Experiencing Swami Desika - 104

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Shrimate Shri Lakshmi Nrusimha Parabrahmane Namaha:

Shrimate Shri Seetha Ramachandra Parabrahmane Namaha:

Shrimate Shri Ramanujaya Namaha:

Shrimate Nigamantha Maha Desikaya Namaha:

Shrimate Shrivan Satagopa Shri Narayana Yateendra Mahadesikaya Namaha:

 

" SrimAn VenaktanAthArya: kavithArkika kEsarI!

VedAnthAchArya varyO mE sannidhatthAM sadhA hrudhi " !!

 

We were in the Divya DEsa Prapti Parva, in phala Kanda

the eighth step to the transedental World. We saw that

Goddess Sri, Bhoomi and nIla Devi welcome the mukta

and offer him poorna kumbam and mangala deepam.

 

The mukta then approaches the divine golden vehicle. At

that time he gets all divine fame. Like the Lord, he also

becomes an embodiment of fame. He then reaches the

ThirumAmani mantapam. There he is welcomed with love and

respects by kumudar, the head of the people in the sabhai

and by the eight dvArapAlakas (sandar etc). Later,

Vishvaksena, the head of the chEtanas instructs the

nithya soories who are incharge of the sabha mandala

administrations. Vishvaksena asks this Jiva also to join

the kainkaryam. This Jiva offers salutations frequently

and goes to the front side of the thirumAmani mantabam

and climbs up.

 

Garuda (Peria Thiruvadi) stands in from of the Paramapada

nAdhan. His thirumEni makes one feel that it is the huge

mEru mountain (but made of gold) having two wings. His

thirumEni is all divine. Garuda's thirumEni is full of

tEjas that the reflection of Peria pirAtti who sits on the

Lord's chest and the Lord can been seen on him as if he is

a mirror to the Lord. The Jiva offers salutations to this

Peria Thiruvadi.

 

There, a beautiful ghosti of nithyasoories sit and discuss

about the kalyana gunAs of the Lord. In fact they even

enter into arguments as to which kalyAna guna of the Lord

is superior etc.. Their Love towards the Lord is so

great that even in Srivaikundam they worry if something bad

would happen to the Lord! Eternal happiness is evident in

Nithya soories. The dreams of this Jiva now comes true. He

was always eager to join the group of bAgavatAs and is now

amidst them!

 

Later, the nithyasoories take different shapes for doing

kainkaryam viz., kudai, sAmaram, weapons, ornaments. They

take up a shape according to their work and serve from

their respective places. This Jiva now reaches the peak of

his wishes and wants to do all sorts of kainkaryam. He

moves closer.

 

He sees his PoorvAcharyas near Lord's simhAsanam. On seeing

him the Acharyas are happy and feel that the efforts taken

by the Lord to refine this Jiva's soul has materialised!

This Jiva states that but for his Acharyas he could have

never choosen the right path. He makes a request to the

PoorvAcharyas to place their feet on his head since they

were instrumental in showing him the correct path and

he prostrates to them with gratitude. The Archarya-sishya

relationship is eternal !!!

 

Our EmberumAN rules both the leela vibhuti and the Nithya

vibhuti. He is ever youthful and is a sArvabauman in

Srivaikundam. The divine simhAsanam in which he sits

is like a great cot with unlimited brightness. The Jiva now

approaches that simhAsanam.

 

Some PramAnas state that, belonging to samsAra mandal and

paramapadam, the foundation of all creations prakruti-mahAn

-AhankAra, are parts of the sinhAsanam. The Paryankavidyai

states that the tatvas that were existent or those that are

yet to come are its parts. The PancharAtra sastras state that

Dharma, artha etc are the parts of the sinhAsanam.

This way, the Jiva clearly sees that the Lord has made all the

tatvas into one SinhAsanam for his enjoyment.

 

There is a superior Lotus. It is as bright as Thousand crore

suns and spreads such brightness. It has eight petals which

see the eight directions. In that, vimalai, utkarshini, gjnana,

kriyA, yOgA, satyA, prapvI and yIshAnA stand in a row, hold a

sAmaram in their hand and perform kainkaryam. On the front

side of the Tamarai kAi a girl named anugrahai does tAmaram.

Seeing these girls perform kainkaryam the Jiva gets great

happiness. He had always wanted the Lord and Piratti to order

him to do the sAmaram for them. Now he feels that he can do it.

 

There is a big kAi in the middle of this lotus. When one sees

the width and height of it, one feels that even if a lakh of

golden garlands join together it will not be sufficient even

for a small portion of paramAnuvin.

 

On top of tha kAI, ThiruvananthAyvAn in an extraordinary way

shows his divine appearance with unchanged while colour.

ThiruvananthAyvAn has enough gjnanam and strength to bear the

Lord who is the AdhAram for all vasthUs. He takes different

forms based on the situation and performs all kinds of

kainkaryams. Because he performs the work to be performed by

a seshan(slave), he has been awarded the name seshan.

Our Lord has no constraints based on place, time or Vasthu.

ThiruvananthAyvAn's greatness is so much that he controls this

unconstrained Lord in a small portion of his lap. This is the

reason why he is called as ananthan!

 

Though our Lord has all kinds of divine fragrance, AdisEshan

adds his divine fragrance too! Adiseshan is very soft and

serves as a appropriate seat for the Lord and PirAtti when

the three worlds offer salutations. The thousand padams of

AdisEshan look like thousand full moons made to stand in a

line. The glow of the ratnAs in the padams look like the

early morning sunlight. The Jiva prostrates to this

thiruvananthAlvan.

 

This Jiva also wants to enjoy all these bOgas!

ThiruvanantAlvan's katAksham (with his 2000 eyes) falls on

this Jiva. This is like a nectarian rain to him!

 

He now sees the ParamapadanAdhan who is on ThiruvanantAlvan.

The Jiva now has unending gjnana and is capable of seeing

anything. He moves very close and reaches the Lord.

 

The above write up is from the book " Rahasyartha Vivaranam "

where Shri RamadEsikachAriyar Swami deals with Swami Desika's

ParamapadasopAnam.

 

 

 

" Kavi Taarkika Simhaaya Kalyaana guna SaalinE!

SrimatE VenkateshAya VedAnta Gurave nama !! "

 

....To be continued!

 

dEsikan tiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

 

Praveena nAmni Ramanuja dasi

17th Sep 1999