Copy of: Adaikkalap patthu -- Part 2

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RE: Copy of: Adaikkalap patthu -- Part 2

 

SeerAr Thuppal ThiruvEnakatamudayAn

ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Swami Desikan was moved to perform SaraNAgathi

after the unmatched nectar-like experience of tasting

the subhAsrayam and the anantha kalyANa guNams

of Lord VaradarAjA presiding over Hasthigiri . He used

the Tamil metre of KocchahakkalippA to direct

the flow of his emotion , which rushed forth as

the gushing water from a dam that collapsed .

 

Prabhandham 1 : Bhakti mudalAmavaRRil ---

 

I surrender my soul at the sacred feet of PeraruLALan ,

who resides at the most important of the seven cities

that bless their residents with Moksham . I have come to

the realization that I am powerless to attain moksham through

the difficult-to-practise Bhakthi yOgam as upAyam . I have hence

chosen Prapatthi at the lotus feet of Varadhan as the saving grace

for me and am performing saraNAgathi . This act of mine

(performance of SaraNAgathi at the Lord's feet as the helpless

one with no other recourse ) is like the deed of the evil-minded

KaakAsuran , who committed grave apachArams to the Lord's consort

and was yet saved by the Lord , when he fell at the feet of the Lord as

a saraNAgathan without any other recourse .

 

Prabhandham 2 : sadaimudiyAN --

 

Here again ananya gathithvam is celebrated

in another way .

 

I am offering my prapatthi at the sacred feet of PeraruLALan

while fully cognizant of the fact that the power and wealth of even

BrahmA and SivA are evanascent and transitory and fully dictated

by their karma visEshams . Once their accumulated puNyams are

over , their status as powerful demi-gods disappear . Knowing their

alpa sukhams fully well, I am not enamoured of such status and power .

I seek therefore the lasting bliss of moksham and nithya kaimkaryam

in the Lord's Sri Vaikuntam through my prapatthi .

 

Prabhandham 3 : TanthirangaL--

 

Here , Swami Desikan points out that all are eligible

to perform Prapatthi at the lotus feet of the Lord of

Kaanchi and receive the boon of Moksham from that act

of self-surrendeer .

 

I meditate on the glorious attribute of VaradarAjAn , who blesses all

without discrimination , when they perform prapatthi unto Him .

These are the virtuous ones , who understand the difficulties of

practising Bhakthi yOgam and understand well the equal

qualifications of all to perform prapatthi to gain the boon

of Moksham . They do not seek any other means than

prapatthi and observe their varNAsrama dharmams

without slipping . They utter thereafter the prapatthi

manthram (svanishtai ) or follow the utterances of their AchAryAs

( AchArya Nishtai ) and perform their prapatthi to the Lord , who

accepts it with joy and rewards them with the boon of mOksham .

 

Prabhandham 4 : kaahamirAkkathan ----

 

Here the reference is to Maha Viswasam that

leads to the fruition of one's prapatthi .

 

I offer my prapatthi at the holy feet of VaradarAjan

inspired by the thought that He granted the boons

of samsAra bhOgam and Moksham as desired by

them to the offending crow , VibhishAnAN , Drowpathi ,

Kshathrabhandhu , GajEndran , KaaLiyan , Sivan ,

BrahmA and all the dEvAs .

 

Prabhandham 5 : uhakkumavai--

 

Here , Swami Desikan reveals that he has performed

the prapatthi at the Lord's feet in the proper manner with the five

angAs of Prapatthi .The words of the prabhandham

connected to the five angams are :

 

uhakkumavai uhanthu -- AanukUlya Sankalpam

uhavAvanaitthumozhindhu--PrAthikUlya Varjanam

mihat thuNivu peRavuNarndhu-- mahA visvAsam

kAvalena varitthu-- gopthruva VaraNam

puhalillAt tavamaRiyEn -- kArpaNyam

 

With these words , Swami Desikan points out that

he has performed aathma samarpaNam with its five limbs .

 

Prabhandham 6 : aLavudayAr --

 

Here, Swami Deikan refers to the four kinds of Prapatthi :

Svanishtai , Ukthi nishtai, AchArya nishtai and BhAgavatha

nishtai . Swami says that he has performed prapatthi at

the lotus feet of Varadhan , who grants the boon of Moksham

to one , who has performed any one of the four kinds of Prapatthi .

 

Prabhandham 7 : umathu adigaL adaihinREn---

 

The meaning of the Abhaya MudrA of Varadhan is

ceelbrated here .

 

The Lord is resplendent at the sight of the prapannA

and blesses him to enjoy all of His Isvaryam and looks

at the prapannA with great compassion and reveals through

the gesture of Abhaya MudrA that his one-time praaptthi alone is

sufficinet to enjoy all of that bliss . I surrender my aathmA to

that glorious and merciful Lord , who grants such

matchless boons .

 

Prabhandham 8 : thiNmai kurayAmaikkum -----

 

Here , the conductance of one's life in the post-prapatthi

period is described by our ParamAchAryA .

 

I repeately reflect on the meaning of the Lord's

sarama slOkam and the assurances given by Him

there to the one , who has performed prapatthi .

I remind myself that as a prapannan , I must have

unshakable faith in the assured fruits of my prapatthi .

 

I pray for the further enhancement of my bhakthi and

Jnaanam . I shall never forget my utter servititude to You

and You alone. I shall stay in a happy and tranquil mood

with the knowledge of the essence of the rahasyArthAs .

I will bear my days on the earth without agitation over

the delay in realizing moksham . I will forget the sorrows

of SamsAram that is inevitable during the days on earth

after performing my prapatthi at Your saced feet . This way ,

I will spend my post-prapatthi life .

 

Prabhandham 9 : Suruthi ninaivu ---

 

As a prapannA , I worship always the Lotus feet of

PeraruLALan with a tranquil mind calmed by the clear

understanding of the meanings of Sruthis , Smruthis ,

AzhwAr's Sri Sookthis , AchAryA's Sri Sookthis that deal

with the sookshmArthams of VedAnthams .

 

Prabhandham 10 : ThirumahaLum Thiruvadivum ---

 

I have joined without fail the majestic and glorious feet

of the Lord , who is never separated from His beloved

consort. He has the most bewitching beauty. He is an

ocean of mercy . His dayA for His devotees is unmatched.

He is omniscinet . He is easy of access to His devotees .

He has the chEthanAs and achEthanmas as His body . He is

the supreme Lord of all of this universe .He is the one ,

who creates , protects and destroys all of this world and its

beings . These auspicious attributes will never part company

with the Lord . I have now joined with this PeraruLALan

of such anantha kalyANa guNa vaibhavam .

 

Pala sruthi Prabhandham --11: aaRu payan vERillA ---

 

These ten verses dealing with my SaraNAgathi at the

sacred feet of the Lord of Kanchi will shine without any faults

forever . BhagavathAs seek the Lord as upAyam and palan .

They observe prapatthi once at His feet. The fruits of the one time

prapatthi however lasts forever and is most enjoyable . Understanding

the above truths and the sigmificance of such a prapatthi , I have

performed my own prapatthi and sung about them in a manner

matching their blemishless aathma samarpaNams .

 

Sri PerumdEvi ThAyAr Sametha Sri Varadaraaja

ParabrahmaNE Nama :

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan