Fifth dip into the enjoyment of Udayavar!

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Sri:

 

Dearest Sisters and brothers,

 

Adding to our enjoyment is today's description of how the Lord was saved by

YathirAjA. (as referred to in the last line of our fourth dip!)

 

Swami Desikan's excellent description of the greatness of YathirAjA and his

Srisookthis can be felt in each of the 74 slOkAs of YathirAja Sapthathi.

 

The 38th slOka says: (as per Sri VN Vedantha Desikan's translation in Sri

Nrusimhapriya)

 

"Victory to Ramanuja- who saved the Para Brahman by giving a hand lift from

being caught in the slough of Saiva religion, without getting hooked, also from

the net of pure dreamy imagination that the Saankhyaas had cast, avoiding also

the entanglement in the contrivance laid by the scheming Chaarvaaka and finally

when Brahman was almost about to fall into the trap-mouth of Advaitins, the

deceitful misguides"

 

Elaboration: (as heard from the lovely sweet upanyaasaam from Srimad

Pundareekapuram Andavan Swami):

 

The Lord (Brahmam) had started to look for the most accurate religion of

philospophy and commenced His journey. On the way, He saw lots of muddy waters

(i.e. Saivism sect, with various "odd" formalities and worships) and sensed

danger of getting trapped. He avoided by going away from the track; but still,

He was pulled by the current of the muddy waters (sERu) and He somehow managed

to hold on to a nearby stick, saving Himself.

 

The Lord further proceeded and was caught in the deep, dense bushes with no

trace of way anywhere (Saankhyaas); He managed to get out of it somehow (getting

lost here and there). He could escape similarly from the clasps of Chaarvaakam

too!

 

Then, when He further proceeded, He saw an excellent philosophy that follows

Vedas! Brahmam was quite excited! YES! There's at least one religion that refers

and interprets Vedas! It shall be the right one! Let me get in!

 

Alas! He fell down into the deep well with absolutely now water inside, full of

bushes and thorns inside the well. The well was not at all visible from outside.

There was huge covering of the well with leaves and flowers (Vedic statements

and their (mis) interpretations). Brahmam was hooked like anyone else thinking

that it is following Vedas! And He is deep down! No way to escape!

 

Brahmam has now realised that at least other religions do not refer at all to

Vedas and thus He could sense the danger. Here he has been completely swept by

the outside sugar-coated logic covered by (wrong) arguments /logic.

 

Sri Ramanuja heard the Brahmam's lament and moans. He sensed something wrong. He

spotted the danger. He saw the covers and traps, and also comprehended what

could have taken place! He could understand that even Brahmam was trapped by the

misinterpretations of advaitam.

 

AchAryA, holding strongly and using his interpretations to Vedas, (with no

ambiguities/ contradictions, in full accordance with BhOdhAyana's commentary for

Brahma soothram,) as a support for himself, removed all the covers and bushes

that hide the well, saw clearly the pitfalls- lent a hand to Brahmam and lifted

Him out of danger. (Here, it should be noted that the one who lifts the other

from the deep well, shall be strong enough and even stronger than the one who is

in danger. He should know of his capacity that he will be able to get the other

One out of danger without himself falling into the well!

 

OUR SRI RAMANUJACHARYA, thus has emerged victorious and is stronger! Powerful!

He lifted the Brahmam out of danger! So great are His Sri sookthis! (which

AchAryA used as his support for himself)

(True! The Lord was claimed to be having no form, no guNam, no body; the world

is false, the jIvan is false were all the statements as per advaitham, referring

a portion of Vedic statements ignoring other Vedic statements completely, and

understanding wrongly! It was Sri Ramanuja's VisishtAdvaitha siddhaantham, that

gave the true picture of what is Truth of the Lord! Without ignoring any

statement, without contradicting any statement, encompassing all Vedic truths,

AchArya saarva bhoumar established the Brahman and His KalyANA guNAs, His

SarIram (i.e. the jIvan and Prakriti)). Thus, he established Brahman's identity

and saved His existence even!

 

Swami Desikan and YathirAjar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Narayana Narayana

 

Narayana dAsan Madhavakkannan

 

 

 

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