Thiruvaheendhrapuram MahA Mantapam Construciton : Part XII

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

I will be starting soon the postings on Swamy Desikan's Sahasra Naamams blessed to us by

Thirukkudanthai DEsikan , the Moola Purushar of Munithraya SampradhAyam .

 

Thirukkudnthai Andavan in this AchArya Paramparai presented Swamy Desikan's archA Moorthy

at Thiruvaheendhrapuram , the beautiful RathnAngi that is used on special days . This RathnAngi

was presented 35 years ago by Thirukkudanthai Andavan .

 

We have covered all but 498 of the 1008 "Sahasra NaamAs " so far.

 

The sections that adiyEn will cover now following the magnifcient Tamil commentary of

U.Ve. VpascchinmaNi NaavalpAkkam VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy are :

1. Satha DhUshaNi ( NaamAs 102-1168)

 

2. Tatthva Muktha KalApam ( NaamAs 206-399 )

 

3. Gadhya Thraya BhAshyam , ChathusslOki BhAshyam , SthOthra Rathna BhAshyam ,

Sri PaancharAthra Rakshaa ( NaamAs 493-680 )

 

4. SillaRai Rahasyams ( NaamAs 721-769 )

 

We will take up next , the SillaRai Rahasyams first . An introduction to the SillaRai

Rahasyams from Sadagopan.org is attached . The 510 Desika Sahasra Naamams

covered sofar are at :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/Sripedia/oppiliappan

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

 

Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan

 

stothrams by acharyans

Acharyan Swamy Desikan

 

|| Rahasya GranthAs of Swami Desikan ||

Acharya Swami Desikan

Sri Ub. Ve. Vangipuram Navaneetham Srirama-DesikachAr Swamy and his

scholarship are legendary. Since Swami Desikan's time, no one has

attempted to write commntarties on the AmruthasvAdhini Rahasyams. The

enormous and painstaking efforts of Navaneetham Swami to collect the

palm leave manuscripts compare them for authenticity, and comment on

them and proof read the pages in print is beyond imagination. We are

truly blessed to gain insights into Swami Desikan's multifaceted

genius thanks to the elegant and clear commentary of Navaneetham

Swami .His ability to explain complex doctrines in an easily

understandable manner is a true gift for us. Even when Navaneetham

Swami was recovering from cataract operations and angina pectoris, he

continued with his extraordinary labour of love and blessed us with

these and other monographs on Swami Desikan's brilliant master pieces

that serve as foundation stones for our SiddhAntham .

SWAMI DESIKAN'S GRANTHAS************************

The prolific output of the giant of an AchAryA is housed in 130 works

summarized in Sri Viashnava home page maintained by Sri Mani

Varadarajan. They are usually divided into the following six

categories:

1. Those pertaining to Philosophy and Religion in Sanskrit ( 25 works )

2. Kaavya granthAs & other literary works ( 5 more )

3. SthOthrAs ( 30 items )

4. Rahasya GranthAs in maNipravALa ( 34 items )

5. Tamil Works ( 24 items )

6. Miscellaneous Works (12 Items )

Rahasya GranthAs****************

These are the fourth among the six categories of our AchAryA's

illuminating works. There are 34 Rahasya GranthAs in ManipravaLA.

Among them, TattvasikhAmaNi, Madhurakavi Hrudhaya, Steya sangraha and

Saara DheepA are no longer available to us.

Navaneetham Swami covered 16 of the remaining 30 chillarai rahasyams

in Part I of his series , four more in Part II and the seven more in

Part III . Only three are not covered in this series:

(1) Srimadh Rahasyaytraya Saaram ( RTS )(2) GuruparamparaasArA , which

is incorporated in the beginning part of RTS(3) Paramatha Bhangam.

Srimadh RTS and Para Madha Bhangam are magnificient and huge

treatises in their own right and hence , they have been covered

separately. The GuruparamparAsAram gets folded into Srimadh RTS.

The 16 works covered in Part I to be reprinted**********************************************

They fall into the Following Categories :

(1)Padhavis: ( Tattva Padhavi , Rahasya Padhavi ). Padhavi means either a position or path .

2. Maathrukais Tattva Maathrukai , Rahasya Maathrukai , Rahasya

mathrukai Hrudhayam ). The term MaatrikA connotes the 52 letters of

sanskrit , which in turn relates to the 52aspects of tattvAs

including the three types of souls , three GuNAs , the 24 divisions

of Achith and its relationships to the other two tatthvAs ( Chith and

IsvarA ) .

3.SandEsams: ( Tattva SandEsam ,Rahasya SandEsam , Rahasya SandEsa

VivaraNam ). SandEsam means a message .

4. RathnAvaLis: ( Tattva RathnAvaLi , Rahasya RathnAvaLi , Tattva

RathnAvaLi PrathipAdhya Sangraham ) . RathnAvaLi means a necklace of

Jewels .

5. Navaneethams : (Tattva navaneetham , Rahasya navaneetham).

Navaneetham refers to the delicious mixture of VeNNai and sugar, the

favorite food of Lord KrishNA .

6. ChuLakams: ( Tattva Traya ChuLakam , Rahasya Traya ChuLakam ).

ChuLakam is the small shape of the palm holding water for

Achamaneeyam. This refers to a small tract of the great doctrines.

7. Sri SampradhAya Parisuddhi deals with the importance of AchAryAs in

our sampradhAyam and the purport of the three rahasya manthrAs . In

this work , the most merciful AchAryA emphasizes the need to avoid

the schisms among the followers of Sri RaamAnujA. He reminds us

tactfully that among the different sishyAs of AchArya RaamAnujA ,

there are no arthavirOdhams although there might be Vaakhya

YojanAbhedhams.

The topics covered in these 16 Rahasya Granthams are :

The three TattvAs ( Chith , Achith and Isvara/ soul , Matter and God )

, the nature of the Soul , the three types of Souls , the four kinds

of Achith, Kaalam, Sudhda sattvam ,Dharma BhUtha Jn~Anam, Prapatthi,

Bhakthi, the meditation on the Lord and the experience of reaching

Him , Artha Panchakam, elaborations of Athmasiddhi of YaamunAchArya ,

Reflections on the Mitha gadhyAs ( Sriranga gadhyam and Vaikuntha

Gadhyam ) of AchArya RaamAnujA , the significance and purport of the

three sacred Rahasya ManthrAs dear to Sri VaishNavAs .

 

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