Single Namaskaram

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dear Sriman mukandan,

 

Jaya Srimannarayana.

 

In Stotra Ratna, Swami Yamunacharya says:

 

tvdanghrim uddisya kadApi kEna chit

yathA tathA vApi sakrut krutOnjalih

tathaiva mushNAtyaSubhAnyaSEshatah

SubhAni pushNAti na jAtu hiyatE

 

where, swami says, that single namskAram (anjalI) is enough for getting rid of

all inaupicious things and for all that is auspicious to bloom.

 

learned mebers can kinldy correct me.

 

dasudu

vishnu

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srImathE rAmAnujAya namaha

srImadh varavara munayE namaha

 

Dear Sri Vishnu,

 

You are right. Also you see the wordings " yathA thathA vApi". This

means that you can do the anjali in whatever way we want, rather can.

It is only the mindset that is very important here, that we are doing

anjali to HIM.

 

The same mind set can also be applied to learning the meaning of

saraNAgathi. It is said that, "The Prayer for Him to be the upAyam"

is what is called as saraNAgathi. That sloka is

"tvamEva upAya bUthOmE bava ithi prArthanA mathi: sarNAgathi".

So we have to have a mindset that He is the only upAyam. If this is

there then the saraNAgathi that we have done makes sense.

Otherwise.........

 

AzhwAr emberumAnAr jeeyar thiruvadigaLE saraNam

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Thirumalai Vinjamoor Venkatesh

 

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"Vinjamuri Srimahavishnu" <s.vinjamuri

Mon, 15 Oct 2001 22:27:22 -0700

ramanuja

[ramanuja] Single Namaskaram

 

 

 dear Sriman mukandan,

 

Jaya Srimannarayana.

 

In Stotra Ratna, Swami Yamunacharya says:

 

tvdanghrim uddisya kadApi kEna chit

yathA tathA vApi sakrut krutOnjalih

tathaiva mushNAtyaSubhAnyaSEshatah

SubhAni pushNAti na jAtu hiyatE

 

where, swami says, that single namskAram (anjalI) is enough for

getting rid of all inaupicious things and for all that is auspicious

to bloom.

 

learned mebers can kinldy correct me.

 

dasudu

vishnu

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Srimad Venkata Lakshmana Yativaram samsEvishIyAniSam.

 

Dear Sriman Venkatesh,

 

Thanks for the explanation of the word Saranagati.

 

I have goen through stOtra ratna Telugu commentary of Sriman VaiyAkaraNa

rAmAnuja iyengAr, a greta scholar from Chennai in the beginning of 20th century.

 

In this, in the commnetary for the succeeding SlOka "udIrNa samsAra

davAmSuSukshaNim", the scholar says exactly what you have said i.e. it is the

mind set which is very imp.

 

first of all, let us enjoy the scholar's commentary on the vaibhavam of anjali

as glorified in tvadanghrimuddiSya SlOka.

 

1. Unlike hOmas like JyOtishtOma which is to be done in autumn season, krushNa

paksham, and forenoon etc., anjali can be done at any time.

 

2. Unlike several karmas which need pre-qualifications like traivarNikatvam or

belonging to brahmin/kshatriya/vaisya castes, and gruhamEdhitvam or being a

householder, namaskaram to God can be done by anyone irrespective of his/her

caste and marital status.

 

3. Unlike Yagas like AswamEdha which are very difficult to do, and where the

performer needs to have a wife, namaskAram can be done by anyone and is very

simple to do.

 

4. Unlike sevreal nitya naimittika karams prescribed by SAstras which one ought

to do throughout his/her life, anjali is EkavArAnushtEyam i.e. can be done in a

split second.

 

5. Unlike sevral karmas which give phalam in some other place and/or some other

pt of time and/or some otehr birth, anjali gives instantaneous results.

 

6. Unlike all karmas whose results get depleted over time (ref. "kshINE puNyE

martyalOkam viSanti" of Sri Krishna), anjali will leave a permanent impression

in the heart of ISwara.

 

Now, coming to the next Sloka, Sri ramanuja Iyengar says, PerumAL is so kind

that He does not want the ASrita to strain in performing the physical act of

anjali and mere mAnasika anjali is enough. (let us remeber "Thozhudu mAmalar nIr

Sudar thUpam konadu ezhudhumennumidhi mihaiyAdhalil... " of swami Nammalwar)

 

This mAnasika anjali is performed spontaneously, and is in the form of a

droplet from the ocean of nectar called anurAgam for the charaNAravinda dvayam

of BhagavAn, says Sri

Iyengar.

 

All mistakes are due to my poor understanding.

 

Alwar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

Dasanudasan

Vishnu

 

 

 

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