Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam : Part XIII / Priest Quarters Construction at Sri RanganAtha Temple( NamAs 867-871)

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord RanganAtha:

 

adiyEn will continue with the 867th to the 871st Sahasra

Naamams today, which will cover the 12th chapter of

Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ( Saanga prapadhanAdhikAram) :

 

(867) (PraNavam) Prapatthi LakshaNaabhij~nyA nama:

 

Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who knew very well

the lakshaNams of Prapatthi .

 

(Comments): This chapter explains the ways to perform

Prapatthi with its five angams .

 

Swamy Desikan has instructed us on the way of performing

Prapatthi(aathma SamarpaNam) along with its five accesories :

 

1) Karthruthva ThyAgam: The person performing Prapatthi

should reflect that he is not the principal doer ( KarthA) ,

but it is ParamAthmA alone , who is the doer .

 

2) MamathA ThyAgam: The person performing Prapatthi

should detatch oneself from the thought that he is

the karthA and the karma belongs to him .

 

3) Phala ThyAga : the performer of Prapatthi should

detatch himself from the fruits of Prapatthi and place

that at the sacred feet of the Lord as belonging to Him

alone.

 

4) PhalOpayathva ThyAga: Prapatthi that is being performed

should be recognized not as a direct means for attaining his object

but it is only a vyAjam ( pretext) . One should banish the thought that

Prapatthi is the direct means for the phalan resulting from

the performance of Prapatthi. Abandoning the idea of the means

to the phalan is PhalOpAyathva ThyAgam .

 

Along with the FOUR ThyAgams ( Karthruthva, MamathA ,

Phala and PhalOpAya ThyAgams) , one should reflect upon

the five accessories of Prapatthi ( Aanukoolya Sankalpam et al)

at the time of the anushtAnam of Prapatthi.

 

These five accessories of Prapatthi have to be reflected upon

once at the time of Prapatthi. After performing Prapatthi and

until the end of the earthly life , the Prapannan has to observe

still aanukoolya sankalpam , Praathikoolya varjanam and

MahA ViswAsam . They become the Phalans gained from

the prayer made at the time of Prapathti.

 

After making the four ThyAgams and reflecting on

the five accessories , one should prostrate before

the AchArya Paramparai ; thereafter , Dhavaya manthram

is used as sadhanam to surrender one's aathma

Svaroopam ( Svaroopa SamarpaNam) , the phalans

arising from the Prapatthi ( Phala SamarpaNam)

and the aathma rakshA bhara samarpaNam

( the burden of protection ) . Among the three kinds of

SamarpaNams , the Aaathma RakshA Bhara SamarpaNam

is the most important .

 

One should ask for Moksham at the end of earthly life ,

when one performs Prapatthi and in the post-prapatthi period

engage in blemishless kaimkaryam to the Dhivya dampathis.

 

One of the four methods of Prapatthi has to be observed:

 

(1) Sva Nishtai (2) Ukthi Nishtai (3) AchArya Nishatai and

(4) BhAgavatha Nishtai .

 

868) (PraNavam) NyAsa VidhyAngi vEdithAya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who was

fully familiar with the angi svaroopam of NyAsa Vidhyai.

 

(Comments): In the 864 th Sahsra Naamam , the angams of the NyAsa Vidhyai

were covered . The angi of Prapatthi is Aathma SamarpaNam( Surrender of

aathma at the sacred feet of the Lord) .

 

869) (PraNavam) Thrivarga mOksha janaka nyAsa vidhyA visEsha vidhE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who knew the differences

between the two kinds of NyAsa Vidhyai : (1) One that grants the phalan

of thri vargams( Dharmam , arTam and Kaamam) (2) One that grants Moksha

Phalan.Lord grants the Phalan that one seeks through Prapatthi

..ParamaikAnthis

perform Prapatthi for Moksham . The thri varga Phalans are alpa phalans

(insignificant and transitory) compared to the grand phalan of Moksham .

In the Prapatthi done for Moksham alone , Svaroopa and Phala SamarpaNams

will dominate . Bhara SamarpaNam is common for both kinds of Prapatthis.

There are also differences in a Bhakthi yogi performing prapatthi for the

fulfilment

of Bhakti yOgam . Here , the Bhara SamarpaNam aspect will be dominant .

 

870) (PraNavam) Saanga PrapathyAnushtAna prayOga vidhi saadhakAya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who revealed to us the PrayOga

Vidhi of Prapatthi ( The united way of using the prapatthi vaakyams for

angams

with pradhana vidhi , which relates to the angi of Prapatthi).

 

(Comments) : Angams for Prapatthi are five and there are vaakyams relating

to

them in Prapatthi prayOgam . Angi is the combination of Aathma SamarpaNam ,

Phala SamarpaNam and Bhara SamarpaNam . PradhAna vidhi for Prapatthi is

the saanga pradhAna vidhi samyuktha prapatthi ( PradhAna vidhi conmbined

with anga vidhis) . Aathma samarpaNam and Phala SamarpaNam should not be

considered either as angams or seperate angis . If we consider Aathma

SamarpaNam

and Phala SamarpaNam as seperate angis , then the effect would be the

multiple

performance of Prapatthi , which is not allowed. Prapatthi has to be done

only once .

 

871) (PraNavam) Saanga prapathyanushtAna sakruthva sTApana

kshamAya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who had the skills to establish

that saanga Prapatthi ( Prapatthi done with the angAs) should be done

only once .

 

(Comments) : The angams of Aanukoolya sankalpam , PrAthikoolya varjanam

and MahA ViswAsam reflected upon at the time of Prapatthi take on different

dimensions after the prapatthi anushtAnam . All the three are needed

after prapatthi but their role is no longer that of angams , but are

considered as Phalans of Prapatthi. Thus , Prapatthi doen once

( Saanga Prapatthi with PradhAna Vidhi) is all what is needed for

Moksha Sidhdi .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: