Guest guest Posted April 25, 2008 Report Share Posted April 25, 2008 SrI: Dear SrI Rama IyengAr : Let us see if some of the Oppiliappan Group Members might have some information on these special events . V.Sadagopan - " ram iyengar " <veeaar39 <saranagathi-owner > Friday, April 25, 2008 3:12 AM Garuda Servai > Dear Bhakthas, > > We will be in Kumbakonam on the 7th & 8th May '08 for > the Akshaya Thirtha Garuda Servai of 12 Perumals. Can > the Devotees give me info on the exact location in > Kumbakonam, where we can have the Servai of the 12 > Perumals with timings? > > Similarly we will be in Thanjavur from the 24th to > 27th May '08 for the Vaikasi Sravanam(25th) 21 > Perumals Garuda Servai.Here again I would like to know > the venue in Thanjavur with the timings. > > Thanks, Dasan V.Ramabhadran, Chennai. > > > --- " Dr. Sadagopan " <yennappan wrote: > >> >> NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text >> may need to change their >> encoding to UTF-8. >> ------------- >> srI: >> >> SrI sAra sAram â? " I (11) >> -- >> I â? " ThirumantrAdhikAram >> -- >> The Meaning of the PraNava >> --- >> >> After revealing the arrangement of syllables in the >> Thirumantram, SwAmi >> Desikan now starts giving the details in every word >> of the mantra starting >> with the praNavam: >> â?oithil prathama padatthai, â?~moolamAkiya >> oTRaiyezhutthaiâ?T enRu periyAzhvAr >> aruLic ceythAr. â?~Adyam tu trayaksharam brahmaâ?T, >> â?~moonRezhutthathanaiâ?T >> ithyAdikaLiRpadiyE, anantaSAkhangkaLAna >> vEdangaLukkum im-mantram thanakkum >> moolamAkiya ithai aRinthavanai vEda-vit ennumpadi >> sarva-sAra-sangrahamAyirukkum. >> Eka padamAna ithil akshara-trayam >> nirvacana-balatthAlE thanit-thaniyE >> padamAi moonRum kooDa oru vAkkiyamAkiRathu. >> in-nyAyam namas-silum varum.â? >> The message conveyed by SwAmi Deikan through this >> is: >> By reciting the first word of this mantra, praNava, >> alone, if one surrenders >> at the feet of the Lord, he will attain SrI >> VaikuNtam where he can enjoy the >> bliss. This is shown by Sri PeriyAzhvAr. Vedas >> consist of countless >> branches, known as â?~SakhAsâ?T. PraNavam is the >> very root of all of them. The >> same is at the beginning of the Thirumantram too. It >> contains within itself >> the essence of all the Vedas. A person who is well >> versed in this praNava >> along with its significance is called as a Vedic >> Scholar. >> Now, we shall study this passage of SwAmi Desikan in >> detail: >> â?oithil prathama padatthaiâ? â? " In this >> Thirumantram, the first word. By this, >> he means the praNava. It is also called >> â?~moolamâ?T â? " the root or the root or >> the cause. It consists of one syllable. >> For this, SwAmi Desikan finds support from a verse >> of SrI PeriyAzhvAr: >> â?oâ?~moolamAkiya oTRaiyezhutthaiâ?T enRu >> periyAzhvAr aruLic ceythAr.â? >> Let us consider the verse in full: >> â?omElezhunthathOr vAyukkiLarnthu mElmidaTRinai >> uLLezhavAngi >> kAlumkaiyum vithirvithirththERik >> kaNNuRakkamAvathan munnam >> moolamAkiya oTRaiyezhutthai moonRu-mAtthirai >> uLLezhavAngi >> vElaivaNNanai mEvuthirAkil viNNakatthinil >> mEvalumAmE.â? (PeriyAzhvAr >> Thirumozhi, 4-5-4) -- >> In this verse, SrI PeriyAzhvAr assures that it is >> not that the ashTAkshara >> mantra alone is required; the very first word, the >> praNvam, itself is a >> mantra. If it is uttered as a one syllabic foot or >> two syllabic feet, one >> can attain the fruits in this world and in the >> higher world within this >> prakruti mandalam respectively. Uttering the same as >> a three syllabic >> measure, if one surrenders to the Lord, he can >> attain Para vAsudEva in the >> Paramapadam, as stated in the PrasnOpanishad: >> â?osa yad Eka mAtram abhidhyAyeeta sa tEnaiva >> samvEditastoorNamEva jagatyAm >> abhisampadyatE /â? (5-3) >> (If he meditates on the praNava as consisting of one >> measure, he will attain >> celebrity in this world.) >> â?oatha yadi dvimAtrENa manasi sampadyatE >> sOntriksham yajurbirunneeyatE >> sOmalOkam /â? (5-4) >> (But, he who meditates upon Brahman through OmkAra >> of two measures, will be >> lifted up to the SOmaLlOka by the Yajur mantras.) >> After enjoying glory in >> the world of Soma, he returns to the earth once >> again. >> â?oyah punarEtam trimAtrENOmityEtEnaivAksharENa >> param purushamabhidhyAyeeta >> sa tEjasi sooryE sampannah / yathA pAdOdarastvacA >> vinirmucyata Evam ha vai >> sa pApmanA vinirmuktah sa sAmAbhirunneeyatE >> brahmalOkam sa >> EtasmAjjeevaghanAt parAtparam puirSayam >> purushameekshatE /â? (5-5) >> (He, who meditates upon the Supreme Self with this >> very syllable â?oOMâ? as >> characterized by three measures, becomes united with >> the Sun, consisting as >> the orb of light. As a snake becomes freed from its >> slough, in the same way, >> he being freed from sins, will be lifted up to >> VaikuNTa, the abode of >> Brahman by the sAman mantras. He beholds the Supreme >> Self VAsudEva, Who is >> higher than the pure jIvAtma that is higher than the >> embodied self and Who >> (VAsudEva) is reposing in all entities as the inner >> controller.) >> The same is being said by SrI PeriyAzhvAr in this >> verse. He says: â?oBefore >> the breath rises up pushing down the throat and >> making the legs and the >> hands shiver and the eyes close down finally, if you >> utter the single-word, >> praNava, up to three measures meditating on the Para >> Brahman, you will >> attain Him in the VaikuNTa.â? >> Thus, SwAmi Desikan is describing the great value of >> the single word, that >> is, praNava, quoting a verse of SrI PeriyAzhvAr. >> >> >> (To continue) >> dAsan >> Anbil S.SrInivAsan >> ------ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> Bollywood, fun, friendship, sports and more. >> You name it, we have it >> on http://in.promos./groups/bestof/ >> >> >> > > > > > ______________________________\ ____ > Be a better friend, newshound, and > know-it-all with Mobile. Try it now. > http://mobile./;_ylt=Ahu06i62sR8HDtDypao8Wcj9tAcJ > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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