Return to Home Base yesterday and update on ongoing Kaimkaryams.

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Number of you have been kind enough to send me mail

expressing your best wishes for my safety during these

very difficult moments at NY City, where part of my

work responsibilites take me to a building close

to the World trade Center . My sincere Thanks to

you all . I returned safely from my overseas trip last

night . The tragedy at the world trade center was very

visible from the air . It is a heart wrenching scene.

 

 

This thought occured to me again and again about the victims

of this unimaginable crime against humanity :

 

In the precious blessing of life here in the Lord's LeelA

VibhUthi , the only thing one can immerse oneself would

be service to fellow human beings, the Dhivya Dampathis

and Their AchAryAs. Every thing else pales into insignificance.

 

The genuine fears created by acts of horror by the enemies of

civilization as we know it certainly shakes the foundation of

one's faith . Still we have to go on and rededicate ourselves

to the service to fellow human beings and the Supreme Lord

and the AchAryAs , who opened our spirtual eyes . Any amount of

search to find conclusive answers to these disastrous events

will not prove effective . Let us therefore offer our prayers to

the undeserving victims of this disastrous tragedy of many

dimensions that has opened up on many fronts . Let us in

the spirit of VedAs pray for return of peace and tranquilty

at every level to carry on our alloted work here and serve our

communities prior to reap the benefits of nithya kaimkaryam

in the other world , when our time comes after prapatthi .

 

Here are some directions and prayers blessed to us by

the ancient Rg Vedam at its very end ( Xth Canto):

 

bhadram nO api vaathaya manO daksham uta KRATHUM

adhA tE sakhyE andhasO vi vO madhE raNangAvO--

na yavasE vivakshasE

Rg vedam : X.25.1

 

(Meaning ): O blissful Lord ! bless us with a pure mind and

bless us with energy and wisdom (to engage in Your service);

let human beings delight (bask)in (the warmth )Your limitless

love just as cattle revel in fresh pasture; Thou art verily great.

 

In this series of Veda Manthrams with the refrain , " Oh Lord!

Thou art Verily great ! " , additional invocations for

granting protection from woe and hatred are made.Here are some

excerpts without the quotation of the original Veda mantrams:

 

" Oh Lord , we propitiate You and try to move Your heart.

We worship You in all of Your (Five ) Forms... " Rg X.25.2

 

" Oh Blissful Lord ! I obey all Your laws in fullness .

May You make us happy through Your carouse (embrace)

as father does for his child ; protect us from woe

and hatred !

Rg X.25.3

 

" Oh Blissful Lord ! Our eulogies converge towards You

as herds of cattle towards a pond of nourishing water.

May You make us capable of performing noble deeds at

Your glad embrace . Thou art verily great ! "

Rg X.25.4

 

" Oh Blissful Lord ! You are unassialable; May You be our

Protector from all sides! O Soverign Lord ! drive away

adversaries at Your glad carouse and let not the wicked

rule over us; You are truly great ! " .

Rg X.25.7

 

" Oh Blissful Lord ! Oh Destroyer of the wicked !

You are our gracious friend ; May You protect us ,

when hostile warriors challenge us in battles ; at your

glad carouse .... You are truly grat ! "

Rg X.25.9

 

With full and unfaltering faith (MahA VivAsam ) in

our Supreme Lord , let us put our trust in Him

and recognize Him as our true friend :

 

prayardhir yajnAnAam asvahayO raTAnAm

rishi: Sa yO manurhithO viprasya yAvayathsakha:

Rg. X26.5

 

(Meaning): " He is the joint sharer of all our noble deeds

and faithful guide to our CHARIOT OF BODY.He is The Seer,

the Benefactor of men and as a scatterer of adversaries.

He is our Friend " .

 

Our Lord's answer and assurance to us in these troubling

times is contained in this magnificient manthram of

the ancient Rg.Vedam :

 

asathsu mE jaritha: sAbhivEgO yathsunvathE YajamAnAya siksham

anaasirdam aham asmi prahanthA sathyadhvrutham vrijinAyanthAm aabhum

X.27.1

 

(Meaning): " Oh Devotee of Mine ! This is My Firm determination

that I help the performer of noble deeds by fulfilling aspirations,

but I punish the unrighteous who oppose Truth , the wicked

and the malignant " .

 

Let us pray to our benovolent and far-seeing Lord to

give us the strength to bear the unbearable and wait for

His unfailing laws to unfold and comfort us.

 

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa

 

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan