[sv-poetry] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana Kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XXXIII: Thirtieth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Thirtieth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

refers to the importance of Bhagavatha kaimkaryam

for a Prapannan :

 

dhatthA: prajA janakavath Tava dEsikEndhrai:

pathyA abhinandhya BhvathA pariNIyamAnA:

madhyE athAm mahitha-bhOga-visEsha-siddhyai

maangalyasUthramiva Bhibrathi kinkarathvam

 

--SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 30

 

Meaning:

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Oh DhIpa PrakAsA! When the father of a girl performs

kanyA dhAnam , the boy accepts the girl with great joy.

The married girl wears and protects the Maangalya soothram

( Taali charadu) placed around her neck with great care for

recieving many auspiciousness from her wedded husband.

Similarly , the AchAryAs places the jeevAthmAs at Your

sacred feet. You accept those jeevans , which have performed

that anushtAnam of Prapatthi with great happiness. The prapannAs

keep thinking about the aanandham that they are going to enjoy

at Your Supreme abode after casting aside their bodies here .

They use the time in between life on earth and the life at

Sri Vaikuntam and lead an auspicious life here by spending

their times on this earth performing kaimakryams to Your

BhAgavathAs.This act of theirs is equal to the wedded wife

of a woman , where she protects her Maangalya Soothram with

reverence.

 

Additional Comments :

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" prajA: Tava DesikEndhrai: Tava DhadhatthA: "

The great AchAryAs present the chEthanams to

You like the father giving his daughter away to

a boy in marriage (KanyA DhAnam). " PathyA BhavathA

prajA: abhinandhya pariNIyamAnA:). As the Lord of

the chEthanams , You , My Lord accept the offered

chEthanams with joy as a man accepts a kanyA given

to him by her father . The husband ties the Maangalya

Soothram around the neck of the wife .The wife treasures

and protects that Maangalya Soothram in anticipation of

the many soubhAgyams that she will recieve during Her wedded

life. Similarly , the PrapannAs after aathma samarpaNam

by their AchAryAs spend their post-prapatthi life on

earth performing kaimkaryam to Your BhAgavathAs

( madhyE SathAm kinkarathvam Bhibrathi).

 

This slOkam has been elaborated upon by Swamy Desikan

in the Utthara KruthyAdhikAram and PurushArtha-kaashtAdhikAram

of SrImath Rahasya Thraya Saaram .

 

Swamy Desikan instructs us that there are six things

that a Prapannan should enact and reject with the full

power of his mind , speech and body during his post-prapathti

period:

 

To be rejected: (1)The desire for the perishable pleasures of

the world (2) dwelling on one's superiority (3) Bhaagavatha

apachAram .

 

To be remembered and practised: (1)the upakAram of

AchAryan from the time of His first glance (katAksham )

(2)recitation of Dhvayam (3)the Kaimkaryam to BhagavAn,

His BhaagavathAs and one's AchAryan.

 

SadAchArya sambhandham enables the kaimkaryam to

BhagavAn and His BhAgavathAs.Swamy Desikan says

in this context: " Suddhai: prasrumara -mahAmOdha

smEraprasoonasamai: kramai: paribhunjathE " . After

their prapatthi anushtAnam , the prapannAs engage in

BhAgavatha Kaimkaryams imbued with Saathvika thyAgam

and are immersed in sweet and fragrant waves of aanandham.

He instructs us that a prapannan should perform kaimkaryam

to the BhaagavathAs as though he is performing kaimkaryams

to the Lord.

 

BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam is the boundary of Bhagavath

Kaimkaryam . BhagavAn is immensely pleased with

the kaimkaryam done by Prapannan to His BhaagavathAs.

There are many pramANams given by Swamy Desikan

for the Utthara Kruthyam (Observances after Prapatthi)

of Prapannan to please the Lord in PurushArtha KaashtAdhikAram

of Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram :

 

PaadhmOttharam(29.81): Of all AarAdhanams , the AarAdhanam

to VishNu is the best; even bettter than that is

the aaarAdhanam of His BhAgavathAs.

 

MahA BhArahtam( Aasva--116.23): Our Lord's words:I have

great affection for those , who revere my BhaagavathAs.

Therefore , You must worship my BhAgavathAs.

 

MahA BhAratham(Aasva--104.9):Our Lord's words: Those who are

devoid of worship of other dEvathAs and have reverence for

My BhagavathAs are My true devotees.

 

ThiruppANAzhwAr: " adiyArkku yennai-aadpauttha Vimalan "

( The Lord of Srirangam , who has blessed me to be a servant

of His BhaagavathAs).

 

PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi(4.4.10):

 

" KesavA ! PurudOtthamA! KiLarsOthiyAi! KuraLA ! yenRu

pEsuvAr adiyArkaL yenthammai vikavum peRuvArkaLE "

 

( Those BhagavathAs who recite with joy our Lord's

names have the power to sell us ; We are their indentured

servants).

 

BhAgavathAs are saluted by Swamy Desikan as SuddhAntha--

SiddhAnthnis. They observe their paathivrathyam (kaRpu)

like the women of the inner chambers ( antha: pura peNNmaNikaL,

Padi thANDA PathnikaL). They are of firm mind about their

unshakable devotion to their Lord and to Him alone(sTira

dhiyA:):

 

" suddhAnAm tu labhEmahi sTiradhiyAm suddhAntha-siddhAnthinAm

mukthaisvarya dhina prabhAtha samayAsatthim prasatthim muhu: "

 

Srimath rahasya Thrya Saaram: PurushArTa Kaashtai concluding slOkam

 

(meaning): They ( the BhaagavathAs) are parisuddhAs ( pure in

speech, mind and body) and are of firmness of mind in devotion to

their Lord just as the ladies of the inner chamber are to their Lord.

For prapannAs , worshipping BhaagavathAs of the Lord here is like

the aruNOdhayam (dawn) compared to the noon of ParipoorNa

Bhagavadh anubhavam at SrI Vaikuntam after the shedding of

the physical body .

 

Additional PramANams celebrating the greatness of Bhaagavatha

Kaimkaryam are:

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr : ThiruvAimozhi 3.7 " Payilum SudaroLi "

Paasurams ( Paramanai payilum ThiruvudayOr yemmAyALum

ParamarE). BhagavathAs are TadhIyAs of the Lord and

their worship is TadhIyArAdahanam.

 

Swamy NammAzhwAr : ThiruvAimozhi: 8.10 NedumARkkadaimai

Paasurams , where Swamy SaThakOpan celebrates the worship of

BhaagavathAs. This set of ten paasurams are recognized as

the " KaNNinuNN SiRutthAmpu " of ThiruvAimozhi. Here , Swamy

NammAzhwAr celebrates BhAgavatha sEshathvam ( serving as

servants to BhagavAn's selfless devotees ). " avanadiyAr

SiRumaa manisarAi yennai aaNDAr ingE tiriyavE " is one

of the famous passages from this decad.SaThakOpa Muni

points out that TadhIyAs or BhaagavathAs of the Lord

should be considered not only as BhOgyam , Svaroopam

but also Lakshyam for PrapannAs.

 

Thirumangai Mannan's ThirucchERai Paasurams : Periya

Thirumozhi 7.4 decad .

 

ThirukkaNNapuram Paauram: Periya Thirumozhi 8.10.3

" uRRathum unn adiyArkkuadaimai " .

 

In summary, for those , who have performed Prapatthi,

the most recommended and important anushtAnam is service

to the Lord's BhAgavathAs ( paramaikAnthis)prior to

their ascent to SrI Vaikuntam at the end of their

earthly existence .

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

SrI Lakshmi Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama: >

 

NigamAntha MahA Desikaaya NamO Nama:

SrI Maragathavalli SamEtha SrI DhIpa PrakAsa ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan/SaThakOpan

 

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