[SriParakalaMatham] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XII:Ninth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Ninth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

pays tribute to the Lord ViLakkoLi PerumAL as

the PrathamAchAryan in the AchArya Paramparai:

 

DhIpAvabhAsa Dayayaa vidhi-poorvam-yEthath

viswam vidhAya nigamAnapi dhatthavantham

SishyAyithA: SaraNayanthi mumukshavas-ThvAm

Aadhyam Gurum GuruparamparayA-adhigamyam

 

(Meaning): Oh DhIpa PrakAsa PrabhO! Out of Your

svAbhAvika compassion (DayA) , You created BrahmA

first. Then , You performed upadEsam on the VedAs

for Your son, BrahmA . After that You created

this entire world (prapancham) through Your son.

Whenever we examine the Achaarya paramparai that

blesses us with Jn~AnOpadEsam for us , You shine

there on the top as the First AchAryan fit for

performing SaraNAgathi. Those who seek mOksha siddhi

(Mumukshus) become Your disciples (sishyAs) and

perform Prapathti at Your sacred Thiruvadi.

 

Comments on the SlOkam

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" Aaadhyam Gurum ThvAM Mumukshava: sishyAyithA:

SaraNayanthi " is the key passage of this slOkam .

 

In the first slOkam of SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai,

Swamy Desikan paid tribute to " YathIsvara-MahAnasa

SampradhAyam " . Here Swamy Desikan identified

himself as belonging to the AchArya paramparai of

YathirAjar and His sishyar , MadaipaLLi AacchAn .

He paid tribute to that sampradhAyam as " Maanyam "

or that which is fit for high adoration inview of

its unique vaibhavam. This sampradhAyam emphasizes

that SaraNAgathi UpAyam is the most appropriate one

for gaining MokshAnugraham . Swamy Desikan invited

every one to come look at this lofty sampradhAyam

( Iha pasyanthu) and understand its significance

and origin in this First slOkam .

 

In the second slOkam , Swamy Desikan identified

this object of SaraNAgathy as " adhvithIyam Dhaivatham "

or the matchless Para Devathai understood through

Upanishads (VedAntha vEdhyam ) and full of

spontaneous DayA for the ChEthanams ( nirvyAja

nirbhara dayA-bharitham). In the third slOkam ,

Sawmy Desikan described the Sriya: Pathithvam of that

Supreme Being at ThiruttaNkA and revealed that

Sriman NaarAyaNan in the archa form here is

readily influenced by the utterance of prapatthi

Vaakhyams ( SaraNa Ukthi vasyam Bhavatham). In

the sixth slOkm aof this sthOthram , Swamy Desikan

saluted the Swamithvam , Sriya: Pathithvam ,

JagadhAdharathvam of DhIpa PrakAsan and recognized

Him as the PurushOtthaman .In the Eighth slOkam ,

Swamy Desikan reminded us of the glory of DhIpa PrakAsan

as ShadguNya Vigrahan and saluted those six PradhAna

GuNams of the Lord as " thE GuNa shaDgam Aadhyam " .

 

In this ninth slOkam , Swamy Desikan identifies

the Lord as the First among AchAryaas (Aadhyam)in

the AchArya paramparai and states that those who seek

Moksham (Mumukshava:) perform SaraNAgathi at His Sacred

Feet as His sishyans( Aadhyam Gurum ThvAm Mumukshava:

SishyAyithA: SaraNayanthi).

 

Our Lord is the Aadhya Guru or the First of all

Gurus . The celebration of the AchArya paramparai

is very important for us. Starting from SaakshAth

AchAryan , it ascends up to yahti Raajar ,Swamy NammAzhwAr ,

VishvaksEnar, Periya PirAtti and ends with

the First AchAryan , The Lord. This AchArya

ParamparAnusandhAnam ( Rememberance and celebration

of this AchArya paramparai starting from Sriman

NaarayaNan is a daily anushtAnam (Nithya Karma )

for us.That is why we perform the daily anusandhAnam :

 

LakshmInATa SamArambhAm NaaTa-Yaamuna MahdyamAm

asmathAchArya ParyanthAm vandhE Guru-paramparAm

 

This slOkma clearly states that our AchArya paramparai

starts with Sriya: Pathi and proceeds all the way down

to one's present AchAryan . Therefore , Our Lord

is the Adhya Guru or PraTamAchAryan in the Guru

Paramparai.

 

Rahasya AamnAya Sruthi places emphasis on knowing

about the AchArya paramparai for one who seeks Moksham

as revealed by Swamy Desikan in SrImath Rahasya Thraya

Saaram:

 

" sa cha Aachaarya VamsO Jn~Eya:

AchAryANAm asou asou ithyAbhagavattha: "

 

This rahasyam says : " We should pay reverence to

one's AchArya , know about his AchAryan and that

AchAryan's Achaaryan all the way upto BhagavAn ,

who is the primordial or the First AchAryan in

the unbroken chain of AchAryaas (Aadhya Guru).

 

Swamy Desikan refers briefly to the 11 ways in which

BhagavAn (SrI DhIpa PrakAsan ) helps to maintain

the VedAntha sampradhAyam . In the first chapter of

Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram , Swamy Desikan has

discussed in detail the eleven UpakArams of the Lord

for the growth ofthe VedAntha SampradhAyam.

He has also pointed out that the two correct ways for

GuruparamparAnusandhAnam in the context of recognition

of the Lord as PrathamAchAryan in the Guru Paramparai:

 

(1) AvarOhana Kramam: When One recieves UpadEsam on

RahasyArTams from One's AchAryan and when one instructs

others on them , One has to begin the salutations from

BhagavAn as the Aaadhya Guruu and progress all the way

down to One's own AchAryan.

 

(2)AarOhana Kramam: When One reflects on the RahasyArthams ,

One should ascend from One's AchAryan ( Yeenuyir

TanthaLitthavarai SaraNam pukku) and progress upwards

all the way to BhagavAn .

 

In both ways , the Mumukshu places the central emphasis

on the Lord as the PradhAna or the foremost Guru in

the AachArya paramparai.

 

Swamy Desikan saluted SrI DhIpa PrakAsan in this ninth

slOkam as the Adhya Guru sought by the Mumukshus for

their aathma nivEdhanam and referred to His upakArams

to sustain and grow the VedAntha SampradhAyam.

 

Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama:

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan)

 

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