Re: KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam :Part XVI--> SlOkam 5
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• August 4, 2001
Dear BhakthAs: The fifth SlOkam of Sri VaradarAja Sthavam takes the following form: yamm parOksham upadEsasthrayee nEthi nEthi paraparyudhAsatha: vakthi yastamm aparOksham Ikshayathi yEsha tamm karigirim samAsrayE (meaning): AdiyEn takes refuge at Hasthigiri , which makes it possible for every one to see and worship Lord DevAthirajan , who is beyond the reach of all human senses (Indhriyams) according to the VedAs (BruhadhAraNyakOpanishad). Those VedhAs say according to our poorvAchAryAs that this Lord of Hasthigiri is not limited to being of this dimension or form or limited to existing as the indweller of sentient and insentient forms . SrivatsAnkAcchAr Swamy points out that this slOkam is linked to MoorthAmoortha BrahmaNam section of BruhadhAraNyakOpanishad , UpayalingAdhikaraNam of Sri BhAshyam and the asthra-bhUshaNa-adhyAyayam of the Upanishad. adiyEn will summarize his comments below: MoorthAmoortha BrAhmaNam section of the Upanishad explains that the Lord is present in the form of sentient and insentient objects . The sentient form with the Jeevan inside is not visible to the human eye. He is the antharyAmi Brahmam inside them . The Upanishad goes on to say that as the indweller of the sentients and insentients , the Supreme Being adorns a yellow pithAmbharam (silk vasthram). The PramANam is : "tasya haithasya Purushasya yaTA mahArajanam vaasa:" This is the opposite of the adhvaithic view , which stresses that Brahmam is only NirvisEsha Brahmam (attributeless form).Vedha VyAsaa's views on Brahma Soothram refute this NirguNa Brahmam aspect. In the Ubhaya LingAdhikaraNM , Vedha VyAsar states: " prakruthiatAvatthvam hi prathishEdhathim , tathO bhraveethi cha bhUya:"( ParyudAsam ). Vedham says in this context : na hi yEtasmAth ithi na ithi anyath Paramasthi " . This manthram points out that the Supreme Being does not confine Himself to MoorthAmoortha Brahma Roopam , but He exists in many other states. SrivatsAnkAcchAr Swamy pays tribute to KurEsar's skills in intrepreting the above Upanishad Vaakyams through incorporation of these insights into this slOkam . Upanishad seems to say that You can experience Lord VaradarAjan ( The Supreme Being )in MoorthAmoortha Roopam . Hasthigiri seems to say , "not so ", You can see Him on top of me (Hasthigiri) directly adorning the Sentients and insentients as body and Aayudhams . Therfore , it is better to see Him with one's own eyes on top of Hasthigiri instead of feeling agitated over the inability to see Him with IndhriyAs as mentioned by the Upanishads.Therefore Kuresar says : " Let us reach the Hasthigiri to see Him to our heart's content and to worship Him there ". Hasthigiri makes Him visible for us ;We are able to see the Lord with our physical eye and experience Him with our Jn~AnEndhriyams as well. The hill of Hasthigiri thus makes it possible for us to access and enjoy the SubhAsraya Dhivya MangaLa Vigraham of Lord VaradarAjan .He becomes aparOksham ( easily visible to the human eye ) on top of the Hasthigiri.KurEsar therefore recommends us to reach that mighty Karigiri and seek that sacred hill as our refuge . Swamy Desikan referred later to Lord VaradarAjan's aparOksha Sevai on Hasthigiri this way: "Purudan maNivaramAhap ponRAmoolap- pirakruthi maRuvAha , maan taNDAhat- theruL maruL vaaL amRaivAha, aangArangaL Saarngam SankhAha , manam thihiriyAha irudkamkal Eerainthum sarangaLAha, irubhUthamAlai vanamAlayAhak- GarudunurvAm maRayin poruLAm KaNNan Karigiri mEl ninRanaitthum kaakkinRAnE " AdiyEn will comment further on this exraordinarily subtle Tamil paasuram of Swamy Desikan dealing with the aparOksha Sevai of Lord VaradarAjan in the next posting . Srimath Azhagiya Sigar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasn , Oppiliappn Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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