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HH Sri Swamiji’s Message
An excerpt from HH Swamiji’s spiritual discourses

sri sri sri tridandi cHinna

srimannarayana ramanuja jeeyar swamiji

Na:ra:yana is the Supreme Being – this is what
is explained in the Gi:tha. In the 10 and the
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11 chapters of the Gi:tha, the Lord clearly says
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that He is present in each and every object and

is responsible for its survival. There is no being
or object without Him. He is present in and is the
cause of support for every atom that exists. Thus
He is in everything, not just in heaven or space.

Arjuna was scared upon seeing the universal form
of the Lord. He could see neither the beginning
nor the end of it.

In the 10 and the 11 chapters, the Lord clearly He showed the whole world that all the objects,
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explains how He is in everything and everything humans, animals, birds, trees, mountains, rivers,
is within Him. These two chapters explain the air, fire -- sentient and non-sentient creatures,
meaning of the word NA:RA:YANA. animate and inanimate creatures as the form of

God! This was the universal form of God that
RA in Sanskrit means that which perishes;
Arjuna had witnessed!
NARA means that which never perishes – but only
To say that such a world is ‘illusionary’ would
changes its name, color, place or form. NA:RA
definitely indicate absence of faith in God. Let us
means all such objects (to explain the plurality, the
always remember that the world we are living in
word NARA becomes NA:RA).
is a real world. Let us try to live a realistic life in it,

AYANA means support –from within and outside. believing it is a service to God. From regular bodily
Support to what? The answer follows...to all the chores to business, whatever we deal with, let us
NA:RAs. feel we are dealing with God. While taking a bath,
let us think that the body is a temple and we are
If we have to call such a Supreme Being by name,
cleaning it! Instead of simply decorating our body
in Sanskrit, the best word would be NA:RA:YANA
with perfumes, lipsticks, colors, let us feel that it is
– where NA becomes NA. What is the form of
a temple that we are decorating!
Na:ra:yana?
One need not hesitate to buy gold ornaments
In Sri:mad Bha:gavatham, Sri: Suka:cha:rya never
or flowers if one truly feels he/she is decorating
says that God is limited to just one particular form.
the temple of God. This is how we can use the

4 Bhakthinivedana • Jan 2012