Lord RanganAthA's MahA SamprOkshaNam : Pushpam &TuLasi Kaimkaryam during the Five days of the Auspicious Uthsavam

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Since adiyEn's appeal on April 15 for joining in

the TuLasI and Pushpa kaimkaryam for all the Sannidhis of

Lord RanganAthA's Temple at Pomona , NY during the forthcoming

MahOthsavam in May , following bhakthAs have come forward

to help reach the target goal of raising $1,000 each for

these two Kaimkaryams:

 

1.Sri Diwakar Kannan of California: $100 (TuLasi)

2.Sri RK of NJ :$100 (TuLasi)

3.Sri G.Srinivas: $100 (TuLasi)

4.Sri Haresh Balasubramanian of Singapore:$100 (Pushpam)

5.Srimathi Sheela Belur of MD: $216 (Pushpam & TuLasi)

6.Sri G.S.Ananathakrishna of Indonesia: $100(Pushpam & TuLasi)

7.Sri SukumAran of Indonesia :$100 (Pushpam & TuLasi)

8.AdiyEn :$206 (Pushpam & TuLasi)

 

Total raised todate: $1,012.

 

We need $988 more to complete this Kaimkaryam

for all the Sannidhis.Please join in this once

in life time kaimkaryam with whatever contributions

you wish to make (25$,50$, 100$ etal ). All these

suport are tax deductible.Please mark your checks with

TuLasi /Pushpa Kaimkaryam.

 

Please send directly your valubale support funds to

the following address :

 

Sri Ranganatha Seva Samithi

125 Old Route 202

Pomona , NY 10970

 

Please let adiyEn know of your pledge

amounts to be aware of completion of

the target goals. May the Dhivya Dampathis

blessings be with You and Your Families always!

 

AdiyEn will share with You my thoughts

on the importance of the TuLasi and Pushpa

Kaimkaryams to the Dhivya Dampathis at the different

Sannidhis during every day in general and on

the MahA SamprOkshaNam occasion in particular.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr on Pushpa Kaimkaryam

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In His Ninth & Tenth decads of ThiruvAimozhi(TVM),

Swamy NammAzhwAr takes time to perform these UpadEsams ,

although He is in a big hurry to ascend Sri VaikunTam

and join the Dhivya dampathis to perform nithya Kaimkaryam

there.He points out the easiest way for BhakthAs

to get rid of their troubles diseases and

sorrows as the Bhaddha Jeevans . Here are some

excerpts from His Upadesams:

 

TVM.9.10 decad on ThirukkaNapuram PerumAL

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The TVM translations are from Dr.V.N.vedAntha Desikan:

 

" The Lord is deeply attached to His devotees. You

people should show intense devotion to Him and pay homage ,

morning and evening ,say His names with Lotus flowers at

the feet of the Lord...If You do so, all your troubles

and diseases will be totally exterminated , because Your sins

(which cause these ill effects ) are removed. For this ,

You go to the Lord at ThirukkaNNapuram , where the sea waves

are near enough to dash against the temple walls. " TVM 9.10.1

 

" People devoted to a devotional way of Life! Think of

the Lord in Heart ! Perform worship with fresh honey-

exuding flowers at the shrine every day. Pay homage and

prostrate to prosper! TVM: 9,10.2

 

" If You perform with single-minded devotion --that is,

You ought not to have any attachment to any goal but perform

service for justifying Your Svaroopam or nature as the Lord's

dpendent and dasA --then all grief will vanish! TVM:9.10.3

 

" PERFORM WORSHIP WITH FLOWERS ,WHAT I SAY IS IMPORTANT:

THAT LORD IS YOUR PROTECTOR. REMEMBER THIS ..TVM: 9.10.4

 

" The Lord grants His Sri Vaikunta Lokam to whomsoever

that has surrendered at His feet. HE IS DEVOTION INCARNATE.

Then What more worry ? " TVM: 9.10.5

 

NOW, Swamy NammAzhwAr's gaze turns to another Dhivya Desa

EmperumAn at another sea side : Thiruvananthapura EmperumAn.

He continues with the UpadEsam in TVM 10.2 decad about

the easy way to melt the heart of the Lord through

the peformance of Homage with pushpa/TuLasi samarpaNam .

 

Swamy nammAzhwAr is in a great dhvarai (hurry ) to

ascend Parama Padham. He takes time yet to bless us

with His UpadEsam: " Even a small Kaimkaryam to the Lord

will banish all samsAric sorrows " .

 

" PLEASE PAY HOMAGE TO HIM WITH FLOWERS , WELL INFORMED

BY DEVOTION , PIETY ,CONCENTRATION ETC, IN STRICT ACCORDANCE

WITH RULES .WHAT FORTUNATE PEOPLE THESE ARE ! PRAISE THEM ,

ADORE THEM WITHOUT HESITATION! " .. TVM: 10.1.4

 

" Those who have earned PuNyA with Pushpa Kaimkaryam

to the Lord reciting the names of the Lord would serve

the Lotus feet of the Lord (at Sri Vaikuntam ) and surely

are equal to Nithya Sooris " ..TVM : 10.1.5

 

" To Our Lord at Thiruvanathapuram , we should always

perform kaimkaryam with sandal paste, lamp, incense,

lotus flowers and the like , in a proper form , without

harboring any boon in return ; those who are able to do

so are virtually Nithyasooris , of infinite fame " ..TVM:10.1.10

 

ALL THE OTHER AZHWARAS HAVE EITHER DONE TULASI / PUSHPA

KAIMKARYAM ( THONDARADIPPODI, ANDAL, PERIYAZHWAR) OR

HAVE PERFORMED UPADESAM FOR US TO REACH LORD RANGANATHA'S

SACRED FEET WITH FLOWERS AND TULASI TO WORSHIP HIM .

 

Some exemplary slOkams of other AzhwArs in this context are:

 

" niharillA PaimkamalamEndhi PaNinthEN " ...BhUtham,

Second ThiruvandhAdhi: Paasuram 4 ( I worshipped

the Lord with matchless Lotus and other flowers).

 

" Makutam ThAzhtthu vaNanguminkaL TANNMALARAAL "

--Naan Muhan ThiruvandhAthi of Thirumazhisai: Paasuram 11

( Praise Him with Your tongue, Prostrate before

Him and offer Him Lovely, fragrant flowers in devotion).

 

PoocchUttal paasurams of PeriyAzhwAr:PeriyAzhwAr

Thirumozhi: entire 2.7 decad ( SeNpakam , Mallikai,

Paadhiri, Semkazhaneer, Punnai, Kurukkatthi,

IruvAtcchi , Karumuhai Flowers).

 

ANDAL: Soodikkoduttha NaacchiyAr Paasurams

on TuLasi and Pushpa kaimkaryam

 

PerumAL Thirumozhi of KulasEkharar: 2.8

 

" ArangatthammAnekkE maalayuRRidum THoNdar

Vaazhvukkku MaalaiuRRathen nenjamE "

 

Elsewhere , KulasEkharar salutes the devotion

of those ThoNdars , who perform TuLasi /Pushpa

Kaimkaryam at the sacred feet of the Lord as:

" Paadha Maamalar Soodum Bhakthi " and declares

his Serviude to those BhaagyasAlis.

 

Thus , it is our BhAgyam to folow the path shown

by AzhwArs and AchAryAs and perform Pushpa/

TuLasi Kaimkaryam to Lord RanganAthA and

Sri RanganAyaki and cover their feet with

fragrant flowers and fresh TuLasI ( AanUpra

Paryantham).

 

Please join in this kaimkaryam and be with

the BhAgavatha GhOshti during this Consecration

Uthsavam during all the five days of celebration.

 

DaasAnu Daasan,Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Satakopan