeling the servitude). Likewise, SrI krishna nAmA sankirtanam is also a great prAyaSchittam. We can understand that the glories of SrI krishnA is greater than that of the other avatAras by the shAstrAs specifically dictating that we should meditate / chant on SrI krishnA. Not doing sins is the best. But if we have done any sin, we should feel sorry for that and strive for not doing it again. Such kind of intense feelings, even felt once, themselves are good atonements for the sins. By feeling sorry for any sin repeatedly, we can prevent us doing it again. We already have accrued many sins that are powerful enough to excite us to do many more sins. But repeted SrI krishNAnusmaranam will destroy the power of the past sins. To do the other prAyaSchittam, there is a stern necessity of proper time, suitable place, etc. For SrI krishNAnusmarnam, there is no such requirements. We can think / meditate on SrIman nArAyaNa at any time. Only upon successful completion of the other prAyaSchittams, one's sins will be destroyed (at a later time). But it is not so in the case of SrI krisnAnusmaranam. While doing (ie thinking of Lord SrI Krishna) itself, one gets rid of his sins. "samsmara~n satya: pApa~kshyam avApnOti' - maharshi uses the present tense here. SrI krishnAnusamaranam, nAma sankIrtanam, et al will lead one to take up the two upAyAs of mOkshA viz., bakthi-yOgA or prapatti as well. Hence, they also are causes for one to attain the highest perfection mOkshA. --------- Hope this helps you. SrImad Azhagiya Singar goes on explaining the greatness of these prAyaSchittams elaborately in his own inimitable style. It will be very much more delectable to read the book to get clearer understanding of the answers to your questions and many more. namO nArAyaNa! aDiyEn, LakshmIkumAr rAmAnuja dAsan SrImad Azhagiya Singar thiruvadigalE saranam! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 20, 2004 Report Share Posted March 20, 2004 adiyen is curious to know about it. pls clarify. regards/jrb. > > Gopalan Raghavan [sMTP:shriragh] > Sunday, March 14, 2004 7:00 PM > ; > query > > is it true that u cannot take a new born to the temple? > > > > > Search - Find what you're looking for faster. > > Links > > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted August 25, 2005 Report Share Posted August 25, 2005 SrI: Dear Sriman Deepak : Your query is most welcome . To the best of my knowledge , there is no any English Translation of Adhi Sankara's moving prayer acknowledging Lord NarasimhA's Omnipotence and request to come to his rescue at acritical moment in His young life . There have been other instances ( KapaalikA's attempt on Adhi Sankara's life) when Lord Narasimha came to his devotee's rescue . There is also another moving Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha KarAvalampa sthOthram by HH the 44th pattam Azhagiya Singar , Sri MukkUr Azhagiya Singar . I will also cover them . Lot of Sri Narasimha BhakthAs might be interested in these two SthOthrams . Hence I am copying this mail to a wider set of devotees . V.Sadagopan - "kambam deepak" <kambamdeepak <sgopan Thursday, August 25, 2005 3:27 AM Query > > Sri > > Srimathe rangapriya mahadesikaya namaha > > dear respected mama, > > wanted to know where i can find the translation or the esoteric meaning of > Sri Lakshmi Narasimha karavalambam stotram composed by Sri Adi Shankarar.. > > ramanuja dasan > > kambam deepak > > _______________ > A Mobile Phone sells every 16 minutes on eBay.in… > http://adfarm.mediaplex.com/ad/ck/4686-26272-10936-558?ck=Mobiles Get Your > Model Now! > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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