The Vaibhavam of Sri Sudarsana(Narasimha) BhagavAn

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V.Sadagopan

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>Dear BhakthAs:

>

>we recently had discussions on Sri Sudarsna

>Kavacham . The Text is now available thanks to

>the dedicated efforts of Srimans Sunder Kidambi

>of Massachusetts and Dr.M.N. Ramanuja of the Indian

>Institute of Science , Bangalore.

>

>As adiyEn browsed through the Text of Sudarsana kavacham ,

>adiyEn was thinking about why Swamy Desikan composed

>Sri SudarsanAshtakam and ShOdasAyudha SthOthram for

>our benefit .

>

>At this time , the SathAbhishEkam Malar of Poundarikapuram

>Andavan , HH PravAkkOttai GopAla Desika MahA Desikan

>arrived in the mail . As adiyEn opened it,the first article

>that I came across was the one entitled

> " Sudarsana Mahimai " by GhOstipuram Sri RaamAnujAchArya

>Swamy . A flood of memory overtook me from boyhood

>to school days in Thirukkudanthai , when adiyEn

>used to attend the uthsavams of Sri Vijayavalli

>samEtha Sri ChakrapANi PerumAL at Thirukkudanthai

>(KumbakONam ) . Sevai of that Uthsava Moorthy

>on top of a small hillock at the end of big

>street in Thirukkudanthai came flooding in the memory

>channels. Our Sri Sampath Rengarajan , a native of

>Thirukkudanthia is more familiar with the temple history

>and Sthala PurANam . Sriman Murali Rangaswamy has also

>written earlier about the Sudarsana Narasimha Moortham

>and its significance .

>

>adiyEn wants to take this opportunity to reminesce about

>the Vaibhavam of Sri Sudarsana BhagavAn , who is also

>revered as HEthi Raajan , RaTAngadhuryan , Para: PumAn ,

>ChakriNa: param Chakram ,HEthIsvaran , PraharaNa Indhrasya

>Prabhu and Aayudha Indhran by Swamy Desikan.

>

>My grand father was a Sudarsana UpAsakar. adiyEn

>could see the power of Sudrsana Manthra Japam in

>him . At Sudarsana Homams , adiyEn has seen

>the aavirbhAvam (Appearance) of Sudrsana Chakram

>in the Yaj~na KunDa Agni (scred fire of the Homam).

>This is very similar to the aavirbhAvam of Sri Nrusimhan

>in unique Yaj~nams conducted by Vaikunta Vaasi U.Ve. SalakshaNa

>GanapADi , MukkUr Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr of sacred memory.

>

>With all these as background , adiyen thought it would

>be good to post a few articles on the Mahimai of Lord Sudarsanan

>and His importance in Sri VaishNava sampradhAyam as

>attested by the many salutations to Him in SthOthrams

>like Sudarsana sathakam , Sudarsana Ashtakam ,

>ShOdasAyudha Sthothram and in many Paasurams of

>the AzhwArs .

>

>adiyen will focus first on the summary of the essy by

>Sri GhOshtipuram RaamAnujAcchAr Swamy in this first article

>which describes His Mahimai through an attempt to answer

>the following FIVE questions:

>

>1) Who is referred to by the name " Sudarsanan " ?

>

>2) What is the meaning of the " Sudarsana " Naamam?

>

>3) What are the benefits to us by understanding

> the glories of Lord Sudarsanan?

>

>4)Is it sufficent to know about His Mahimai?

> Must we do some thing in addition ?

>

>5) If there are some anushtAnams , how many kinds

> are there ? Is it confined to one or more ?

>

>adiyEn will continue with the answers to these

>questions given by GhOshtipuram Swamy.

>

>Before concluding this first posting , adiyEn

>thinks with reverence of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr ,

>who is the amsam of Sudarsana BhagavAn and seeks

>His anugraham to write about Sri udarsana BhagavAn .

>He spent His last days at Thirukkudanthai and had His

>nithyAnushtAnam at Cauvery river , which is not too far

>from Thirukkudanthai ChakrapANi Sannidhi (Sudarsanar

>Sannidhi) and devoted His life to the worship of

>Lord Saaranga PaaNi (AarAvamudhan ). His life could

>be visualized as a shuttle journey between the two temples.

>This great AzhwAr , who established unconditionally

>the Supermacy of Sriman NaarAyaNan in His Naanmukhan

>ThiruvandhAdhi has saluted Sri Sudarsana Bhagavan

>in his paasurams .adiyEn will try to cover these

>AzhwAr Salutaions to Sudarsanar in subsequent postings.

>

>Sri SudarsanAya Nama:

>

>Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan