Guest guest Posted April 27, 2003 Report Share Posted April 27, 2003 friends, can any one tell me the real meaning of ohm. does it signify any one god. or is it comman for all gods. if so then why we restrict our worship only to vishnu. balaji Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 29, 2003 Report Share Posted April 29, 2003 Jai Ramanuja, Though the meaning of pranava is to be obtained from Acharya,I will just give a brief meaning.Details should be obtained from one's Acharya. In Bhagavad Gita SriKrishna says HE IS AKARA AMONG LETTERS.M stands for individual soul.U stands for relation between A & M . Hence Pranava helps in reminding one that he belongs to Vishnu alone & nobody else. dasan On Sun, 27 Apr 2003 balajiv_54 wrote : >friends, > >can any one tell me the real meaning of ohm. >does it signify any one god. or is it comman for all gods. if so >then >why we restrict our worship only to vishnu. > >balaji > > > >------------------------ Sponsor > > >Srirangasri- > > > >Your use of is subject to > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Sri Krishnaya Namah! I have been looking for meaning of the sloka -- "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum shashivarnam............." As I can deduce nowhere in this sloka there is mention of Vinayaka, while there is a mention of Lord Vishnu. One of my acquintances (who is a purohit) also told me that this sloka is actually addressed to Lord Vishnu. If this is for Vinayaka, then do we have any such sloka for Lord Vishwaksena, which is chanted before starting any auspicious deeds. Sukumar Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah! balajiv_54 [sMTP:balajiv_54] 29/04/2003 6:45 PM bhakti-list Re: the meaning of pranavam dear sir, iam grateful for your apt replt to the meaning of pranavam(aum or ohm) i am thinking in this way. ohm is the begining of all,including brahma,vishnu and shivan.it is this shakti which makes all gods do their functions like brahma does the job of producing,vishnu does the job of protecting and shiva does the job of destroying. all the three take their orders by yogic power. as lord krishna says in geetha after he shows the virata roopam. he says he could show this because of the yogic power he has and all that is possible because he is an avatar of vishnu. in sandyavandanam we invoke this ohm after doing achamanam and ganpathi dhiyanam.shuklam paradharam vishnum sasivarnam chathurbhujam,prasanna vadanam dhiyayeth sarva vikhnoba shanthayedh. in doing pranayamam we invoke the ohmkaram i do not know if iam correct.the learned may guide me. balaji bhakti-list, "Ram Anbil" <Ramanbil@h...> wrote: > Dear friend: > > As per our Siddhantam, PraNavam comprises of three syllables "a", "u" and > 'ma". "a" denotes Sriman Narayana. "u" represents "Thaayaar". In another > yojana, it is said to denote "only", since "a" itself is taken to denote the > divine couplle (Sriman Narayana and His inseparable Consort, Sri > Mahaalakshmi") "ma" represents the Jivatma. Taken together, it means that > the Jeevatma exists as the servitor ONLY for the divine couple as aforesaid. > > Swami Desikan in his "Srimad Rahasya Traya Saaram" has established this > truth beyond any doubt quoting appropriate PramaaNams from the Vedas down to > the least of our scriptures. ************************** [ Rest clipped --Moderator] ----------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list Group Home: bhakti-list Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of is subject to Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted May 20, 2003 Report Share Posted May 20, 2003 Sri: Srimathe Ramanujaya Nama: Dear bhAgavatas, adiyEn has come across this interpretation as well in the past - where the "shuklAmbaradharam ...." is said to be dedicated to Ganesha. The reason given is that it ends as "vigna upa shAntaye" and Ganesha is also known as Vigneshvara (remover of obstacles). Here "vishNum" being in the subjective case allows for the attribution to any deity. But, unless one worships Ganesha as the supreme deity, it is difficult to see how the quality of all- pervasiveness can be attributed to him. Vishnu Sahasranamam does have the invocation to Sri Vishvaksena - "yasyatvarida...", but this is not included in many of the popular renditions (including the one by Smt MSS). In any case, I am sure that this is not accepted by Srivaishnavas. To Srivaishnavas, it is Sriman Narayana that does all, including the removal of obstacles. Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan --- sukumar <sukumar wrote: > > Sri Krishnaya Namah! > > I have been looking for meaning of the sloka -- > "Shuklambaradaram Vishnum > shashivarnam............." As I can deduce nowhere > in this sloka there is > mention of Vinayaka, while there is a mention of > Lord Vishnu. One of my > acquintances (who is a purohit) also told me that > this sloka is actually > addressed to Lord Vishnu. > > If this is for Vinayaka, then do we have any such > sloka for Lord > Vishwaksena, which is chanted before starting any > auspicious deeds. > > > Sukumar > > Sri Krishnaparabrahmane Namah! ===== Azhvar Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Sharanam adiyEn madhurakavi dAsan The New Search - Faster. Easier. Bingo. http://search. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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