Fw: Aarthi Prapatthi

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Dear Drevotee of Sriman Narayana :

 

Aarthi means intense suffering ." Aapanna Aarthi " a term

used by Swamy Desikan in His Sri Sthuthi SlOakm (10th SlOkam)

was discussed recently in the Oppiliappan List posting . Aapanna

here means danger . Aapanna Aarthi means intense , unsuspected

danger over which one has no control or forewarning .

 

There are two kinds of Prapaathi ( Surrender at the sacred feet of

Lord with the total belief that we have no one else to save us ):

 

1.Dhruptha Prapatthi done by Dhruptha Prapannan in the form

of Prapatthi , where AchAryan intervenes or a highly evolved

one performing his own SaraNAgathy ( Svanishtai). A chEtanam

does Prapatthi and waits for the Lord's call to Moksham

and spends his remaining time on earth doing service to

one's AchArya , BhagavAn and His BhagavathAs .

 

2. Aarthi Prapatthi is done by one in intense danger seeking

Sriman Narayana's intervention to grant Moksham , when

one is suddenly facing death and has not done SaraNAgathy .

 

Alternatively , Aarthi Prapatthi is also the Prapatthi done by a Jeevan

,

when he or she is so overcome with sufferings of SamsAram that

they do not wish to stay in this Karma BhUmi anymore and seek Sriman

Narayana's

immediate intervention to seek the ultimate goal of life to serve the Lord

in

Sri Vaikuntam and join the group of liberated sould to enjoy eternal

Moksha Sukham .

 

When your husband cried out of Aarthi in that danger time and

invoked the Lord's name , our Lord on the banks of Ganges

heard it and came to the rescue and safely landed your daughter

on the other shore safely .

 

That is what the elderly VaishNavar meant : " Aarthi Prapannan

Aanaai " .

 

Swamy ManavALa Maamuni has composed a Prabhnadham called

Aarthi Prabhandham , where he seeks the Lord's intervention

in this fashion , when he wanted in a great dhvaei ( haste ) to join

Lord NarAyaNA's sacred feet at Sri Vaikuntam , when he could not

brook all the SamsAric sufferings .You can read THE INTENSITY OF

SWAMY MANAVALA MAAMUNIGAL in His Aarthi Prabhandham :

 

http://mamunigal.freeservers.com/aarti.html

 

Please enjoy it for furhter insights on Aarthi Prapatthi.

 

V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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"Sundararajan Asuri" <asurisudharsanan

<sudharsanan

Cc: "honganour krishna" <hokrishna

Sunday, September 25, 2005 4:31 AM

Re: Iyengar

 

 

Dear Sri Vaishnava Vidvans,

In our pilgrimage to Badrinath, in Haridwar , my

daughter was carried away by the Ganga. When nothing could be done,

no one to swim and bring her to banks, my husband, cried out " Oh

Narayana", after about 20 minutes, she was thrown to that side of

the river, where he was standing. ...... seemingly by the Divine

Grace , my daughter survived. then a Sri Vaishnava elder said, "

AARTHI PRAPANNAN AANAAI ".

Can anyone explain to me the exact meaning of these words.

What it means? Whereelse these words were used by our earlier

Acharyas -- if anyone could cite any reference for my personal

understanding.

My E-Mail ID is :

asurisudharsanan

Phone: 0091-44-26711464

 

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