43 2015 JEERNODHARANA KUMBHABHISHEKAM Sri Ramaya Namaha Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha Significance of Pancharatra Agamam Acharya Koti Ramaswaroopa Raghavacharyulu Deputy Chief Priest, Bhadrachalam Sri Rama Devasthanam Translated by Dr. GVV Rao B irth as a human being is the highest among all life forms. Such a life happens only aﬅer many other lives due to good deeds done in previous lives. In order to make the best of this unique opportunity, the gracious and kind Lord has given some guidelines in the form of some ethical and religious edicts and rules. Such religious literature is very significant showing the right way to conduct ourselves, and indicating wrong ways to avoid. One following these rules will make this human life meaningful. e religious literature is indeed vast and deep. Distilling this vast literature and condensing it into easy steps are Agamas. ese Agamas are divided into – shaiva, shakta and Vaishnava traditions. Vaishnava Agamas provide simple steps to follow to achieve significant spiritual progress. ese Vaishnavite Agamas are divided into two sections – Vaikhanasa and Pancharatra. Lord Vishnu taught the Agamas to sage Vikhasana, who then imparted that knowledge to his disciples including Atri, Brigu, Mareechi and Kashyapa. is section is called Vaikanasa Agama. Lord Vishnu also directly taught the Agamas during five nights to several of His close devotees including Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Brahma, Vishvaksena and Garuda. e fact that this is directly taught by Lord Vishnu himself is noted in Maha Bharatam. us the Pancharatra Agamam is as significant as Bhagavad Geetha, which was also directly taught by Lord Srimannarayana (Vishnu) in the form of Sri Krishna. It is said that just as Ganga is the most sacred among rivers and Lord Srimannarayana is the highest manifestation of God, Pancharatra Agama is the most important and significant scripture. Other branches of learning such as Meemamsa (logic), Nyaya (jurisprudence) etc., pale insignificant compared to Pancharatra Agama. e Pancharatra Agama gives details of Swadhyaya (method of learning), Archana (method of worshipping the Lord) etc. Religious practices, methods of worship, and religious festivals are described in simple words to help people to easily follow the Pancharatra Agama sys- tem. Since it is a direct instruction of Lord Srimannarayana, it can be followed by all people irrespective of their social or professional status. Any one following the stipulations of Pancharatra Agama will attain the grace and blessings of Lord Vishnu. Sri Koti Ramaswaroop Raghavacharyulu is our temple’s Asthana Vasihnava Acharya since 2015. He will be one of the presiding acharyas for the Jeernodharanam & Kumbhabhishekam conducted this year at SSVT. He is serving as Deputy Pradhana Aacharya at Seeta Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam,Andhra Pradesh (current Telangana). He is an erudite scholar in Pancharatra Aagama and conducted hundreds of kratuvus(Yajna) and performed over 200 Pratisthapanas.

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432015 Jeernodharana KumbhabhisheKam

Sri Ramaya NamahaSrimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Significance of Pancharatra AgamamAcharya Koti Ramaswaroopa Raghavacharyulu

Deputy Chief Priest, Bhadrachalam Sri Rama DevasthanamTranslated by Dr. GVV Rao

Birth as a human being is the highest among all life forms. Such a life happens only after many other lives due to good deeds done in previous lives. In order to

make the best of this unique opportunity, the gracious and kind Lord has given some guidelines in the form of some ethical and religious edicts and rules. Such religious literature is very significant showing the right way to conduct ourselves, and indicating wrong ways to avoid. One following these rules will make this human life meaningful.

The religious literature is indeed vast and deep. Distilling this vast literature and condensing it into easy steps are Agamas. These Agamas are divided into – shaiva, shakta and Vaishnava traditions. Vaishnava Agamas provide simple steps to follow to achieve significant spiritual progress. These Vaishnavite Agamas are divided into two sections – Vaikhanasa and Pancharatra. Lord Vishnu taught the Agamas to sage Vikhasana, who then imparted that knowledge to his disciples including Atri, Brigu, Mareechi and Kashyapa. This section is called Vaikanasa Agama. Lord Vishnu also directly taught the Agamas during five nights to several of His close devotees including Goddess Lakshmi, Lord Brahma, Vishvaksena and Garuda. The fact that this is directly taught by Lord Vishnu himself is noted in Maha Bharatam. Thus the Pancharatra Agamam is as significant as Bhagavad Geetha, which was also directly taught by Lord Srimannarayana (Vishnu) in

the form of Sri Krishna. It is said that just as Ganga is the most sacred among rivers and Lord Srimannarayana is the highest manifestation of God, Pancharatra Agama is the most important and significant scripture.

Other branches of learning such as Meemamsa (logic), Nyaya (jurisprudence) etc., pale insignificant compared to Pancharatra Agama. The Pancharatra Agama gives details of Swadhyaya (method of learning), Archana (method of worshipping the Lord) etc. Religious practices, methods of worship, and religious festivals are described in simple words to help people to easily follow the Pancharatra Agama sys-tem. Since it is a direct instruction of Lord Srimannarayana, it can be followed by all people irrespective of their social or professional status. Any one following the stipulations of Pancharatra Agama will attain the grace and blessings of Lord Vishnu.

Sri Koti Ramaswaroop Raghavacharyulu is our temple’s Asthana Vasihnava Acharya since 2015. He will be one of the presiding acharyas for the Jeernodharanam & Kumbhabhishekam conducted this year at SSVT. He is serving as Deputy Pradhana Aacharya at Seeta Ramachandra Swamy temple in Bhadrachalam,Andhra Pradesh (current Telangana). He is an erudite scholar in Pancharatra Aagama and conducted hundreds of kratuvus(Yajna) and performed over 200 Pratisthapanas.