Remembering MahaPeriyava
A write up series by Chandarsekharan Raman.
(Thanks to Chandru for sharing his insight of Sri MahaPeriyava through Bhagavad Gita)
In the Bhagavad Gita, when Arjuna was inflicted by extreme sorrow, Lord Krishna instructs Arjuna about the transitory nature of happiness and sorrow.
मात्रास्पर्शास्तु कौन्तेय शीतोष्णसुखदुःखदाः |
आगमापायिनोऽनित्यास्तांस्तितिक् षस्व भारत || 2-14||
O, Kaunteya (Arjuna)! The contacts of the sense organs with the sensory world that give rise to cold and heat, happiness and sorrow, which have the nature of coming and going, are not constant. Endure them, Bharata (Arjuna)!
Adi Shankaracharya, when commenting on this verse, remarks that cold (and similarly heat) could bring pleasure and pain depending on the situation. But happiness always bring pleasure and sorrow always brings pain! Even then, Lord Krishna puts them in the same category as cold and heat — (śīta, uṣṇa, sukha & duḥkha), because all of them are not permanent (anityāḥ)!
सकृत्स्मरण मात्रेण भवरोग विनाशके |
श्री चन्द्रशेखरपादाब्जे भासेताम् हृदि मे सदा ||
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Adiyean is reminded of Tiruvarur Sri Kamalambika’s posture whenever one sees Sri Mahaperiyava standing like this. Can somebody explain the significance of this posture? An ordinary person cannot stand like this with so much ease!
JAYA JAYA SANKARA HARA HARA SANKARA
Every new episode gives more and more greatness about MAHA PERIAVA. We should try to follow as much possible as we can.
JAYA JAYA SANKARA HARA HARA SANKARA
Shankara Shankara Shiva Shiva Sankara
Shiva Shiva Shankara Hara hara Shankara
Hara Hara Shankara Jaya Jaya Shankara
Jaya Jaya Shankara Kanchi Shankara
Kanchi Shankara Kaladi Shankara
Kaladi Shankara Kamokodi Shankara
Kamakodi Shankara Shankara Shankara
I only had a fleeting Dharshan of shri Mahaperiyava when I was a small boy. I saw HIM walking amidst a small group along the Thennur High Road, in Tiruchirapalli, besides a hand-pulled rikshaw. I was not fortunate to have any further Dharshan afterwards. I pray to Mahaperiyava to bless all of us.
Pranams
Mr jayaram sir
Like your experience, am also seen in small boy at tenner high road. i was studying at ponniah higher secondary school, palakarai, trichy from 1972 to 1984
s krishnamoorthy