Guest guest Posted March 15, 2003 Report Share Posted March 15, 2003 Priya Bhagawatas, We are all tiniest of the kids and remain so throughout our life in front of Lord Srimannarayana and Nityasoori brundam. Just as a mother not only excuses her child but enjoys its talking with loss of clarity, grammar, pronunciation etc., Perumal and His parivaaram enjoy our chanting and excuse us for our mistakes while chanting the Divya Prabandham or any stothram; but it is our duty to ask for the apologies at the end for our ignorance like "Mantraheenam, kriya heenam Bhaktiheenam Janardhana.................and Yadakshara padabrahstam maatra heenantu yadbhaveth tatsarvam kshamya ta devam naarayana namostutey." But from time to time we also should put some efforts to correct ourselves slowly. Thus instead of not chanting at all on the pretext of possible errors, it is better to continue chanting and ask for apologies at the end, as nobody what ever experienced one may be cannot guarantee 100% accuracy in chanting Jai Srimannarayana Dr.Kilambi Ramakrishna Ramanuja Dasan vimalkumar ranganathan wrote: > Respected Adiyaars, > > I have a huge doubt. Even though tamil is my mother tongue, I still have issues in understanding the meanings of most of the Prabandhams. Well, if understanding the basic, flat meaning is itself a problem as such, what about the subtle, deep, philosophical truth hidden in each verse of the Prabandham?? > > How should one chant the Prabandham?? Is it ok, if he chants it without knowing the meaning as such. And what about pronunciation mistakes?? Am I right if I say that it is an offense if we make mistakes when we chant the pasurams, as it is tantamount to insulting the Azhwars?? > > Sometimes, I do get the meaning, but still am prone to making errors. For example, thanks to Sri Madhavakkannan, I now know the meaning of "Thiruppallandu", but still I have confusions in the last word of each paragraph, I donno when to say "Pallandu KURUVANE" or "Pallandu KURUDHUME" or "Pallandu KURUMINE". Is it an offense when I mix and match them?? > > Sometimes, when I chant the Pasurams, my mind just wanders, thinking of very very trivial mundane things, thinking of anything but Perumal. Am I a sinner?? > > I request the elders and the cognizant in the list to kindly address my queries. > > AzhwAr EmperumanAr Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam. > > Dasan, > > Kidambi Soundararajan. > > > > > > Web Hosting - establish your business online > > > > > Srirangasri- > > > > Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 17, 2003 Report Share Posted March 17, 2003 I respectfully thank all the adiyaars for taking the time to address my query, in short I observe that it is ok to make mistakes initially, but one should try his/her level best to rectify the mistakes by following the recital of famous Scholars in audio cassettes, having a book for reference, and ofcourse, praying to Emperumanaar, the Azhwaars and ofcourse Perumal to help me (wow, a huge sentence I must say!!). Again, thanks to all the Adiyaars. AzhwAr EmperumanAr JIyar ThiruvadigalE Saranam. Dasan, Kidambi Soundararajan. Web Hosting - establish your business online Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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