[t'vengadam] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana Kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part 42: Thirty Eighth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Thirty Eighth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

helps the Jeevan to enter the 101st NaaDi to ensure

the ascent of the prapanna Jeevan to His parama padham :

 

savya-anyayO: ayanayO: nisi vaasarE vaa

sankalpitha aayu: avadhIn sapadhi prapannAn

Haardha: Svayam nijapadhE vinivEsayishyan

naaDIm pravEsayasi NaaTa sathAdhikam Thvam

 

--SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 38

 

Meaning:

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Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! For those , who have not performed Prapatthi ,

there are some limitations on the time of death and their consequences.

They can hope to attain the auspicious worlds only when their death

happens during the UttharAyaNa Sukla paksham and particularly during

the day time. SaasthrAs say such souls without the benefit of Prapatti

can not enter auspicious worlds at other times such as DakshiNayana

KrishNa Paksha days or Nights.Those who have peformed Prapatti at

Your Lotus feet have no such restrictions.UttarAyaNam or DakshiNAyanam

or the Pakshams or the day or night do not interfere with their

reaching Your Supreme abode. At the end of their assigned time on

this earth, they ascend to SrI Vaikuntam for eternal residence

there to serve You.

 

At the end of their lives as PrapannAs, You as the indweller of

the jeevan facilitate it to enter the 101st NaaDi to begin its

journey via the path of light towards SrI Vaikuntam. The Other

Jeevans , who did not perform Prapatthi enter NaaDis other than

the 101st NaaDi and as a result start their journey to Svargam

or Narakam based on their karma visesham. You make the Prapanna

Jeevan see nothing but the 101st NaaDi (Brahma NaaDi or Moordhanya

Naadi) and help it to start its journey on the upward path to

SrI Vaikuntam.

 

Additional Comments (V.S):

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In the previous slOkam , Swamy Desikan described how the Lord

as the indweller of the jeevan unites the ten Indhriyams with

Manas and Manas inturn with PrANa Vaayu and that PrANa Vaayu

with the subtle aspects of Pancha BhUthams.Our Lord embraces that

Jeevan which underwent such streneous steps to exit the body

and comforts it. What does the Jeevan do now ? That is the subject

matter of this 38th sLokam . Lord's additional upakArams to

the prapnna jeevan is described here.

 

The subject matter of Four Brahma Soothra adhikaraNams

( IV.ii.8 to IV.ii. 11) are condensed into one single

slOkam by the Kavi Simham, Swamy Desikan.

 

The names of these adhikaranams are:

 

IV.ii.8 is Tad-okodhikarana

IV.ii.9 is RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam

IV.ii.10 is Nisaa-adhikaraNam

IV.ii.11 is DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam

 

In the Tad-OkodhikaraNam , the Lord's special help

in illuminating the 101st NaaDi and pushing open the

closed door of that Naadi to permit the Prapanna

Jeevan to enter is described . KaTha and BrahadAraNya

Upanishads attest to this help of the Lord.In the 493rd slOkma

of His AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi , Swamy Desikan describes

the Lord's help in detail for the Prapanna Jeevan to

enter the 101st NaaDi and to proceed further along

the prescribed route to SrI Vaikuntam .

 

In the RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam ,the journey of the Jeevan

following the rays of the Sun are decribed following

the ChandOgya Upanishad manthram (8.6.5).

 

In the next adhikaranam , Nisaa-adhikaraNam , it is stated

that for a Prapanna Jeevan, death at day time or night time

does not interfere with the travel to reach the Supreme

Brahman. Non-prapanna Jeevans dying during night do not

attain the auspicious worlds ( He is born again in this world).

 

In the DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam , the prapanna who dies even in

DakshiNAyanam ( in the six month period, when the Sun travels

South) attains the Supreme Brahman.The non-prapanna Jeevan

dying in DakshiNAyanam does not travel in the path of light,

but in the path of smoke ( DhoomAdhi maargam) and is condemned

to be born again in SamsAra without attaining Brahman like

the prapanna Jeevan.

 

By the passage of the 38th slOkam , " savya anyayO: ayanayO: " ,

Swamy Desikan refers to the insignificance of DakshiNAyanam

or UttharAyaNam in affecting the sureness of the prapanna

Jeevan's journey via archirAdhi maargam ( adhikaraNam: IV.ii.11).

 

By the passage " Nisi VaasarE vaa " of the 38th slOkma ,

Swamy Desikan condenses the thoughts of AdhikaraNam

IV.ii.10 ( nisaa-adhikaraNam). Death during the night

or day does not interfere with the pre-determined journey

of the Prapanna jeevan via the divine path to SrI Vaikuntam.

 

By the passage of the 38th slOkam , " Sankalpitha aayu: avadhIn

PrapannAn sapadhi nija padhE Svayam vinivEsayishyan Haardha:

Thvam satha adhikam naaDIm pravEsayasI " , Swamy Desikan

refers to the adhikaraNam IV.ii.8( TadhOkOdhikaraNam ).

The parapanna Jeevan exits the gross body via the 101st Naadi

with the help of the indweller Lord (antharyAmi Brahman).

The exit is made easier by the Lord by making the 101st NaaDi

radiant (agra jvalanam) so that the Jeevan can see where

it is and then our Lord pushes open the closed door of

the 101st NaaDi to ease the entry of the prapanna Jeevan

in that NaaDi to proceed upwards on its prescribed path

(DevayAna path) to the Supreme abode . The non-prapanna

Jeevans exit their gross body by any one of the other

100 Naadis and reach destinations other than SrI Vaikuntam

(Svargam or narakam ) and are destined to be reborn again

in this SamsAric world.

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

(P.S): Dear BhakthAs: Please help with the NithyArAdhana

Kaimkaryam at ThUppul VedAntha Desikan Sannidhi and

the daily AarAdhanam for Swamy Desikan's home PerumAL

and PirAtti , Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsan.

 

Please contact adiyEn , if you would like to support this

important Kaimkaryam and join the BhaagavathAs , who have

already brought the kaimkaryam past its half way point.