10-16-2006, 11:27 AM
<b><span style='color:red'>SAPTHAGIRI SANDESHA
Sri Venkatesha purana(Bhavishyottara Purana</b></span>)
<i>Kalyanadbhtagatraya
Kamitartapradayeni
Srimad venkatanataya
Srinivasayatenamah</i>
Generally it is opined that the big epics Ramayana and Mhabharatha are the mythologies representing the contemporary human values for all our life times. And most of our authors after attaining some years of experience in writings, would like to take one of these two myths and rewrite the characteristics therein, in search of lives human values nearing to the present situation for the gratification of eternal bliss and self satisfaction. My long desire was to find out some other epic story, apart from the above said main two epics, and to make research of such an epic story to the depth for the benefit of man kind in a new style of presentation; not affecting the original scriptures and resources.
So to say, the Sri Venkatesha puranam I had selected only by the innerforce of Lord Sri Venkateshwara, also written in our local language kannada as âSapthagiri Sampadaâ and already published at his divine grace. If this English version is up to the mark, I think it is also at his divine power showered upon me. It is evident that this epic had not a big canvas like Ramayana or Mahabharata, but in its own way it has some similarities. In Ramayana we find sattviq prabhu Sri Ramachandra, in Mahabharata the characters of Dharma raja, Vidhura, Vibheeshana are the examples for the same sattviq characters. Likewise, in this epic story also Mahavishnu descended to this earth planet for communicating mainly the Sattviq message.
Whereas in the available scripts high lights are about Sri Venkatesha kalyanam only. . In fact it contains the Sattviq Message as said above in each and every step of chapters, as I found in my study script work already published in Kannada as âSapthagiri Sampadaâ(1997). Right from examining Three Divinities; which gives such a divine massage not within the limits of abode of three divinities beyond that for the generation of earth planet of all times, without distinctions of race, caste, stage of each individual.
You might have visited this holy pilgrimage place Tirupathi. When I had visited at first time along with my family (1993), I fed up myself in deep thinking, why thousands of people are coming daily here to take darshanam of Sri Venkateshwara, and what they are carrying back at returns by worshiping, offering with their debts, tributes? Further, what is the power here which attracts so many people every day? Surprisingly, all those visitors standing on queue for entering inside the temple will raise up their two handâs palms set to for Namaskar, and shout together at a time as âGovindaa⦠Govindaa⦠Govindaaâ as immediately seeing the manifested big idle of Lord Sri Venkateshwara.
After I took darshanam of Swami Sri Venkateshwara with my wife and childrens, came out of the temple, as soon as I sat in the premises and started with my in taking the laddu prasadam, suddenly got a flash point about this sacred pilgrimage place. That is Sri Venkateshwara is standing on this serpent hill for annunciation of the sattviq message to the universe and as such his sattviq shakthi is so powerful, also transcendental in attracting the human beings all over the world from here.
Our ancient sages were knower and great orators. What they had delivered ontologically for man kind, all are not superstitious; but superficial to over come from nescience of materialistic trumps. Those maharishiâs or monks are creators of new era with foresight, for retaining the affection among humanity and devotion to unforeseen hand of the divinity beyond our sensual content- satisfaction. Unfortunately, our younger generation is going for away from those sacred scriptures- epic stories containing everlasting traditional values, instead of assimilating the same for their benefit of lives future.
On the point of view of God consciousness, why donât we understand the God consciousness and his live presence already shown by our passed away yogis, sages, haridasaâs without any fruitful expectation from Him in this era of civilization only? Therefore, I want to make it clear God is not greedy and corrupt like a man to become bestowed in a sense of illusion. Of course, some people immersed with delusions may pour plentiful money and jewelries on him, which they got by their ill earnings, so as to vanish their ironical and sinful contemptâs. So, it should not be a merely momentary self-repentance and satisfaction only.
2. Sri Venkateshwara Darshanam
Although, Srinivasa, also called as Sri Venkateshwara is not among the ten Godhead incarnations of Mahavishnu, for the people of this age of era so called as kaliyuga, He is Avatar Svarupi only that means the entire disciple people are particularly related with him eternally. Hence, there is no exaggeration all over the world it has foreseen, so He is attracting thousands of disciples every day, by standing inside the main temple situated on sapthagiri.
As I already told, the visiting pilgrimages standing on the queue while taking a turn from a corridor as soon as they see the magnificent idle of Sri Venkateshwara rise up their two handâs palms set for Namaskar shouting Govindaa. Goindaaâ¦. Let us take a picture, how Sri Venkateshwara is giving darshanam, standing in his gentleness elegant style- keeping two hands on his waist called sattviq sukh bhangi, showing his right palm downwards as a sign of abhaya hastam -assuring fearlessness. Left hand palm turned towards his lotus feet, as a sign of accepting those disciples, devotees coming not vacant hands, but along with so many problems, also brought with whole hearted consecrations to pour all such things at his lotus feet and surrender themselves.
The quantum of wealth and consecrations that is falling at his lotus feet of Sri Venkateshwara, and the disciples taking as returns from him while going back is the full of self-confidence for their next living remedies of life, could not be assessed elsewhere as it is considered certainly a very rare case in the universe.
In most of the cases worldly people think money only speaks, but still people are there who speaks with the God only. Disguising people are always there cheating innocents in the world making money in the name of God. But, if there is yards stick for measuring the humanity that is Divinity only nothing else, and the same basement stands for the world peace i.e. sattviq sakthi. Especially people of India suffering with poverty, diseases and in much and more difficulties can find God which is really wondrous for examples. Therefore, we cannot imagine the corers together populated India where no people live without belief in God.
Generally in our epic stories we can see bhakthi rasa as the main aspect. Whereas the other face of the same is jnana yajna as a resultant fruit for us. The references of previous births and rebirths are also common factor of all epics. In this Sri Venkatesha puranam such references of previous births and rebirths are coming, they are true as seen in this age of examples, say Sri Bhagavan budda had remembarence of 500 previous births. Even in this scientific world we are heard about the true incidents of rebirths.
Yashoda the mother of Sri Krishna (incarnation of Mahavishnu) asks- âHey, Krishna! I have not seen your marriage in this birth?â
Krishna says- âOh, my mother, in the next birth again I come down to earth as Srinivasa, then you can see happily my glorious marriage Srinivasa kalyanam.â
Yashode had to wait for one more age of era to see the glorious marriage of Srinivasa taking her rebirth as Bakuladevi.
And vedavati with her hard austerities to get the divinity-Sri Srinivasa himself as her husband had to wait and take rebirth as Padmavati after a lapse of two more age of era. So to say in this age of Kaliyuga to get the husband like divinity and similarly a son-in-law also, it is the real virtue of many previous births only.
When I had paid first time pious visit for darshanam of Lord Sri Venkateshwara I got inspired to write a Bhakti Geethe on his glorious mahima as follows-
<i>Mahavishnu dharege banda
Maha punya namge tanda
Banni banni bhktare ille ide swargavu
Papa karma kaleyuva bhu vaikuntavu ||</i>
Mahavishnu had descended to the earth
He brought great virtues to us
Come on come on devotees;
Here is heavenly Elysium earth
Wherein to vanish all the sinful contemptâs.
<i>Rushi pungavrichheyante yajna phalavnarpisalu
Brahma Vishnu Maheswara ge sattva pariksheyaglu
Swamige apacharavage mahalakshimi munidalu
Bhagvanthana toredalu kollapura seridalu </i>||1||
On will of all sages to offer fruitfulness of sacrifice
Sattviq examination was there for three divinities-Brahma, Visnu, Maheswara
On occurrence of disgracefulness to Mahavisnu
Spouse Mahalakshmi got annoyed
As assumed her abode of the master polluted
She left away from the godhead divinity
Come to stay at earthâs place - Kollapur.
<i>Gruha lakshmiye ta muniye santanamte Sri hariyu
Sheshagiri ge bandanu valmikadi kulitanu
Jagada chinte hottanu Ghora tapava gydanu
Dharma samrakshnege Srinivasa nadanu ||2||</i>
On departure of his beloved spouse- Gruha lakshmi
The wealth divinity of the Elysium, Mahavisnu
Descended like a monk to the earth
And arrived at sheshagiri, i.e. one of the hill of Sapthagiri
Sat underneath the ant hill, had the agony of universe
Started austerities and got exists in the name of Srinivasa, Sri Venkateswara
To stood there for protecting the Dharma.
<i>Sri lakshmiya amshajale padmavati bandalu
Srikantana varisutali sri nidhiye adalu
Jagada janara kalyani nema nishtegolivalu
Sattviqa samprite nitya vandeyadalu ||3||</i>
Padmavati the inherent of Sri Lakshmi came to earth
Married lovingly Srinivasa and became his spouse Srinidhi
Being resourcefully wealth divinity she will be blessed
On her sattviq disciples, devotees principled worships
And, remain as dwelling divinity in their lives resort.
<i>Sattvagunada hirimege rajogunad hiditake
Tamogunada alivige vaivahika jeevanake
Adarshada ulivige sarutihanu sandesha
Indriya kalyanadali loka kalyanake ||4||</i>
On supremacy of sattvaguna, overpowering rajoguna,
On defying tamoguna, retaining moral principles
And becoming happily and lively on wedding life,
He is annunciating the message for worldly salvation and liberation.
<i>Sankatagala kaleyuva Sri Venkateshanu
Nambikeya nakadali ellaranu kayuvanu
Kalki roopi karananu sapthagiriya odeyanu
Sampadava karunisuva sattviqa sampannanu ||5||</i>
On divine faith Sri Venkateswara would weed out
All difficulties and save life of trouble some people
He is lord of seven hills so called kalki roopi in kaliyuga
Stands reasoning as enriched saffviq for bestowal of welfare.
-Shiva Ram H
16/10/06
Click here to see the continued Epic Story-Sapthagiri Sandesha
Sri Venkatesha purana(Bhavishyottara Purana</b></span>)
<i>Kalyanadbhtagatraya
Kamitartapradayeni
Srimad venkatanataya
Srinivasayatenamah</i>
Generally it is opined that the big epics Ramayana and Mhabharatha are the mythologies representing the contemporary human values for all our life times. And most of our authors after attaining some years of experience in writings, would like to take one of these two myths and rewrite the characteristics therein, in search of lives human values nearing to the present situation for the gratification of eternal bliss and self satisfaction. My long desire was to find out some other epic story, apart from the above said main two epics, and to make research of such an epic story to the depth for the benefit of man kind in a new style of presentation; not affecting the original scriptures and resources.
So to say, the Sri Venkatesha puranam I had selected only by the innerforce of Lord Sri Venkateshwara, also written in our local language kannada as âSapthagiri Sampadaâ and already published at his divine grace. If this English version is up to the mark, I think it is also at his divine power showered upon me. It is evident that this epic had not a big canvas like Ramayana or Mahabharata, but in its own way it has some similarities. In Ramayana we find sattviq prabhu Sri Ramachandra, in Mahabharata the characters of Dharma raja, Vidhura, Vibheeshana are the examples for the same sattviq characters. Likewise, in this epic story also Mahavishnu descended to this earth planet for communicating mainly the Sattviq message.
Whereas in the available scripts high lights are about Sri Venkatesha kalyanam only. . In fact it contains the Sattviq Message as said above in each and every step of chapters, as I found in my study script work already published in Kannada as âSapthagiri Sampadaâ(1997). Right from examining Three Divinities; which gives such a divine massage not within the limits of abode of three divinities beyond that for the generation of earth planet of all times, without distinctions of race, caste, stage of each individual.
You might have visited this holy pilgrimage place Tirupathi. When I had visited at first time along with my family (1993), I fed up myself in deep thinking, why thousands of people are coming daily here to take darshanam of Sri Venkateshwara, and what they are carrying back at returns by worshiping, offering with their debts, tributes? Further, what is the power here which attracts so many people every day? Surprisingly, all those visitors standing on queue for entering inside the temple will raise up their two handâs palms set to for Namaskar, and shout together at a time as âGovindaa⦠Govindaa⦠Govindaaâ as immediately seeing the manifested big idle of Lord Sri Venkateshwara.
After I took darshanam of Swami Sri Venkateshwara with my wife and childrens, came out of the temple, as soon as I sat in the premises and started with my in taking the laddu prasadam, suddenly got a flash point about this sacred pilgrimage place. That is Sri Venkateshwara is standing on this serpent hill for annunciation of the sattviq message to the universe and as such his sattviq shakthi is so powerful, also transcendental in attracting the human beings all over the world from here.
Our ancient sages were knower and great orators. What they had delivered ontologically for man kind, all are not superstitious; but superficial to over come from nescience of materialistic trumps. Those maharishiâs or monks are creators of new era with foresight, for retaining the affection among humanity and devotion to unforeseen hand of the divinity beyond our sensual content- satisfaction. Unfortunately, our younger generation is going for away from those sacred scriptures- epic stories containing everlasting traditional values, instead of assimilating the same for their benefit of lives future.
On the point of view of God consciousness, why donât we understand the God consciousness and his live presence already shown by our passed away yogis, sages, haridasaâs without any fruitful expectation from Him in this era of civilization only? Therefore, I want to make it clear God is not greedy and corrupt like a man to become bestowed in a sense of illusion. Of course, some people immersed with delusions may pour plentiful money and jewelries on him, which they got by their ill earnings, so as to vanish their ironical and sinful contemptâs. So, it should not be a merely momentary self-repentance and satisfaction only.
2. Sri Venkateshwara Darshanam
Although, Srinivasa, also called as Sri Venkateshwara is not among the ten Godhead incarnations of Mahavishnu, for the people of this age of era so called as kaliyuga, He is Avatar Svarupi only that means the entire disciple people are particularly related with him eternally. Hence, there is no exaggeration all over the world it has foreseen, so He is attracting thousands of disciples every day, by standing inside the main temple situated on sapthagiri.
As I already told, the visiting pilgrimages standing on the queue while taking a turn from a corridor as soon as they see the magnificent idle of Sri Venkateshwara rise up their two handâs palms set for Namaskar shouting Govindaa. Goindaaâ¦. Let us take a picture, how Sri Venkateshwara is giving darshanam, standing in his gentleness elegant style- keeping two hands on his waist called sattviq sukh bhangi, showing his right palm downwards as a sign of abhaya hastam -assuring fearlessness. Left hand palm turned towards his lotus feet, as a sign of accepting those disciples, devotees coming not vacant hands, but along with so many problems, also brought with whole hearted consecrations to pour all such things at his lotus feet and surrender themselves.
The quantum of wealth and consecrations that is falling at his lotus feet of Sri Venkateshwara, and the disciples taking as returns from him while going back is the full of self-confidence for their next living remedies of life, could not be assessed elsewhere as it is considered certainly a very rare case in the universe.
In most of the cases worldly people think money only speaks, but still people are there who speaks with the God only. Disguising people are always there cheating innocents in the world making money in the name of God. But, if there is yards stick for measuring the humanity that is Divinity only nothing else, and the same basement stands for the world peace i.e. sattviq sakthi. Especially people of India suffering with poverty, diseases and in much and more difficulties can find God which is really wondrous for examples. Therefore, we cannot imagine the corers together populated India where no people live without belief in God.
Generally in our epic stories we can see bhakthi rasa as the main aspect. Whereas the other face of the same is jnana yajna as a resultant fruit for us. The references of previous births and rebirths are also common factor of all epics. In this Sri Venkatesha puranam such references of previous births and rebirths are coming, they are true as seen in this age of examples, say Sri Bhagavan budda had remembarence of 500 previous births. Even in this scientific world we are heard about the true incidents of rebirths.
Yashoda the mother of Sri Krishna (incarnation of Mahavishnu) asks- âHey, Krishna! I have not seen your marriage in this birth?â
Krishna says- âOh, my mother, in the next birth again I come down to earth as Srinivasa, then you can see happily my glorious marriage Srinivasa kalyanam.â
Yashode had to wait for one more age of era to see the glorious marriage of Srinivasa taking her rebirth as Bakuladevi.
And vedavati with her hard austerities to get the divinity-Sri Srinivasa himself as her husband had to wait and take rebirth as Padmavati after a lapse of two more age of era. So to say in this age of Kaliyuga to get the husband like divinity and similarly a son-in-law also, it is the real virtue of many previous births only.
When I had paid first time pious visit for darshanam of Lord Sri Venkateshwara I got inspired to write a Bhakti Geethe on his glorious mahima as follows-
<i>Mahavishnu dharege banda
Maha punya namge tanda
Banni banni bhktare ille ide swargavu
Papa karma kaleyuva bhu vaikuntavu ||</i>
Mahavishnu had descended to the earth
He brought great virtues to us
Come on come on devotees;
Here is heavenly Elysium earth
Wherein to vanish all the sinful contemptâs.
<i>Rushi pungavrichheyante yajna phalavnarpisalu
Brahma Vishnu Maheswara ge sattva pariksheyaglu
Swamige apacharavage mahalakshimi munidalu
Bhagvanthana toredalu kollapura seridalu </i>||1||
On will of all sages to offer fruitfulness of sacrifice
Sattviq examination was there for three divinities-Brahma, Visnu, Maheswara
On occurrence of disgracefulness to Mahavisnu
Spouse Mahalakshmi got annoyed
As assumed her abode of the master polluted
She left away from the godhead divinity
Come to stay at earthâs place - Kollapur.
<i>Gruha lakshmiye ta muniye santanamte Sri hariyu
Sheshagiri ge bandanu valmikadi kulitanu
Jagada chinte hottanu Ghora tapava gydanu
Dharma samrakshnege Srinivasa nadanu ||2||</i>
On departure of his beloved spouse- Gruha lakshmi
The wealth divinity of the Elysium, Mahavisnu
Descended like a monk to the earth
And arrived at sheshagiri, i.e. one of the hill of Sapthagiri
Sat underneath the ant hill, had the agony of universe
Started austerities and got exists in the name of Srinivasa, Sri Venkateswara
To stood there for protecting the Dharma.
<i>Sri lakshmiya amshajale padmavati bandalu
Srikantana varisutali sri nidhiye adalu
Jagada janara kalyani nema nishtegolivalu
Sattviqa samprite nitya vandeyadalu ||3||</i>
Padmavati the inherent of Sri Lakshmi came to earth
Married lovingly Srinivasa and became his spouse Srinidhi
Being resourcefully wealth divinity she will be blessed
On her sattviq disciples, devotees principled worships
And, remain as dwelling divinity in their lives resort.
<i>Sattvagunada hirimege rajogunad hiditake
Tamogunada alivige vaivahika jeevanake
Adarshada ulivige sarutihanu sandesha
Indriya kalyanadali loka kalyanake ||4||</i>
On supremacy of sattvaguna, overpowering rajoguna,
On defying tamoguna, retaining moral principles
And becoming happily and lively on wedding life,
He is annunciating the message for worldly salvation and liberation.
<i>Sankatagala kaleyuva Sri Venkateshanu
Nambikeya nakadali ellaranu kayuvanu
Kalki roopi karananu sapthagiriya odeyanu
Sampadava karunisuva sattviqa sampannanu ||5||</i>
On divine faith Sri Venkateswara would weed out
All difficulties and save life of trouble some people
He is lord of seven hills so called kalki roopi in kaliyuga
Stands reasoning as enriched saffviq for bestowal of welfare.
-Shiva Ram H
16/10/06
Click here to see the continued Epic Story-Sapthagiri Sandesha