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Dear All,

 

Pranams!

 

With the Grace of Acharyan HH Kaliyan Vanamamalai Ramanuja Jeeyar Swami, aDiyEn

attempts to write on a beautiful Divya Desa Peruamal.

 

SriyaPathi is the One who cannot be completely matched by anyone else in all His

Kalyana gunams. He is the origin and end of all the creation. He is very

different from us, etc…..

 

Azhwar’s Srisookthis (Tamizh Vedam) and the Vedas talk about all the above

attributes and also His five states of existance. We have worshipped many

Archavatara Perumals. Though He has shown His qualties of Sowlabyam and

Sousheelyam in His avatarams, He never fails to prove His Swamitvam in His archa

form. Swami Koorathazhwan has beautifully highlighted this fact in his

Varadaraja Stavam. Following is what he says to Devadhirajan,

 

‘ Oh Varada, you know what? Your intention of showing your sowlabyam in playing

with us is well known by us with the fact that you descended from SriVaikuntam

to Hasthigiri. You have forgotten about something that clearly proves your

Swamitvam. You forgot to leave your Kreetam (crown) in SriVaikuntam. The darshan

of your Kreetam clearly proves that you are the Swamy of this enitre Universe.’

 

Rangathan is the master of all the Divya Desams. Hence all the Perumals report

to Him every day. He also is the commander in our Sampradayam, as He took Swami

Ramanujar at the right time from Thirukkaachhi. ThiruVenkatamudayan is the One

who stands in between our place and the place of Nityasuris to enable both the

kind of bhaktas to have His darshan. Hence, His place is also not solely for us.

 

This Perumal did not choose a place as Ranaganathan did for His bhOgam. He did

not want to stand on a hill to enable special access for us, who are caught in

samsara. This Perumal is not known by a vibhavam or archai alone. He is known by

combining both in His name.

 

More than anything else, this Perumal is very similar to us in one aspect. He is

also in samsara like us, and like many of us, He has left His home town

(SriVaikuntam) and migrated to a city. Unlike other Perumals, this Perumal

stands with just two shoulders to make us feel more comfortable (sowlabyam to

hide even His Swamitvam for souls in samsara).

 

Who is this Perumal? What is His vaibhavam? What is the name of the Divya Desam?

What is the special connection to our Azhwar and Acharya Goshti?

 

Let us enjoy the answers to these questions in this series ‘Samsaric Perumal’

 

aDiyEn,

 

ramanan