PART IX: Swamy Desikan's Taathparya RathnAvaLi: Sixth SlOkam

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Thursday , Dec 20 : "Mayanai Mannu VadaMathurai Maindhan "

Fifth ThiruppAvai Dinam

 

ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

SrI:

 

Dear RasikAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr's dhivya prabhandhams:

 

On this Fifth ThiruppAavi day , adiyEn will continue with

the Sixth SlOkam of DTR:

 

prAchyE sEvAnuguNyAth Prabhumiha sathakE-amamstha mukthErupAyam

muktha-prApyam dhvithIyE Munir-anuBhuBhudhE bhOgyathA-vistharENa

prApyathvOpAya bhAvou Shubha-subhagathanOr-ithyavAdhIth, thruthIyE

ananya-prApyas-chathurTE samubhavath itharair-apyananyAbhupAya:

 

(meaning): In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan states briefly

the essence of the Patthu Patthus (10x 100 pasurams)

of ThiruvAimozhi.

 

In the first one hundred (mudal Patthu) pAsurams ,

Swamy NammAzhwAr concluded that the Lord is the UpAyam

for Moksham as a result of Him staying as the object of

worship ( "prAchyE sathakE prabhum sEvAnguNyAth mukthE:

upAyam amamstha").

 

In the second patthu , SaThakOpa Muni revealed that

the Lord is the delectable object of enjoyment by

those who attain Moksha Siddhi ( " dhvithIyE BhOgyathA-

visthArENa muktha-prApyam anuBhuBhudhE")through elaborate

description of His bhOgyathvam .

 

In the third Patthu , our Kula-pathi declared that

the Lord is the One , who banishes all the dhOshams of

those , who seek Him as refuge and that he through

the unmatched beauty of His ThirumEni makes Muktha Jeevans

and Nithya Sooris vie with one another to perform nitya-

Kaimkaryam to Him and thereby enjoy paripoorNa BrahmAnandham .

 

In this third Patthu (sathakam ) , Swamy NammAzhwAr

instructs us that Sriman NaarAyaNan alone is the upAyam

(means)and UpEyam ( the object of attainment as Parama

PurushArtham ("ThruthIyE PrApyathva-UpAya Bhavou Shubha-

subhaga TanO: ithi avAdhIth"). Subha Tanu stands for SubhAsraya

ThirumEni of the Lord , which banishes all the dhOshams of

those , who seek refuge at His scared feet.The Subhaga ThirumEni

refers to the dhivya MangaLa Vigraham aspects of this ThirumEni.

 

In the Fourth Patthu , SaTHAri Soori asserted that He rejected

completely the alpa (insignificant ) PurushArthams of Isvaryam

(riches in this world ) and kaivalyam ( aathmAvalOkanam and

aathmAnubhavam ) and chose the Lord alone as Parama PurushArtham

( ChathurtthE ananya-prApya:samubhavath).

 

In the rest of the patthus ,Swamy NammAzhwAr demonstrated that

He has no upAyam except Sriman NaarAyanan for his Moksham.

SaThAri Soori also established that the Lord stands as UpAym

for those , who long to reach His Supreme abode, Sri Vaikuntam.

VaguLAbharaNar described the individual guNams that make

the Lord stand as UpAyam forthe Mumukshus (itharai: ananyApupAya:).

 

The verbs that Swamy Desikan used to describe the accomplishments

of Swamy NammAzhwAr are wonderful to reflect upon . In the first

Patthu it is "amamstha" . In the case of the second patthu ,

it is "anubhubhudhE". For the third patthu , it is "avAdhIth".

In the case of the fourth patthu , it is " samubhavath". These

different choices reveal subtelities of Swamy NammAzhwAr's

blessings. "amamstha and anubhubhudhe " means KaruthiuLLAr in

Tamil (viewed or considered). "avAdhIth" means aruLinAr.

"samubhavath" stands for therivitthAr (declared ). The Kavi

Simham's saili is incomparable.May the genius and DayA of

Swami Desikan protect us always.

 

Sri RanganAyaki SamEtha Sri RanganAtha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VardAchAri SaThakOpan