Life's journey to SadAchAryan's feet :Part 3 (Continued) Feb 7, 2000

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

After the sankalpam , the two of us receiving

our SadAchAryan's grace were invited to an upanyAsam

by Him on the glories of Prapatthi .Those , who had performed

Prapatthi were allowed to listen as well . HH the Jeeyar

invited questions and cleared my doubts on

the doctrine of Svathanthra Prapatthi

and the angam of Prapatthi known as KaarpaNyam .

With this upanyAsam, the sadasyam portion of

the BharanyAsam rites were over .

 

The dialog of a sishyan with his/her AchAryAn is

described either as as sadhasyam or Rahasyam .

The word , Sadhasyam is derived from the root sadhas

or general assembly .This type of discussion is for one

and all and is thus held in public . The second kind of

upadesam is for the ear of the sishyan alone and is

performed privately ( rahasyam )by the AchAryan .

 

After the sadasyam , the two fortunate ones readied

for BharanyAsam were invited by HH to stand in front

of the illustrious ArchA Murthy , MalOlan from the ancient

hills of AhObilam surrounded by all the VisEsha Murthys

and the precious SaaLigramams belonging to our great

AchArya paramparai . AdiyEn had the darsana soubhAgyam

of DhOlai KaNNan, Sri Ranganathan worshipped before by

KanthAdai Sri Annan Swamy , Atthigiri Varadhan who

rceived AaarAdhanam from NadathUr AmmAl and his grandson

KatikAsatham ammAl , the teacher of AdhivaNN SatakOpa Jeeyar,

Lord SrinivAsan , Sri Yadhugiri NaacchiyAr sametha

Sri Sampath Kumaaran , AarAvamudhan , Andal and RangamannAr ,

Sri SeethA LakshmaNa sametha Ramachandran , Sri HayagrIvan

and other deities .AdiyEn's eyes became focussed on

the most auspicious Archai of MalOlan now , who

instructed the first jeeyar through His niyamanam:

 

" grAmE grAme cha gathvA padha kamala nathAn

Maam gruheethvA abhiraksha "

 

The overwhelming thought of the Lord travelling

for 600 plus years with our Azhagiya Singars for

the ujjevanam of those , who bowed before His

lotus feet persisted ( Aaasritha samrakshaNArtham

desa sanchAram ) .

 

A curtain was now drawn so that our SadAchAryan

and the two of us alone performing BharanyAsam

were present in front of MaalOlan .

 

The most merciful AchAryan performed then the moving

Ukthi Nishtai , when we repeated the prayers uttered

by our SadAchAryan on our behalf , which was an elaborate

appeal to Malolan with the five angams of prapatthi

woven in step by step .The most exhilirating

experience was when our SadAchAryan asked us to

look at MahA Lakshmi seated on the left thigh of the Lord

and asked us to plead for Her intercession

(Purushakaara prapatthi) . With Her benovolent

sipArsu , Her Lord accepted Her recommendation

to save this soul from the unending cycles of births

and deaths .

 

The MokshOpAya SaraNAgathi through ukthi nishtai

was thus completed for enjoying ParipUrNa BrahmAnubhava

roopa Parama PurushArtham through the mahOpakAram

of our most merciful AchAryan . Our AchAryan declared that

MalOlan had accepted the Bhara samarpaNam . We prostrated

before our AchAryan in deep gratitude and Joy over

the adhrushtam that befell on us . The sense of

exhilaration and contentment is hard to describe

after Bhara samarpaNam .

 

The anantha kalyANa guNams of asmath AchAryan ,

HH Sri VaNN SatakOpa Sri NaarAyana YathIndhra

MahA Desikan can not be described adequately

in thousands of years ( VarshAyuthai: asya

guNaa: na sakyA . HH is nadamAdum dhaivam

for us , his sishya vargams. Our svarUpa prAptham

is to have Bhakthi towards Him at all times and

places .

 

The main doctrine for us to follow regarding

our reverence and visvAsam for our AchAryan is

the age old saying:

 

yathA manthrE YathA VaidhyE yathA dEvE Yathaa Gurou

YaadhrusI BhavanA yasya Siddhir bhavathi thAdhrusI

 

(Meaning ): In the case of Doctors , Dhaivams and

AchAryALs , One attains the level of siddhi equivalent

to the intensity level of their faith (nampikkai) .

AdiyEn's prayer to our AchArya Saarvabhoumar

and karuNAmbhOdhi (Ocean of dayA ) is to enhance

the kruthanjathi (indebtedness) and reverence

for Him unitl the last moment of adiyEn's life.

 

After receiving manthrAkshathai and particpating

in the Sannadhi TadhiyAraadhanam , adiyEn departed

on this momentous day for Srirangam .

 

AdiyEn would like to conclude this posting with

the moving prayer to our SadAchAryan by U.Ve.VidwAn

Melmaa Lakshmi NrusimhAcchAr Swamy :

 

nathvA Naarayana Munim , kruthvA tath guNa keerthanam

SruthvA tath upadEsOkthee: , SthuthvA thamm Nruharim BhajE

 

KaarthikE Siva NakshathrE SambhUthAya tarAtalE

NaarAyaNa yathIndhrAya GURAVE MAMA MANGALAM

 

Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan