Swamy Sesikan's ChillaRai RahasyangaL: Part II

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya nama:

 

Sriamth Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

As the celebrations at Chennai for the relase of

our ThAyAr ANDAL's ThiruppAvai monograph by U.Ve.

PerukkAraNai ChakravarthyAcchAr Swamy is about to

commence at Swamy Desika Bhavanam , adiyEn can not

but think of a better moment to start the coverage of

the first part of ChillaRai RahasyangaL ( Amrutha

Ranjani RahasyangaL ) and seek Sri GodhA PiAtti's

KaruNA KatAksham to fall on all of us .

 

AdiyEn seeks also the blessings of Swamy Desikan ,

asmath AchAryan HH Azhagiya Singar , MahA VidvAN

Sri U.Ve. Sriraama DeasikAcchAr Swamy , the author of

the invaluable treatises on Swamy Desikan's Sri Sookthis

and HH PoundarIkapuram AaNDavan for bringing out

tirelessly many of the momographs of Sri Raama

DesikAcchAr Swamy into print and make them

available to all of us so far away from

our AchAryAs .

 

The purpose of adiyEn's kaimakryam is to

introduce all these rahasyangaLs to those

BhakthAs , who are thirsting to learn more

about them for their own journeys to become

more familiar with our dhaivIka SampradhAyam.

It is with this spirit of Saathvika ThyAgam ,

adiyEn commences this series of postings

and seek Lord HayagrIvan's anugraham to

complete this major effort .

 

The list of Amrutha Ranjani Rahasyangals

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They are 17 in number . One of them , "Saara Dheepam "

is no longer available to us .

 

These 17 Rahasyangals are:

 

(1) Sri SampradhAya Parisuddhi (2)Tatthva PadhavI

(3) Rahasya PadhavI (4) Tatthva Navaneetham

(5) Rahasya Navaneetham (6) Tatthva Maathrukai

(7) Rahasya Maathrukai (8) Tatthva SandhEsam

(9) Rahasya SandhEsam (10)Rahasya sandhEsa VivaraNam

(11)Tatthva RathnAvaLi (12)Tattva RathnAvaLi-

Prathipaadhya Sangraham (13)Rahasya rathnAvaLi

(14)Rahasya RathnAvaLi Hrudhayam (15) Tatthva -

Thraya SuLakam (16) Rahasya Thraya SuLakam and

(17)Saara Dheepam .

 

Out of his great affection for his SishyAs

and future generations , Swamy Desikan blessed

us with Amrurha Ranjani rahasyangaL and others .

Amrutha Ranjani means that which delights our

hearts like the taste of Amrutham (nectar).

 

In these and the following rahasyangaL , Swamy

Desikan takes us by hand , step by step all

the way to the top of Hasthigiri to be blessed

by the "pithru paithAmaham Dhanam " , Sri MahA

Devi SamEtha PeruruLALan . These Sri Kosams are

to be revered and learnt through the KaalakshEpam

format under a SadAchAryan's sacred feet for

the growth of aanmIka Tatthva Jn~Anam to serve

the AchAryan , ParamikAnthis and BhagavAn .

 

The postings will be developed along the following

three steps:

 

(1) A brief summary of the subject matter

of the 16 RahasyangaLs

 

(2) The meanings of the first and the last

slOkam(s) in Tamil and/or in Sanskrit.

The genius of Swamy Desikan captures the

essence of these Sri Sookthis through

these introductory and Concluding slOkams.

 

(3) Elaboration on the individual rahasyangals .

For instance , the first Rahasyam , SampradhAya

Parisuddhi has seventy sub-themes in Sri SrirAma

SesikAcchAr's analysis .

 

It will take us quite some time to finish the first

set of 16 rahasyangaLs. We will move then on with

Bhagaavth sankalpam and anugraham to the remaining

rahasyangaLs and adopt the same format.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan