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    OHM:Prapatt Thursday, August 27, 2009 BG 18.26

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    The document discusses the concept of saranagati or unconditional surrender to God. It states that saranagati means seeing God's divine feet as the only means of liberation. It describes how the Tirumantram verses convey seeking refuge at Lakshmi's feet and then at Narayana's feet. It shares how Alwar described the meaning of Tirumantram and then surrendered to the Lord at Naimisharanyam. It explains that Alwar came to Naimisharanyam to surrender at the Lord's feet out of fear of being subjected to tortures in hell for his past sins of abandoning his wife and stealing others' property.

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    The document discusses the concept of saranagati or unconditional surrender to God. It states that saranagati means seeing God's divine feet as the only means of liberation. It describes how the Tirumantram verses convey seeking refuge at Lakshmi's feet and then at Narayana's feet. It shares how Alwar described the meaning of Tirumantram and then surrendered to the Lord at Naimisharanyam. It explains that Alwar came to Naimisharanyam to surrender at the Lord's feet out of fear of being subjected to tortures in hell for his past sins of abandoning his wife and stealing others' property.

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    OHM:Prapatt

    Thursday, August 27, 2009

    BG 18.26

    Saranagati is to think His Divine feet are the means and asylum, for obtaining Moksham for us.

    Charanam + iti + Aagati = Saranagati. Person, who comes to the Lord and states that He is the

    only means and He is the destination, is called Saranagata. Saranagati is unconditional surrender.

    If we understand the meaning of Tirumantram [Ashtaksharam], then we have to perform

    saranagati. It is called Dwaya Maha Mntram, or shortly Dwayam []. It is with Two lines. By

    the First line we state that through the Divine Feet of Sri Maha Lakshmi Thayar, we seek the

    Divine Feet of Sri Narayana, as asylum. By the next line, we pray for reward for seeking asylum,

    and that is serving the Divine Couple, always. Tirumangai Alwar in his Periya Tirumozhi,

    described the meaning of Tirumantram, in the First Five decades [padikam ], and then in

    the Sixth decade he surrendered [perform saranagati] to the Lord of the Divya Desam, we are

    visiting now. It is one of the wonderful Divyadesams. It is Naimisharanyam [

    ]. Alwar says that trusting Him, he has surrendered at His feet. Where was

    he all these days, the Lord asked. Alwar says that before that, he abandoned his beautiful wife,

    and started grabbing others' property and wives. He came to know that for all these attrocities, he

    would be taken to hell after death. There, in Naraka, the servants of Yama, would drag the departed

    soul and give a temporary body to experience the tortures that were to follow. They would make

    a copper idol of a beautiful woman and would heat in fire and the idol, with golden color, radiating

    heat would be placed near this person. Yama's servants would giggle at the soul with the new body

    and comment that the person was after women and so let him enjoy a full embrace of the woman
    idol. So saying, they would push the person on the idol! Alwar says that one day he would be

    subjected to such tortures. Fearing such an experience, Alwar says that he had come to

    Naimisharanyam, to surrender at the Divine feet of the Lord! Naimisharanyam is a beautiful place.

    The Lord is here in the form of forest [Aaranyam ]. In Pushkar, the Lord appears in the

    form of water. Today's lecture is from the banks of river Gomati [it is more known as Gomti].

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