Adaikkalappatthu meanings from Sri Sadagopan

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sri Mani,

 

Your each and every post on "Pancha sUkhthams" were simply superb, Mani.

 

As requested by you, please find below the emanings written by Sri

Sadagopan for Adaikkalap patthu, for Saranagathy journal.

 

Adaikkalap patthu is really a yet another damn good set of verses form

our dearest Swami Desikan.

 

Regards

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

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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

 

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