Why do we celebrate AchArya Thirunakshathrams ? Part II

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sriDear SrI VaishNavAs:

 

The sequel to the article written on the above topic last week

is attached . The article was written especailly for the home pages of

HH AchArya RangapriyA Swamy last year .

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

 

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Samarpanam- An Offering to Our Achryas

 

Article by Sri V.Sadagopan, New York

 

 

 

HH Rangapriya Swamiji & HH Parkala Mutt Jeeyar Offering Mangalasasanams

at Satyagalam

 

 

Our AchAryAs are the ground on which we build our lives .Without

them we are nothing and our wanderings here and there on this earth has no

meaning whatsoever. Blessed with the BhAgyam of SadAchArya katAksham and

anugraham ,our lives become purposeful . In addition to reverence for our own

direct AchAryan and His paramparai , we are instructed by SaasthrAs that we

should revere all Sri VaishNava AchAryAs , who grow our knowledge of Tatthvams

and PurushArtham , while holding one's own AchAryan's sacred feet on our heads

since He is the One , who blessed us with Pancha SamskArams and performed

Prapatthi for us .

 

The pramANam is :

 

manthrE tath dEvathAyAm cha , TathA manthrapradhE Gurou

Thrishu Bhakthi: sadhA kaaryA , saa hi prathama Saadhanam

 

( Meaning): The one and only (primary) step for our ujjIvanam is the

devotion to Manthrams such as AshtAksharam and Dhvayam , reverence for one's

AchAryan, who performed UpadEsam of these powerful manthrAs and dhruva Bhakthi

for Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is the Para Devathai for these

ManthrAs .

 

Sustained and unfaltering devotion to the Three( mathrams , AchAryan

and Sriman NaarAyaNan) should always be there to realize upliftment in our

spiritual saadhanais.

 

Our core belief is MahA VisvAsam to our AchAryan in the spirit of

the following pramANam quoted by U.Ve. SrivathsAnkAcchAr Swamy :

 

GururEva Param Brahma , GururEva ParA Gathi:

GururEva ParA VidhyA , GururEva ParAyanam

GururEva para: KaamO GururEva param dhanam

YasmAth SadhupadEshtAasou tasmAth GurutamO Guru:

 

(Meaning): AchAryan is Para Brahmam (Supreme Brahman).He is the

highest to be attained as Education, wealth ,the means for PurushArtham and the

essence of VedAs.AchAryan is the One , who instructed us on SadAchAram and

anushtAnam . Therefore , He has to be worshipped by us with reverence at all

times out of gratefulness (Kruthaj~nathai) for His MahOpakAram.

 

Our attitude towards our AchAryan has to be along the lines

shown by Swami Desikan and Sri NadadUr AmmAL :

 

Achaaryasya PrasAdEna mama sarvam abhIpsitham

prApnuyAmithi YasyAsthi VisvAsa: Sa SukhI BhavEth

 

(Meaning): The Sishyan, who has the unshakable faith

in his AchAryan's grace as THE cause for realizing all

that he wishes for , will be the most happy and contented

one .

 

Therefore , our AchArya Bhakthi is molded along

the lines drawn by Swamy Desikan:

 

archanIyasya Vandhyasccha KeerthanIyasya SARVADHAA

DhyAyEth japEth namEdh BhakthyA bhajEdh abhyarchyEn MUDHA

upAyOpEya BhAvEna TamEva SaraNam vrajEth

 

AchArya vandhanam , Japam of His Taniyan , Keerthanam of His

auspicious attributes , dhyAnam with joy should be peformed by us always . We

should seek His feet for succor

as the upAyam for placing our AathmA,the BhagavAn's property ,at His

CharaNAravindham as Aathma NivEdhanam .

 

The noblest of instruction given to us is:

 

" SarIram , artham , PrANAmsccha SadhgurubhyO NivadhayEth "

 

Everything --our body , wealth and even prANan--has to be placed at

the sacred feet of our SadAchAryan , who saves us from the terrors of SamsAram

and helps us most mercifully to reach Parmaam Gathi. All Sri VaishNava AchAryAs

in general and one's own AchAryan in particular has to be revered along the

above lines.Let us therefore celebrate our AchAryAs , who have nothing but our

KshEmam in their minds , prepare us for a state of fitness for arpaNam of our

Jeevan to Sriya: Pathi .

 

Daasan

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan

 

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