Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram(RSP) : Sri Sudarshan's note.

[Guest guest]

Dear Members of the Prapatthi Group :

 

I am delighted and priveleged to write about RPS for number of reasons :

 

(1) This Kavyam is a master piece of Swami Desikan

Just as Rahasya traya Saaram is the magnum opus for the

understanding of the three great RahasyAs of Sri Vaishnavism .

 

I continue to be amazed and thrilled by the greatness of

the penetrating intellect , poetic skills and the genius of our great

Acharya in the choice of the words , group of words and the

the extraordinary fluency of thoughts structured along important

mula granthams so dear to us such as Thiruvaimozhi and Srimadh

RamayaNam to mention a few. No wonder the other great genius ,

MaNavALa Maamuni saluted Swami Desikan as the Abhiyukthar.

 

I am least qualified to take on the role of a critic of the works

of the Sri Sookthis of Swami Desikan . I am only expressing

the effect they have on me . By association with his Sri Sookthis,

I feel that a portion of my life is well spent amidst all the "chaos" .

 

(2) it is very helpful for my Aathma Suddhi , while running around

chasing the worldly affairs , which all of us have to do as a part

of modern day life and as a part of the drama that we have to take

part in the series called " Udhara Nimmittham Bahu krutha Vesham "

and still keep some "sanity " through links with the works of our

SadAchAryAs . Even here , our compassionate AcharyA has included

slokams in the different paddhathis of RPS to address our worldly

" bheethis ", so very well explained by our Sri Sudarshan in his valued

postings on Parama Padha ShobhAna . For instance , there are slokAs

in RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram that can be recited to

gain the blessings of Sri RanganAthA to advance oneself in professional

life, gain succes in educational endeavours and a host of other wishes

with appropriate sankalpam and japam of these particular slokams .

With appropriate yanthrams drawn in the form of kolams or on

copper plates , one could experience the power of the Slokams ,

which are nothing but manthrams blessed by the Divya Dampathis

of Srirangam and composed by Swami Desikan in a short portion

of onegreat night at Srirangam .

 

(3) Inputs like the one today from Sriman Sudarshan inspires me to share

what little I know. Even if a few bhakthAs like Sri Sudarshan read

and get inspired to go after the original works , I feel fulfilled in

my kaimkaryam .

 

(4) Finally , Sriman K.G.KrishNan , the son-in-law of

Uttamoor SwamigaL has indicated his firm interest to

release the English version of RPS that is shaping up as postings

on our list. Until the Naadha Paddhathi , I posted only the summaries

of earlier paddhathis and included illustrative slokas from those

Paddhathis.

When I reached the stage of Naadha Paadhathi , I could not resist the

temptation to understand each of the slokams offered by Swami Desikan

like fresh and fragrant lotus blossoms at the sacred feet of the Lord of

Srirangam .

I decided to include the traditional intrepretations of this kavyam from

the two Acharya paramparais : Uttamoor SwamigaL and Srirangam

Aandavan . I am pleased to know that great scholars of our SampradhAyam

such as Vangipuram Navaneetham Sri Vedantha Desikan of Oppiliappan

Koil and ThevanArviLAgam Sri S. PadmanAbhan

(the author of the monograph on Parasara Bhattar) and a nephew of the

43rd

Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam would help to edit this manuscript and release it

as one of the publications of VishishtAdhvaitA Research Center in 1997

or when ever the SaraNyan sees fit to bless this Kaimkaryam .

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Thanks to all of you for sharing the experience of this journey to get a small

glimpse of the deep meanings embedded in the MahA Kaavyam ,

Sri RanganAtha PaadhukhA Sahasram .

 

V.Sadagopan