Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 202: Desika Prabhandham : Adaikkala Patthu Paasurams

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Adaikkalap patthu

V.Sadagopan

SeerAr Thuppal ThiruvEnakatamudayAn ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Swami

Desikan was moved to perform SaraNAgathi at the Thiruvadi of Lord

VaradarAjan of Kaanchipuram . After the unmatched nectar-like

experience of tasting the subhAsrayam and the anantha kalyANa guNams

of Lord VaradarAjA presiding over Hasthigiri , Swamy Desikan

described the examples of KaakAsuran , VibhIsaNan and others who

performed SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of the Lord and gained the

Lord's anugraham . Swamy Desikan explained next the five angams of

Prapatthi and the four kinds of Prapatthi .The duties after Prapatthi

are covered next . Finally , Swamy Desikan performed Prapatthi at the

lotus feet of Lord VaradarAjan and concluded this Prabhnadham. He

used the Tamil metre of KocchahakkalippA to direct the flow of his

emotion , which rushed forth as the gushing water from a dam that

broke . 237) AdhikAram for Prapatthi : Aakinchanyam

Bhakthi MudalAmavaRRilpathi yenakku koodAmal

yetthiasayum uzhanrOdi iLayitthu vizhum kaakam pOl

mutthi tarum nakar yEzhil mukkiyamAm Kacchi tanil

Atthigiri AruLALarkku adaikkalam nAnn puhunthEnE.....Paasuram 1

I surrender my soul at the sacred feet of PeraruLALan , who resides at

the most important of the seven cities that bless their residents with

Moksham . I have come to the realization that I am powerless to attain

moksham through the difficult-to-practise Bhakthi yOgam as upAyam . I

have hence chosen Prapatthi at the lotus feet of Varadhan as the

saving grace for me and am performing saraNAgathi . This act of mine

(performance of SaraNAgathi at the Lord's feet as the helpless one

with no other recourse ) is like the deed of the evil-minded

KaakAsuran , who committed grave apachArams to the Lord's consort and

was yet saved by the Lord , when he fell at the feet of the Lord as a

SaraNAgathan without any other recourse .

238) AdhikAram for Prapatthi: Ananyagathithvam

Sadai-mudiyan chathumukhan yrnRu ivar mudhalAm taram yellAm

adaya vinaip-payan aahi azhinthuvidum padi kaNDu

KadimalarAL piriyAtha Kacchi nagar Atthigiri

idam udaya AruLALar iNai adikaL adaynthEnE......Paasuram 2

Here again aakinchanyam / ananya gathithvam is celebrated in another

way . SWamy Desikan says:" I am offering my prapatthi at the sacred

feet of PeraruLALan while fully cognizant of the fact that the power

and wealth of even BrahmA and SivA are evanascent and transitory and

are fully dictated by their karma visEshams . Once their accumulated

puNyams are over , their status as powerful demi-gods disappear .

Knowing their alpa sukhams fully well, I am not enamoured of such

status and power . I seek therefore the lasting bliss of moksham and

nithya kaimkaryam in the Lord's Sri Vaikuntam through my prapatthi.".

 

239: Every One is eligible to perform Prapatthi tantirangaL vERu inRi

t-tamathu vazhi azhiyAthu manthirangaL tammAlum maRRum uLa urayAlum

antharam kaNDu adi paNivAr anaivarkkum aruL puriyum Sindhura veRppu

IRayavanAr SEELAM alathu aRiyEnE.....Paasuram 3 Here , Swami Desikan

points out that all are eligible to perform Prapatthi at the lotus

feet of the Lord of Kaanchi and receive the boon of Moksham from that

act of self-surrendeer . The word " Seelam " in this paasuram refers

to Souseelya GuNam of the Lord , which permits Him to mingle with

people of all status. I meditate on the glorious attribute of

VaradarAjAn , who blesses all without discrimination , when they

perform prapatthi unto Him . These are the virtuous ones , who

understand the difficulties of practising Bhakthi yOgam and

understand well the equal qualifications of all to perform prapatthi

to gain the boon of Moksham . They do not seek any other means than

prapatthi and observe their varNAsrama dharmams without slipping .

They utter thereafter the prapatthi manthram (svanishtai ) or follow

the utterances of their AchAryAs ( AchArya Nishtai ) and perform

their prapatthi to the Lord , who accepts it with joy and rewards

them with the boon of mOksham . 240) Prapatthi has the power to

confer all desired boons

Kaakam IirAkkathan Mannar Kaathali Katthirabhandhu

nAkam aran ayan mudalA nAganaharAr tamakkum

bhOgam uyar veedu peRap-ponnaruL seythamai kaNDu

naagamalai NaayakanAr nalladippOthu adainthEnE.....4th Paasuram

Here the reference is to Maha Viswasam that leads to the fruition of

one's prapatthi . Swamy Desikan says:" I offer my prapatthi at the

holy feet of VaradarAjan inspired by the thought that He granted the

boons of samsAra bhOgam AND Moksham as desired by them to the

offending crow , VibhishAnAN , Drowpathi , Kshathrabhandhu ,

GajEndran , KaaLiyan , Sivan , BrahmA and all the dEvAs" .

241) The Five angams of Prapatthi

uhakkumavai uhanthu uhavA anaitthum ozhinthu uRavu guNam

mihatthuNivu peRa uNarnthu viyan kaavalyena varitthu

sahatthil oru puhal9um) illA tavam aRiyEn Mathtkkacchi

nagar k-KaruNai NaaTanai nall-adaikkalamAi adainthEnE.....Paasuram 5

Here , Swami Desikan reveals that he has performed the prapatthi at

the Lord's feet in the proper manner with the five angAs of Prapatthi

..The words of the prabhandham connected to the five angams are :

uhakkum avai uhanthu -- AanukUlya Sankalpam : vow to do only what

pleases the Lord uhavA anaitthum ozhindhu--PrAthikUlya Varjanam :

rejecting all that would mkae Lord unhappymihat-thuNivu peRa

uNarndhu-- mahA visvAsam /full faith in Lord's power to protect

kAvalena varitthu-- gopthruva VaraNam /choosing the Lord to stand in

place of diifficult yOgamspuhalum illAt-tavam aRiyEn --

kArpaNyam/prayer& NamaskArams in a state of meekness With these

words , Swami Desikan points out that he has performed aathma

samarpaNam with its five limbs at the sacred feet of Lord VaradarAjan

, the embodiment of DayA . 242) The Four Kinds of Prapatthi

aLavudayAr adainthArkkum athan urayE koNDavarkkum vaLavyrai tanthavan

aruLE manniya maatavatthOrkkum

kaLavu ozhivAr yemar yenna iainthavarkkum kAvalarAm ThuLavamudi aruL

Varadhar tuvakkil yenai vaitthEnE....Paasuram 6 Here, Swami Deikan

refers to the four kinds of Prapatthi : Svanishtai , Ukthi nishtai,

AchArya nishtai and BhAgavatha nishtai. Swami says that he has

performed prapatthi at the lotus feet of Varadhan , who grants the

boon of Moksham to one and all , who has performed any one of the

four kinds of Prapatthi . Ukthi Nishtai is the SaranAgathy performed

directly by One , who has clear comprehension of the doctrine of

SaraNaAgathy ( angi) and its five angams. Very few people are

qualified to perfrom Svanishtai . Ukthi Nishtai is the SaraNAgathy

perofrmed through the repetition of the Prapatthi vAkyams uttered by

one's AchAryan. The third kind of nishtai is AchArya nishtai , where

one takes refuge in the SaraNAgathy performed by chAryan .The fourth

type of observance of SaraNAgathy js BhAgavatha Nishtai, where one

rests under the SaraNAgathy performed by a Parama BhAgavatha

PoorNAdhikAri .

243) Prapatthi to be performed only once

umathu adikaL adaihinREn yenRu orukkAl uraitthavarai

amayum ini yenbavar pOl anjalyenak-karam vaitthum

Tamathu anaitthum avar tamakku vazhankiyum ThAmm miha viLangum

amaivudaya AruLALar adi iNayai adainthEnE....Paasuram 7

The meaning of the Abhaya MudrA of Varadhan is ceelbrated here . The

Lord is resplendent at the sight of the prapannan and blesses him to

enjoy all of His Isvaryam and looks at the prapannA with great

compassion and reveals through the gesture of Abhaya MudrA that

Prapannan's one-time praaptthi alone is sufficient to enjoy all of

that bliss . I surrender my aathmA to that glorious and merciful Lord

, who grants such matchless boons .

244) The way of conductance after performing Prapathti TiNmai

kuRayAmaikkum niRaihaikkum theevinayAl uNmai maRavAmaikkum uLa

mathiyil uhakkaikkum taNami kazhiyAmaikkum tarikkaikkum taNihaikkum

vaNmayudai AruLALar vachakangaL maRavEnE.....Paasuram 8 The

conductance of one's life in the post-prapatthi period is described

here by our aramAchAryA . I repeately reflect on the meaning of the

Lord's Charama slOkam and the assurances given by Him there to the

one , who has performed prapatthi . I remind myself that as a

prapannan , I must have unshakable faith in the assured fruits of my

prapatthi . I pray for the further enhancement of my bhakthi and

Jnaanam . I shall never forget my utter servititude to You and You

alone. I shall stay in a happy and tranquil mood with the knowledge

of the essence of the rahasyArthAs . I will bear my days on the earth

without agitation over the delay in realizing moksham . I will forget

the sorrows of SamsAram that is inevitable during the days on earth

after performing my prapatthi at Your sacred feet . This way , I will

spend my post-prapatthi life . 245) The responsibilities/duties after

Performing Prapatthi

Sruthi ninaivu ivai aRiyum thuNivu udayAr thUmozhikaL

parithi mathi aasiriyar paasuram sErnthu arukkaNangaL

karuthi oru teLivAl klaakkam aRutthu Athtigirip-

parithi mathi nayanam udaip-Paraman adip-paNinthEnE.....Paasuram 9

As a prapannA , I worship always the Lotus feet of PeraruLALan with a

tranquil mind calmed by the clear understanding of the meanings of

Sruthis , Smruthis , AzhwAr's Sri Sookthis , AchAryA's Sri Sookthis

that deal with the sookshmArthams of VedAntham .

Swamy Desikan's Aathma SamarpaNam at the Sacred feet of Kaanchi VaradharAjan

ThirumahaLum Thiruvadivum Thiru aruLum teLL aRivum

arumai ilAmayum uRavum aLappariya adi arasum

karumamum azhippum aLippum amayppum kalakkamilA vahai ninRa

aruL Varadhar nilai ilakkil ampu yena nAnn amizhnthEnE.....(10)

I have joined without fail the majestic and glorious feet of the Lord

, who is never separated from His beloved consort. He has the most

bewitching beauty. He is an ocean of mercy . His dayA for His

devotees is unmatched. He is omniscient . He is easy of access to His

devotees . He has the chEthanAs and achEthanams as His body . He is

the supreme Lord of all of this universe .He is the one , who creates

, protects and destroys all of this world and its beings . These

auspicious attributes will never part company with the Lord . I have

now joined with out seperation from this PeraruLALan of such anantha

kalyANa guNa vaibhavams .

247) Phala sruthi for Adaikkala Patthu Prabhandham

aaRu payan vERu illA adiyavarkaL anaivarkkum

aaRum athan payanum ivai oru kaalum pala kaalum

aaRu payan yenavE kaNDu AruLALar adiyanai mEl

kooRiya naRR-guNa uraykaL ivai patthum kOthilavE....Paasuram 11

These ten verses dealing with my SaraNAgathi at the sacred feet of the

Lord of Kanchi will shine without any faults forever. BhagavathAs seek

the Lord as upAyam and phalan . They observe prapatthi at His feet

once . The fruits of that one time prapatthi however lasts forever

and is most enjoyable . With clear Understanding of the above truths

and the significance of such a prapatthi , I have performed my own

prapatthi at the matchless feet of Lord VaradarAjA and sung about

them in a blemishless manner .

Sri PerumdEvi ThAyAr Sametha Sri Varadaraaja ParabrahmaNE Nama :

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

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