Recitations before Eating

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SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear devotees,

 

Just thought of sharing this info on the traditional custom of

reciting certain stotras before honouring prasAdam (Lunch/Dinner)

daily. This is a standard anushThAnam followed by vaidikas of

our sampradAyam and more pronounced during thadi-ArAdhanam

gOshThi. It would be nice to follow this old tradition set by our

elders, not only in our daily life, but also during all the

SrI-VaishNava functions/meets etc gatherings.

 

<SrImAn VE~kaTanAthAryaH ..........> : For Vadakalais.

 

1. Taniyans to YAmnuchArya, followed by SrI-CatuSlOki and

then SrI NaDAdUr ammAL's verse " aakAra-traya sampannAm ... " .

 

Note: aakAra-traya ....verse advocates upAyatvam to " SrI "

ie. PirATTi, which is not accepted by ThennAchAryas. Hence,

the recitation is esp for Vadakalai SrI-VaishNavas.

 

2. Then the first portion of prapatti to pirATTi in SaraNAgati Gadyam

" ......SaraNamaham prapadyE " .

 

3. Optional : SrI ParASara Bhattar's " ullAsa pallavita ... " verse

from SrI-GuNa-Ratna-kOSaH is also recited by many in addition

to the above.

 

All the above are salutations to " SrI " . Some do recite a verse

within themselves on their favourite Divya-DESa-PirATTi, while it

is not for gOshThi recitation.

 

SwAmi DESikan's Stotrams like SrI-Stuti and DasAvatAra StOtram

are recited if more time is available {Or atleast excerpts from

them}.

 

< KavitArkika SimhAya .....> : For vadakalais.

 

-

 

A standard procedure as outlined above can be adopted in the

SrI-VaishNava gatherings. It would be great if the verses in

Sanskrit alongwith the Eng transliteration are printed and

distributed to the members of the gathering. Printing of

English translation of these verses will be important for

recitation with good anubhavam.

 

To my memory, SrI V.SaThakopan has translated these verses Or

those who take up this kainkaryam can contact him.

 

Translation of SrI-CatuSlOki verses can be done from

SrI UtthamUr SwAmi's tamil commentary which has word-by-word

meaning also.

 

The following is the translation of SaraNAgati Gadyam portion

by SrI K.BhAshyam Iyengar, disciple of SrI UtthamUr SwAmi :

 

With no other help to resort to, I seek Thee, SrI DEvi, full of all

beneficient qualities, seated in a forest of lotus flowers: You are

the refuge of all the helpless; You are my mother and indeed the

Mother of the whole world. The crowned Divine Queen of the

Lord of the DEvas, the pure and unsullied, never separated from

the Lord: Yourself, Your form, its qualities, and the most

wonderful, limitless innumerable collection of auspicious qualities

such as greatness, rulership and high virtues, all to His liking and

worthy of the natural form and qualities of BhagavAn NArAyaNa.

--------

 

Hope that someone can come forward to assimilate these things

into a standard document and send through e-mail to those

who need it ... Or host in some Web-Site for public access.

Thanks.

 

aDiyEn rAmAnuja dAsan,

anantapadmanAbhan.

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At 04:05 PM 1/29/01 +0530, you wrote:

SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear Sri Anand:

 

Your suggestion is a most welcome one.It will be wonderful to

adopt the traditional format for recitations before TadhiyArAdhanam

or even partaking of food presented to the Lord in GhOshtis .

Creation of a monograph with meanings of the sOkams as an appendix

would be a great help for devotees .

 

Sri VenaktarAghavan of Bahrain would be an appropriate bhaAgavathA

to create a special section on the Home pages that he has lovingly

constructed. Sriman Raja Srinivasan of California can help

with converting the web content in PDF Format .He has done this

already for Sri HayagrIva SthOthram postings housed in the ParakAla

Matam Home pages.Others are welcomed to volunteer in this

important kaimkaryam .

 

I have a few postings on the subject slOkAs (AakAra Thraya

SampannAm , UllAsa Pallavitha , Sri Chathu slOki et al).

Translations from Sri UthtamUr Swamy's monographs ,

Dr.V.N.Vedantha Deasikan's Desika SthOthrams , Sri Seva

Swamy's monograhs can be accessed as appropriate. Simpler

meanings will be pertinent ; an appendix of detailed postings

relating to individual slOkams can be added as an appendix

for those , who wish to delve deeper .I am all for expanding

the reach of BhakthAs to get used to these wonderful

PoorvAchArya Sri Sookthis and cherish this important sampradhAyam

of reflection on the bounty of the dhivya dampathis prior to

partaking of Bhagavath prasAdham.

 

I will be happy to work with Sri VenakatarAghavan of Bahrain ,

Yourself and other BhaagavathAs to contribute to this kaimkaryam .

 

Namo NarAyaNAYa ,

V.SatakOpan

 

>

> Just thought of sharing this info on the traditional custom of

> reciting certain stotras before honouring prasAdam (Lunch/Dinner)

> daily. This is a standard anushThAnam followed by vaidikas of

> our sampradAyam and more pronounced during thadi-ArAdhanam

> gOshThi. It would be nice to follow this old tradition set by our

> elders, not only in our daily life, but also during all the

> SrI-VaishNava functions/meets etc gatherings.

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

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SrI:

Sriyai namah:

SridharAya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

 

We at home are used to reciting Sri YamunAchArya's Chatu:slOki the same

format as listed by Sri Anand. In fact, I had asked my father as to why and

how this chatuslOki is connected to food intake. annalakshmi? Let me know if

there is any connection in this traditional procedure.

 

At times we also recite Gopalavimsathy too.

 

Regards

Narayana Narayana

adiyEn

 

 

 

 

----Original Message Follows----

Sadagopan <sgopan

Anand K Karalapakkam <kgk

CC:

Re: Recitations before Eating

Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:19:27 -0500 (EST)

 

At 04:05 PM 1/29/01 +0530, you wrote:

SrI:

SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -

SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

 

namO nArAyaNa!

 

Dear Sri Anand:

 

Your suggestion is a most welcome one.It will be wonderful to

adopt the traditional format for recitations before TadhiyArAdhanam

or even partaking of food presented to the Lord in GhOshtis .

Creation of a monograph with meanings of the sOkams as an appendix

would be a great help for devotees .

 

Sri VenaktarAghavan of Bahrain would be an appropriate bhaAgavathA

to create a special section on the Home pages that he has lovingly

constructed. Sriman Raja Srinivasan of California can help

with converting the web content in PDF Format .He has done this

already for Sri HayagrIva SthOthram postings housed in the ParakAla

Matam Home pages.Others are welcomed to volunteer in this

important kaimkaryam .

 

I have a few postings on the subject slOkAs (AakAra Thraya

SampannAm , UllAsa Pallavitha , Sri Chathu slOki et al).

Translations from Sri UthtamUr Swamy's monographs ,

Dr.V.N.Vedantha Deasikan's Desika SthOthrams , Sri Seva

Swamy's monograhs can be accessed as appropriate. Simpler

meanings will be pertinent ; an appendix of detailed postings

relating to individual slOkams can be added as an appendix

for those , who wish to delve deeper .I am all for expanding

the reach of BhakthAs to get used to these wonderful

PoorvAchArya Sri Sookthis and cherish this important sampradhAyam

of reflection on the bounty of the dhivya dampathis prior to

partaking of Bhagavath prasAdham.

 

I will be happy to work with Sri VenakatarAghavan of Bahrain ,

Yourself and other BhaagavathAs to contribute to this kaimkaryam .

 

Namo NarAyaNAYa ,

V.SatakOpan

 

>

> Just thought of sharing this info on the traditional custom of

> reciting certain stotras before honouring prasAdam (Lunch/Dinner)

> daily. This is a standard anushThAnam followed by vaidikas of

> our sampradAyam and more pronounced during thadi-ArAdhanam

> gOshThi. It would be nice to follow this old tradition set by our

> elders, not only in our daily life, but also during all the

> SrI-VaishNava functions/meets etc gatherings.

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

 

 

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

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SrI

Srimathe ramanujaya namaha

 

Dear Sri.satakopan,Sri.Anand,

 

namo narayana. adiyen's pranamams.

 

adiyen would be happy to work with you all on this kaimkaryam. adiyen can

key

in the relevent stotras and make sanskrit,tamil,kannada and other language

scripts in html format. adiyen can also create PDF format with the help of

other bhagavathas as mentioned by you.

 

Sri.Anand, please send me by fax or by mail the scripts of

SrI NaDAdUr ammAL's verse " aakAra-traya sampannAm ... " and

SrI ParASara Bhattar's SrI-GuNa-Ratna-kOSaH (ullAsa pallavita) so that

adiyen can key in them and make sanskrit and english transliteration.

 

adiyen's fax number is 00 973 240 199.

 

Mail: R.Venkat,MSCEB, PO box 111, Manama, State of Bahrain.

 

Sri.Satakopan, please forward your write up on the meanings of the above

stotras,Saranagathy gadyam and SrI-CatuSlOki. If you have written on them

earlier then please tell me when they were posted in bhakti list.

 

Once adiyen has the required materials as listed above adiyen will start

this

kaimkaryam.

 

Srimad Azhagiya singar thiruvadigale saranam.

 

adiyen dasan,

 

R.Venkat

 

 

>namO nArAyaNa!

>

>Dear Sri Anand:

>

>Your suggestion is a most welcome one.It will be wonderful to

>adopt the traditional format for recitations before TadhiyArAdhanam

>or even partaking of food presented to the Lord in GhOshtis .

>Creation of a monograph with meanings of the sOkams as an appendix

>would be a great help for devotees .

>

>Sri VenaktarAghavan of Bahrain would be an appropriate bhaAgavathA

>to create a special section on the Home pages that he has lovingly

>constructed. Sriman Raja Srinivasan of California can help

>with converting the web content in PDF Format .He has done this

>already for Sri HayagrIva SthOthram postings housed in the ParakAla

>Matam Home pages.Others are welcomed to volunteer in this

>important kaimkaryam .

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Dear Sri Madhavakannan :

 

ChathusslOki is the distillation of the essence of

the four chapters of Brahma Soothram . There is a one to one

correspondence between the slOkams of the SthOthram

and the Four chapters of the Brahma Soothram .Great ones

including Swamy Desikan therefore has writeen

commentaries for it.

 

The auspiciousness of Sri Devi is remembered on

auspicious occasions thru the recitation of

ChathusslOki .

 

There may be other reasons that BhakthAs of list

might be aware of.

 

V.SatakOpan

 

 

At 01:39 PM 1/29/01 -0000, you wrote:

>SrI:

>Sriyai namah:

>SridharAya namah:

>

>Dearest Srivaishnavas,

>

>We at home are used to reciting Sri YamunAchArya's Chatu:slOki the same

>format as listed by Sri Anand. In fact, I had asked my father as to why and

>how this chatuslOki is connected to food intake. annalakshmi? Let me know if

>there is any connection in this traditional procedure.

>

>At times we also recite Gopalavimsathy too.

>

>Regards

>Narayana Narayana

>adiyEn

>

>

>

>

>----Original Message Follows----

>Sadagopan <sgopan

>Anand K Karalapakkam <kgk

>CC:

>Re: Recitations before Eating

>Mon, 29 Jan 2001 08:19:27 -0500 (EST)

>

>At 04:05 PM 1/29/01 +0530, you wrote:

>SrI:

>SrI Lakshminrusimha ParabrahmaNE namaH

>SrI Lakshminrusimha divya pAdukA sEvaka SrIvaN SaThakOpa -

>SrI nArAyaNa yateendra mahAdESikAya namaH

>

>namO nArAyaNa!

>

>Dear Sri Anand:

>

>Your suggestion is a most welcome one.It will be wonderful to

>adopt the traditional format for recitations before TadhiyArAdhanam

>or even partaking of food presented to the Lord in GhOshtis .

>Creation of a monograph with meanings of the sOkams as an appendix

>would be a great help for devotees .

>

>Sri VenaktarAghavan of Bahrain would be an appropriate bhaAgavathA

>to create a special section on the Home pages that he has lovingly

>constructed. Sriman Raja Srinivasan of California can help

>with converting the web content in PDF Format .He has done this

>already for Sri HayagrIva SthOthram postings housed in the ParakAla

>Matam Home pages.Others are welcomed to volunteer in this

>important kaimkaryam .

>

>I have a few postings on the subject slOkAs (AakAra Thraya

>SampannAm , UllAsa Pallavitha , Sri Chathu slOki et al).

>Translations from Sri UthtamUr Swamy's monographs ,

>Dr.V.N.Vedantha Deasikan's Desika SthOthrams , Sri Seva

>Swamy's monograhs can be accessed as appropriate. Simpler

>meanings will be pertinent ; an appendix of detailed postings

>relating to individual slOkams can be added as an appendix

>for those , who wish to delve deeper .I am all for expanding

>the reach of BhakthAs to get used to these wonderful

>PoorvAchArya Sri Sookthis and cherish this important sampradhAyam

>of reflection on the bounty of the dhivya dampathis prior to

>partaking of Bhagavath prasAdham.

>

>I will be happy to work with Sri VenakatarAghavan of Bahrain ,

>Yourself and other BhaagavathAs to contribute to this kaimkaryam .

>

>Namo NarAyaNAYa ,

>V.SatakOpan

>

> >

> > Just thought of sharing this info on the traditional custom of

> > reciting certain stotras before honouring prasAdam (Lunch/Dinner)

> > daily. This is a standard anushThAnam followed by vaidikas of

> > our sampradAyam and more pronounced during thadi-ArAdhanam

> > gOshThi. It would be nice to follow this old tradition set by our

> > elders, not only in our daily life, but also during all the

> > SrI-VaishNava functions/meets etc gatherings.

>

>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>

>

>

>

>

>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>

>

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>

>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

>

>

>

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Dear Sri Madhavakannan :

 

Another reason for reciting ChathusslOki of

Swamy AlavanthAr is that he is " the prathama

pradarsakar " of our SampradhAyam in the sense

that he systematized the AchArya paramparai

and was the first AchAryan to start the tradition of

creating Sthothra granthams , a tradition advanced

further by AchArya RaamAnujA , KurEsar and

Swamy Desikan et al .We pay reverence to Swamy

AlavanthAr this way.

 

This reverence to Swamy AlavanthAr is not to reduce

the importance of his grandfather and PrAchAryan,

Swamy Nathamuni. But for Swamy AlavanthAr's folded

three fingers , we would not have the great works

created or iniitated by AchArya RaamAnujA .

 

SaraNAgathi Gadhyam , Sri Sthavam , Sri GuNa Rathna KOsam

and Sri Sthuthi followed the traditon set by Swamy

AlavanthAr.

 

Finally , any name or event without the sambhandham

of " Sri " is amangaLam. Hence ChathusslOki , the first

of its kind saluting Sri Devi is given preference in

all TadhiyArAdhanams.

 

Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

V.SatakOpan

 

At 11:24 PM 2/3/01 -0500, you wrote:

>Dear Sri Madhavakannan :

>

>ChathusslOki is the distillation of the essence of

>the four chapters of Brahma Soothram . There is a one to one

>correspondence between the slOkams of the SthOthram

>and the Four chapters of the Brahma Soothram .Great ones

>including Swamy Desikan therefore has writeen

>commentaries for it.

>

>The auspiciousness of Sri Devi is remembered on

>auspicious occasions thru the recitation of

>ChathusslOki .

>

>There may be other reasons that BhakthAs of list

>might be aware of.

>

>V.SatakOpan

>

>

>