Sri Deshika Sahasranamam: Part III ( DhyAna slOkams and the commencement of the SthOthram )

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ChithrabhAnu Samvathsara SrI HayagrIva Jayanthi

 

Daer BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan:

 

Following are the Dhyana shlokams and the first nine of the nAmAvaLIs in the

Sahasranamam composed by the mighty Thirtukkudanthai Deshikan. These first

nine nAmAvaLIs signify the first classification which houses " Swamy

Deshikarin bAlya vaibhavangaL "

 

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shrIH

shrImate vakuLabhUShaNa mahAdeshikAya namaH

shrImate rAmAnujAya namaH

shrImate nigamAnta mahAdeshiKAya namaH

 

shrImadgopAlArya mahAdeshikaiH anugRihItam

shrI deshika divya sahasranAma stotram

 

dhyAnam

 

akhilabhuvana-rakshA-sAdhanAyAvatIrNe

kumati-kalivilAsadhvAnta-tigmAMshujAle .

niravadhikaruNAbdhaU vedachUDAgurau me

bhavatu paramabhaktiH shrInidhau venkateshe ..(1)

 

(meaning): May adiyEn's deep bhakthi grow at the sacred

feet of SrI VenkatEsan (Swamy Desikan) , who incarnated

on this earth to protect all the worlds and their beings.

He is the radiant Sun that banishes the darkness of

the night of kumathis ( deluded souls filled with

nescience and viparItha Jn~Anam).He destroys the false

disputations of Veda Baahya and Kudhrushti mathams that

have advanced as the influence of Kali Yugam expands.

He is the ocean of Mercy and is the VedAnthAchAryan.

He is the SrI Nidhi ( Treasure of Veda-VedAntham).

May superior Bhakthi for this AchArya Saarvabhouman

grow in me !

 

asmad-deshika-tadgurUn shrutishirashchUDArya-rAmAnujau

rangeshaM raghupungavAnujaguruM shrImAn-natArtichChidam .

shrIrAmAnuja-pUrNayAmunamunIn rAmAravindekShaNau

nAtha-shrIshaThakopa-sainyaramaNa-shrI-shrIpatIn bhAvaye ..(2)

 

(meaning): adiyEn salutes my direct AchAryan (SaakshAth

Swamy ) and His AchArya paramaparai that goes upward from

Swamy Desikan , ApuLLAr , AathrEya RangarAjar, AathrEya

RaamAnujar, PraNathArTiharar (MadaipaLLI AacchAn),

Bhagavath RaamAnujar, Periya Nampi ,Swamy AaLavanthAr,

MaNakkAl Nampi, UyyakkoNDAr , NaaTa Muni , Swamy NammAzhwAr,

Senai Mudali, Periya PirAtti and EmperumAn.

 

shrImat trayIshekharadeshikasya

nAmnAM sahasraM guNataH kriyAtaH .

prakhyAtamakhyAtinirAsi sarva -

saMpatpradaM sAdhumude tanoti ..(3)

 

(Meaning): This famous SahasranAmam on Swamy Desikan has

ben composed with reflections on his auspicious attributes

and noble deeds. Recitation of this sacred Sahasra

Naamams of Swamy Desikan will remove one's aj~nAnam and

confer the supreme wealth of true Jn~Anam .adiyEn has

composed this sahasra nAmam for enhancing the joy of

the Saadhu Janams.

 

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stotrArambhaH (Beginning of the Sahasra Naamams)

 

shrImannigamAnta mahA deshika - divyasahasranAmAvaLiH

 

1) praNavam VenkaTesha-kRipAlabdha-anantArya-svapna-chintitAya namaH .

 

Glory be to that Desikan , who incarnated as a result of

the matchless mercy of Lord Of Thirumalai , when the Lord

gave the boon to AnanathArya in his dream.

 

( AnanathArya of ThUppul was the father of Swami Desikan.

Lord of the Seven Hills appeared in the dream of AnanthArya

and promised him a sath-puthran .The Lord blessed AnanthArya

with His own sannidhi hand bell. AnanthArya realized from

that dream that a great AchAryan was going to be born as his son.

adiyEn's salutations to that Desikan! ).

 

 

(2)praNavam totArambAgarbha-sUryasaMkhyAbdAvAsa-bhAsurAya namaH .

 

Salutations to the AchAryan , who resided in his mother's

womb (garbha Vaasam) for 12 years . Swamy Desikan's mother's

name was ThOthArambhA.

 

( Swamy Desikan had 12 years of Garbha Vaasam like Brahma Rishi

ParAsara , who also established the Supermacy of SrIman

NaarAyaNan earlier . Both are superior sages , who comprehended

and elaborated on the Tatthvam of SrIman NaarAyaNan as

the Supreme Being . Both of them established that there is

none , who is equal or superior to SrIman NaarAyaNan).

 

3)praNavam madhusUdanarangesha-sAkUtekShita-janmakAya namaH .

 

Salutations to that Desikan, who was blessed even at birth

with the auspicious glances of RanganAthan , who is hailed as

Madhusoodhanan !

 

(Right at birth , the saabhiprAya KatAksham / purposeful

glance of the auspicious Lord of SrIrangam fell on Swamy

Desikan and elevated him to become the AchArya Saarvabhouman.

Those who recieve the Madhusoodhana-RanganAtha KatAksham

at birth are rid of RajO and TamO guNams and become filled

with Satthva GuNam that propels them to focus on Moksha upAyam

according to a slOkam of MahA BhAratham:

 

" JaayamAnam hi Purusham yam pasyEth Madhusoodhaana:

Saathvika: sa thu vij~nyEa: sa vai mOkshArTa-chinthaka: " )

 

(4)praNavam nabhasya-shravaNa-shrIsha-tIrtha-vAsara-janmavate namaH .

 

Salutations to the One, who was born on Lord SrinivAsan's

ThIrthOthsavam day (PurattAsi SravaNam)!

 

( Swamy Desikan incarnated on the day when VishNu Nakshathram

of SravaNam was ascendant in BhAdrapadha Maasam /PurattAsi.

VishNu is the devathai/presiding deity for SravaNa nakshathram ).

 

(5)praNavam dIpaprakAsha-nikaTa-sadmAvirbhAva-bhAsurAya namaH .

 

Salutations to the AchAryan , who incarnated in the house

next to Lord DhIpa PrakAsan's sannidhi at ThirutthaNkA

Dhivya dEsam!

 

(when we combine the 4th and the 5th names and recite ,

it becomes clear that it is indeed ThiruvEngadamudayAn ,

who incarnated as Swamy Desikan at ThirutthaNkA.

The paasuram of Kaliyan (10.1.2) and Swamy NammAzhwAr's

Thiruviruttha Paasuram(26) hint at the avathAram of

Swamy Desikan . Kaliyan's Pauram is:

 

ponnai maamaNiyai aNiyArnthathOr minnai

Venkatatthu uchciyil kaNDu pOy

yennaiaaLudaya Isanai EmpirAn Tannai

yaam senRu kANDum TaNkAvilE..Periya Thirumozhi:10.1.2

 

Here , Kaliyan connects the darsana soubhAgyam of

ThiruvEngadamudayAn first on top of the seven hills

and then at ThirutthaNkA, the avathAra sthalam of

Swamy Desikan (VenkatEsa avathAran).

 

(6)praNavam shrIsha-ghaNTAvatAratva-jnApakAneka-yuktimate namaH .

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , whose incarnation as

the divine hand bell of ThiruvEngadamudayAn is indicated

through many evidences !

 

( Swamy Desikan himself has revealed to us that he is

the avathAram of the bell of the Lord of Seven hills

in the Sankalpa SooryOdhayam verse: " vidhrAsinI " .

 

Further attestations are from the dream of AnanthArya ,

who gave the Lord's bell to ThOthArambhA . In that dream ,

ThOthArambhA swallowed the bell and the garbha vaasam started

thereafter.

 

The day after the dream of Anantha Soori, the archakAs at

the Sannidhi of the Lord of Thirumalai missed the bell used

in AarAdhanam. Lord Srinivasan instructed through the Jeeyar

that the bell has been given to ThOthArambhA for the incarnation

of Swamy Desikan and the Lord instructed that the hand bell

should not be used in his sannidhi from then on.Even today,

the two big bells in the front maNDapam are used during

AarAdhanam for Lord SrInivAsan at Thirumalai.

 

Thirukkudanthai Desikan was inspired to compose this naamam

based on the fact that Swamy Desikan as VishNu GhaNtAvathAran

chased away the disputations of scholars of other darsanams

just like the Lord's bell chases away asurAs.The quotaion is:

" viyan kalaikaL moytthidu naavin muzhakkodu vaadhiyar

moolamaRak-kaitthavan " . The gambhIra sound emanating from

the tongue of Swamy Desikan drove away the Vaaddhis ; that

is compared to the peelings of the Lord's bell that chases away

the asurAs ).

 

(7)praNavam puNDarIkAkShAkhya-yajva-pautrAya namaH .

 

Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who incarnated as

the grand son of PuNdarIka YajvA(One who performed Yaj~nams)!

 

(Swamy Desikan describes himself as :PouthrO

vidhathamakavithE PuNDarIkAksha SoorE: here Thirukkudanthai

Desikan hints that Swamy Desikan had no abrAhmaNya dhOsham since

the previous generations of his had perfromed agni aadhAnam

thru performance of many Yaj~nams).

 

(8)praNavam anantArya-putrakAya namaH .

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , who incarnated as the son

of AnanthArya of ThUppul!

 

( Swamy Desikan has described himself as

" naanA siddhAntha nIthisrama vimala dhiyO:

AnanthasurEs-tanooja: " . He recalls that he

is the son of Ananatha Soori, who was clear headed about

Tatthva Jn~Anam through his study of SidhdAntha NyAyams).

 

(9)praNavam AtreyavAdihaMsAmbuvAhArya-bhaginIsutAya namaH .

 

Salutations to that AchAryan ,who was the nephew of

ApuLLAr of AathrEya Kulam !

 

( ApuLLar was the maternal uncle of Swamy Desikan

and hailed from the lineage of Sage Athri.He was a great

VishNu BhakthA and AchAryan in his own right. He was

known as " Vaadhi-hamsAmbhu-vAhar " or the rain bearing

clouds to the Swans.Latter run away in fear , when they see

the rain clouds. When the rain stops , they hasten to

partake the water that accumulates from the rain for nourishment.

Similarly , the disputants run away from AppuLLAr

and afterwards rejuvenate themselves from the upadesams

of AppuLLAr ).

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VAradAchAri SaThakOpan