Day 7 Sharanagathi Gadyam
Pravachanam important points:
Please click the link below to download the recording of pravachanam 7:
Here,
acharya Ramanuja goes on to describe the ornaments and adornments on the divya
vigraha of Lord sriranganatha.
·
The qualities of the
ornaments are added beauty to his thirumeni (form).
·
These ornaments are of
different types made of pearls or coral or other gems.
·
They will be constantly
glowing. These ornaments are not there for themselves but for the sake of Lord Narayana.
·
His ornaments will
also be sweet smelling. Since Srimanarayana’s thirumeni (body)
itself is sweet smelling, the ornaments will also get the sweet smell.
·
These ornaments will not
cause any irritation to bhagavan but would be very soft on his thirumeni. There will
be no need to remove them even when he goes to sleep.
·
These are the
qualities of the ornaments.The list of these ornaments starting with kirita on his
head and ending with nupur on his ankle.They are
- Kirita
- Makuta
- Chuda
- Avathamsa
- Makara kundala
- Graiveyaka
- Hara
- Keyura
- Kataka
- Srivathsa
- Kausthuba(five gemstones)
- Mukthadhama udharabhandhana
- Pithambara (yellow coloured dress)
- Kanchiguna
- Nupur etc..
Next Sri Ramanuja describes Srimanarayana’s divine
weapons.
- His weapons will look like ornaments to his followers while they will look like killing weapons to his enemies.
The Sakthi (power) of his weapons is beyond our imagination.
The five of his major weapons are Sankham(Conch),Chakram(Discus),Gadha(Mice),Kadgam(Sword),sarangam(bow).
These divine weapons will appear on bhagavan‘s thirumeni as soon as he thinks of them. When they go to kill an enemy, they do not think that they have killed the enemy, but being a part of bhagavan, they had carried out their role.
Next Sri Ramanuja describes Srimanarayana’s
consorts(Wife).
·
Srimanarayana
is also the Lord of bhu and nila devis
with attributes similar to that of sri Devi. This is indicated by the word
"evambhuta".
·
The two
devis are mentioned separately as they occupy not the same status as sri devi,
but are her seshabhutas.
·
Here, bhagavan is mentioned as nayaka whereas in the case of piratti, he is mentioned as vallabha.
·
The difference is that a nayaka (or lord) is one who expects his
rights to be observed and goes by rules and regulations while a vallabha (loving
person) is one who does things out of love and affection. It is said that bhu
dhevi and neela dhevi had agreed to be servitors to bhagavan and piratti and are contented doing service to them.
Next Sri Ramanuja goes on to look at the followers in srivaikuntam.
·
Nithyasuris are those who
were always present in srivaikuntam and were never born in leela vibhuthi
(earth.
·
They carry out kainkaryam
just by looking at bhagavan’s face, knowing what he desires, unlike us who need
to be told by him as to what he wants us to do.
·
When bhagavan wants a service to be carried out, the nithyasuris get
fully involved with total dedication in that kainkaryam.
·
Adhi seshan, vishvaksenar,
garuda are all part of the group of nithyasuris.
In this way there are different types of nithyasuris, based
on their main work.
Sign up here with your email
ConversionConversion EmoticonEmoticon