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

 

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

Swamithwam (8)

the status of remaining overlord

Prarthanaam cha (9)

the request to render service

 

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

 

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 nama:".

), 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.

-- Azhvar Emberumanar Jeeyar Thiruvadigale SaranamVP Srinivasa Varadan