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Varadarajan Sourirajan • June 4, 2002 


Dear Bhagavatas,

Adiyen recently, had the bhagyam of hearing Shri Ue.Ve.Velukkudi Krishnan's Introductory part of the 

Ramayanam "Upanyasam".

 

Following are some of the excerpts from the the ocean, which adiyen wishes to share with the saha Bhagavatas:

Our Shriman Narayanan blesses his Adiyars with his five avatars, namely "Para", "Vyuha", 

"Antaryami", "Vibava" and "Archai". The Pramanams for the above Prameyams will be the following:

"Para" -- Vedas

"Vyaha" -- AgamAs namely Pancharatram and Vaikanasam

"Antaryami" -- Smritis, like Manu Smuriti

"Vibava" -- Itihasas like Ramanyanam and Mahabaratham

"Archai" -- Azhvar's Divya Prabandams

Out of the above five, the Azhvar's Divya Prabandams gain greater significance, due to the tangibility of this Prameyam even to the "Bhadda Jeevatmas". This was explained with the following beautiful analogy:

A man who is very thirsty goes in search of Water. On his way, he meets a Rishi and asks him

for a source of water, so that his thirst can be immediately quenched.

The rishi started with the first available source stating that the Clouds over the top of his head are storehouses of huge amount of water. For this, he replied even though they are the best available source, that is of no use for quenching his immediate thirst. This is analogous to the Prameyam described in Vedas.

The rishi contined to give, the next available resource, as the Distant Ocean. For this also the man replied, it cannot be an answer for his existing problem due to the following reasons.

First of all the Ocean is not accesible, so easily, to a man living in the distant land.

Secondly the water in the ocean cannot be consumed directly, as it has to undergo lots of processes before it can be consumed as a drinkable water. This is analogous to the "Vyuha" Vasudevan, who is accessible only to the Devas and Devatas who do severe tapas.

Being not satisfied, the rishi posted the next available resource as the Water Table available deep inside the earth. The man replied that, in his current situation, he is not in a position to dig deep into the earth and access the available water. The is analogous to the "Antaryami".

The rishi, then made reference to the past Monsoon season which gave plentiful rains. For this he replied, the water of the Monsoons, is a thing of the past which cannot help his immediate thirst. This is analogous to the Rama and Krishna "Vibava" Avatars of our Emperuman.

Then, finally the rishi showed him the adjacent ponds which are formed due to the foregone monsoons. He immediately went there and quenched his thirst. This is analogous to the "Archa Avatarams" in the different divya desams. 

Emperuman, due to his Kaarunyam very well knew that,the bhadda Jeevatmas cannot access him, if he is not available as "water in the ponds" and hence gives "Sevai" as Archa Avataram, which can be enjoyed even by the Nastikas.

 

Adiyen would like to conclude with this and wishes to post many such articles as, as per the words of Shri Shri Anna (Shri Krishna Premi Swamigal), Emperuman should be enjoyed by the Bhagavatas more as a Ghosti and not as an individual. Abiding by his footsteps, adiyen wishes to share the different anubavams with the saha bhagavatas.

Whatever mistakes the learned members of this group find in the above exerpt are entirely due to the "Agnyanam" of adiyen and whatever "knowledge" the saha bagavatas obtained are entierly due to the kripai of our great poorvacharya Shri Emperumanar.

 

Azhwar, Emperumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale saranam.

Adiyen Ramanuja Dasan,

Varadarajan



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