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Sri Garudazhvar
"Thath Purushaya with mahe swarna batchaya deemahi dhanno Garuda prasodayadh:""niriksatas tasya yayav asesa-
siddhesvarabhistuta-siddha-margah
akarnayan patra-rathendra-paksair
uccaritam stomam udirna-sama" Translation
While the sage stood looking on, the Lord left by the pathway leading to Vaikuntha, a path extolled by all great liberated souls. The sage stood listening as the hymns forming the basis of the Sama Veda were vibrated by the flapping wings of the Lord's carrier, Garuda.
Purport
In the Vedic literature it is stated that the two wings of the transcendental bird Garuda, who carries the Lord everywhere, are two divisions of the Sama Veda known as brhat and rathantara. Garuda works as the carrier of the Lord; therefore he is considered the transcendental prince of all carriers. With his two wings Garuda began to vibrate the Sama Veda, which is chanted by great sages to pacify the Lord. The Lord is worshiped by Brahma, by Lord Siva, by Garuda and other demigods with selected poems, and great sages worship Him with the hymns of Vedic literatures, such as the Upanisads and Sama Veda. These Sama Veda utterances are automatically heard by the devotee when another great devotee of the Lord, Garuda, flaps his wings.
It is clearly stated here that the sage Kardama began to look to the path by which the Lord was being carried to Vaikuntha. It is thus confirmed that the Lord descends from His abode, Vaikuntha, in the spiritual sky, and is carried by Garuda. The path which leads to Vaikuntha is not worshiped by the ordinary class of transcendentalists. Only those who are already liberated from material bondage can become devotees of the Lord. Those who are not liberated from material bondage cannot understand transcendental devotional service.
In Bhagavad-gita it is clearly stated, yatatam api siddhanam [Bg. 7.3]. There are many persons who are trying to attain perfection by striving for liberation from material bondage, and those who are actually liberated are called brahma-bhuta [SB 4.30.20] or siddha. Only the siddhas, or persons liberated from material bondage, can become devotees. This is also confirmed in Bhagavad-gita: anyone who is engaged in Krsna consciousness, or devotional service, is already liberated from the influence of the modes of material nature. Here it is also confirmed that the path of devotional service is worshiped by liberated persons, not the conditioned souls. The conditioned soul cannot understand the devotional service of the Lord. Kardama Muni was a liberated soul who saw the Supreme Lord in person, face to face. There was no doubt that he was liberated, and thus he could see Garuda carrying the Lord on the way to Vaikuntha and hear the flapping of his wings vibrating the sound of Hare Krsna, the essence of the Sama Veda.
Nachiar Koil Kalgarudan made of single stone. During utsava time the main deity Sri.Vanjulavalli samedha Sri .Srinivasa Perumal fully decorated and sits on this Garuda Vahanam and carried downstairs by devotees. It was seen that only 4 people carry the decoratged garuda vahanam from the sannadhi 4 persons join in each step to carry the vahanam down stairs.During such last step Gruda sweats in the nose. Simillarly while moving towards sannadhi 4 persons leave the vahanam and finally only 4 peopl will carry Gruda to sannadhi back.
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