Sri Mahalakshmi-The unfailing counsel.-Shri.Vellukudi Swami

[Guest guest]

SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of SrI Devi:

 

Sriman Kasturi sent me the following mail ,

which mihgt be of interest to you all .

NamO Sriman NaarAyaNAya ,

V.Sadagopan

 

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Here is a short summary of swami's out pouring in Boston Sri

Mahalakshmi temple.

 

Our Sri-vaishnavam has clear defined roles for Him, Her and

ourselves. " Sri " -always come first as in Srinivasan or Thiru maal..He

is unfailing means for liberation.. He is UpAya-means to take us all

towards Him..Sadhana vuAyams are karma, gjana and bakthi

yogam..Saadhya upAya is He himself..We should perform sarannaagathi--

puhal ontrum ellaathaal vun adi keezl puhuntheyn -yentru..

 

..He is full of VAtsalya-like the cow cleaning all malam,

moothram,raththam etc from the calf just born, by its mouth ..Only

after knowing that He hasthis vAtsalyam in abundance , we will not be

afraid to approach Him with all our heaps of sins,since He will

surely show us parental compassion.

 

He is full of Souseelya-just as Rama counted Guhan, Sugreevan and

Vibeeshannan as His brothers along with Lakshmanan, Baradan and

Shadrugnan..He is magnanimous to mix with lowly people like us.

 

...He is Swaami-complete owner of all of us ..He will go to any extend

to restore all His properties..That is why He created saastras,our

limbs..but if we mis use them, He will LOSE hIS SLEEP constantly

stand as in Thirumalai and try to win over all of us back into His

fold.

 

...He is full os sowlabhya-easy access..

 

...But all these kalyaanna gunnangall are masked by His Svatanrya-

unquesitionable independance or will..Just as sea water with lot of

salt is not drinkable...The rule books are shastras and vedas..He

will abide by these.He will punish the sinners as per the rule.

 

...Here is the need for the mediator..Sri Mahalakshmi plays this role

effectively.She enjoys the role of PurushakAra..Purusham karOti iti

purushakAra-one who moulds a purusha and makes him behave so..She

does this for both jivAtma and paraAtma..Nammai arullaal

thiruthukiraall..avanai anbaal thiru thukiraall.She corrects us by

Her maternal compassion and Him by Her love..

 

...Puru bahu sanOti ii purusha-one who grants abundantly is a

purusha..He does that for most of the times..But when we sin, and do

not go by the scriptures,He does not grand us--and hence needs Her to

make Him as Purusha once again.She pleads by reminding the intimate

relationship between ParamAtma and jeevAtma..She expalains the

responsibility of Him being the creator..If this does not work-

Avanai anbaal thiruthum..she corrects Him by her beauty..Since He is

in mad love with Her,He immediately accepts and forgives our

sins..She also tells Him that if people are all are virtuous they

have no need to come to Him..If they have sinned, since they are His

creations, He need to take respnsibility and correct them and then

accept them.

 

...We all jeevAmas are all purushas..He is purushothaman..In our case

the definition -one who takes a lead towards Him is a Purusha..If we

falls back in going towards Him and get immersed in mandane

materialistic world,we fail to be a purusha.. She ,with Her mercy

mends us and makes us intereted in Him..Sita piraatti advised even

the crual Ravanna to fall at Rama's feet so thar he will be pardoned.

 

...Thus she is a bridge between us and Him as in Omkara-

a=narayaNa..u=lakshmi.and ma=jeevAtma..We can see thisphysically at

Srivilli puthoor Divya Shedram in Renga mannar, Anndaal and Garudan -

all sharing the same manndabam..Rama-Sita-Lakshmanan all three

walking in the forest is also another example of Omkaram itself

walking..

 

..Sri -thus has six differant types of role to play ..1.srayatE-she

resorts to bhagavan..2.srIyate-she is resorted to by all..3.srnOn-

listens to our plea..4.srAvayati-she makes baghavan listen..5-srnAti-

she destroys our sins.. and.. 6-srInati-reaches us to paramatma..This

is the reason for the name kamalA--ka mou IAti iti kamalA-one who

restores the lost JivA to its rightful owner and vice versa..It is

like a barter trade.

 

...She resides in a separate sanctum-Thani Kovil Naatchiyaar..She is

also by the sida of Him-Vubaya Naatchiyaars-Sridevi and Boodevi by

the two sides of Him ..She is also on His chest..As soon as we recite

all our sins to Her-maraikkaamal, marukkaamal, marakkaamal-and by the

time we do pradakshinnam and reach Him,she beginsto perform her

job...she continues to do so when we reach Him and also tells Him in

His ears.This is the reason for us to go through Acharayas,

Aazlvaars,Garuda to Thaayaar Sannithi first and then proceed to Him.

 

...SaranAgaty is to be done first to Her and then to Him..Raamanuja

chose panguni utharam to do so and plead for all of us in his

gadyam..Soorpanahai chose to go to Him first and lost her nose and

breasts.Raavanna chose to go to her only and lost hid head.

Kaakasuran, even though did more abachaarams than Raavanna escaped

because of their joint presense during his sarannagathi..

 

...Her forgiveness goes far beyond that of His. Recall Sita piraatti

forgiving all rakshasIs even without them doing

sarannagathi.Anjeneyar gave the victory news to Sita..She said she

wanted to give some thing in return for all the help Siriya thiruvadi

did..unfortunately she is not either in her father's place or in her

father-in-law'splace.She still asked what would he like. He only

wanted her permission to crash the rAkshasIs.She replied that since

he was not born in eshvahu kulam, he does not know about

sarannagathi..She said there is none without any blemish..He wanted

to know what way Rama, himself and she can be considered as sinners.

She replied that Rama made her separate and toil for ten

monthes.Hanumaan did not know about forgiveness.Her sin was that she

had to speak about Rama's sin to a third person 1..

 

..Only Her presence in Him makes Him behave normally. Vali remarks

that because Sita was not with Rama, he was killed from the back.Her

divine kadaasham grants all eisvaryangall namely 1.rati-love,2.mati-

wisdom,3.sarasvati-silver tongue,4.dhrti-steadfastness,5.samrddhi-

abendance,6.siddhi-accomplishment and 7.sri-wealth.

 

...She is always in union with Him.. She was Sita when He was Rama,

Rukmini whwn He was Krishna.Sarannagathi can be done at any place, in

any time,by anyone and succeeds only in her presence.It never

fails .Hence she is always with Him...JJust as diamond is glorified

by its lustre,but lustre is not independant--and Just as fragrance in

flower -Sri Mahalakshmi to Perumal.

 

...Ahalagillen iraiyum enru alarmEl mangai urai marba..niharil

puhazhAi ulaham mUntru udayAi ennai ALvAnE..nigaril amarar

munikkanangal virumbum thiruvEngadathAne..puhal onru illA adiyEn un

adikkIzh amarndu puhundEnE..