Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XVIX: Sixteenth SlOkam & An Important announcement regarding the reaching the first 10 Laks Rupees mark towards t

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Sixteenth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

describes the four kinds of Prapatthi anushtAnam

and how such an anushtAnam protects the samsArIs

and helps them cross the ocean of SamsAram :

 

Bhakthi: PrapatthiraTa vaa Bhagavanstadhukthi:

tannishta-samsraya ithIva vikalpyamAnam

yamm kanchidhEkam upapaathayathA Thvayaiva

thrAths-taranth-yavasarE bhavinO bhAvABdhim

 

--SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 16

 

(Meaning): OH DhIpa PrakAsA! For securing Moksham ,

There are two upAyams (viz)., Bhakthi Yogam and

Prapatthi. Latter divides into four types (viz).,

Svanishtai, Ukti nishtai, AchArya Nishtai and

BhAgavatha Nishtai. SaasthrAs assert that

the performance of one of the four kinds of

prapatthi leads to Moksham . For uplifting

the samsAris immersed deep in SamsAram, You

makes them perform one of the above upAyams.

After they perform one of these UpAyams ,

You birng them to the other shore of samsAric

ocean and grants them Moksham at a time of

their choice.

 

Additional Comments:

 

There are four kinds of Prapathti are referred to

here:

 

1)Svanishtai is followed by those with visEsha Jn~Anam.

Such mahAthmAs directly perform Prapatthi at the sacred

feet of the Lord .

 

2)Ukthi Nishtai: Here, the Mumukshu ( One who desires

Moksham ) utters the Prapatthi words spoken by the AchAryan.

 

3) AchArya Nishtai: The Mumukshu stays inside the prapatthi

performed by the AchAryan .

 

4) BhAgavatha Nishtai: The Mumkshu stays inside the prapatthi

performed by a BhAgavathan , who is not an AchAryan.

 

Here the Lord is the one , who induces the SamsAris(bhavina:)

to perform one of the above four UpAyams ( Yamm kamchith

yEkam upapaadhayathA ThvayA )and protects them (ThrAtha:).

At the appropriate time , such prapannAs cross the ocean of

SamsArm.

 

DhIpa PrakAsan helps the one , who wishes to reach

the superior sthAnam of Parama Padham ( BhUshNu:)

by helping him or her realize the sambhandham with

a sadAchAryan . In the 9th slOkam of NyAsa Vimsathi ,

Swamy Desikan said : " asou saakshAth MokshAya cha

srutha: " ( This prapatthi is the direct cause for

Moksham as revealed by the VedAs).

 

The mumukshu /bhUshNu: is " iha sva-abhIshta prApthi hEthu

purushan " ( One who desires in this world to secure

the purushArTam of Moksha Sukham ). They seek Parapatthi

as their upAyam with the help of a SadAchAryan .

In the 17th slOkam of SrI Nyasa Vimsathi, Swamy Desikan

instructs us that the upAyam for Moksham divides into

two categories: Bhakthi Yogam and Prapatthi Yogam

" (upAyam ) Sa: Puna: siddha-saadhya prabhEdhAth) " .

Our Lord SrI Maragathavalli SamEtha DhIpa PrakAsan

is the SiddhOpAyam in the matter of Mukthi/Moksham

( Mukthou SiddhOpaya:thu Niravadhika Daya: Sarva Sakthi:

SrI-Sakha:). Bhakthi yOgam and prapatthi YOgam stand

as one or other means as SaadhyOpAyam (that are to be performed

for securing Moksham ). How do they succeed in this matter?

Either the difficult to practise and time consuming

Bhakthi Yogam or the KshaNa Karthavyam , easy-to-perform

Prapatthi Yogam endears of the heart of Sriya: Pathi

and secure Moksham . They have the capacity to enchant

the Lord ( VsIkAra Siddhi). The prapannan performs

the Prapatthi with the anugraham of a SadAchAryan

and does not repeat it again ( Yasmai sakruth nyastha

BhAra: aTa thu sadhA na prayasyEth).

 

In SrI NyAsa Tilakam ,Swamy Desikan assures us that

Prapatthi will yield all the Phalans ( SaraNa varaNa VaaNI

Sarva hEthu:). That very utterance of the word SaraNAgathi

before the Lord will result in every fruit that one desires.

Swamy Desikan goes onto say that the blessing of SaraNAgathy

at the Lord's Thiuvadi was made possible by the Lord Himself

( aadhyam Thvath-moola Desika kaDaksha nipAtham Phalam ).

AchArya's most merciful glances fell on him as a result

of the DayA of the Lord.

 

When we have the rare opportunity to join in the dhivya

Kaimkaryam of NithyArAdhanam at ThUppul for Swamy Desikan ,

our DesikEndran and Our Lord SrI Maragathavalli SamEtha

SrI DhIpa PrakAsan , we are blessed to celebrate the glories of

SadAchArya paramaparai and the Dhivya Dampathis , who stand

on top of that Guru Paramparai.

 

Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama:

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan)

 

P.S: adiYen is pleased to share with you the good news

that the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul,

the avathAra Sthalam of our beloved AchAryan ,

Swamy VedAntha Desikan has just passed the first

plateau of 10 Laks of rupees with all of your

generous support.We have entered the final phase of

the assembly of funds for the uninterrupted NithyArAdhanam

at ThirutthaNkA and ThUppul Swamy Desikan sannidhi.

Please join in this important kaimkaryam .Thank you

all who have supported sofar and those , who plan to

support.Special Thanks to SrIman SatakOpa TatachArya

and the Trustees of Thuppul ViLakkoLi PerumAL NithyArAdhanam

Trust.