Greatness of Kanch Mahaswami - No.16.

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16. Anusha Homam

 

It was the time I worked in the Parry & Co., Ranipet. I had gone to

Sivasthanam near Kanchipuram on the Maattu Pongal day in January 1978 to

have darshan of Sri ParamacharyaaL. Instead of giving his usual blessing

with a graceful smile, he said as he looked at me:

 

" No one in your family performs the homams done by your father after his

demise. Your going to and fro office is what you are doing as your big

anuSTAnam. "

 

I had not seen PariyavaaL speak in that manner. Regretting that I did

not have yogyatA for Vedic rites and with the intention of giving an

excuse I told him, " Countless people have been doing homam for

PeriyavargaL. " To this he said, " Whoever is doing whatever. I asked

about what you do. " Immediately, an assistant standing nearby told me,

" These are his directions to you. Go ahead to implement them without

replying anything more. "

 

After I was back in Ranipet, I gathered details of the homams that were

performed by my father, and with the blessings of a Sri Vidya UpAsaka,

started for the first time, on the day of Guru Pushyam, the performance

of homams for the welfare of Paramacharya and the world. I continued the

homams on the Anusha nakSatra day, the janma nakSatra of Sri

PeriyavargaL, every month and submitted the prasAdas whenever I had an

occasion to go to his place.

 

During the year 1989-90, on a similar occasion, PeriyavaaL looked happy

at SriMaTham. A large crowd of devotees was around him. He pointed me to

them and said, " His father, Paanaampattu Duraiswamy, performed homams

for my welfare for twenty years and gave me the prasAdam in person

wherever I happened to be. Many people are now doing homams for me. But

then even today I am experiencing the fruits of the homams done by him

in those days. He has left the world. And my longevity goes on

increasing. " He also referred to me and said, " This man is also doing

homams himself for me for the last ten years. "

 

My father Paanaampattu Duraiswamy Aiyer was a man of atyanta bhakti

towards Sri Paramacharyaar. He was a man of great niyama niSTa. For the

welfare of Sri Paramacharyaar he performed homams on the special days

such as his birth-star and full moon day and submitted the prasAdas to

him in person. This sort of service was done during the period

1950-1970.

 

I got back home, thinking of the exceptional memory of Sri

Paramacharyaar and melting at his compassion to our family. It is our

bhAgyam that due to his anugraha the homams are being performed now for

the last twenty-three years, without interruption.

 

Author: Paanaampattu Subbu (in Tamil)

Source: Maha PeriyavaL - Darisana AnubhavangaL vol. 4, pages 123-125

Publisher: Vanathi Padhippaham

 

Glossary:

 

atyanta - excessive, very great, very strong, unbroken,

absolute, perpetual

niyama - controlling, limitation, restriction, determination,

practisingreligious observances

niSTai - meditation, observance of religious duties and vows

yogyatA - suitableness, fitness, propriety, ability