As far as I am concerned, without any kind of ego, I do not do any hero
worship. Only the real HERO must be worshipped. Not the man made. I never
allow anyone to earn his profit by sucking. Sivagi Ganesan is one of the
ebay actors as I see in so many young actors in any language TV serials.
Undoubtedly Gandhi was the cause of freedom but we do not in any part of
India discuss it as sujatha. After all, all write for money only; actually
in FB I saw a new club formation for him, and some believe in interviews
that he is not mad after money. No one is an angel because Angel will not
visit regularly. But he found a novelty. If I write instead of staircase ,
drawing steps, Gopala would have asked , since when the IRS was a crude
tribal? People who wants to be in the enlightened society, being clapped
for everything, and who cannot mingle with the real elites, find a
shortcut; punch dialogues; telling stories as to how he held up a snake in
hands; how did he ordered Rajni kanth; and then to hold the fort developing
it; and many in that level feel it may do good if in that group; and
finally at the age of 50 telling the world that THEY ARE CHEATERS. wHEN WE
SPEAK ABOUT kAMBAN DO WE EXPAND AS WE ARE ABLE TO EULOGISE SUJATHA?
Whenever I write , that shall be shared and responded to continue; but when
sitting like a glutton, it shows the parkinsons' law alone is applicable .
Manjana I wrote long back; but no one noticed; yesterday the same thing was
written as told by someone else. That is nature. So lighter veins to keep
us giggle is needed; but not to over rate it. Rangarajan adopted Arthur
clerk for Sci-fi, James hadley chase in ist person version and mystery,
Perry Mason in Ganesh Vasanth and so on. He is a good thinker to market his
product. Savi gave him the space and many are still waiting outside unsung.
Lets appreciate many but no hero worship. Lest people go down as
Ilaya Raja. People who do it for money are our servants. A boss will treat
all as his family to get his work done; but he will not part with his
assets for that family. Then? Kamban is different; Nellai Kannan who is no
more taught me the nuance. DD Tamil debates by ladies taught me the nuance.
Kambaradi podi taught me. Manjanai in Tamil has several meanings which he
deployed in places fit. Here Rangarajan being an iyengar at SriRangam,
wanted the support so wrote about azhwars also; ARCH AVATHARAM is word
coined by Azhwars and not before. Archanaikku uriya avatharam is
aarchavartharam. Arcana (अर्चन) refers to “worship”. (*cf*. Glossary page
from Śrīmad-Bhagavad-Gītā
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/hinduism/book/shrimad-bhagavad-gita>) Arcana
(अर्चन) refers to “deity worship” according to the Arcana-dīpikā (manual on
deity worship).—The worship of the neophyte devotee is *arcana*, and the
worship of the elevated devotee is *bhajana*—When, in accordance with the
guidelines of the Pañcarātra one reverentially performs worship of the
deity with various articles, it is called *arcana*. [...] In the process of
*arcana*, Bhagavān’s holy name always remains the prime factor. Kīrtana of
the holy name of the Lord is the life and soul of *arcana*. Deity worship
that is devoid of *śrī nāma-saṅkīrtana* does not yield any result. 5B-6A.
For auspicious images (*bimba*), the pieces of wood ought to be straight,
close-fibred, symmetrical in shape, without knots, uninjured, heavy, full
grown but not dried.
6B-10A. A stone dug up from ground well known for good stone, clean and
cold to the touch, but without flaws of any kind, should be chosen. That
which gives a broken sound is unacceptable, and is to be understood as
impregnated with other substances; it is easily broken. Stones are of three
kinds, according to locality, and are said to be of different colours Those
stones are inauspicious which show, when dug up, the figure of a crow, an
ass, a monkey, a dog, a snake, a scorpion or a bandicoot, on the dug up
surface. If, in some other stones, flaws appear in nature, that stone is to
be understood as *aṣṭagarbha*, and is destructive of the whole family (*kula
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kula#hinduism>*).
10B-11. If the stone shows the signs of the conch, discus, mace, lotus,
umbrella, festoon and elephant, or lion, swine, deer, *śrīvatsa
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shrivatsa#pancaratra>* (sign like a
curl of hair), elephant-goad or water-pot, such a stone is auspicious.
12-13 A. If the stone shows when washed other signs auspicious or
inauspicious such a stone should be regarded middling when it is evenly
heavy all round.
13B-16A. If a stone is, in appearance, like gingelly or rice, or sand,
except at the lines on the stone, that also has to be counted middling. If
through the mason <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/mason#history>’s
carelessness or due to exposure to wind and sun, the stone shows itself
defective though free from other stones, pieces of wood or sand, and there
is no evidence of impurity by smell, colour, touch or sound, that stone is
auspicious for all classes of people.
16B-17A. Even earth has to be tested in the same way as detailed above and,
if dug up from a clean place, the material is considered auspicious.
17B-18. The image of God made in this manner with the good materials
described above, and called in the science variously *bimba*, *archa
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/arca#pancaratra>*, *bera
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bera#pancaratra>* and *pratimā
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pratima#pancaratra>*, are of various
sizes according as they are to be housed in *prāsāda
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/prasada#pancaratra>* or *bhavana
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/bhavana#hinduism>*.
19. In this *Śāstra <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/shastra#hinduism>*,
the sizes of images (*bimba*) meant for being carried about, and for those
represented in painting, are said to be of three kinds of measurements, O,
Pitāmaha <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/pitamaha#hinduism>!
20-22A. The height, the width and the perimeter arc the three measures of
an image; the first is spoken of as *unmāna
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/unmana#hinduism>*, the next *vimāna
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vimana#hinduism>*, and the last *parimāṇa
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/parimana#hinduism>* in the Śāstra.
Whatever is measured in this manner with the three measurements, is to be
understood as *citra
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/citra#hinduism>* (picture),
and is fit for worship by the learned.
22B-23A. When the size of the image is made one-half, it is called *acitra*;
but is yet considered fit for worship. Images (*bimba*) etc., made
irrespective of the measurements prescribed are called *citrābhāsa*.
Whatever is made beautifully, with colours on cloth, walls, etc. for the
use of the devout, such are called *bhaktivardhana* (what increases
devotion).
24B-25A. Set up beautifully made *acitra* images of half size made of stone
or wood for the increase of devotion in women and children.
25B-26A. Set up *citra* images (*bimba*) in *prāsāda* temples, or temples
of the *bhavana* class, for one’s own prosperity. Worship images which can
be carried about (*jaṅgama
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/jangama#hinduism>*) daily invoking
God into them, or evoking as occasion demands.
26B-29. The dust particles dancing in the sun-beam, bursting through a
window (& other wind-hole)—the smallest ones moving about are called *paramāṇu
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/paramanu#hinduism>*. Eight of these
make a *keśa <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kesa#hinduism>*.
Eight *keśas
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/kesa#hinduism>* make a *likhyā
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/likhya#hinduism>*. Eight *likhyās
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/likhya#hinduism>* make one *yūka
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yuka#hinduism>*. Eight *yūkas
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yuka#hinduism>* make one *yava
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yava#hinduism>*. That which measures
eight *yavas <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/yava#hinduism>* is
one *aṅgula
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/angula#hinduism>*. Twelve *aṅgulas
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/angula#hinduism>* make one *vītasti*
or *tāla <https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tala#hinduism>*. Two *tālas
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/tala#hinduism>* make one *hasta
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hasta#hinduism>* (hand). Five
make a *puruṣa
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/purusha#hinduism>* (man).
30. It is not desirable that an image of Viṣṇu
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/vishnu#pancaratra> should exceed
five *hastas
<https://www.wisdomlib.org/definition/hasta#hinduism>*, nor be smaller than
one *hasta* for a *prāsāda* temple.[ PARAMA SAMHITA BIMBA LAKSHANACHAP 23]
HENCE BIMBAM FOR WORSHIP IS AARCHAVATARAM. The verse contained the sanskrit
definitions of the atma. KR IRS 11 6 23
On Sat, 10 Jun 2023 at 04:22, Chittanandam V R <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> *யாவையும் யாவும் *
>
> ஒவ்வொரு சமயத்தாரும் கடவுள் அப்படியிருப்பார் இப்படியிருப்பார், அவருக்கு
> இன்ன இன்ன குணங்கள் என்று விவரிக்கின்றன. எங்கள் கடவுள்தான் நிஜமான
> கடவுள், மற்றதெல்லாம் பொய் என்றும் சில மதங்கள் கூறுகின்றன. சிலர் கடவுள்
> இல்லை என்று சொல்லி விக்கிரகங்களை உடைக்கிறார்கள். இந்துக்கள் தம்
> கோயில்களில் கடவுளைப் பல வடிவங்களில் விக்கிரகங்களாக வழிபடுகின்றனர்.
> இது பிற சமயத்தவர்க்கு வியப்பாக இருக்கும். சித்தர்கள்கூட இதைக் கேலி
> செய்திருக்கிறார்கள்.
>
> இறைவனின் விக்கிரக வடிவை 'அர்ச்சாவதாரம்' என்று சொல்வார்கள். இது என்ன
> என்பதை ஆச்சார்ய ஹ்ருதயம் என்னும் நூல் விளக்குகிறது. பரத்துவம், வியூகம்,
> வைபவம், அந்தர்யாமித்துவம் என்னும் நான்கு நிலைகளில் உள்ள குணங்களையும்
> அர்ச்சாவதாரத்தில் காணலாம் என்று சொல்கிறது. தமிழில் சொன்னால் பரமபதத்தில்
> இருப்பது
> பரத்துவம், பாற்கடல் சூழ்ந்திருப்பது வியூகம், அவதார வடிவங்களில் இருப்பது
> விபவம், எங்கும் ஊடுருவியிருப்பது அந்தர்யாமித்துவம். இவை அனைத்தையும் ஒரு
> விக்கிரகத்தின் மூலம் காணலாம் என்கிறது.
>
> எளிய மனங்களுக்கு உயர்ந்த தத்துவங்கள் புரியாது. ஆனால் ஒரு அழகான
> விக்கிரகத்தை கடவுளின் பிரதிநிதியாக ஒரு பாவனையாக ஏற்பதில் கஷ்டம்
> இருக்காது. இருந்தும் பகவான் விக்கிரகங்களுக்குஅப்பாற்பட்டவர் என்பதை
> மறக்கக்கூடாது. அவனை அடைய வேண்டும் என்றால் வடிவங்களுக்கு அப்பால் சிந்திக்க
> வேண்டும்.
>
> *யாவையும் யவரும் தானாய், அவரவர் சமயம் தோறும் *
> *தோய்விலன்; புலன் ஐந்துக்கும் சொலப்படான், உணர்வின் மூர்த்தி; *
> *ஆவிசேர் உயிரின் உள்ளால் ஆதுமோர் பற்றிலாத *
> *பாவனை அதனைக் கூடில், அவனையுங் கூடலாமே.*
>
> எல்லாமும் அவன்தான் எல்லாரும் அவன். அவரவர் மதங்களால் பாதிப்பு இல்லாதவன்
> (தோய்விலன்) ஐந்து புலன்களுக்கும் சொல்ல முடியாமல் உணர்வின் வடிவமாய்
> உயிரின் உள்ளே போய் யோசித்தால், பற்று எதும் இல்லாத ஒரு பாவனையை எட்டிப்
> பிடிக்க முடிந்தால் அவனைத் தொட்டுப் பார்க்க முடியும்.
>
> திருவாய்மொழியில் நம்மாழ்வார் யோசித்த அளவுக்கு நம்மால் யோசிக்க இயலாது.
> அதனால் 'முமுட்சுப்படி' என்னும் வைணவ நூலில் சொன்னபடி விக்கிரங்கள்தான்
> 'பர வியூக விபவங்கள் போலன்றிக்கே கண்ணாலே காணலாம்படி இருக்கும்'.
>
> விக்கிரகங்களை உடைக்கக்கூடாது.
>
> - சுஜாதா
> *************************
>
> *சித்தானந்தம் *
>
>
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