Guest guest Posted November 14, 2005 Report Share Posted November 14, 2005 Dear sir I would like to know the in depth meaning of Divya prabhandam and could any one prescribe me a good book(In tamil). The reason I want the text in tamil is, the emotions and feelings are brought out better in Tamil than when we read in English. Please let me know. Regards, Padma Rajan Oppiliappan wrote: There are 7 messages in this issue. Topics in this digest: 1. Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.3 Madhavakkannan V 2. Re: Lunar eclipse on October 17th 2005 "M.N.Ramanuja" 3. Re: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram : Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams ) "M.N.Ramanuja" 4. Report on VArshikOtsavam celebrations in Boston on Sep 24th,2005 Venkat Sreenivasan 5. Fw: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram : Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams ) "sgopan" 6. Fw: Thirupullani info needed. "sgopan" 7. Fw: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram : Part XXXIII ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams ) "sgopan" ______________________ ______________________ Message: 1 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 00:59:15 -0700 (PDT) Madhavakkannan V Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- Thirumangai AzhwAr. anubhavam.. Periya Thirumozhi 1.8.3 SrI: SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah: Dearest all, Let us continue to enjoy Thirumangai AzhwAr’s Periya Thirumozhi. Today’s verse is Periya Thourmizh 1.8.3. kalayaami kalidhvamsam kavim lOkadhivaakaram yaSya kObi: prakaaSaabir aavidhyam niHatham thama: I meditate on the Poet, who is like the Sun for the whole world, to destroy the darkness of ignorance (a~jnAnam) with his word and who destroys the Kali dhOsham. nNinRamaa marudhiRRuveezha nNadanNdhanNinmalannNEmiyaan, enRumvaanavarkaithozhum iNaitthaamaraiyadiyembiraan, kanRimaaripozhinNdhidak kadidhaaniraikkidar nNeekkuvaan, senRukunRamedutthavan thiruvEngkadamadainNeNYchamE! 1.8.3 The One who learnt His charming steps, breaking even the Marudha trees(while doing so), The Purest Lord- The One who has the Divine Conch in His Hand- The One whose Lotus Feet is always worshipped with great devotion by DevAs and Nithyasooris- The One who saved and protected the suffering and lives of cattle by lifting the mountain of Govardhanam effortlessly as an umbrella from torrential heavy down pour by Indran- My Perumaan- is here at ThiruvEmkatam. Oh mind! Reach there. When cowherd folks were doing dEvathAnthara bhajanam (worship) to DevEndharan, this happened. This is not like other acts where an asurA was killed. Here is an act which tamed Devendran’s pride and arrogance. This destroyed Devendra’s asura swabAvam. When angered Indran sent heaviest downpour for seven days on cowherd folks (when those cowherd group stopped Devendra puja and did it on KaNNan as per His instructions), KaNNan protected the cattle, cowherd people from the rains. kunRu kudiyaay yedutthAy guNam pORRi. The entire group, the cattle were staying underneath comfortably without any doubt or fear that the mountain will fall from the little finger. This Govardhana mountain incident is very beautifully sung by All AzhwArs and PeriyAzhwAr in particular in his Periyazhwar Thirumozhi 3.5. Like the huge rocks, mountains, mud are all hidden underneath the ocean, KaNNan (who is like an ocean) consumed the rice, ghee, curd etc.. and appeared as if he had eaten nothing. When he could eat the whole universe with everything in its place, this is nothing. Like the mahout boldly and daringly pushing his hand inside the strong mouth of the hug elephant to feed the same, KaNNan effortlessly and boldly inserted His little hand underneath the huge mountain and lifted the mountain upside down. He is the Swami of Devas including Indran Oh Devas who are there are swargam! If you are strong, come and take away the mountain from my little hand- KaNNan appears to be telling the Devas when he lifted the mountain upside down. He is the One who appeared as Varaaha (Huge Boar) avatar ? he is my Swami and SarvEswaran. The most auspicious One- Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan who was earlier praised by celestial devas; EmperumAn KaNNan lifted the Govardhana mountain as an umbrella with his small lotus like fingers as the spokes of an umbrella; with the strong hand and shoulder as the shaft of the umbrella and the mountain as the cloth. The lines that appear on his palms, the red lotus fingers and palms, hand never show their sign of pain, weakness or tiredness when lifting the huge mountain for seven days without interruption or rest. The blue hued KaNNan lifted the victorious mountain which houses the large clouds that appear like the white hair on top of the head. Seven days- it was raining cats and dogs. The fingers, nails, hands, lotus like hands never showed any sign of weakness or tiredness. It is as fresh as ever. The lines also appear as clear as the first day. How is the ThirumEni (divine body)? It is just the same ? fresh, youthful blue hued beautiful form as fresh and cheerful as ever. Everyone thought that it should be some sort of magic. Bu only when they saw the other places full of waters, and finally devendran coming down to perform saranagathi at his feet and Govindha pattaabhishekam and praised him, they could believe that it was all true. Thus it is not unusual for EmperumAn the Sarva sakthan to take care of few individuals for seven days so effortlessly. It is part of His nature and duty. It is His mercy. He always takes care of all worlds and at all times. He carries them at all times. He is NaaaraayaNan. The rain almost has stopped and hence the clouds appear white and look like white hair on the head. EmperumAn does not have any partiality on one and enimity on the other. He reclines on Adhiseshan; tamed the KaaLingan. Rides on its enemy. So he considers everyone same. [gajam vA vIkshya simham vA vAygram, vA(S)pi varAnanA. nAhArayathi santhrAsam bhAhU rAmasya samsrithA- Those who are devoted and surrender to EmperumAn never get any trouble from anyone else. Where are the cowherd folks? Where are the devas? There can be no compatibility. Still he saved the illiterate, poor cowherd folks from the strong devas. Those who read them can have their own anubhavams and enjoy various glories and Acharya sishya, ParamAthma jeevathma, relations and also the greatness of Sarva rakshakan Sriman Narayanan. He is sujana saarvabhouman who lifted effortlessly the huge mountain and protected the cattle and cowherd folks. Those who are paramaikAnthins who understand his Parathvam and the supremacy of Sriman Narayanan. Thirumangai AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Regards Namo narayana dAsan Mail - PC Magazine Editors' Choice 2005 ______________________ ______________________ Message: 2 Fri, 7 Oct 2005 15:01:33 +0530 (IST) "M.N.Ramanuja" Re: Lunar eclipse on October 17th 2005 At the instant of greatest eclipse (12:03 UT), the Moon will stand near the zenith for observers in the central Pacific. At that time, the umbral eclipse magnitude will be only 0.068. North Americans will all see the start of the event, but the Moon sets by mid-eclipse for observers east of the Mississippi River and Great Lakes. Further west, the entire event is visible from the Pacific coast provinces and states as well as eastern Asia and Australia. d h m Moon enters penumbra October 17 9 51.4 Moon enters umbra 17 11 34.0 UT 0634 EST 1704 IST Middle of eclipse 17 12 03.3 UT 0703 EST 1733 IST Moon leaves umbra 17 12 32.5 UT 0733 EST 1803 IST Moon leaves penumbra 17 14 15.1 In India as per above schedule, lunar eclipse starts at 1704 IST and ends at 1803 IST. In Chennai, the moon rise is at 1744 IST. Hence it is already eclipsed. So there is 19 minutes of eclipse seeable in Chennai. So Chennai residents have to do filial rites in 19 minutes. In Bangalore, moon rise is at 1755 IST. So there is only 8 minutes of eclipse duration visible. Since this interval is insufficient, Bangalore residents are exempted from doing Tarpana. In Mysore moonrise is at 1759 IST and so just four minutes of eclipse is visible. So Mysore residents also spared from Tarpana. I presume that I have given the right times of EST in NEWYORK. I think there will be grastAsta by 0703 EST by which time you have to finish Tarpana if any. US Westcoast and East Asia residents may see the entire eclipse. If any error is there anybody please correct me. Adiyen Ramanuja On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, honganour krishna wrote: > Dear Mama, > > I live in Queens, New York. Please give me the timings of Lunar eclipse > on Oct 17th 2005. > Thanks, > Adiyen Krishna Ramanuja Dasan > > rajan s wrote: > Dear Ramanujan Swami > > I have read that Tarpana is required in case of Rahu grastha grahanam and not on Kethu grastha grahanam. > > Even in the sankalpam for grahana tarpanam, the word used is ' Suryoparaha punya kalam 'and Chandroparaha punya kalam'. Uparaha denotes' with Rahu'. > > Adiyen > Ramanuja dasan > Soundararajan > > "M.N.Ramanuja" wrote: > > Partial solar eclipse in bangalore is from 4.28 pm to 6.48 pm but sun sets > by 6.05 pm. Tarpana must be done between 4.30 pm and 5.30 pm approx. > > As per our information, in India we have grastasta solar eclipse that is > the sun sets before before release and so we cannot have a glimpse of a > eclipse-free sun before setting. As we have to stop eating before atleast > six to seven hours before eclipse Almanac says no food in the morning. And > as we cannot see the clear Sun free of eclipse before setting we are > prohibited eating even in the night today, 3rd Monday. Only after seeing > clear Sun Tuesday morning we can have food. This restriction is for able > people. As for infirm and weak, they allow lite foods and liquids as per > sastras. Adherence is left to the will of the devotees. > > Dasan ramanuja > > > On Sun, 2 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote: > > > Dear Devotee : > > The local news paper will be your best bet since I do not know where > > you live . Please also refer to the http://aa.usno.navy.mil/data > > for computation of the duration of the eclipse from the Eclipse > > calculator provided for your location. > > > > One should stop eating once the GrahaNam starts . Cover > > the foods ( in India with darbham ) and eat after the grahaNam is over . > > > > V.S > > > > P.S : I request others to comment as appropriate with additional > > information > > . ______________________ ______________________ Message: 3 Thu, 6 Oct 2005 16:12:48 +0530 (IST) "M.N.Ramanuja" Re: Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th Thirunakshathram : Part XXI ( Selected Lakshmi Sahsram SlOkams ) Dear Sri Sadagopan Swamy, Adiyen is glad to be of squirrel service in bringing out valuable old religious sanskrit literature. Thanks for taking me as a volunteer in this area. Now I may need some sort of ID/introduction or authorisation as connected with the project to approach parakalamatham and take blessings from HH Parakala jeer. With that it may be easy to begin the mission to the best of my little knowledge. Best Regards Dasan Ramanuja On Wed, 5 Oct 2005, sgopan wrote: > SrI: > > Dear Dr.Ramanuja : > > Many thanks for your feedback ! > I will focus on selected slokams of > Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . > > I think Sri Kannan Swamy had KaalkshEpam under > one of the learned Navalpakkam Scholars/AchAryans > on Sri Lakshmi Sahasram . > > You can be of great help in going thru the many granthams > in Palm leaf or book format at Mysore ParakAla Mutt and with the > blessings > of HH Sri ParakAla Matam Jeeyar bring them out in the digitized form > or printed form . The comemntary you mentioned about Sri Lakshmi > Sahasram could be one of them. > > Many thanks for considering this request , > V.Sadagopan > ______________________ ______________________ Message: 4 Thu, 6 Oct 2005 08:00:09 -0700 (PDT) Venkat Sreenivasan Report on VArshikOtsavam celebrations in Boston on Sep 24th,2005 Dear Bhagavathas, Adiyen is forwarding a detailed writeup on VArshikOtsavam celebrations of Sri VenugOpala Perumal by Smt. Vaidehi Raja . This event was hosted in Boston on Sep 24th in a very grand scale.. dasan Srimath Andavan Thiruvadi, Venkat Sreenivasan --\ ----------------------- SRI RAMANUJA MISSION OF SRIRANGAM SRIMATH ANDAVAN ASHRAMAM CELEBRATES ‘VARSHAKOTSAVAM” in Boston. by Vaidehi V. Raja On the evening of September 23rd, Rohini Ashtami thithiyil, Sri Venugopalaswamy arrived in Boston with his Parivaram along with a number of deities in Salagrama form and was received with great enthusiasm by Shri Sunder Kidambi and family. Shortly thereafter a team of people visited Sadhu Vasvani Center, Dracut, MA, the venue, and made preparations to receive and witness all the grand events celebrating the Varshakotsavam of the Pranaprathishtapana of Lord Venugopalan with Rukmini and Sathyabama thayars. On Sat at 6.30 a.m., the deities with their Parivarams were received with all the mariyadhai with poornakumbham amidst vadhya and veda gosham. Seva kalam with the recitation of Tirupallaandu, Tiruppalliyezuchchi, Tiruppaavai, and many other pasurams from nityanusandhaanam was performed. Preparations then were done for Thirumanjanam. "KAna kannAyiram vEndumallavO engaL nAthanin azhagiya thirumEni thravyangaLAl thiru neerAdal kAna! Elloraiyum divya swarupathAl mayakkinAn mAyavan!" Paduka aradhanam for the Sri Padukas of all the puurvAcharyas and prakrutam Andavan was also performed. "Manjal kappu thulasi mAlayodu engal manamellAm niraindhAn Madhusuudanan". Veda ghoshti chanted taittiropanishat and pancha suuktam. During Eera vaadai sevai, kattiyam was recited. Meanwhile, varieties of sweets and savories, specially prepared by the local residents for the kalyana utsavam and fruits and garlands began to appear one by one. In the couple of days preceding the gala celebration, groups of ladies affectionately prepared several garlands made of tulasi and various flowers to adorn the Lord suiting the event. Thus one could enjoy kannan in tulasi mala alankaram or in different colour garlands as mappillai and so on. The stage really looked like a kalyana pandal with seer varisai. At this time, via telebridge we were supremely blessed to hear the beautiful singing of “Adharahita charuvamsanala”, a stanza from Sri Gopala Vimshati extremely apt for the function, by His Holiness Srimath Srimushnam Andavan and also his brief kalakshepam wherein He so succinctly brought about the Vaibhavam of Sri Venugopalan. The Ramanuja Mission President, Sri Poondi Vijayaraghavan Swamin quickly briefed Srimath Andavan about the happenings at the center. By about 11 am, the Lord was taken to the entrance and after being received with sampradaya mariyadai fitting His Nithyakalyana kolam, returned to the podium as Kalyana Mapillai! "ManamagalAm ThAyAr iruvarum alangArathudan alaviLLA azhagudan milirnthanar". With brief ceremonial rituals, mAlai marrtrudal was performed.The marriage function began with nadaswaram. After witnessing Perumal thayar kanganam kattuthal, everyone had the opportunity to follow suit. This brought up sweet memories for quite a few as couples were asked to tie it for each other. One person said jokingly, “we get married only so we will have someone to tie the kanganam on such occasions!” Several devotees sponsored the event. Thirumangalya dharanam was a scene to behold. "PerumAlum ThAyArgalOdu azhagukku azhagu sErthArpOl kAtchiAlithAr". The Lord then adorned the Unjal with 5 Sumangalis conducting the ‘pidi sutral’, while devotees began to sing. This was followed by ‘Thengai uruttal’, symbolic of ‘vilayadal’ event in marriages, to the singing of Sri Kothai NAcciyar’s VAranamAyiram. With sattrumurai everyone received Theertham and shatAri and had the privilege of seeing Sri Venugopalaswamy and Thayars, Sri Periya Thiruvadi, Sri Udayavar and all the SAligrAma Perumals. Thus concluded the morning session with everyone feeling happy and heading for a marriage feast. The entire feast was prepared by a team headed by Smt. Rama Bhatta. She was ably assisted by a host of local residents. A lot of planning and shopping and cooking culminated into sarkarai pongal, kalanda sAtham, lemon rice, thayir sAtham and vadai paruppu, not to mention several sweets and savories for prasadam. We were quickly summoned as Lord Krishna got ready for DOlOtsavam. It was a treat for our eyes and ears to see the Lord in Dolai. He was entertained for the next 3-4 hours with Iyal, Isai and NAtakam. Yes indeed! The entertainment kicked off with a dance of Varanamayiram, by Ms. Sowmya Chari, a disciple of Smt. Jyoti Raghavan. There was another bharatanatyam performance by the disciples of Smt. Sridevi Tirumalai, who performed a Pushpanjali and Varnam, a dance-drama depicting the birth and leelas of Sri Krishna. The bhavas of the disciples were simply rapturous with a demanding and superb choreography by their teacher. The fitting finale to their drama, depiction of Lord Krishna as Parthasarathy and delivering the Bhagavad Gita to Arjuna was simply enchanting. They all deserve a well earned applause. The dance team was well challenged by Kalaivani Kalaikoodam (the drama team) by portraying the salient events in the lives of Mudalazhwars, the famed Bhoodatazhwar, Pozgaiahwar and Peryazhwar, the first three saints of the twelve azhwars. The audience witnessed with delight as they came to life through the tireless efforts of Shri. Narayanan and Smt. Vasundara. It was such a sweet treat to see several little feet scurrying between scenes! Yes the kids ranged from 3-17 years! What a monumental effort on their part as well to depict Lord Krishna, Azhwars, Andal, Thirumangai mannan and Sonna vannam seitha perumal stories to us. I am convinced Lord Venugopalan witnessed all the drama with great affection. This was followed by a solo vocal recital by Smt. Geetha Murali. Her rendering of the songs on Krishna was pure unadulterated treat for the ears. "Kannanin mOhana gAnamO enru thOnriyadhu!" Next came a short sweet rendering of two bhajans by a group of six ladies from the Boston area. All the participants were given certificates of appreciation by Sri RAMANUJA Mission. The drama troupe was blessed to receive trophies from His Holiness Sri Santharamji, of H.H. Tridandi Chinna Jeeyar Swamy, who was kind enough to grace the entire function. The Dolai concluded with the recitation of siriya thirumadal and saartrumurai. Several devotees continued singing individually. By about 7/8 pm the visitors were gone with packed dinners! The local volunteer cleaning crew stepped in to the backdrop of Smt. Aruna Sairam singing (CD). Several were in the kitchen preparing for dinner with most kids having dinner. Upstairs in the hall, a few kids were playing, some adults cleaning, some sitting/ standing and casually talking. There was a 6 yr old kid and mom singing sitting near Krishna. And then a 3 year old started dancing for Krishna voluntarily for the background music. The scene was truly like a kalyana mandapam after the marriage is over and only the very essential parties are left. And that is how it felt for all of us in Boston – tired, relaxed in mind that the function was an overwhelming success by the grace of His Holiness Srimath Andavan, satisfied that we put in our best efforts and ecstatic that the Lord Venugopalan is === message truncated === Enjoy this Diwali with Y! India Click here Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted November 15, 2005 Report Share Posted November 15, 2005 SrI: Dear Srimathy Padma Rajan : The two volumes of "AzhwAr ThiruvuLLam " in Tamil and English about ThiruvAimozhi of Swamy NammAzhwAr based on PoorvAcharya commentaries are the most valuable for you as you start your journey in to the study of Dhivya Prabhandhams . The author is Oppiliappan KOil Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan , an erudite scholar .These volumes can be purchased at Sri Ahobila Matam book stall or at Sri Nrusimha PriyA office at VenkatEsa agrahAram , Mylapore . Best wishes , V.Sadagopan - "padma sowrirajan" <padmasowrirajan <Oppiliappan> Monday, November 14, 2005 9:53 PM Re: Digest Number 1243 Dear sir I would like to know the in depth meaning of Divya prabhandam and could any one prescribe me a good book(In tamil). The reason I want the text in tamil is, the emotions and feelings are brought out better in Tamil than when we read in English. Please let me know. Regards, Padma Rajan Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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