Part XI: Swamy Desikan's Taathparya RathnAvaLi: Ninth SlOkam

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Sunday , Dec 23 , 2001

 

Eighth ThiruppAvai :" Keezh Vaanam VeLLenRu" Dinam

 

ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

SrI:

 

Dear RasikAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr's Dhivya Prabhandhams:

 

On this Eighth ThiruppAavi day , adiyEn will continue with

the Ninth SlOkam of DTR:

 

vrathE gaaTA sahasram MuramaTana guNasthOmargabham MunIndhra:

prathYEkam chAthra gATA: praTithavibhuguNA: sphashtamadhyalkshaNaavAma:

tathrA sankIrNatatth-dhasaka guNa-sTApaonouchiktha-yukthAn

EidambharyaavaruddhAn agaNithaguNithAn tadhguNAn mudhguNIma:

 

(Extended Meaning): The great Sage NammAzhwAr had the limitless

GuNams of PerumAL in mind to create the Four Thousand. Each of

these paasurams describe the Bhagavath guNams that are well

recognized (Prasiddham). It is interesting to find that

the guNams of individual dasakams may not vary from one another .

To settle this "inconsistency " , it is appropriate to

connect the fitting guNmas with the meanings of the paasurams

constituting the dasakam . We have to examine the superficial

meaning with the intended meaning of the Paasurams to arrive at

the true connection between the appropriate GuNams

and the Dasakam. One may ask that the guNam linked to

a dasakam may be found in another dasakam . That need not be

looked into too much. It has to be understood in the context

of association with other guNams linked to it in the paasurams

of the Dasakam .Therfore, there is no real repetition.

Some guNams are repeated for suggesting different phalans.

The meaning of the words of the Paasurams (VaakyArtha

VivaraNam ) is secondary to the intended guNam of

that Pasauram .

 

A great deal of care has to be taken therfore to connect

the appropriate GuNams with the Paaurams and dasakams.

 

Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VardAchAri SaThakOpan