@ @ @ @ @ From the Editors' desk CONTENTS Dear Readers, Sri Vidyamanya Sandesha 5 The present senior Swamiji of Mantralaya TATVAVADA(PRIVATE CIRCULATION ONLY) Sri Raghavendra Matha, Sri Sushameendra Yativaani 8 Report 10 Volume : 2 Issue : 3 May-June 2002 Tirtha recently initiated to Sannyasa a great scholar Sri Guruvenkatacharya and crowned Research Article 13 him to succeed him as the Mathadhipati. Special Article 17 DDICTION O ENSUAL NJOYMENT It is immensly heartening to note that this A T S E time the choice of the person for the place Presidential Address 24 It was a hungry bird; it was fed up searching for food. of high sanctity did not go by the Upanishad Section 31 At last, it got the one; it was a dead body; it was floating considerations of kith or kin or the blood Geeta Section 36 on an ocean. Bird had a feast; it ate and ate digging the relationship. It is not to say that no choice Sarvamula Section 37 dead body. But it didn't get satisfied by eating. should fall on such relatives who may qualify Â"{ìÓa>|Î", Youth Section 41 µ"‡h"≤"Î"f,from the È{ l{Î"f,right considerations<˙"E"Î". of Still, it grew avaricious (greedy) of eating. But, at last The choice based on Pavana Yatra 45 its greed got quenched; lost the taste and apetite. It felt, only relationship consideration overlooking the History Section 47 'enough of everything'. It prepared to run away from where inadequacies in the above noble qualities it was. But, alas, the dead body has now reached the middle which are a must to possess should be Book Review 48 of the ocean and the bird too. Bird was over the dead desisted. body and found itself in the middle of that ocean. Bird And the yellow juournalism which has Type setting : had no strength left with it to fly from the center of ocean no business to poke its nose even in matters Poornaprajna Samshodhana and cross over to the coast. Neither it could remain in like this, should be condemned outright along Mandiram, Bangalore-28. the ocean nor it can reach the land. Bird's situation was with those who go to them to air their grief Cover design by : like that of Trishanku- to hang in the middle. over their loss of grip over the incidence Sri K. M. Sheshagiri in one voice by the society concerned or just There is no difference between the plight of the bird should be ignored. SUBSCRIPTION and the plight of a person engulfed in the over-enjoyment Sri Guruvenkatacharya with a remarkable Issue : Rs. 10-00 of sensual objects. He, when all the strength is diminished, possession of high learning being a product Yearly : Rs. 50-00 only becomes aware of Paraloka, the world beyond the of Sri Poornaprajna Vidyapeetha, Bangalore, Patron : Rs. 1000-00 death. But then he has neither Iha (here) nor Paratra (there). a unique contribution of Yugayogi Sri ABROAD Issue : $ 5/- Yearly : $ 30/- H.H. 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Tirumala Kulkarni, Secretary, Hari Vayu for success in all their endeavors, E-mail : [email protected] Pt. Srinivasa Varakhedi A.B.M.M.Mandala, Bangalore-28 Jnanaprasara and social reforms. -Editors Web address : http://www.tatvavada.org May.-June-2002 TATVAVADA 56 TATVAVADA May.-June-2002 Sri Vidyamanya Sandesha : classification. Only 5 persons – Lakshmi, Brahma, Vayu, NINE GEMS OF TATVAVADA Saraswathi and Bharathi are in shuddha bhagavatha dharma. These can be called by the word Para. Saraswathi and Bharathi The last and lasting message of Sri Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha swamiji can thus be called Para and their consorts Brahma and Vayu English translation : Sri N.A.P.S. Rao can be described as Parathara. Lakshmi would be Parathama. (Contd. from the previous issue) Thus Vayu is correctly described as Parathara as he is the “Harih paratharah” – Vayu jivotthamathva greatest soul. But another question can be raised, why has the word Hari been used instead of Vayu? This is justified The Jivotthamathva of Vayu is also an important tenet, as on the basis of Mathyaikya – or identical opinion or the sarvotthamathva of Hari. There is an opinion that this has not been stated in this shloka. But Sri Vyasaraya has stated conclusion. Vayu never thinks in a manner different from the this subject also here and thus has included all the important will of the Lord. We should understand that Sri Vyasaraya tenets. How is the statement of Harih paratharah interpreted has used the same word Hari to describe both God and Vayu to mean Vayu jivotthamah is like this: Harih means Vayu just to indicate this. To establish the Jivotthamathva of Vayu as it means Narayana. In Amara kosha, Hari is shown as a (superiority over Rudra and all other jivas) we will give the name for Vayu. Thus the words Harih paratharah mean that support of the pramana from the Vedas. There is a story Vayu jivotthamah also. But, Vayu can not be Para as he is narrated in the Veda. In the past both the gods and daithyas not always free from sorrow (only 2 persons are Paraa as joined together to churn the milky ocean. At first, a great explained earlier). But Vayu, though not free always from poison called Kaalakoota came up as a result of the churning, sorrow is not having the effect (peeda) of sorrow. To give which had the potential of destroying the entire world. There an example, small children cry when hungry, but as adults, was a boon given by Brahma that no one could even touch we say that hunger is a good thing as we enjoy our food when it. Vayu who is not affected by the boon given by Brahma hungry. But how can Vayu be denoted by the word Para (being of equal stature) collected the poison in a golden vessel as he is not free from sorrow always? How can he be called and then took it in his hands. He rubbed and kneaded the Parathara? Para also means Utthama (superior). Vayu is also poison repeatedly to remove its destructive potential. A small devoted to the Supreme Being, and meditates upon him, portion of the poison so rendered weaker was given by Vayu without a break, even for an instant. As stated – Shuddhe to Rudra to drink. Rudra found it very difficult to tolerate bhagavathe dharme niratho yadvrikodarah” – he is always the pain due to the poison. His neck became blue and he devoted to God. Such a person who is in Shuddha bhagavatha became known as Neelakantha. When a small quantity of the dharma is Para. Here it does not mean "eternally free from poison went down he lost consciousness. He regained sorrow". Bharathi, the consort of Vayu, Saraswathi (consort consciousness after he was touched by Narayana by His hand. of Brahma) are all such persons. Rudra and other gods some 3 Vayu then drank the entire Kaalakoota poison and he did not times have hatred for God, and thus are not in such have any difficulty what so ever. There is a Rigveda manthra May.-June-2002 TATVAVADA 78 TATVAVADA May.-June-2002 in this regard : “VayurasmA upAmanthathpinashmismA Yativaani : kunannamA keshee vishasya pAthrena yadrudrenApEbathsaha” Message of Sri Vidyesha Tirtha . This manthra means - Keshee – Kaschaasau ishascha keshah – keshah asyaastheethi keshee – Keshee is a name for Vayu (Sri Vidyesha Tirtha Swamiji is the Ashrama Shishya and Vidya Shisya as he has Narayana who is of the essence of eternal bliss as his Lord always. He meditates always in his heart, the form of Paramapoojya Sri Vidyamanya Tirtha. He was adopted to succeed him of Narayana without a break. Kunannama is another name for in the Peetha of Bhandarakeri Satyatirtha Samsthana. Sri Vidyesha Tirtha Vayu as he destroys evil persons – kuthsithan adhah paathayathi. is highly learned, a good orator and a lucid writer on Madhva Siddhanta. The three words Vayu, Keshee and kunannama have been used The following is an excerpt from his book in Sanskrit on the importance to describe Vayu in this text. Asmaa – asmai – for the sake of Rudra and upaamanthatha – means rubbing and kneading and meaning of Gayatri titled "Gayatri Bhava Tilakam".) in his hand. Pinashmisma means to convert into fine powder The word „"ˆ"f# appears in Gayatri Mantra. Some say by this – here it means that its essence was removed. Rudrena saha apibath – drank along with Rudra. This shows that Vayu was word ëPÿí (Shiva) is propounded. For this, they cite ë„"ˆ"{if li˙"CÎ" the main drinker of the poison and Rudra was secondary. ˙" Pÿ#í, a Upanishat sentence as the proof. But, this is not When a statement is made that the Guru came along with correct.