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Dear SrI Ravikumar SeshAdri,

 

>1) is it not strange that we offer as Nivedhyam to

>our Lord, what entirely and solely belongs to him ?

 

All the SAstras state that Lord SrIman NArAyaNa: is the

Seshi. But the Lord himself enjoys the nivedyam offered

by the bhaktAs and prapannas who do it with Satvika

tyAgam. This " nivedyam " will be strange only when it

is not done with Satvika tyAgam. A jIvAthman who has

understood his swarUpam (seshatvam) and does the

naivedyam as a part of AarAdhanam as per SAstra,

without ahamkAram and mamakAram, with love towards

the Lord is very much liked by Bhagavan. The prIthi is

very important. Further, there is SAstra-vidhi to do

this nivedyam. Also, the naivedyam which is offered to

Lord becomes pure and when the jIvAtman takes the

offered naivedyam, becomes purified with sAtvika guNa.

Without offering the food to the Lord (who is in

Saligrama form or vigraha-form in our houses), we are

not supposed to eat food.

 

>2) since Sriman Narayan is present as antharyami in all

>chits and achits ,how are we permitted to breathe the air ,

>drink water , eat food , wear cloths etc. , as all these

>achetana vasthus are also likely to have our Lord as antharyami ?

>Can someone clear adiyen's ignorance ?

 

This case infact encourages us to use air, water, food etc.,

because " KaNNan is dhArakam, pOshakam and BhOgyam " . Please

do not take the literal meaning here. When we

use the natural things like air, water etc., we have to

remember the Lord's mercy and also the fact that these are

the property of the Lord. These things are not declared as

" nishidhdam (prohibited) " by the SAstra. Air, water, food,

cloths are infact precribed by the SAstra in karmAnushtAnams.

Therefore using these things as per the vidhi is not in any

way to be considered apachAram.

 

Thanks & Regards

M.S.HARI Ramanuja Daasan.

 

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