Guru PurNimA Day & Thiruvaheendhrapuram MahA Mantapam for Sakala VidhyA Moorthy : Sri HayagrIvan

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SrI:

 

Dear Respectable AasthikAs :

 

Today is Guru PoorNimA , when our AcAryAs start ChAthurmAsyam .

Our AchArya Bhakthi gets reinforced by worshipping our AchAryans

on this special day . They remove the darkness of our ignorance and

light Jn~Ana Dheepam in our minds about our Sath SampradhAyam and

guide us safely to parama Padham at the end of this earthly life through

the power of their MathrOpadEsams and performance of SaraNAgathy

rites on our behalf .

 

In the illustrious line of this Guru ParamparA , Swamy Desikan

stands out as the One of the most precious AchAryAs for all

times because of His many upakArams in general and the establishment of

SaraNAgathy Saasthram in particular on the sound basis of Veda

PraMANams . But for His MahOpakAram following the path of His AchAryA

and PrAchAryas , we shudder to think about what would have happened to

us all in this fearsome SamsAram . Swamy Desikan's NyAsa Dasakam ,

NyAsa Vimsathy , NyAsa Tilakam , NishEpa Raksha , Abhaya PradhAna

Saaram & other Sri Sookthis chased away the loud Vaadhams of

the Poorva Pakshi's nine aakshEpams and got Him the endearing Sahasra

Naamam of " NyAsa nishEdha NavakAnthakan " (i-e) One who defeated

soundly the nine kinds of objections of Poorva Pakshis on the validity of

SaraNagathy as an UpAyam and to establish the enduring SiddhAntham

that Prapatthi /SaraNAgathy is a direct and powerful Moksha upAyam .

 

The First Guru in this illustrious and ancient AchArya Paramaparai is

ofcourse Lord HayagrIvan , who blessed Swamy Desikan abundantly through

His KaruNA KatAksham and LaalAmrutham . Empowerd by this extraordinary

anugraham of the Lord of all VidhyAs , Swamy Desikan accomplished

the purpose of His avathAram . All this happened on top of the Oushadha

Giri at Thiruvaheendhrapuram. The construction of the MahA Mantapam

is to serve the BhagavathAs , who climb the steps of OushadhAdhri

to worship Lord Hayagrivan inspite of the heat of summer , the pouring

rains of the monsoosn period and the chill of the winter season .

 

As the Full Moon spreads its cool rays tonight on Oushadha Giri

and falls at the sacred feet of the Suddha Sphatika MaNimaya HayagrIvan ,

we have every reason to celebrate our links to Sri VaishNava SampradhAyam

and to cherish the BhAgyam of having Swamy Desikan as our AchAryan

who opened our eyes to the splendour of SaraNAgathy Saasthram

and helped us to travel on the path to ArchirAdhi Maargam to arrive at

SrI Vaikuntam to perform Nithya Kaimakryam to the dhivya Dampathis there

and enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham .

 

For this matchless upakAram of Our AchAryAs empowered by Lord HayagrIvan ,

the least we can do as PrathyupakAram is to make it comfortable for the huge

ghOshti of HayagrIva BhakthAs , who climb the steps of oushadha giri at all

seasons to have the Darsana SoubhAgyam of Lord HayagrIvan . Building

Mantapams , constructing PushkaraNis , creating Nandavanams , Performing

Pushpa Kaimkaryams , lighting dheepams and engaging in other Kaimkaryams

such as NithyArAdhanams pleases the ThiruvuLLam of the Lord. When Bhagavath

Kaimkaryam is interlaced with AchArya and BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam , there is

no limit to the glories of such a Kaimkaryam at a dhivya dEsam . In adiyEn's

humble

opinion , the ManTapa NirmANa Kaimkaryam at Oushadha Giri is one such

Kaimkaryam . Perhaps at a later date , all of us can help with the construction

of

a Nandha Vanam on Oushadha Giri next to Lord HayagrIvan's sannidhi

to grow the flowers for use in the NithyArAdhanam of Hayavadhana

Para Brahmam .

 

We need to sacrifice very little to realize the MahA Mantapam , which will

be like a lamp on the hill to celebrate Lord Hayagrivan for all times to come .

 

adiyEn indicated earlier that a commitment of $75 or Rs.3,200 will help create

TEN Square Feet of the floor space for the Mantapam . Those who can not

set aside Rs.3,200 or the equivalent of $75 can send whatever they can

based on units of Rs.320 for one Square Foot coverage . Few have pledged

Rs.50,000 and that helps to speed up the construction of the Mantapam and

the 8 pillars on which the Mantapam will rest ultimately . With Lord

HayagrIvan's

anugraham , all of us should hope to get the Mantapam ready for use in

the PurattAsi SravaNam day ( Oct 12, 2005) for use by the BhakthAs ,

who follow Swamy Desikan on anuyAthrA as He climbs this hill to perform

MangaLAsAsanam of Lord HayagrIvan . Please help ; Please join

in this Kaimkaryam . adiyEn requests you with folded hands

(anjali bhaddha hastham) to contribute your mite to this

Kaimkaryam and send your samarpaNams to Sri Soundararajan

Desikan , who is coordinating the Mantapam construction

on ground at Thiruvaheendhrapuram . His address is

available at the web site , http://www.srikainkarya.org

You can contact him or adiyEn to send your samarpaNams .

 

It is not every day , we get a chance to participate in Kaimkaryam for Lord

HayagrIvan . All the education that have been blessed with , the Iswaryams

that we enjoy as a direct consequence of such an education, the honors we

recieve

in the world for erudition , the deftness with which we speak and write

are ALL due to the tiniest portion of the anugraham (lavalEsam) of Lord

HayagrIvan . He makes a mute speak. He makes a dullard transform into

a poet like KaaLidAsa. Most of all , He blesses us with AchArya Sambhandham

and SathsampradhAya Jn~Anam and chases away nescience . Let us leave

a permanent testimony of our gratefulness to Him on the sacred hills of

Oushadagiri in the dhivya dEsam of Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

 

There are 84 days left until October 12 , when Swamy Desikan's

Thirunakshathram will be celebrated with pomp and circumstance

on the Oushada Giri . Let us all join together to make this kaimkaryam

a memorable event this year and forever !

 

adiyEn will keep on writing until then about the glories of Lord HayagrIvan

and the miracle that happened at Oushadha Giri , which gave us

the Sri Sookthis of Swamy Desikan as our Kula dhanam .

 

NamO SrI HayagreevAya ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan