Ashtasloki 8: Verse 5: Dwayam part I

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Sri:

Srimathe Ramanujaya Namaha

Pranam to all devotees:

 

*DWAYAM. PART I*

 

In sloka five and six, Sri Bhattar svami teaches the meaning of the

Dwaya-mantra. This mantra consists two parts:

 

Purva Khandam: *SrimanNaaraayana** Charanau Saranam PrapadyE*

 

Uttara Khandam: *Srimate** Naaraayanaaya** namaha***

 

Verse No.5.

 

naytrtvam nityayOgam samuchitaguNajaatam tanukhyaapanam cha

upaayam kartavyabahaagam tvatha mithunaparam praapyamayvm prasiddham

svaamitvam praarthanaam cha prabalataravirOdhiprahaaNam daSaitaan

mantaarm traayatey cheytyadhigatanigamashshatpadOyam dvikhaNdha

 

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*Naythruthvam (1) the function of recommendatory***

*Nithya yogam (2) always remain together. *

* Not leaving even for a second.*

*Samuchitha guna jatham (3) essential attributes (qualities) *

* of several groups*

*Thanukya-panam cha(4) revealing the form (the roopam)*

*Upayam (5) the means to be adopted*

*Karthavyya bhagam (6) the essential part of

* placing faith *

* in Lord by the Jeeva.*

*Mithuna-param prapyam (7) the rendering of service to both *

* Lord and His consort Sri Mahalakshmi

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*Swamithwam (8) the status of remaining overlord*

*Prarthanaam cha (9) the request to render service*

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*Prapala thara virothi prahaanam (10) the position warding off the

* obstacle to the goal*

 

*Adikatha nigamaha (a) also talked about in the Vedas*

*Dwai kandaha (b) having two parts*

*Shad padhaha © having six words*

*Eathan dasaha thus having all the ten meanings*

*Mantharam the person who contemplates on all the ten*

* subjects contained in Dwayam*

*Thraya they ethi is protected by this manthram*

 

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*Eavam prisidh-dham thus it is famous*

 

By taking each word contained in the manthram the explanation is given in a

unique way. There are ten words in the manthram. They are:-

 

1. Sri

2. Math

3. Naaraayana

4. Charanam

5. Saranam

6. Prabadyay

7. Srimathey

8. Naaraayana

9. Aya

10. Namaha

 

There are many ways at looking at the words in this mantram. It can be looked

as one part (since it is one mantram), two parts (as it has

two parts: "Sreeman Naaraayana CharaNau SaraNam prapadye" and "Sreemate

Naaraayana namaha".), as three, four, five,

six (words 1, 2, 3 and 4 are taken as one word),

seven, eight, nine and ten.

 

In this series we will use the 10 words as lited above as listed by Sri PBA

Swami, The dwaya-mantra conveys us 10 points based on words listed above.

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Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale Saranam

VP Srinivasa Varadan