Swamy Desikan"s DhramidOpanishad Saaram": PART III

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SrI RanganAthO Jayathi

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Vishu Marghazhi KrishNa Dasami , SwAthi Nakshathram

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

adiyEn will start with the First two slOkams of DS today.

The first two slOkmas are in the big SragdharA metre ,

which Swamy Desikan used for the slOkams of DhramidOpanishad

Taathparya RathnAvaLi(DTR). Since DS is an anubhandham of

DTR, Swamy Desikan lingered with SragdharA metre for the first

two slOkams of DS.For the remaining 24 slOkams , he chose

the lighter SikhariNI metre. It is interesting to note that

the entire Garuda PanchAsath and NyAsa Vimsathi are set in

SragdharA metre. Portions of DayA Sathakam and YathirAja

Sapthathi are set in the SikhariNI metre .

 

The First slOkam of DS ( Echo of the 8th SlOkam of DTR)

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Here Swamy Desikan states that Sriman NaarAyaNan shines

in the Sarva VarNa SaadharaNa ThiruvAimozhi ( Equal access

to all the four varnams) through the paasurams of

the ten centums :

 

sEvAyOgyO-athibhOgya:Shubhasubhagatanu: SarvabhOgyAdhisAyee

srEyas-taddh-hEthudhAthA prapadana sulabha-anishta-vidhvamseela:

bhakthacchandhAnuvarthI nirupadhika-suhruth sathpadhavyAm SahAya:

SrImAn sarvOchithAyAm-upanishadi mishathyEsha gATAsathairna:

 

Fourth Paadham:

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"GaaTAsatham is the Thousand plus Sri Sookthi of Swamy NammAzhwAr.

" Yesha: SrImAn" is our Sriman NaarAyaNan . He shines with unique

glory in these ThiruvAimozhis through the celebration of His

1000 KalyANa GuNams ( yEsha: SrImAn mishathi). ThiruvAimozhi is

identified here as "SarvOchithAyAm Upanishad" or the Tamil Upanishad

(DramidOpanishad), which is accessible without restrictions (unlike

Sanskrit VedAs) to members of all the four VarNAs.

 

First Three Paadhams

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The Ten major GuNams celebrated by Swamy NammAzhwAr in

his ten centums are identified by Swamy Deikan for us here.

They are: (1) sEvA yOgya: (2) athibhOgya: (3)shubhasubhaga Tanu:

(4)SarvabhOgyAthisAyee (5) SrEyas-tadh- hEthu-dhAthA

(6) Prapadhana-sulabha: (7) anishta vidhvamsa seela:

(8)bhakthacchandhAnuvarthee (9) nirupadhika-suhruth and

(10) sathpadhvyAm SahAya:

 

ThiruvAimozhi is known as dheerga SaraNAgathy and DhvayArTa

VivaraNam .Swamy Desikan identifies the ten guNams celebrated

in each of the ten centums by Swamy NammAzhwAr in the three

Paadhams of this first slOkam .

 

Swamy Desikan points out the MahA GuNams celebrated in each of

the ten centums as :

 

(1) He is the most appropriate one to be worshipped

and He becomes the upAyam for those, who wish

to attain Him . This is the essence of Upanishads and

ThiruvAimozhi elaborates on this Upanishadic message.

 

(2) He is the most enjoyable and hterefore He is PrApyan or

the goal of one's saadhana .

 

(3) He has SubhAsrayam and dhivya MangaLa vigraham in

UpAyam and UpEyam stages . Here , Swamy Desikan states

the emphasis on Moorthy Jn~Anam placed by Swamy NammAzhwAr in

the UpAyaM and UpEyam stages . AzhwAr rejects nirguNa Brahmam

concept totally and s to the Ubhaya Lingam

aspects of Brhaman referred to in Brahma Soothrams

 

(4)He is the integratd essence of the most

delectable bhOgam that is beyond Isvaryam and Kaivalyam .

 

(5) He is the root cause behind all MangaLams

and conferrer of those mangaLams. He becomes SarvOpAyan.

 

(6)He is easy to access by Prapannan and therefore Prapatthi alone is

sufficent as the UpAyam for Moksha Siddhi.

 

(7) He is the banisher of all inauspiciousness(anishtams).

Prapannan might have anishtams due to poorva karmAnusAram.

Our Lord drives those anishtams as well is the message of

the 7th centum

 

(8) He is an yathOkthakAri for His BhakthAs . Whatever His devotees

wish , He grants them their wishes. He becomes adhInan to His BhakthAs.

 

(9)He is avyAja KaruNA Moorthy and as such He is the One ,

who blesses auspicousnes to His bhakthAs as MahA Suhruth

(great friend , benefactor and well-wisher).

 

(10) He is of indispensable help to attain the sathpadhavi of

Sri Vaikunta Vaasam and Saayujya Mukthi through facilitating

the travle of the muktha jeevan through archirAdhi maargam.

This is the mesage of the Tenth centum.

 

Second SlOkam :

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Here, Sawmy Desikan summarizes the essence of the Ten patthus

(Centums) in a slightly different way:

 

aadhyE pasyannupAyam Prabhumiha Parama-prApya-bhUtham dhvitheeyE

KalyANOdhAra MoorhthErdhvitayamidhamithi prEkshamANas-thruthIyE

IsvaryAdhEschathurhtE visha-madhu-tulayAananya-bhOgyathvam icchan

Shadbhi: svAm panchamAdhyairanithara-gahtithAm aachachakshE MunIndhra:

 

Swamy Desikan salutes Sawmy NammAzhwAr here as MunIndhra: or King

among Sages. In the first Patthu, the Lord was recognized as UpAyam

and as UpEyam in the second patthu. In the third centum, Swamy NammAzhwAr

explained that the UpAya , UpEya (PrApyathvam ) can only be linked

with One having SubhAsrayama and Dhivya MangaLa Vigraham.In the fourth

patthu, SaThAri Soori expressed (rejected) disinterst in worldly Isvaryam

and Kaivalyam , since they are like honey laced with poison. From

the Fifth to the Tenth Patthu, Swamy NammAzhwAr reitirated that he

has no succour and recourse other than Sriman NaarAyaNan and

dwelled on his ananya-gathithvam.The special meanings of the centums

from 6 to 10 emphasizing ananya-gathithvam will be covered later by

Swamy Desikan .

 

The First slOkam of DS summarized the individual GuNams highlighted

in the ten Patthus or Centums. The second slOkam of DS covered

the sangathi of the vishayams covered in the above ten patthus .

 

>From here on the slOkams of DS describe the GuNams of

the ten decads of respective centums .

 

Sawmy NammAzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

SrI NigamAntha MahA DesikAya NamO Nama:

Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan/Sadagopan