Srimath Azhagiya Singar's approaching 75th Birthday completion celebration (Nov 26): Vedic Reflections NavAham (Nine days of salutation based on the Seventh canto Rg Veda Manthrams ): Sixth Day of salutation to the Vaibhavam of HH Sri NaarAyaNa YathI

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Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha BhakthAs:

 

There are many insightful words in

the Rg Vedam in the Sapthama Mandalam .

We covered three of them in the last posting :

Usharbhuda:, anthivAma: and SumEdhA .

 

These words caught my attention in the context of

my illustrious AchAryan , HH Sri NaarAyana

YathIndhra MahA Desikan's kalyANa gunams .

 

In this sixth day's posting , adiyEn will

focus on one more Saptha ManDalam word

that qualifies Sri NarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA

Desikan as an AchArya Saarvabhouman.

 

1. HiraNyavAsI: Rg Rk: VII. 97.7

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HiraNyavAsI: is one who has the benovloent

Speech . Saayana intreprets VaasI as VaangmAn

or one with the gift of such a speech ( HiraNmayee

Vaak or golden speech). The color of the Lord

is Golden . Every thing about the Lord is golden

as Vedam salutes . Thus a SadAchAryan's anugraha

BhAshaNams (blessed utterances ) are equivalent

to that emanating from the Parama Purushan worshipped

by the VedAs. The Divine speech is also classified

as ILA , Bharathi/Mahi and Sarasvathi . From Vedic Texts,

we have been taught that Sarasvathi is the WORD ,

the inspiration that comes from Rtham or the Truth-

consciousness priniciple. This tatthvam has been

further refined by Sage Aurobindho :

 

Satyam =ILA ; Rtham = Sarasvathi and

Bruhath = Bharahti/Mahi .

 

From the truth-consciousness perspective ,

ILA represents drishti ( insight ) aspect ;

Sarasvathi represents Rtham or the Sruthi

(Sound ) aspect of Truth Consciousness(TC);

Bharathi/Mahi represent the largeness/Universality

(bruhath) aspect of TC.Rtham Bruhath has been

identified with the cosmic mind or cosmic

intelligence of the Vedic wisdom .The One with

the HiraNyavaasi is the One who provides

the link between the " infinitesimal individual

mind and the Super-Mind " that creates, sustains

and destroys the world.

 

The relationship between the AchAryan and His sishyaaLs

is described as an ancient friendship going back to

forefathers in the Vedam (Rg Rk VII.72.2) This is

reminiscent of ANDAL's ThiruppAvai passage:

" Yerraikkum yEzhEzh piRavikkum unthannOdu

uRROmEaavOm , ... " .

 

The complete Rk ( VII.72.2) is as follows:

 

aanO devEbhir upa yaatam arvAk sajOshasA naasathyA raTEna

yuvOrhi na: sakhyA pithryANi samAnO bhandhurutha tasya Vittham

 

(meaning): " O Ever true divines , along with

Nature's other bounties as Your associates ,

come here to us in Your chariot. Ours is an

ancestral friendship and hence a common relation

between You and us. may You acknowledge this

affinity . " These divines can be understood

as the Three divines : ILA , Sarasvathi and BhArathi.

 

SamAnO Bandhu: here refers to the ancient , timeless

bond .unbroken Bhandhuthvam or realtionship is referred to

here.

 

Madhurakavi declared : " thEvu maRRaRiyEn " .

I do not know of any God except you , My

AchAryan (Swamy NammAzhwAr).He was qualifying

His relationship to His AchAryan , whose dhaivam

was Sriman NaarayaNan . Our relationship is to

our own AchAryan , the HiranyavAsi of Rg vedam.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan