Arthi Prabhandham-10 (Part-2)

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Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha l Sri Vara Vara MunayE Namaha

 

 

 

SrisailEsa dayA pAthram deebhakthyAdhi gunArnavam

 

Yateendra pravanam vandhE ramyajAmataram munim

 

 

 

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Ok. The other divyadesams are branches of Srirangam, the headquarters. But

what about we people, who live in US and other places. Are we not srivaishnavas

and how is that perumal has not blessed us with divya desa vAsam?

 

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Though we all may be physically present in many parts of the world each

Srivaishnava starts his day only with the thought of the punya bhoomi and our

alwars and acharyas. While doing sandhya vandhanam no Srivaishnava forgets to

recite the following:

 

 

 

“Sriranga mangala nidhim karunAnivAsam

 

Sri VenkadAdhri shikarAlaya kAlamEgam

 

Sri hasti saila sikarOjvala pArijAtham

 

Srisam namAmi sirasA yethu saila deepam”

 

 

 

During the sattrumurai each day each srivaishnava recites, “adiyArgal vAzha

aranganagar vAzha saTakOPan than thamizh nool vAzha kadal soozhintha mannulagam

vAzha manavAla mAmuniyE ennumoru nootrandu erum”

 

 

 

So wherever we may be our thoughts always linger around the divyadesams and the

divine beauty of our emperumans. We pray for the welfare of all. If

SriVaishnavas have to live long then their headquarters, Srirangam has to live

with glory. If Srirangam has to live the divine work, ThiruvAimozhi of Sri

saTakOpar (nammAzhvar) has to live. Only if Srivaishnavism and Srirangam along

with the divine works of all alwars and acharyas live then the whole world

(kadal soozhintha mannulagum) engulfed by the ocean on all sides will live with

might and glory. For all these to live Sri Manavala mAmunigal, the last acharya

in the guruparamparai and the acharya of the lord ranganatha who brought the

glory of Srirangam back from its ruined state after the muslim invasion should

live for many many more years in all our minds. That is why each srivaishnavas

says pallandu to mAmunigal (yateendra pravanar) day in and day out.

 

 

 

So it is not important where we live physically but our mental status is

absolutely important. Unfortunately if a person in Srirangam doesn’t understand

its importance and doesn’t cherish the living over there, doing kainkaryam to

perumal then he is to be considered the lowest of the lowest. Since though

being given the opportunity to attain the greatest happiness in this world if he

doesn’t enjoy the same then there is no use in his living at all. But even when

we live very very far away from the divine lands of emperuman still if each day

we think of perumal and his divyadesams and lament for not being blessed with

his kainkaryams in the divyadesams sung by the alwars then that is even more

precious than a divya desa vAsam because we mentally live over there.

 

 

 

ThirupAnalwar never entered the temple and had darshan of ranganatha but was

deeply involved in his devotion mentally so perumal sent a Brahmin (loka saranga

muni) to fetch him and accepted thiruppAnan under his divine feet. So similarly

if we remain in his thoughts always then perumal will surely call us to his

divine feet for kainkaryam.

 

 

 

There is one legend in the life of Sri pillai perumal iyyangar to illustrate the

greatness of mental devotion lets see in the next posting and then continue with

the meaning of mAmunigal’s divine paasuram.

 

 

 

(To be continued)

 

 

 

Jai Sriman Narayana l Adiyen Ramanuja Dasee, Sumithra Varadarajan

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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