thoo nilA muRRam - part 29 - vimAna thrayam
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• June 5, 1999
thoo nilA muRRam - part 29 - vimAna thrayam Dear bAgawathAs, Several kalpAs ago, Lord Suryan, and Lord Sri Brahma did a severe penance seeking Lord Sriman nArAyaNA's blessings. Our Lord Sriman nArAyanA was very pleased with their sincere "thapas" and appeared in front of them and asked for their wishes. Both of them wanted a "kOil" for Sriman nArAyaNa such that they can worship HIM all the time. Lord immediately created a vimAnam that became three vimAnams and took two other different forms and entered into two of them. The three great vimAnams are Sri VaikuNda vimAnam, Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam, and Sri Vaideeka vimAnam. Lord assumed the Sri VaikuNda vimAnam as HIS own and placed it in Srivaikundam. HE gave the praNavAkAra vimAnam to Sri BrahmA and the Sri Vaideeka vimAnam to Sri Sooryan with the respective thiru uruvams in it. They both were immensely happy and took their Lords and the vimAnams to their respective lOkams. Sri Sooryan had the Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and was worshipping it constantly. It is not known what is the reason for certain things to occur in certain places. It so happened that Sri Sooryan did a severe penance in this boomi of thiru kudanthai and earned the name as Sri bAskara kshEthram. Our Lord with the Sri Vaitheeka vimAnam has come to stay here for ever as similar to how HE was in Sri Soorya lOkam (Sri bAskara Lokam then, and Sri bAskara kshEthram now) earlier. After several years Sri Vavaisvatha manu inherited the Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and the Lord in it from his father Sri Sooryan. He had this vimAnam and the temple on the banks of the holy river, Sri sarayu. He worhsipped this Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and the Lord for 1000 years there. After Sri Manu his son Sri ikshuvAku inherited this vimAnam and the Lord. Sri ikshuvAku heared the vaibavam of the Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and learned about the other vimAnam namely Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam also. He was very much desirous of doing ArAdhanam for Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and Sri praNa vAkAra vimAnam together. He did a severe penance and sought Sri BrahmA's blessings. Sri BrahmA also appeared in front of him and blessed him with the possession of his Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam. Thus the praNavAkAra vimAnam descended with Sri RanganAthan from Sri Sathya lOkam. It is important to note that Sri Vaideeka vimAnam and our Lord Sri ArA amuthan came to this boolOgam to bless all prior to Sri RanganAtha and Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam. However, When Sri ikshuvAku placed the Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam next to Sri Vaideeka vimAnam, they both suddenly merged into one and appeared as Sri praNavAkAra vimAnam itself. Sri IkshuvAku worshipped this with many special ArAdhaNAs for several years. Many of his heirs who were part of the Soorya vamsam, such as Sri Dileepan, his grand son Sri Dasarathan and later Sri Rama worshipped this twin vimAnam and perumAL(s). So it is to be noted that Sri ArA amuthan who was residing inside Sri RanganAtha was also worshipped by Sri Rama. ie., When one worships Lord Sri RanganAthan with Sri ArA amuthan inside, it must be understood that Sri ArA amuthan was also worshipped as both the Lords were unseparated twins then. Sri kOmaLa vaLLi thAyAr samEtha Sri ArA amudhan thiruvadikaLE saraNam Sampath Rengarajan ******************************************************************* ----------------------- Where to Send Donations ----------------------- INDIA: Members of the group in India, Europe, Bahrain, Kuwait and Rest of the Middle East, and elsewhere in boolOgam may send their donations to: Cheques are payable to "The Secretary and Treasurer", mail to : Tiruppani committee", Sri L.Rajagopalan, MABT, Retd Pricipal, (Committee member) 12, Besant Road, KUMBAKONAM 612 001 UNITED STATES & CANADA: Checks should be made payable to "SMSA, Inc" Sri Vaishnava Seva Samithi c/o Sri Rajaji 2612, Regatta Drive Plano, TX 75093 Please write "Sarnga Pani kainkaryam" on the cheque. All donations are elegible for tax deductible in their respective countries where applicable ****************************************************************** _______________________________________________________________ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com
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