We will now enjoy the three paasurams of Amrutha SvAdhini Prabhandham
connected with
the Dhvaya adhikAram of Saara Saara chillaRai Rahasyam.
102) Dhvayam intertwined with SaraNAgathy
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Our most merciful AchAryas knowing how difficult it would be for
us to practise the difficult upAyams taught by
the VedAs like Karma , Jn~Ana and Bhakthi Yogams instructed us on
the easy-to-observe upAyam of Prapatthi Yogam.
Our AchAryA's intent was to save us from the difficulities
and frustrations in following the ardous path of Bhakthi
and other yogams . Benefitting from their UpadEsam on Prapatthi,
adiyEn longed to gain life in Parama Padham
to perform nithya kaimkaryam to the Dhivya Dampathis in a state
of freedom from ahankAra-MamakArams.
Next , adiyEn held on to the sacred feet of the Lord as protection
and as the bridge across the terrible ocean
of SamsAram as instructed by our AchAryans.
The key passage in this Paasuram is: " Dharumam udayAr uraikka , yAnn aRinthu , tanakku yennA adimaikkAm vAzhcchi vENDi , ThirumahaLODu orukAlum piriyA NaaTan tiNN Kazhal Sethu yena sErhinREn "
" Dharmam UdayAr uraikka yAnn aRinthu " in the above section refers
to the AchAryAs , who are conversant with Dharmams performing upadEsam
for the Jeevan for its KshEmam . "Tanakku yennA adimaikkAm vAzhcchi
vENDi " refers to the ideal life appropriate for nithya Kaimakraym
free of any blemish of " Me and Mine " . Where is this kaimkaryam
to be performed and for whom ? " ThirumahaLODu orukAlum piriyA NaaTan tiNN
kazhalE sEthu yena sErhinREn " . adiyEn wishes to perform that Kaimakryam
in the Parama Padham of the Lord , who is never ever separated from His
beloved consort , MahA Lakshmi. For that purpose , adiyEn has dared to
hold on to the Lord's sacred feet as the aNai (dam/causeway ) to
cross the dangerous ocean of SamsAram to reach the other shore to arrive
at SrI Vaikuntam.
103) The Six Meanings of SrI Sabdham
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In the first part of the Dhvaya Manthram , we come across the SrI
Sabdham . PaancharAthra Saasthrams
bless us with six complimentary and yet distinct meanings
of the SrI Sabdham ( SruNAthi , SreeNAthi , SruNOthi ,
SrAvayathee , SrIyathE and SrayathE ). Swamy Desikan explained
these six meanings in the first section of the 103rd Paasuram :
" Vinai vidutthu veyan guNatthAl yemmai aakki
veruvurai kEttu avai kEtkka viLambi nALum
tanai anaitthum adainthidat-tAnn adainthu ninRa
Tann ThirumAthudan iRayum taniyA NaaTan"
The elaborate coverage of these six meanings of the SrI Sabdham are
covered in the 304th Desika-
Prabhandham named Dhvaya Churukku .
(Condensed meaning of the 103rd Paasuram ): Our Lord , who is never without His Divine Consort recognized that His anantha KalyANa guNams will be protected only if He rescues the suffering jeevans from SamsAric sorrows. Hence , He engages in motivating the Jeevans to perform Prapatthi and accepts the surrenders of Jeevans for protection and thereby stabilizes His name as SaraNAgatha Rakshakan .
104) Showering His grace on PrapannAs as SrI RanganAthan
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Lord RanganAthan recieving nithya kaimakryam from Nithya Sooris
at His Supreme abode of SrI Vaikuntam stays as ArchAvathAran at SrIrangam
to bless kaimkarya soubhAgyam for those , who surrendered to Him without
ahankAra-MamakArams . He rests under the PraNavAkAra vimAnam at
SrIrangam for making it possible for the PrapannAs to perform Kaimkaryam
to Him right here at SrIrangam . His inherent KaruNai towards the Jeevans
grows further due to to the presence of MahA Lakshmi on His chest . This
merciful Lord stays as my birth mother and vows to accept the responsibilites
of my protection and assures me freedom from fear. He has now granted me
the shade of His Sacred Feet to free me from the unbearable SamsAric heat
.
The key passage is: " ThiruvudanE amarntha NaaTan , tahavudanE annai yena adaikkalam koNDu anjal tanthu azhal aaRa nizhal aara aLIkkinRAn " .
Paasurams 105-109
We will now enjoy the Five Paasurams of Amrutha SvAdhini Prabhandham connected with the Charama slOka adhikAram of Saara Saara chillaRai Rahasyam and Our revered SchAreyA's role in instructing us the three Rahasyams and their esoteric meanings.
(105) Lord KrishNA's UpadEsam of Charama SlOkam
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This Paasuram is the same as the 46th Paasuram of AdhikAra Sangraham
( the 85th Desika Prabhandham )
that we havestudied before. Please refer to the comments on this
Paasuram from earlier postings on AdhikAra
Sangraham.
This is a Paasuram saluting joyously the UpakAram of the Lord , who
used Arjuna as an excuse to instruct us
on the laghu upAyAm of Prapatthi at His sacred feet to assure Moksham
. Swamy Desikan slautes Prapatthi
in this Paasuram as "Tani Dharumam" or a matchless UpAyam for Moksham
for one and all. Here Swamy
Desikan is overwhelmed by the Lord standing in place of other Difficult
upAyams (yemakku tAnE aay )and granting us the Phaalan of Moksham
as a result of our observance of Prapatthi at His sacred feet.
(106) Prayer to rthe Lord to accept his Prapatthi
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Oh Lord standing with Sudarsanam in Your hand to remind us of Your
role as our Protector (Rakshakan )!
You recognized adiyEn as not having the visEsha Jn~Anam and
power to practise Bhakthi Yogam as UpAyam
to gain MOksham . You removed the doubts from my mind about gaining
the fruits of Prapatthi and made me realize that adiyEn does not have anyone
else to protect me and made sure that adiyEn will not committ any aparAdham
against You. You must now accept adiyEn , who observed the Prapatthi
Yogam as an object worthy of protection under Your sacred feet that kept
the entire universe under its cool shadow during ThirvikramAvathAram.
Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord with endearment : "Kai amar Chakkarak-KaavalA !" . He salutes the Lord as theOne , who is immensely competent to protect the SarANAgatha Janams with His Sudarsana Chakram against their enemies . Next , Swamy Desikan describes his aakinchanyam and ananya gathithvam with two choice group of words : " thuyya manatthAr tuRai aNUhAtha " and " tuNaiyiliyEn ". He identifies himself first as not coming anywhere near the category of those distinguished adhikAris with pure minds , who are fully capable of undertaking Bhakthi yOgam as an UpAyam for gaining the phalan of Moksham (thuyya manatthAr tuRai aNuhAthavan). Next , Swamy Desikan describes himself without delusion as " tuNaiiliyEn " ( One who has no other recourse except the Lord's grace).
After focusing on his pitiable status and hence as a jeevan worthy
od the Lord's grace , Swamy Desikan salutes
the two magnificent upakArams that the Lord blessed him with : (1)
" Iyaam aRutthAi " ( You removed all my
doubts about the efficency of Prapatthi in granting th Pahalan of
Moksham ) (2)" Unathu aaNai kadatthal
Nee ahaRRinai " ( You made sure that adiyEn will not committ again
any respasses against Your sAsthrams) .
What else is left for me now ? What else have You to do for me now
after all these upakArams ? " Kaakkum
Thiru aruLAl Vyaam aLantha adikkeezh adaikkalam VaittharuL "
( Through You omnipotence to protect
the entire world , please place me under Your sacred feet that measured
once the universe as an object deserving
protection ).
107) Prayer for hastening the enjoyment of Moksha Sukham
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Oh Lord shining without any blemish , who incarnated with Your Divine
Consort so that even the simple minde dGopis without any special
Jn~Anam can enjoy Your companionship soulabhyam during Your KrishNAvathAram
! Oh KaNNA ! You blessed me the auspicious thoughts to engage in SaraNAgathy
at Your holy feet. Please grant me the release from PuNya-Paapa karmAs
so that adiyEn can perform uninterrupted kaimakryams at SrIvaikuntum to
You and Your Devis like the Nithya Sooris . Please bless me this bhAgyam
as soon as possible !
Swamy Desikan addresses Lord KrishNA with great affection in this
Paasuram as " ambhuyatthALudan annAl avatharittha kuRai yAthum illAtha
GovindhA " ( Oh Lord of impeccable perfection s, who incarnated with the
Lotus lady on this earth )! You incarnated as KrishNa and Your lotus lady
(MahA Lakshmi) accompanied You as RukmiNi PirAtti. What was one of the
major purposes of Your avathAram with Your PirAtti on this earth ?
You wanted even the simple folks like the gOpa Sthrees (idaycchiyar)
know Your glories and enjoy You ( aRiyAtha idaycchiyarum aRiyum VaNNam
avataritthAi) . You gave me the hint that adiyEn has become an object of
protection under Your sacred feet generating the SunAdham from Your jingling
ankle aabharaNams
( ninn kazhal keezh adaikkalam aamm kuRippu tanthAy ).
Oh " KuRai Yaattum illAtha GovindhA!" You are enjoying the
blemishless kaimkaryams from the nithya Sooris in SrI Vaikuntam with Your
Devi sitting on the fragrant lotus ( veRi aarum malar mahaLum neeyum
ViNnavarhaL adi sooda viNNil irukkum mEnami uLLAY ). There at YOur Supreme
abode , the nithya sooris are adorning
Your sacred feet on their heads . Please shower Your grace on us
by destroying the limitless karmAs that accompany us and mark a date in
the near future for us to join the ghOshti of the Muktha Jeevans and Nithya
Sooris at SrI Vaikuntam and perform nithys niravadhya kaimkaryam to You
there !
108) The Meanings housed in the three Rahasyams
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Thirumanthiram with its eight aksharams (AshtAkshari) will reveal
Tatthvam Thrayams , UpAyam and PurushArTam ( Tatthuvamum Saathanamum Payanum
kaattum Taaram mudhal iru nAnkum ) . Taaram here stnads for PraNavam.
Dhvayam with its Twenty five letters (aksharams) is a creation
of our Lord through union of two sections found in
two different areas of the VedAs. It teaches us the way to perform Praaptthi
at the sacred feet of SrIman NaarAyaNan ( Mutthi vazhi nAmm muyalum vahayE
kaaNa Mukundhan tann karutthAl isaithu
aruL seytha IynnAlainthu ). Dhvayam is the outcome of the graceof
the Lord out of His own sanklapam to unite
two sepaqrate sections of the Vedam to show us the way to perform
Prapatthi.
Charama slOkam consisting of Thirty two aksharams emanated from the Lord , who showed His soulabhyam and simplicity by serving as the Charioteer for Arjuna .It reveals the fact that He stands in place of all UpAyams and accepts the burden of protecting all chEthanams , who are incapable of performing difficult-to-practise upAyams like Bhakthi yOgam (Patthi tanil padivu illAr baram sumattha , UtthamanAr Uthama nall urai nAlettum ) .
Our most merciful AchAryAs , who had clear awareness of the subtle
meanings of these three rahasyams instructed us with affection on those
meanings for realeasing us from the cycles of births and deaths ( uNarnthavar
yemmai uhanthu uNarvitthAr ) .