Teliyatha marai nilangal teligindrome-4

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Srimate SrivanSatakopa Sri Vedanta Desika

Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

TeliyAtha Marai NilangaL TeligindrOmE-4

 

The second prasna of the TaittiriyOpanishad

(popularly called the MahA NarAyanOpanishad) is an

elaboration of the ananta kalyAna gunas of the

ParamAtmA, earlier defined in the Bhriguvalli and

Anandavalli.It is indeed majestic in style and

content, and its swaras are set by the veda purusha in

a lilting mode, making it a pleasure to recite and

hear this beautiful upanishad.

Defining the abodes of Sriman Narayana, the

Upanishad , in a grand beginning, says

“ambhasyapArE bhuvanasya madhyE nAkasya prishtte

mahatO maheeyAn”

Ambhasi apArE- The endless waters of the ocean

are the favourite haunt of the Paramapurusha.The first

and foremost of the avatArAs, the MatsyAvatAra, was

enacted in the ocean.At the time of PralayA, Sri

Narayana reclines as an infant on a small banyan leaf

in the swirling waters. Sri VarAhAvatArA saw the

Lord diving to the bottom of the ocean to reclaim

BhoomipirAtti. And for good measure, in the

KoormAvatArA too Emperuman stood steady as a rock, in

the form of a giant turtle ,with his feet firmly

planted in the ocean bed,bearing the Mantara parvatam

on his broad back, to enable

DevAs to obtain nectar. It would thus appear that the

ocean is indeed the home of the para vastu.

Tiruvaimozhi has innumerable references to Emperuman’s

residence in the ocean-

“kadal aazhi neer thotri adanuLLE kaN vaLarum

adalAzhi ammAn”

“tAnOr peru neer tannuLLE tOtri adanuL kaN

vaLarum vAnor perumAn”

“aazha nedum kadal sErndAn”

“nimir tirai neeL kadalAnE”

“neer torum paranduLan” etc,etc.

« Bhuvanasya MadhyE »-The Antariksham or the great

Universe (or ,according to some, the Soorya Mandalam)

is also the abode of SrimanNarayana. Azhwar describes

this thus- “vAnatthum vAnatthuL umbarum maNNuLLum

maNNin keezh tAnatthum endisaiyum tavirAthu nindrAn “

“paranda andam idena nila visumbu ozhivara , karanda

sil idamtorum idam tigazh porul torum karandu engum

parandulan”

“nilanidai visumbidai uruvinan aruvinan”

« Nakasya prishttE » « Nakam » here denotes the

suddha satva maya nitya vibhooti,viz, Sri

Vaikuntam.This is ParamAtmA’s permanent address, so to

say,and is ununtouched by rajas and tamas. It is this

wonderful world that every mumukshu aspires for, where

there is only unalloyed bliss of eternal service to

the Lord and His consort. Many are the references in

Tiruvaimozhi to Emperuman’s vaikunta vAsitvam-

“VaikunthA ManivannanE” “vaikuntha nAthan en

valvinai mAiyndara sei kundan” “vaikuntan tamar emar”

“viNNai thozhuthu avan mEvu vaikuntham ennu kai

kAttum” etc.

“viN meedu iruppAi malaimEl nirpAi kadal sErppAi

maN meedu uzhalvAi ivatruL engum maraindu

uraivAi

en meedu iyandra pura andatthAi « - is this not

a verbatim reproduction, in clear Tamil,of « ambhasya

pare ,bhuvanasya madhye, nakasya prishtte » ? The

more we delve into the Dravida veda sagaram, the more

we find such veda ratnAs.

To be continued-dasan,sadagopan.

Srimate Sri Lakshminrsimha diva paduka sevaka

SrivanSatakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya

Nama:

 

 

 

 

 

 

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