Sri NaarayaNIyam: 99th Dasakam-4th slOkam

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Dear Sri KrishNa BhakthAs :

 

There is a special reason for my writing

on the Veda sambhandham of the 99th & 100th

Dasakams of Sri NaarAyaNIyam .These postings

are in the context of a major announcement of

a kaimkaryam that is nearing completion for

the JanmAshtami celebration of Sri KrishNA

on September 2 this PramAthi year .An ardent devotee

of Sri KrishNA is taking this initative and

you will learn more about this directly

from this devotee on September 2 .Seventy five

days remain for this auspicious announcement .

 

Fourth SlOkam of the 99th dasakam

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In the third slOkam , Sri NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri

sought the boon from GuruvAyUrappan for

Bhagavannama Keerthana sampath to gain

the true comprehension of the svarUpa Jn~Anam

of the Lord . Here , in the fourth slOkam ,

he appeals to the aasthikAs to practise

dhyAnam of the divya leelAs of the Lord

of Sri Vaikuntam ( Sriman NaarAyaNa svarUpi,

Sri GuruvAyurappan ) .The slOkam takes on

the following form and is an essence of

the Vedic appeal housed in Rg Vedam .That

Rk is :

 

VishNO: karmANi pasyatha yathOvrathAni paspasE ,

Indrasya YujyassakhA I( Rg Vedam :I.22.19)

 

tadhvishNO: paramam padham SadhA pasyanthi Sooraya:

dhivIva chakshurAtatham I(Rg Vedam:I.22.20)

 

TadhviprAsO vipanyavOjAgruvAMsasamindhathE

VishNOryath Paramam Padham I( Rg Vedam : I.22.21)

 

 

(Meaning ): Behold and contemplate(meditate )

on the marvellous creation of the Lord , who

fulfills our earnest supplications and responds

to our noble aspirations . He is a true friend

of Indran (I.22.19).

 

The wise and the sincere seekers of the Lord

have Brahma SaakshAthkAram ( the darsana

soubhAgyam of the Lord in Sri Vaikuntam )

through meditation of Him within their own self;

they experience (see) Him vividly as the eye sweeps

over the wide sky(I.22.20).

 

Through transcendental meditation and pious

acts , the earnest seeker of the supreme Truth

experiences the presence of the Lord in his innermost

heart cavity , which is the supreme abode of the Lord

as antharyAmi Brahman . (Rg Vedam: I.22.21).

 

Sri Bhattadhiri summarizes the meanings of these

three profound Rks of Rg vedam in his fourth

slOkam recited in front of the Lord of

GuruvAyUr as NaarAyaNa sabdham generated by

the BhakthAs rang in his ears . This 4th slOkam is:

 

VishNO: karmANi sampasyatha

manasi sadhA yai: sa dharmAnabhadhnAdh

yAnIndhrasyaisha bhruthya:priyasakha

iva cha vyAthanOth KshEmakAree I

 

EekshanthE yOgasiddhA: parapadham-

anisam yasya samyak prakAsam

ViprEndhrA jaagarUkA:kruthabahu-

nuthayO yaccha nirbhAsayanthE II

 

Veda Manthram (Rg I.22.19) starts with

the passage : VishNO: karmANi pasyatha

(Behold and contemplate on the marvellous

creation of the Lord ; Sri NaarAyaNIya

slOkam starts paraphrasing this Veda Manthram:

VishNO; KarmANI sampasyatha .From there on

the mapping of the words of Veda Manthram

by the great scholar-cum-poet-cum KrishNa

BhakthA , Sri NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri reaches

great heights as seen below .

 

The other equivalent passges between the above Veda

manthrams and this Sri NaarAyaNIya slOkam are :

 

yathOvrathAni paspasE--Vedam

manasi sadhA yai: sa dharmAnabhadhnAdh--4th Slokam

 

Indrasya YujyassakhA --Vedam

Indrasyaisha Bhruthya: priya sakha

iva KshEmakAri --4th SlOkam of 99th Dasakam

 

TadhvishNO: paramam padham sadhA

pasyanthi Sooraya: dhivIva

chakshurAthatam --Vedam

EekshanthE yOgasiddhA: para padham

anisam yasya samyak prAkAsam --4th slOkam

 

tadhviprAsO vipanyavOjAgruvAmsas-

samindhathE--Vedam

ViprEndhrA JaagarUkA:kruthabahu-

nuthayO yaccha nirbhAsayanthE--4th SlOkam

 

As we compare the Rg Vedic passages with

the four quarters of the 4th SlOkam of

the 99th Dasakam , one can not but marvel at

the mighty and tight mapping between them

in the meanings . This 4th slOkam again

is Veda Saaram .

 

(meaning of the 4th SlOkam ): Oh wise people of

this world ! Please meditate on the adhbhutha Charithram

of our Lord VishNu-SvarUpi , Sri KrishNan ! He is the One ,

who blesses the adhikAris ( qualified ones ) to perform

the appropriate karmAs (Yaagam, Yaj~nam ,AarAdhanam, sthuthi )

that yield auspicious phalans ; He is the One , who is

the dear friend of Indran and the world and acts as

the servant as well and protects us as our KshEmakAri

( one who has said as a KshEmakAri , " Yoga KshEmam

VahAmyaham " ); in this role , He (VishNu) destroys

our internal and external enemies ; He performs

sadhupadEsam Himself through the VyAjam of instructing

ArjunA with His charama slOkam and makes it possible for

us to receive such sadhupadEsam through SadAchAryAs .

The exalted abode of this Sriman NaarAyaNan is meditated

upon by the sages with great alertness always and

they celebrate that supreme abode of the Lord

and its significance through their auspicious

eulogies . Oh blessed and wise people of the World !

Please join these sages in their acts of such celebration

and glorification of the Lord's auspicious charithram

to overcome the bonds of puNyama nd Paapam that bind you

to SamsAram and punarAvrutthi .

 

When the dear devotee of Sri GuruvAyUrappan ,

Sri NaarAyaNa Bhattadhiri declared that the dhyAnam

of the Lord's avathAra LeelAs (VishNO: KarmANi)would

eliminate our bhandham that keeps us as Bhaddha Jeevans ,

Sri KrishNan from inside His grbha graham nodded

His head in approval of the statement of His Bhakthan .

Such indeed is the glory of this fourth slOkam .

 

Sri GuruvAthapureesaaya namO nama:

adiyEn,Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan