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 ): Seventh Day of salutation to the Vaibhavam of HH Sri NaarAyaNa Yat

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Dear Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha BhakthAs:

 

There are indeed many insightful words in

the Rg Vedam in the Sapthama Mandalam .

We covered seven of them in the last three

postings :Usharbhuda:, anthivAma: , SumEdhA ,

HiraNyavAsi ,Urugaaya:,Sadarchasa and Sujanimaa.

 

The Lord's amsam is AchAryan

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These Vedic salutations referring to the Lord

extend to my AchAryan , HH Sri NaarAyana

YathIndhra MahA Desikan as well , since He is

my nadamAdum dhaivam ( walking God) as it

should be for any Sishyan , when it comes to

the relationship between a SadAchAryan

and His sishya vargam. As the one priveleged to

wear the sacred dust from the paadhukai of

my AchAryan , adiyEn has a sense of fulfilment

that is pouring out through these NavAham

postings.Please bear with my exhuberant

salutations !

 

A Humble Appeal to aasthika samUham

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May I appeal to every one of you to join in

this grand celebration as this great AchAryan as

He crosses the important mile stone of 75 years

and His crossing the 10th year as the Head of

the Sri Matam created by none other than

BhagavAn Narasimhan Himself out of His

KaaruNyam for all of us samsAris.The day is

November 26, Kaisika EkAdasi dinam. The celebrations

are at SelayUr , a village near Taambaram ,

an extended suburb of Chennai. Please join in

all the five or more days Veda PaarAyaNam

and Vidvath Sadas!

 

The SamarpaNams from the SishyAs and abhimAnis

will be used to support Veda PaatasAlAs ,

Vidvath sadas , anna dhAnam , Temple support

and other causes to reach out to younger bhakthAs.

 

How to participate in this AchArya Vandhanam?

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This is an earnest and only appeal from me

for the rest of this year . Please forward your samarpaNams

and address your checks to " Sri Ahobila Muth Inc., "

and forward them to the following address of

the Sri Ahobila Mutt North America office,

1908 Presswood Drive , Hixson, TN 337 343 .

These samarpaNams are 100% tax deducible from

the U.S Tax Point of view. Thank you most sincerely

for your generous support . One of the sishyAs is

hand carrying the samarpaNams from here by hand

on November 16 and hence the checks that are received

before Nov 14 can be included in this samarpanam.

I just sent in my samarpaNam. Thanks again for your

possible participation. We will now return to our

study of the Sapthama MaNdala Rg VedaManthrams.

 

Rg Veda Manthram VII.8.6

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This manthram has a most beautiful word that

extolls another auspicious quality of a sadAchAryan:

" dhvibarha: " . This meaningful word refers to

the twin qualities , which are the hall marks of

a SadAchAryan : (1) profound learning (2) Humility

that goes with that learning. Saayanaa defines

a Dhvibarhan as " DhvAbhyAm VidhyA VinayAbhyAm

Barha: vardhana yasya Sa: " . As a Vasishtar,

such a great AchAryan is at home with the world

of the sishyAs ( LeelA VibhUthi) and that of

the Lord (Nithya VibhUthi). He blesses the sishyan with

His vidhyaa Balam and confers with the Lord through

His anushtAnam and aarAdhanam . One is reminded of

AchArya RaamAnujA and His mood, when He composed

Sri Vaikunta Gadhyam on that Panguni Uttharam day

at Srirangam . His feet were firmly planted in

front of the dhivya dampathis at their Leela VibhUthi

and by Jn~ana Yogam , He was able to visualize the same

Lord seated in Parama Padham and conversed with Him .

 

The entire manthram housing the word " Dhvibarha: "

takes this form:

 

idham vacha: sadasA: samsahasram udh

agnayE janishIshta DHVIBARHAA:

sam yath sthOthrubhya aapayE bhavAthi

dhyumadh amivachaatanam rakshOhaa

--Rg Rk: VII.8.6

 

(Meaning ): " May my words that win a hundred and

a thousand treasures , addressed with redoubled force

to the Supreme One , become the source of conferring

fame , of removing diseases and of destroying evil

forces ! May they be the means of Happiness , to

the eulogists and their kinsmen. "

 

The Vedic reference is to the Lord , who is great

both in the atmospheric and celestial regions and

in fact everywhere as SarvAntharyAmi VishNu through

His vyApthi (pervasive presence). The redoubled force

alluded to in this manthram is the VidhyA and Vinayam .

They go together in MahAthmAs like sadAchAryans (VidhyA

dhatdhAthi Vinayam ). Such is Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra

MahA Desikan , who blesses us through these twin gifts !

The fame that goes ahead of such a mahAthmA is like

the fragrance that goes ahead of the Flower .Such a

renown is referred to by Rg Vedam as " Sravasa: " (Rk

VII.16.10). Here Vedam qualifies that " Sravas "

as " SravasO Maha: " (the great renown , when VidhyA

is accompanied by Vinayam as in the case of a Dhvibarhan.

 

In the final posting of tomorrow ( the ninth of

the NavAham series ),adiyEn will place at the feet of

Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan a Naama PushpAnjali.

 

adiyEn concludes this posting with the moving prayer

housed in the Rg Veda Rk , VII.85:

 

" I offer my devotional love that shines like

a dawn , and is an embodiment of affection .

May He , in both capacities , be near us and

guard us duirng the struggle against distress " .

 

Thanking you all for your participation in

the Thirunakshathram celebrations of this

great Sri VaishNavite AchAryan of exceptional

erudition and Vinayam in addition to all other

auspicious attributes covered earlier.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan