Release of Dr. NSA's commentary on Vaikunta Stava

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SrI:

 

SrIvathsachihna misrEbhyO namaukthim adhImahE

yadgukthaya: thrayIkaNDE yaanthi MangaLasoothrathAm

--Taniyan for Swamy KurEsar

 

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

The release of the monograph on SrI Vaikunta Sthavam

of Swamy KUrEsar by U.Ve. VidvAn Dr.N.S.Anantha RangAcchAr

Swamy of Bangalore is inducing me to write a few words

on this important Sthavam . SrI Vaikunta Sthavam is one of

the five Sthavams bequeathed to us by Swamy KUrEsar . The others

are: SrI Sthavam, AthimAnusha Sthavam, SrI VardarAja Sthavam

and Sri Sundara Baahu Sthavam . Another MahA VidvAn SrI PayyampAdi

ChettalUr Vaa. SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy has provided MaNipravALam

commentaries on these five sthavams in 1986 . adiyEn is basing my

write ups on SrI Varadaraaja Sthavam on his brilliant

commentary .adiyEn hopes to cover all these sthavams

later with the anugraham of Swamy KUrEsar .

 

Today , adiyEn will focus on the final (101st)slOkam of Sri Vaikunta

Sthavam in honor of the forthcoming release of Sri Vaikunta Sthavam

by Dr.NSA Swamy on Feb 2 , Thai Hastham day , the Thirunakshathram

of Swamy KUrEsar.

 

SrI VaikuNta Sthavam (VS)

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There is an age old saying : " SrI VaikuNta Sthavam theriyAthavan

VaishNavan allan " ( One who does not know SrI Vaikunta Sthavam

is not a VaishNavan). This saying pays reverence to this

important sthavam just as the other one " Thiru Maalai

aRiyAthavan ThirumAlai aRiyAN " ( One who does not know

the dhivya prabhandham of Thiru Maalai by ThoNdaradippodi

AazhwAr will not know Thirumaal, the Lord of Lakshmi).

 

In Thirumaalai, ThOndaradippodi AzhwAr describes what

SrI RanganAthA prefers: " kadaitthalai irunthu vaazhum

sOmbarai uhatthi pOlum " . Here , the reference is to

Lord RanganAthA's preference to those who have rejected all

other upAyams and performed Prapathti at His sacred feet

in the manner prescribed by Him in His Charama slOkam

and stay at the front gate of His temple fully assured of

MokshAnugraham by the Lord. " prapannAth anyEshAm na disathi

MukundhO nija padham " .The Lord does not grant Moksham

to anyone other than those , who have performed prapatthi

to Him . " MaamEva yE prapathyanthE maayAmEthAm taranthi tE "

is another pramANam for the fruits of Prapatthi.

 

Swamy KurEsar reminds Lord Varadhan, his ishta dhaivam ,

about these messages of His and requests the Lord of

Hasthigiri to grant him Moksha Siddhi in the very last

slOkam of SrI Vaikunta Sthavam :

 

nirbhandha yEsha yadhi tE yadhasEshavaidha--

samsEvinO Varadha! rakshasi nEtharAmsthvam

tarhi ThvamEva mayi sakthyAdhikAra-vaanchA:

prathyUha saanthim itharsccha vidEhi visvam

 

(meaning): Oh VaradharAjA ! You protect those ,

who have sought refuge at Your Thiruvadi in

the manner prescribed by You. Ohters are not

blessed with Your rakshaNam ( prapannAth anyEshAm

na disathi MukundhO nija padham ). If this restriction of

vyAja mAthra SaraNAgathi is valid , then You must

banish from me the sakthi to observe other upAyams

for Moksham , my fitness to observe them and desire to

seek fruits from such ubhAyAntharams (means other

than You standing in the place of all those upAyams)

and bless me with the observance of the panchAngams

( the five limbs) of SaraNAgathi to You .

 

This resounding prayer of Swamy KurEsar in the 101st

slOkam of SrI Vaikunta Sthavam is the distilled essence

of the Charama SlOkam of GIthAchAryan. Lord Varadhan

is the Ishta Dhaivam and AarAdhana Moorthy of Swamy

KUresar and hence he addresses Lord VaradarAjan for

the anugraham of Moksham . He prays to Lord to remove

the Moksha VirOdhis and command him to follow the Saasthra-

established vidhis for SaraNAgathi ( Tath aaj~nApaya Maadhava).

 

Here , Swamy KUrEsar begs Lord Varadhan to fulfill all

the five angams of SaraNAgathi and to bless him further with

the blemishless utthara kruthyams after prapatthi ( code of conduct

during the post-prapanna stage of life ) and finally lift him upto

His Supreme Abode (SrI Vaikuntam ) to perform nithya kaimkaryam

to Him there and enjoy ParipoorNa BrhamAnandham in the company

of His Nithyasooris.

 

Swamy KUrEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

DaasOham, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan/Sadagopan