Guest guest Posted November 11, 2002 Report Share Posted November 11, 2002 Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha l Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim --\ ----------------- Ok. Then how is it different from nithya vibhuthi? --\ ----------------- Anyone can go to Srirangam at any time and have darshan of periya perumal and namperumal if they wish to do so. But can we have the darshan of Srivaikundanathan in the similar manner. Namperumal is accessible even by the nasthikas but paramapada nAdan is not accessible so easily even to srivaishnavas till they shed this body here and go to paramapadam. We enjoy so many utsavams in each divyadesam today but we are not aware if such utsavams exist in vaikundam. Sri parasara bhattar before attaining paramapadam said, “I will go over there and see and if I am unable to see the same beauty of namperumal with kaviththa mudi, mugamum muruvalum (beautiful face with a pleasant smile) anjEl endra kaiyum (hands which give abhayam) AsanapadmaththilE azhuthina thiruvadinilaigal (the divine feet on the Asanapadmam), then I will pitch a hole at one end and jump back to this world. Such was the experience of our acharyas. They were so involved with ranganatha that they never wanted to go even to Srivaikundam. So divya desa vAsam is a blessing for all srivaishnavas. A srivaishnava wants to live in a divya desam not because it will fetch him something else but a divya desa vAsam itself is a boon, a joy for srivaishnavas. --\ ----------------- But does this grant moksha? Our acharyas considered Srirangam itself has moksha. --\ ----------------- There is one legend in guru parampari. A king, kulOthunga cholan (kirimikanda chola) wanted to convert on srivaishnavas to saivaits so he forced them to do so and give in writing that shiva was the supreme. One member in his court named nAloorAN told the king that his wish will be fulfilled if he made Sri ramanuja, considered as a greatest acharya of srivaishnavas do the same. So the king ordered, to bring ramanuja to the court but before the news could reach ethirajar, koorathAzhvan in the disguise of ethirarjar accompanied by periya nambi and his daughter Andal, visited the king and when the king asked them to accept the sole supremacy of shiva, koorathAzhvan replied sarcastically which made the king angry. So he punished both of them and both periya nambi and Azhvan lost their eyes. On the way, due to old age and due to the harassment of the king periya nambi became very weak and was in the stage of attaining paramapadam. At that time, Azhvan said, “if we could hurry a little bit we can reach srirangam and then nambigal can breath his last in the divine land and attain the divine feet of emperuman.” Periya Nambi refused saying that, if we rush to srirangam and if I breathe my last there, then it will leave a wrong impression to the next generations that if a person dies in srirangam then he will attain moksha, when perumal’s nirheduka krupai alone can grant us moksha. So from this it has been proved that divya desa vAsam for Srivaishnavas is a gift only for spending a good life while in this leela vibhuti. It is by itself a result and will not grant any other result. Moksha can be granted ONLY BY THE NIRHEDUKA KRUPA OF EMPERUMAN”. --\ ----------------- mAmunigal says only thiruvarangam, then is it that the other divyadesams are not worth living. What about the srivaishnavas who are living in US and other places? --\ ----------------- Let us see in the next posting. (To be continued) Jai Sriman Narayana l Adiyen Ramanuja Dasyai, Sumithra Varadarajan U2 on LAUNCH - Exclusive medley & videos from Greatest Hits CD Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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