Sri Rangam - Swami Desikan's paasuram - Part 3

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Swami dEsikan thiruvadikaLE saraNam

 

 

Each aazhwaar have praised this kOil and most of our poorvaachaaryaaLs have

delivered granthams and paasurams on this kOil. The three rahsyams are the

fundamentals of srivaishnvaas. While some of the srivaishnavass derive the

essence of these from the three anthaathis of muthal aazhwaars, many of the

srivaishnavaas refer to Srimath rahasya thrasaaram. Swami dEsikan delivered

Srimath rahasya thrasaaram using 32 athikaaranGaL. Since this is in maNip

pravaaLaa, he also delivered in Tamil, the essence of all these adikaarams in

adikaara sangiraham.

 

In adikaara sankiraham, prior to delivering the adikaaraas, He praised

all the aazhwaars, and eight achaaryaaLs who preceded him. HE exclusively

discussed the efforts of emperumaaNaar, aaLavanthaar, naathamunikaL. Following

this, the concise meaning of each athikaaram is presented in the anthaathi

thodai meter. Besides, Swami dEsikan made special refereces to three temples in

his adikaara sangiraham. The only three such temples referred are kaanchi

aththikiri perumal, Srirangam and thirumalai. Finally he completes this with a

long paasuram on the thiruvadis of Sriranganaathan and some paasurams on the

achaaryaaL's sEvai. The following is the paasuram on Srirangam that will

narrate the significance of this kOil in the chronological order and summarises

the palan or puNNiyam of worshipping this kOil.

 

 

aaraatha varuLamutham pothintha kOil

ambuyaththOn ayOththi mannaRkkaLiththa kOil

thOlaatha thani veeran thozhutha koIl

thuNaiyaana veedaNarkuth thuNaiyaankOil

sEraatha payanellaanchErkkum kOil

sezhumaRaiyin muthalezhuththuch chErntha kOil

theeraatha vinai anaiththuntheerkkunkOil

thiruvarangamenath thigazhunkOil thaanE.

 

adikaara sangiraham

 

A rough translation is as follows.

 

The unending nectar of AruL or grace is embedded in this kOil

The naanmugan who sits on the Lotus flower gave this as the boon for the

itsuvaaku king of ayOthi kingdom.

Undefeated and unique warrior Lord Sri Raama worshipped this kOil

This is also the koil that Sriraama gave to ally vibeedanan' as a "seer" or

gift

This is the kOil that brings in all the unobtainable boons and effects to the

worshipper.

This is the kOil where the first letter of the vEdam is residing

This is the kOil that cures or nullifes all the vinais or karmaas that cannot

be nullified or cured so far.

This is th kOil of thiruvarangam.

 

Please note that what ever penance one will do , it is finally the ARUL or

GRACE of the Lord (from what ever form of the Lord it is sought either it is

param or antharayaamam or archamoorthy etc) that delivers the destiny sought

for. Swami Desikan starts this paasuram saying that the nectar of ARUL is full

and embedded in this kOil. meaning if one would simply ask HIM, HE will bless

them in full and atonce.

 

 

and Swami dEsikan also delivered this on Arangan's thirup paathangaL

 

uRusakadamudaiya voru kaaluRRunarnthana

udan maruthamodiya voru pOthiRRa vazhnthana

uRithadavuma LaviluralOduRRU ninRana

uRuneRiyaar tharuman vidu thoothukkuganthana

 

maRaneRiyar muRiya piruthaanaththuvanthana

malarmagaL kai varuda malar pOthiR sivanthana

maRupiRavi yaRumunivar maalukkisainthana

manumuRaiyil varuvathOr vimaanath thuRainthana

 

aRamudaiya visayanamar thEriRRikazhnthana

adaluraka padamadiya vaadik kadinthana

aRusamayamaRivariyathaanath thamarnthana

aNikurikai nagar munivar naavuk kamainthana

 

veRiyudaiyathuLavamalar veeRuk kaNinthana

vizhukariyOr kumaranena mEvich chiRanthana

viRalasurar padaiyadaia veeyath thuranthana

vidalariya periya perumaaL men pathankaLE

 

adikaara sangiraham

 

Swami dEsikan's paathukaa sahasram is unique in its style and rich in contents

and exclusively devoted to thiruvadis of periya perumaal. However, in adikaara

saangiraham also, when speaking on the core prinicples of Srivaishnavam Swami

notes that the worship of periya perumaal's thurvadi as very important. This

paasuram details the accomplishment of these thirup paathangaL in sri krishna

avathaaram and narrates other such specialities. One of the important message

in this paasuram is that "aRu samaya maRi variyathaanath thamar nthana" ie,

these "thirup paathams" were "not known" or (unknown) to the "arusamaym" or the

other "six maargams" . The thirup paatham of periya perumaal is sought t for

(also available) for worship in the second circuit, the thabOlokam. That is one

of the reasons to derive a position that the other faiths are not possibly

leading one to this circuit and further innerwards, instead "assume" their

final goal or (destiny) prior to entering this circuit itself. In other words,

it can be said that If one must enter this circuit, on their way to final

destiny, ie serving Arangan as param, they will seek the blessings HIS

thiruvadis first.

 

 

Arangan thirup paathangaLE saraNam

 

Sampath Rengarajan