UpAyAnthara dOsha niroopanam in SriVachanaBhooshanam on Dec 28th.

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srimatE rAmAnujAya nama:

 

 

LOkAchArya guravE Krishna pAdasya soonavE

 

SamsAra bhOga sandashta Jeeva JeevAtavE namaH

 

 

 

Swami Sri Pillai LOkAcharya was the son of Sri Krishnapada who was popularly

known as Vadakku Tiruveedhi Pillai and had his kalakshepams both from his

revered father and the most famous Periya VAchAn Pillai and Nambillai. He

mastered all the shastras at a very young age and was very well-versed in both

Tamil and Samskrit. He wrote 18 treatises, which came to be known as "rahasya

granthas" of which Sri Vachana Bhooshanam (SVB) is recognized as the essence of

VishitAdwaitha siddAntha. The vyAkhyAnam by VishadavAk shikhAmani Swami Manavala

MamunigaL is the most authentic among all the many commentaries for SVB. Swami

MAmunigaL has dedicated 7 stanzas ( #53 to #59) in his Upadesha Rathna mAlai to

describe the greatness of SVB, a brief translation of which is given below:

 

 

 

53. It is no exaggeration to say that none of the other Rahasya Granthas by

Swami Pillai LokAchArya are more exalted than SVB.

 

 

 

54. Since this grantha is full of PoorvAchArya Sri sookthIs, like an ornament

made of valuable gems, and serves as a shining adornment to those who learn it

by heart and recite it, it was named as "Vachanabhooshana" by the AchAryas.

 

 

 

55. It is very hard to find one who fully comprehends the inner meanings of SVB

and follows it to the core.

 

 

 

56. Swami says " Those of you who are interested in salvation, I tell you, learn

the beautiful grantha by lOkAchArya through an AchArya and lead your lives by

what you have learnt.

 

 

 

57. He continues " Alas, why do those who learn its sacred meanings from an

AchAryan and contemplate on it, do not follow them?"

 

 

 

58. When a great work is authored, many commentaries come into being; because of

this many a vyAkhyAnams may be written for SVB. As long as these adhere to our

sampradAyam, do study them impartially.

 

 

 

59. In this last stanza on SVB Swami concludes humbly, "Even someone like me

finds the contemplation of its delightful meanings and its mere rendition so

delectable, I wonder what a great joy it would bring to all of you!"

 

 

 

By the causeless grace of the Alwars and AchAryAs, we the residents of USA, are

extremely fortunate to be able to participate in the SVB kAlakshEpams by none

other than His Holiness Sri Vanamamalai Jeeyar every last and first Sundays of

the month, right in the comfort of our homes reminding us verily of the

parathvam and sowlabhyam of the Lord Himself...

 

 

 

This is a humble call for more and more bhAgavathas to participate in such a

once-in-a-life-time opportunity. For those of you who have not been fortunate to

participate till now and would like to take part in the future, a gist of what

has been covered so far is given below.

 

 

 

Over the past few months Swami has covered ‘Prathama Prakaranam’ of SVB. In this

Prakaranam, there are 114 choornikais or choornais or soothrams. Choornais 1 to

22 talk of the relative importance of 'itihasas' in general and, SrirAmAyana and

MahAbhArata in particular, compared to Smritis and PurAnas and delve in greater

detail into 'upAya vaibhavam'. Soothrams 23 to 33 describe the conditions (or

the lack of it!) for prapatti, except for the Object or Vishaya niyamam. The

importance of archAvatara is covered in choornikais 34 to 40. In choornikais 41

to 54, three categories of Prapannas are described. The next set of soothrams

from 55 to 114, deal with how even Prapatti is not an upAya or means.

 

 

 

The next kAlakshepam by Jeeyar Swamin on December 27th will take us to

UpAyAntara dOsha niroopaNam under Dwitheeya prakaranam, wherein the defects of

other upAyAs are dealt with. It is hoped that more and more bhAgavathas will

take time to participate in these upanyAsams and make use of the wonderful

opportunity to learn our siddhAntam.

 

 

 

Pillai lOkAcharyan tiruvadigalE saranam

 

Jeeyar tiruvadigalE saranam

 

 

 

rAmAnuja dAsi

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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