Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam : Part XXV , NamAs 925 / Thuppul Sannidhi NithyArAdhanam sponsorship

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Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

( 925) (PraNavam ) Prapatthi MokshOpAyathva BhAdhaka-vrAtha

nAsakAya nama:

 

( Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who destroyed the assembly

of reasonings ( yukthi samUhams) , which denied that Prapatthi is not

an upAyam for Moksham .

 

(Comments): Until now , the naamAs relating to SiddhOpAya

sOdhaNAdhikAram focused on the defects of Para Mathams . Now ,

Swamy Desikan turns against the incorrect positions of others ,

who hold that Prapatthi can not be an upAyam for Moksham.

 

(1) There are those , who object that Prapatthi can not be

an upAyam for MOksham since BhagavAn alone is our UpAyam.

Swamy Desikan answered these critics earlier ( Vide : 914 & 915th

Desika Sahasra Naamams) . He gives additional reasons through

this Sahasra Naamam .

 

(2) Our Matham holds that Prapatthi is the SahakAri KaaraNam

( indirect upAyam /VyAjam that assists the Lord , when Iswaran becomes

the upAyam ). The opponents say : How can you say that ?

If Iswaran expects this sahakAri KaaraNam to help Him to protect us ,

How can you call Him "nirapEkshan " ( One who does not need

the help of anything else ) ? If He can not protect us without SahakAri

KaaraNam ( Prapatthi) and to grant us Moksham , How can we call

Him Omnipotent (Sarva Sakthan ) ? How can You say that He is

KaruNAkaran ( one filled with compassion )? There are Yukthis

(false reasonings/Kyukthis) like these to support their view that

Prapatthi is not SahakAri KaaraNam .

 

All of these arguments are against accepted PramANams .They are

therefore incorrect and have to be cast aside . The PramANams are:

"YamEvaisha: " and " BhakthyA ParamayA " . The first one ( YamEvaisha: )

says : " Only those whom Bhagavan elects (varaNam) with affection

reach Him . The second PramANam ( BhakthyA ParamayA ) says: There

are no other ways to reach Bhagavan except through the anushtAnam of

Bhakthi Yogam or the performance of Prapatthi. These pramAnams are

Veda Manthrams and can not become false . Reasoning has to be done

based on accepted PramANams . Reasoning can not be used to afect

accepted PramANams . Therefore , these PramANa viruddha Yukthis

(Tarka Vaadhams) have to be banished .

 

These false reasonings(Kuyukthis) have additional weaknesses .

First of all , these tarkams have no vyApthi (extendability). For instance ,

a pot maker (Kuyavan) needs water as sahakAri to mold the clay

into a pot . You can not call him asakthan (powerless) in making

a pot because he needs water as a Sahakaari. Therefore , even if

one expects a sahakAri ( Prapatthi as a sahakAri ) , You can recognize

the Lord as the Sarva Saktha Rakshakan . Even if He expects Parapatthi as

a SahakAri KaaraNam , He does not depend on it as a PradhAna

KaaraNam . Therefore , it is perfectly alright to recognize Prapatthi

as an UpAyam ( VyAja mAthram) for gaining the Lord's RakshaNam .

 

With this Desika Sahasra Naamam , the coverage of the SiddhOpAya

sOdhanAdhikAram comes to conclusion . From NaamAs 926 to 942

( 17 NaamAs ) , the 24th Chapter of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram

(SaadhyOpAya sOdhanAdhikAram ) is covered by Thirukkudanthai Desikan .

 

adiyEn will translate first the summary in Tamil by Dr.V.N.VedAntha Desikan

in the next posting before focusing on the individual NaamAs connected

to this adhikAram .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

http://www.sadagopan.org

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Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri NaarayaNa Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: