[sri ramanuja] VazhuthinAdan SatakOpan - 3

October 11, 2006

Vaikuntanatha Vijayasana Bhoomipala

Devesa pankajavilichana choranatyan

Nikshepvittha Makaraya Karnapasou

Natham Namami Vakulabharanena saartham

-Sri Manavala Mamunigal

kuLirvayal chOlaith thirupuLiNG kutikkitanN thaanE!

After realizing Azhwar’s state, Perumal Himself starts the journey towards Thirukkurugoor. Unfortunately, on the way he sees a beautiful place full of gardens and water bodies. He wants to rest there for sometime before proceeding. Meanwhile, the bhOgam of Perumal increases by the fact that both the Sri Devi and Bhoomi Devi Thayars start performing kaimkaryam to Him. Azhwar cannot wait to see the Perumal, hence he starts to invoke the Perumal.Azwar talks about the vaibhavam of the place where Perumal is resting currently, and requests for His grace.

…..Nin kOyil cheeyththuppal padikaal kutikuti vazivandhaat cheyyum….. (TVM 9.2.1)

----------- Azhwargal ugandhu arulina nilangalil...

The relationship between you and the bhaktas is not the one that has just been there for sometime. It dates back to very olden days. Because of your grace and most importantly, the grace of both Sri and Bhoomi Devi thayar, there are many bhaktas who have been performing kaimkaryam to you all along in different periods of time. Even for the time pass, the bhaktas are performing kaimkatyam in your temple. Even the fathers and fore fathers have performed similar kaimkaryams in your temple. Despite hearing the screaming of bhagavathas, you don’t want to see us, and are completely enjoying the bhogam at Thiruppulingudi.

There was a great scholar called Thirukkanmangai Andan. He left everything and focused only on performing service at Thirukkanamangai temple. That too, for his stature, he did not do any Goshti kaimkaryam, but doing physical services like cleaning the temple, maintaining the nandavanam etc.. One of his friends sarcastically asked Thirukkannamagai Andan,

If you really feel that Perumal is everything, why do you do all these services, what is it that you expect out of these? For which the Mahan responded as below:

He showed the place where the grass was uneven, and the place were it was leveled and asked his friend to decide on how it looks, and what difference this makes?

The message is not actually the benefits of service, which no SriVaishnavite will look for, but actually protect and maintain the divine places where Azhwars have done mangalasasanam.

(To be Continued)

adiyen,

ramanan

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October 11, 2006

Dear bHagavtHas

>If you really feel that Perumal is everything, why do you do all >these services, what is it that you expect out of these? For which >the Mahan responded as below:

>He showed the place where the grass was uneven, and the place >were it was leveled and asked his friend to decide on how it looks, >and what difference this makes?

>The message is not actually the benefits of service, which no >SriVaishnavite will look for, but actually protect and maintain the >divine places where Azhwars have done mangalasasanam.

This is a very very important point the person has raised. Keeping our temples and its praharas and if possible extending further to the society is very much need of the hour. Our Acharyas has shown examples but still we will not follow.

We need to find ways to take care of the following issues in our temples

1. People taking prasadams and droping on the floor, or after eating just wipe what ever place they can find,

2. when "tHErtHam" is distributed, half of the water will fall on the floor.. and all will walk on that etc.

3. When "tHirumanjanam" is done, the water etc will be all over the place and people will be walking over it in some temples.

4. The drainage through which the "tHirumanganam" water goes will be smelling because of the unwanted growth.

etc.

I was reading on the otherday on one of the web sites of the Srila Prabhupada's deciples about how important was the "sripAda tHErtHam" of Srila. Prabhupada, they call it nectre. People will rush to lick the "sripAda tHErtHam" if it has fallen on the floor. What a bHaktHi.

By mercy of Sriman Narayana, all our ancestors tried to work hard in glorifying the place of worship with all their creative energy whereas we are taking those places to the dark ages inspite of calling ourselves advanced.

We all need to do some thing for the maintenance of "suchiness" of the Temples, they have to be very clean and also its sorroundings void of human excretions etc. All our poorvAchAryAs defines the main quality of a bHagawatHA is "sucHi" and "rucHi" in performing services to God.

adiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan

Suresh

divya ramanan <divyaramanan >

vanamamalai; ramanuja; oppiliappan

Wednesday, October 11, 2006 7:52:00 AM

[sri ramanuja] VazhuthinAdan SatakOpan - 3

Vaikuntanatha Vijayasana Bhoomipala

Devesa pankajavilichana choranatyan

Nikshepvittha Makaraya Karnapasou

Natham Namami Vakulabharanena saartham

-Sri Manavala Mamunigal

kuLirvayal chOlaith thirupuLiNG kutikkitanN thaanE!

After realizing Azhwar’s state, Perumal Himself starts the journey towards Thirukkurugoor. Unfortunately, on the way he sees a beautiful place full of gardens and water bodies. He wants to rest there for sometime before proceeding. Meanwhile, the bhOgam of Perumal increases by the fact that both the Sri Devi and Bhoomi Devi Thayars start performing kaimkaryam to Him. Azhwar cannot wait to see the Perumal, hence he starts to invoke the Perumal.Azwar talks about the vaibhavam of the place where Perumal is resting currently, and requests for His grace.

…..Nin kOyil cheeyththuppal padikaal kutikuti vazivandhaat cheyyum….. (TVM 9.2.1)

----------- Azhwargal ugandhu arulina nilangalil.. .

The relationship between you and the bhaktas is not the one that has just been there for sometime. It dates back to very olden days. Because of your grace and most importantly, the grace of both Sri and Bhoomi Devi thayar, there are many bhaktas who have been performing kaimkaryam to you all along in different periods of time. Even for the time pass, the bhaktas are performing kaimkatyam in your temple. Even the fathers and fore fathers have performed similar kaimkaryams in your temple. Despite hearing the screaming of bhagavathas, you don’t want to see us, and are completely enjoying the bhogam at Thiruppulingudi.

There was a great scholar called Thirukkanmangai Andan. He left everything and focused only on performing service at Thirukkanamangai temple. That too, for his stature, he did not do any Goshti kaimkaryam, but doing physical services like cleaning the temple, maintaining the nandavanam etc.. One of his friends sarcastically asked Thirukkannamagai Andan,

If you really feel that Perumal is everything, why do you do all these services, what is it that you expect out of these? For which the Mahan responded as below:

He showed the place where the grass was uneven, and the place were it was leveled and asked his friend to decide on how it looks, and what difference this makes?

The message is not actually the benefits of service, which no SriVaishnavite will look for, but actually protect and maintain the divine places where Azhwars have done mangalasasanam.

(To be Continued)

adiyen,

ramanan

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