Oppiliappan sthalapuraNam

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Dear all,

I have received letters from the esteemed members of this forum

thanking me for this kainkaryam. Please, no thanks are due to me-

thank the moderators, and those who saved this grantham and those who

wrote the original and Shri BhUmidevI sametha Oppiliappan Himself!

I am reminded of a little incident in the Ramayana as described by

shrI PVP and I am sharing a little of it here.

The scene: the shore of the sea .

According to VibhishaNa's advice, Shri Rama is lying down on the bed

of dharbha with just his beautiful arms to rest His Head on. He does

not have His bow and arrows and only Saumithri is respectfully

standing close to Him.

Where are the commanders-in-chief of the army and SugrivA?

They are keeping their distance and watching this with respect and

there are a few unanswered queations in their minds.

Why should Rama request Varuna? does he deserve that? Should'nt He be

taking action straightaway?

Nevertheless, they are still keeping watch over Him and security was

very tight both in the sky and on the ground. After all, did not

VibheeshaNa come via the sky for sharNagathy? So, the

commanders-in-chief were not taking any chances - the Lord was on the

ground without His weapons! So, they stood guard.

Why? isn't Lord Rama not capable of taking care of himself?

The answer is "yes", but still they stood guard because of extreme

affection , even though they knew that He, whom they are protecting,

is their protector as well!!

Their love for the Lord made them stand gaurd for the Rama, Protector.

 

I am relating this, because likewise all the material we are trying to

save have been there forever -- we do this because we like to do this

and we like to share this with the rest of the Satsangh and we get the

satisfaction that we have "saved" His material, while we ourselves are

His, body, mind and soul - the material included! So, who is saving

this?!!

Isn't that the point? or is it?!!!

 

Shubha

But then, I do thank all the members who wrote to me and thanked me!!

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Dear all,

This concludes the divya sthala purANam of

shrIBhoomidevIsametaoppiliappan.

The next posting will be of His and PirAtti'dhyAnashlokams and a few

notes on the literature.

Please refer to shrI MAdhavakkanan's commentary on Azhvar Pasurams in

the website of the temple www.oppiliappan.org.

I thank everyone who has written to me with questions and comments -

it has been a pleasure.

namo nArAyaNa

Shubha