naanEthaan aayiduga- Some reflection of Athma guNAs

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:

 

Dearest sisters and Brothers,

 

On this great day of Sri GodhA PiraaTTi's (Sri AndAL) Thirunakshathram, let

us pay our obeisance to the Lotus Feet of Sri AndaL by dwelling on Her word

" naanEthaan ayiduga " (in 15th pAsuram of Thiruppaavai) (meaning: may be -I

am at fault). NaanE than aayiduga means: Let naan (“I”) be what “I” should

actually be- i.e. being eternal servant- daasan of Emperumaan. (naan )

naanEthan aayiduga.

 

Please forgive me for my free translations (though not error free). This

article elaborated mainly on " naanEthaan ayiduga " is based on one of the

pamphlets that are released regularly under " Project Popularization of Swamy

Desika's works " by Sri U Ve. C Seshadri of Chennai. This particular one was

released on the 80th Thirunakshathram of asmadhacharyan Srimad

PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan (8.4.2000). This is

from Srimad Rahasyathrayasaram of Swamy Desikan - SwanishTa abhignaana

adhikaaram. (Chapter-14).

 

(This is ONLY intended to remind ourselves of these Athma guNAs that we need

to inculcate and cultivate- for us, Srivaishnavas, who have surrendered to

the Lotus Feet of Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. This is srivaishnava

lakshaNam to DEVELOP cultivating these guNAs. I always relish referring to

Sri KooratthAzhwAn's glory again and again on his GREATEST ATHMA guNAs.

 

This post is more of my loud thinking to rectify myself.. Or at least

attempt.- start attempting. It is NOT an overnight phenomenon. It requires

us to have the " real " feeling of " jIvan's " true nature of belonging to

Sriya: Pathi as His sEshan- His vasthu, His possession- His eternal servant

 

Swarupa nishtai:

 

1. If we happen to listen to the statements (derogatory) about us, like " He

is short; He is dark; He is of ugly face; He is lame; He is stupid- not

intelligent; He is of low caste " and any other abusive statements, do not

worry. These statements are all for our body (sarIram) and nothing of that

sort relates to our AthmA, which is permanent, pure always. Hence, we do not

need to scold back or howl at them for such statement; nor we need to sulk

and feel remorseful.

 

2. Further, if someone really scolds or abuses us with such statements as

above, or any other disparaging remarks against us, feel sorry for him that

he unnecessarily incurs paapams (sins) by such statements and pray to

Emperumaan to have krupai on him (remember Sri KooratthAzhwAn forgiving

Nalooraan).

 

3. Sometime, we may not adhere to saaasthras (I always fall in this

category) and due to laziness, or exertion, may skip some deed; if someone

finds us with that defect and corrects us, we should not get angry for being

caught red handed; instead, we need to feel thankful and be grateful to him

for correcting us at the most appropriate time. (Once ThirukkOshithoyoor

Swamy due to feeling tired, leaned on a pillar in Srirangam temple during

VaikuNTa EkAdashi festival, another person (like me, waiting to find someone

at fault), approached Swamy and pointed that Swamy should not do that being

an AchArya. (One is not supposed to lean on and relax in Bhagawath

Sannidhi). Immediately Swamy apologized and thanked him for correcting him.

He felt indebted to him for preventing him do that apacharam which he had

committed without even realizing that he was doing.) What a quality! -I

would have said " sardhaan pOm Swamin.. Unga vElayai paathuNdu pOvIngaLaa? " )

 

4. Even when one finds us committing apacharams and tells us, we need to

consider as if Emperumaan is speaking to us through him to correct us and

consider it a Divine will. We should not think of any ill against such

people. Even when it is false accusations, we should think that Emperumaan

is only testing us for balanced mind to face insults.

 

5. When one accuses without proper analysis, and without any reason, only

based on prejudices, we should feel delighted that our praarabhdha karma is

getting dissolved by through his such false accusations and be thankful to

Emperumaan for enabling us get dissolved of our praarabdha karma so easily.

 

UpAya nishtai:

 

1. Except for SarvEshawaran, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, we and our

family (wife, children) are not servants or daasa bhUthars to anyone else.

 

2. Even when we are in the evening of our life, or suffering from deadly

disease, and are going to die, since we have already surrendered to

Emperumaan, we should feel happy that the time has come to unite with Him at

SrivaikuNtam through archiraadhi maargam. (soozhuvisum panimugil thhoriyam

muzhakkina.- TVM 10.9) and gladly welcome death with smiling face. We should

know fully well that we are going to be sitting on the soft lap of our

Father Sri Parama padha nAthan looking and enjoying His red coral like lips

and be along with His samastha parivaaram.- Nithyars and mukhthars.

 

3. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should not worry about our

protection and not be scared of any event happening. He is there to protect

us and whatever happens is His Divine will. (It need not be what we desire.

It will be what He desires for us.)

 

4. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should not undertake any other

means (like bhakti yOgam). We have surrendered to Him with an unflinching

faith (mahAviswaasam). He has already taken a pledge to save us from all

sins and has assured us Not to worry. (so why worry?) We should not do some

yaagams /homams or any other karmas simply because it is going to give us

some puNyam, but simply as Bhagawath preethyartham.

 

5. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, We should always think that it is

all in Emperumaan's will to alleviate our sorrows and to grant us something

good until our death. Whatever happens is for good.

 

Purushaartha nishtai:

 

1. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should NEVER ever seek for

material comforts, nor should we unduly be worried about some problems

occurring at home with our family, - with a thinking that everything is

happening only due to praarabhdha karma.

 

2. By worrying about anything, nothing gets resolved. It has to happen as

per Bhagawath sankalpam. - With that jnAnam, we should not brood about the

domestic problems occurring.

 

3. If there is some unexpected wealth or comfort comes our way also (of

course through dharmic way), we should not shun them. We should consider

them as Bhagawath sankalpam and think that that is way to get rid of

(praarabdha karma phalam) puNyams as they will also be stumbling block for

SrivaikuNTa prApthi.

 

4. We should view both happiness and sorrows equally with a balanced mind

and have ruchi (taste) only for kaimkaryam to Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman

Narayanan.

 

5. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should develop an intense

desire (tvarai) for the Paramapadha prApthi and utter Dwayam, (contemplating

its esoteric deep meaning) at all times.

 

All above qualities are for us, Srivaishnavas, who have surrendered to

Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan.

 

If we attempt to inculcate and cultivate these guNAs, Sri AndAL and AchAtya

saarva bhouman Swamy Desikan will be pleased.

 

Any mistake in the above writing is only mine; anything good is due to the

great article written by the author.

 

Before winding up:

 

As Bhagyasaalis (fortunate ones) belonging to Sri Ramanuja dharsanam- our

Srivaishnava Sampradayam, let us remind ourselves of:

 

Tatvam:

 

(1) Sentient soul- Jeevathman;

(2) achith – Insentient matter

(3) Iswaran- Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan- sEshi (master- owner)

for both Chit and Achit

 

Hitham- (means- way) the Lotus Feet of Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman

Narayanan, through Bhakti yOgam or Prapatti (saraNAgathy)

 

AND

 

Purushaartham- Eternal ceaseless service at the Lotus Feet of Sriya: pathi

Sriman Narayanan.

 

THIS IS OUR SRIVAISHNAVA SAMPRADAYAM.

 

Sri AndAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Narayana Narayana

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Most Honourable Madhavakannan Swamy and other great mahatmas,

Please accept this worthless servant's Sashtanga danda pranamas at your holy

feet and forgive me to write to you all about the following, which I am very

meuch tempted to write after reading the Athma Gunas article written by Sri

Madhava kannana Swamy.

As you all know that Sri Ranganatha Temple in New York was formally opened

with the Utsava Murtys on July 12, 2000, a project started at the Direct

Command of the Great 44th Azhagiyasingar of Sri Ahobila Mutt.

During the past 12 years, those Utsava Murtys gave the greatest blessings to

this unworthy servant, by staying in my poor hut, even though They Deserve a

Mansion, and accepted my services with a trillion Trillion apacharams.

A lot of money was raised, in a very unorthodox way, here in USA, where the

devotees made me do Sri Satyanarayana Poojas at least some 400 times( it is

a ver popular pooja here, and I will just perform ONLY Sriyah Pati

Srimanarayana pooja in the Paancharatra way, WITHOUT any of the ganapati

Poojas, or NO panchaloka palaka poojas or NO navagraha poojas and narrate

the glories of Srimannarayana, thereby using that opportunity to propogate

the concept of Saranagati to the Public, and at least a 100 devotees took

Saranagati sofar here in USA ), and performing Sri Sudarsana Homa some 100

times and Srimannarayana Thiru Kalyana Utsavam some 100 times.

My knowledge in any of these matters is either ZERO or very much in the

negative at most. Still, Sriman narayana made me wash of my karma so much

in the past, as I was called a rogue, a hypocrite, a dishonest fraud, a

fundamentalist, a thief, and what not, even though I ran into a credit card

debt of more than $80,000= in the past 12 years.

The most positive thing is I am extremely happy that our beloved Lord Sriman

Narayana gave me this opportunity to wash of my ananta koti janma sanchita

karma and I am justing counting my days to reach His Lotus Feet, firmly

believing that " .... Tvat praptayecha, Tvat Paadaambuja Dwaya Prapatter

anyat na me kalpa koti sahasrenaapi saadhanamastiti manvaana:... " . So, I

request everyone of you to kindly resort to Kainkaryam to Sryahpati, so that

all our karma will just be burnt away in no time. In spit of all the dirty

criticism that we have to go through, the only blessing we can be happy

about is the great saying of the Gopikas " ... Tvayi Prasanne mama kim

gunena; Tvayi apprasanne mama kim Varena.. " .

A last request to you all: even though we raised more than a million

dollars to build Sri Ranganatha Temple here in USA, the total cost is more

than two million dollars, and we still have nearly $800,000= of debt, and

may I request everyone of you to kindly see that Sri Ranganatha Temple is

DEBT-FREE, so that the Great SAYANA murty can enjoy His Yoga-Nidra,

peacefully and debt-free.

May I request you to forgive me for writing this note, even though I do not

qualify to write, '.. Na Dharma nishtosmi, nachatma vedi, na bhaktimaan Tvat

Charanaaravinde.. " , and it is only because of the Glory of the

Azhagiyasingars this project was completed and not at all because of

anything else. Well, this project will see the greatest moment in History

when the Moolavars' Pratishtha will be done in the year 2001, in

Uttarayanam, a day for which, all of us have to look forward to, for the

Great Pratishthapana of Sri Ranganatha, once a life-time happening in

spiritual annuls.

adiyen, Bhagavat-Bhaagavata-Achaarya daasaanudaasan,

venkat kanumalla ( Sreedhara Deekshitar ).

 

 

> " Madhavakkannan V " <srivaishnavan

>bhakti-list ,

>CC: nama-singapore

>naanEthaan aayiduga- Some reflection of Athma guNAs

>Tue, 01 Aug 2000 13:21:16 GMT

>

>Sri:

>Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:

>

>Dearest sisters and Brothers,

>

>On this great day of Sri GodhA PiraaTTi's (Sri AndAL) Thirunakshathram, let

>us pay our obeisance to the Lotus Feet of Sri AndaL by dwelling on Her word

> " naanEthaan ayiduga " (in 15th pAsuram of Thiruppaavai) (meaning: may be -I

>am at fault). NaanE than aayiduga means: Let naan (“I”) be what “I” should

>actually be- i.e. being eternal servant- daasan of Emperumaan. (naan )

>naanEthan aayiduga.

>

>Please forgive me for my free translations (though not error free). This

>article elaborated mainly on " naanEthaan ayiduga " is based on one of the

>pamphlets that are released regularly under " Project Popularization of

>Swamy

>Desika's works " by Sri U Ve. C Seshadri of Chennai. This particular one was

>released on the 80th Thirunakshathram of asmadhacharyan Srimad

>PaRavaakkOttai Andavan Sri Gopaladesika Mahadesikan (8.4.2000). This is

>from Srimad Rahasyathrayasaram of Swamy Desikan - SwanishTa abhignaana

>adhikaaram. (Chapter-14).

>

>(This is ONLY intended to remind ourselves of these Athma guNAs that we

>need

>to inculcate and cultivate- for us, Srivaishnavas, who have surrendered to

>the Lotus Feet of Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan. This is srivaishnava

>lakshaNam to DEVELOP cultivating these guNAs. I always relish referring to

>Sri KooratthAzhwAn's glory again and again on his GREATEST ATHMA guNAs.

>

>This post is more of my loud thinking to rectify myself.. Or at least

>attempt.- start attempting. It is NOT an overnight phenomenon. It requires

>us to have the " real " feeling of " jIvan's " true nature of belonging to

>Sriya: Pathi as His sEshan- His vasthu, His possession- His eternal servant

>

>Swarupa nishtai:

>

>1. If we happen to listen to the statements (derogatory) about us, like " He

>is short; He is dark; He is of ugly face; He is lame; He is stupid- not

>intelligent; He is of low caste " and any other abusive statements, do not

>worry. These statements are all for our body (sarIram) and nothing of that

>sort relates to our AthmA, which is permanent, pure always. Hence, we do

>not

>need to scold back or howl at them for such statement; nor we need to sulk

>and feel remorseful.

>

>2. Further, if someone really scolds or abuses us with such statements as

>above, or any other disparaging remarks against us, feel sorry for him that

>he unnecessarily incurs paapams (sins) by such statements and pray to

>Emperumaan to have krupai on him (remember Sri KooratthAzhwAn forgiving

>Nalooraan).

>

>3. Sometime, we may not adhere to saaasthras (I always fall in this

>category) and due to laziness, or exertion, may skip some deed; if someone

>finds us with that defect and corrects us, we should not get angry for

>being

>caught red handed; instead, we need to feel thankful and be grateful to him

>for correcting us at the most appropriate time. (Once ThirukkOshithoyoor

>Swamy due to feeling tired, leaned on a pillar in Srirangam temple during

>VaikuNTa EkAdashi festival, another person (like me, waiting to find

>someone

>at fault), approached Swamy and pointed that Swamy should not do that being

>an AchArya. (One is not supposed to lean on and relax in Bhagawath

>Sannidhi). Immediately Swamy apologized and thanked him for correcting him.

>He felt indebted to him for preventing him do that apacharam which he had

>committed without even realizing that he was doing.) What a quality! -I

>would have said " sardhaan pOm Swamin.. Unga vElayai paathuNdu pOvIngaLaa? " )

>

>4. Even when one finds us committing apacharams and tells us, we need to

>consider as if Emperumaan is speaking to us through him to correct us and

>consider it a Divine will. We should not think of any ill against such

>people. Even when it is false accusations, we should think that Emperumaan

>is only testing us for balanced mind to face insults.

>

>5. When one accuses without proper analysis, and without any reason, only

>based on prejudices, we should feel delighted that our praarabhdha karma is

>getting dissolved by through his such false accusations and be thankful to

>Emperumaan for enabling us get dissolved of our praarabdha karma so easily.

>

>UpAya nishtai:

>

>1. Except for SarvEshawaran, Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan, we and our

>family (wife, children) are not servants or daasa bhUthars to anyone else.

>

>2. Even when we are in the evening of our life, or suffering from deadly

>disease, and are going to die, since we have already surrendered to

>Emperumaan, we should feel happy that the time has come to unite with Him

>at

>SrivaikuNtam through archiraadhi maargam. (soozhuvisum panimugil thhoriyam

>muzhakkina.- TVM 10.9) and gladly welcome death with smiling face. We

>should

>know fully well that we are going to be sitting on the soft lap of our

>Father Sri Parama padha nAthan looking and enjoying His red coral like lips

>and be along with His samastha parivaaram.- Nithyars and mukhthars.

>

>3. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should not worry about our

>protection and not be scared of any event happening. He is there to protect

>us and whatever happens is His Divine will. (It need not be what we desire.

>It will be what He desires for us.)

>

>4. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should not undertake any

>other

>means (like bhakti yOgam). We have surrendered to Him with an unflinching

>faith (mahAviswaasam). He has already taken a pledge to save us from all

>sins and has assured us Not to worry. (so why worry?) We should not do some

>yaagams /homams or any other karmas simply because it is going to give us

>some puNyam, but simply as Bhagawath preethyartham.

>

>5. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, We should always think that it

>is

>all in Emperumaan's will to alleviate our sorrows and to grant us something

>good until our death. Whatever happens is for good.

>

>Purushaartha nishtai:

>

>1. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should NEVER ever seek for

>material comforts, nor should we unduly be worried about some problems

>occurring at home with our family, - with a thinking that everything is

>happening only due to praarabhdha karma.

>

>2. By worrying about anything, nothing gets resolved. It has to happen as

>per Bhagawath sankalpam. - With that jnAnam, we should not brood about the

>domestic problems occurring.

>

>3. If there is some unexpected wealth or comfort comes our way also (of

>course through dharmic way), we should not shun them. We should consider

>them as Bhagawath sankalpam and think that that is way to get rid of

>(praarabdha karma phalam) puNyams as they will also be stumbling block for

>SrivaikuNTa prApthi.

>

>4. We should view both happiness and sorrows equally with a balanced mind

>and have ruchi (taste) only for kaimkaryam to Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi

>Sriman

>Narayanan.

>

>5. Having surrendered to the Sriya: Pathi, we should develop an intense

>desire (tvarai) for the Paramapadha prApthi and utter Dwayam,

>(contemplating

>its esoteric deep meaning) at all times.

>

>All above qualities are for us, Srivaishnavas, who have surrendered to

>Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan.

>

>If we attempt to inculcate and cultivate these guNAs, Sri AndAL and AchAtya

>saarva bhouman Swamy Desikan will be pleased.

>

>Any mistake in the above writing is only mine; anything good is due to the

>great article written by the author.

>

>Before winding up:

>

>As Bhagyasaalis (fortunate ones) belonging to Sri Ramanuja dharsanam- our

>Srivaishnava Sampradayam, let us remind ourselves of:

>

>Tatvam:

>

>(1) Sentient soul- Jeevathman;

>(2) achith – Insentient matter

>(3) Iswaran- Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman Narayanan- sEshi (master-

>owner)

>for both Chit and Achit

>

>Hitham- (means- way) the Lotus Feet of Emperumaan Sriya: Pathi Sriman

>Narayanan, through Bhakti yOgam or Prapatti (saraNAgathy)

>

>AND

>

>Purushaartham- Eternal ceaseless service at the Lotus Feet of Sriya: pathi

>Sriman Narayanan.

>

>THIS IS OUR SRIVAISHNAVA SAMPRADAYAM.

>

>Sri AndAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

>Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

>Regards

>Narayana Narayana

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>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>

 

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