thirumantrArtha in nyAsa daSakam

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Dear friends,

 

let us see the meaning of thirumantra as given my SrI dESika in the first verse

of nyAsa daSka:

 

aham madrakshaNa bharO madrakshaNa phalam tathA

na mama SrIpatErEvEtyAtmAnam nishipEt budhah

 

meaning:

 

aham na mama SrIpatEh Eva - omkAram - I am not mine but of SrIpati ALONE.

 

madrakshaNa bharO na mama SrIpatEh Eva - the burden of rescuing me (from the

brith cycle) is not mine but of SrIpati alone - "namah"

 

madrakshaNa phalam na mama SrIpatEh Eva - the result of protecting me

(kainkarya) is not for me but for SrIpati alone - nArAyaNAya

 

being assured of this, a wise man will keep his mind calm (vaazhum sombEr. say

ALwArs).

 

to say that we need to initially do something for our moksha will make the

meaning of "namah" as given by Bhattar half-true (AtmatrANonmukahSchEt nama iti

padam).

 

Since we have faith in bhattar's words, we ought to believe in His nirhetuka

krupA.

 

rAmAnuja dAsan

vishnu