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From: Krishna Kalale (kkalale_at_qualcomm.com)
Date: Sat Jun 27 1998 - 17:31:27 PDT
At 02:28 AM 6/27/98 -0400, Shrikanth, J wrote: > > Sri > Srimate Lakshminarasimha parabrahmane namaha > Srimate NigamAntha MahAdesikAya Namaha > Srimate Lakshminarasimha Divya PAdukA Sevaka - > Srivan Shatagopa Sri NArAyana Yateendra MahAdesikAya Namaha > >My pranams to all, > A : By the addition of the syllable 'am'. The pramanam for doing this > is the verse 6 above. > >As Sri Injimettu azhagiyasinger (the 42nd peethadipati about whom our >Chi. Anand Karalapakkam wrote so eloquently) says in his >Sarabodhini, an excellent commentary of the Srimad Rahasyatrayasaram, >Sriman Vedanta Desikar has thought about and answered practically all the >niggling tiny doubts that we mandabuddhigals get. No wonder his thaniyan >says "Even one of his many works is enough to make us, those living on >earth, to rise up to salvation at the feet of the Lord" (.. - Oronru thAne >amaiyAtho dhAraNiyil vAzhvArkku...) > >After the above passage, Srimad Desikan goes ahead to discuss how this >addition of 'am' instead of the pranavam still has the same potency. >He demonstrates how all the meanings that can be got from the >ashtakasharam with pranavam can also be got from the ashtaksharam with >'am'. Again for each claim, there are logical (grammatical) proofs and >pramanams attached. >sarvam krishnarpanam astu. > >adiyen shrikanth Shrikanth has done a good service in quoting this from Rahasyatrayasaram. Thanks a lot; This post unequivocally puts the pramanam issue to rest. thanks adiyen Krishna