Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XV: Twelfth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Twelfth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

pays tribute to the righteous ones who relate to

Lord ViLakkoLi PerumAL as Sarva Vidha Bhandhu and

perform SaraNAgathy to Him:

 

ThvAM Matharam cha Pithram sahajam nivAsam

Santha: samEthya SaraNam suhrudham gathim cha

nisseema nithya niravadhya Sukha-PrakAsam

DheepaprakAsa savibhUthi guNam visanthi

 

--SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 12

 

(Meaning): Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE! Those saadhu janams,

who have a clear understanding of the Tatthva Thrayam

( Jeevan-Prakruthi-Isvaran) perform SaraNAgathy to You

as a result of recognizing You as their Comforting Mother ,

guiding Father, supportive Brother , the basis for

their existence and as their Parama PurushArTam .

Their SaraNAgathy lands them in SrI Vaikuntam , where

they enjoy the uninterrupted Kaimkaryam to You.

There , they are immersed in the ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham

of enjoying You as abode of Jn~Anam and Aanandham

(Sathyam Jn~Anam anantham Brahma), as the Lord of both

LeelA and Nithya VibhUthis (Ubhaya VibhUthi Naatan)and as

the treasure house of limitless auspicious attributes

(kOsam of anantha kalyANa GuNams).

 

Additional Comments on the first two paadhams of this slOkam:

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The First two Paadhams of the SlOkam are:

 

Thvam Maatharam cha Pitharam sahajam nivAsam

SANTHA: SamEthya SaraNam suhrudham gathim cha

 

anvaya kramam (prose order)is: " DhIpaprakAsa ! SANTHA:

ThvAm Maatharam , Pitharam cha sahajam , nivAsam ,

suhrudham , gathim cha SaraNam samEthya " .

 

The Importance of the word " SANTHA: " in Desika SampradhAyam

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The word " Santha: " is very important for Swamy Desikan.

He starts his SrI RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram (RPS)with

" Santha: " and ends it with the same word (santha:).

 

The first slOkam of SrI RPS beginning with " Santha: " is:

 

SANTHA: SrIranga-pruTveesa charaNa-thrANa sEkharA:

Jayanthi Bhuvana-thrANa padha-pankaja-rENava:

 

(Meaning): Those great ones ( periyOrkaL/Santha:)

who adorn with joy the Paadhukais of Lord RanganAthan

on their heads not only reach the supreme bliss (Sadhgathi)

but also grant others sakala purushArthams .Those Santha:

are the ones worthy of supreme adoration.

 

The last (the 1008th) slOkam of RPS ending up with " SANTHA: "

takes this form :

 

Jayathi YathirAja Sookthi:Jayathi Mukundhasya PaadhukA YugaLee

tadhubhaya dhanA: thrivEdhim avandhyayantha: jayanthi bhuvi SANTHA:

 

(Meaning): The SrI sookthis of YathirAjar(Sumathi) are

victorious over the granthams of Veda Baahya mathams

and Kumathis. The pair of Paadhukais of BhOga-Moksha

dhAyaka Mukundhan are victorious over all samsAric

sufferings . Those Santha: (SadAchAryaas),who consider

the PoorvAchArya SrI Sookthis and the twin Paadhukais of

the Lord as THEIR WEALTH do not get entrapped

in the vithaNDA vivAdhams of Kumathis ( those with muddy

minds in understanding the true purport of VedAs) and shine

victorious in this world by performing upadEsams to their

disciples on the Tathva-Hitha-PurushArTa Jn~Anam and

help them also to reach Sadhgathi.

 

SANTHA: here stands for SadAchAryAs , the truly noble

AchAryAs saluted by Swamy Desikan , who lit the lamp

of SampradhAya DhIpam to bring the DhIpa PrakAsan before

the eyes and the minds of their sishyAs .

 

Swamy Desikan pays tribute to such SANTHA: at the end

of AchArya KruthyAdhikAram of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram:

 

MaruLaRRa Desikar vaan uhappAl intha vaiyaamellAm

iruLaRRU IRaivan iNai adi pooNDu uya yeNNuthalAl

TerUL uRRa sem-thozhil selvam peruhi SiRanthavar paal

aruLuRRa sindhainAl AZHIYAA VILAKKU yERRinaRE

 

(Meaning): Those Jn~Ana Moorthys without any trace of

nescience (MaruL aRRa Desikar/Santha:) with their own desire

to enter Parama Padham as well as their intense desire

to get rid of the nescience and viparItha Jn~Anams of

their sishyAs are the most merciful . Out of their DayA,

they show that the Lord's Thiruvadi as the sole upAyam

(means ) for Moksham and enhance the Kaimkarya sampath

of their SishyAs by lighting the nandhA(eternal) ViLakku of

Sath sampradhAyam in the minds of their disciples.

 

Swamy Desikan points out further that such Santha:

(SdaAchAryAL) not only uplift their sishyAs but also

save themselves by following the commands of their

Lord , the First AchAryan in the Guru Paramparai

(PraTamAchAryan).

 

Such is the power of the word Santha: used by Swamy

Desikan in the 12th slOkam of SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai.

 

What do the Santha: do further at DhIpa PrakAsan's sannidhi?

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" Santha: ThvAm Maatharma , Pitharam , Sahajam, NivAsam ,

Suhrudham , Gathim cha (mathvA) saraNam SamEthya " is what

they do. Those Santha: consider You , DhIpa PrakAsA ,

as their Mother, Father, Brother , Friend , Abode and

Target for reaching . In the context of all these

relationships , they (Santha:) perform SaraNAgathi

at Your ThiruvadikaL. The fruit of that SaraNAgathy

is the full enjoyment of You , the Lord at SrI Vaikuntam .

The anantha kalyANa guNams of the Lord that are being

enjoyed by the SanthA: is covered by the concluding

two lines of this Twelfth SlOkam .

 

Additional comments on the last two lines of this slOkam:

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" Nisseema Nithya niravadhya Sukha PrakAsam

DhIpa PrakAsa SavibhUthi guNam visanthi "

are the next two lines celebrating the object of

the SanthA's enjoyment (paripoorNa BrahmAnandham)

at SrI vaikuntam .The rhyming of Sukha PrakAsan

with DhIpa PrakAsan is music to the ears (parama

MaadhUryam).The Ubhaya LingAdhikAram of Brahma

Soothram is covered here.

 

SrI Vaikunta Naathan's (DhIpa PrakAsan's) Bliss and

Jn~Anam are Limitless ( nissema) , eternal (nithyam)

and free from sorrow of any kind( niravadhyam).

The Sukha PrakAsam resulting from the combination

of the anantha kalyANa GuNams and akhila hEya

Prathyaneekathvam ( free from blemish of any kind)

makes DhIpa PrakAsan of ThirutthaNkA Dhivya desam ,

an object of ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham as Para Vaasudevan

(SrI Vaikunta Naathan) at His Supreme abode of Param Padham.

 

Thus concludes the powerful Twelfth SlOkam of

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai celebrating SadAchAryALs,

Sath SampradhAyam and Guru paramparai starting

from the PraTamAchAryan , SrI DhIpa PrakAsan .

Many other unique SrI VaishNavite doictrines are

also covered here in the short space of one slOkam .

This is the greatness of Swamy Desikan and that is

why the uninterrupted continuation of NithyAradhanams

for Him at His birth place and for His sontha agrahAram

PerumAL (DhIpa PrakAsan) is so important for us all.

 

Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama:

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan)

 

P.S: adiYen continues to appeal to you all

to support the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul,

the avathAra Sthalam of our beloved AchAryan ,

Swamy VedAntha Desikan. Please contact me about

status of the Kaimkaryam and details on how you

can support this once-in-a-life time Kaimakryam

to our ThUppul Desikan , the avathAram of the Bell

of ThirVEnkatamudayAn.