Sri Deshika Sahasranamam : Swamy Deshikarin baalya vibhavangal: Part IV

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Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!!

 

Following are the nAmAvaLis from 10 to 15 respectively that form the second

classification in Sri Deshika Sahasranamam.

" Swamy Deshkarin bAlya vibhavangaL "

 

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shrIH

shrImate vakuLabhUShaNa mahAdeshikAya namaH

shrImate rAmAnujAya namaH

shrImate nigamAnta mahAdeshiKAya namaH

 

shrImadgopAlArya mahAdeshikaiH anugRihItam

shrI deshika divya sahasranAma stotram

 

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shrImannigamAnta mahA deshika - divyasahasranAmAvaLiH

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10)praNavam svasva-kAla-anantaguru-kRita-jAtakriyAdikAya namaH .

 

(Meaning): Salutations to the Acharyan , who recieved

Jaathakarma and other samskArams at the prescribed age from

his father, Ananatha Soori!

 

(Commnets):There are 40 samskArams defined by the kalpa soothrAs

for one who is born in this world.The first seven are done by

the parents and the most of the others are done by

the individual. The first of these SamskArams after birth

is JaathakaramA. This is done soon after the birth of

the child .The tongue of the child is touched three times

with ghee to the accompaniment of appropriate Veda ManthrAs

seeking protection from inauspiciousness with prayers for

long life (Veda PrAyam ).Gifts are given away during

this occasion.

 

11)praNavam anantArya kRita shrImadvenkaTeshAbhidhAnakAya namaH .

 

(Meaning):Salutations to the Acharyan , who was given

the name of " SrI VenkatEsan " by his father, Anantha Soori!

 

(Commnets):NaamakaraNam is a samskAram that is performed on

the 11th day after birth. This is the second of the samskArams

done by the parents for the newly born child . Swamy Desikan is

the incarnation of the sacred hand bell of Lord VenkatEsan of

Thirumalai. He was also born on the PurattAsi SraVaNam day ,

which is the birth day of Lord VenkatEsan .Hence Ananatha Soori

chose the appropriate name of " Venkatesan " for his son.

There is a saying : " Kalou VenkatanAyaka: " to indicate

that Lord VenkatEsan is the powerful medicine for destroying

the samsAric ills in Kali Yugam . Swamy Desikan , as

the avathAram of VenkatEsan of Thirumalai removed our

samsAric ills through his UpadEsams and SrI Sookthis

as celebrated by his son ( KumAra VaradAchAr ): " maNN

mEl ninRa nOykaL tavirtthananE " ( He cured all the ills

of samsAram ).

 

12)praNavam varadAchArya-rAmAnujArya ubhaya kRipekShitAya namaH .

 

(Meaning):Salutations to the Acharyan , who was blessed

to recieve the merciful glances (krupA katAksham ) of

both VaradAcchAr (NadAthUr AmmAL ) and RaamAnujAcchAr(AppuLLAr)!

 

(Commnets): Swamy Desikan joined his maternal uncle ,

AppuLLaar to prostrate before the KaalakshEpa GhOshti of

NadAthur AmmAL (grandson of the nephew of AchArya

RaamAnujA ) on the west prAkAram of Lord VaradarAjA.

Swamy Desikan was just five years old at that time. The child's

dhivya tEjas attracted the attention of all the attendants

of the GhOshti including the great NadAthUr AmmAL. He blessed

the child to become an illustrious sampradhAya pravarthakar

and asked AppuLLAr to be the achAryan to instruct the child

in VedAntha Saasthrams and SaamAnya Saasthrams. Thus Swamy

Desikan was blessed to recieve the paripoorNa anugraham

of both NadAthUr AmmAl and his disciple , AppuLLAr.Swamy

Desikan refers to this anugraham in one of the slOkams of

adhikaraNa SaarAvaLi.One can witness the place where this

happening occured even today on the Hasthigiri.

 

13)praNavam vishvAmitrAnvaya-abdhIndave namaH .

 

(Meaning):Salutations to the AchAryan , who served as

the Moon for the ocean of ViswAmithra kulam !

 

The Moon that rises from the Ocean is the cause for

the rising of that ocean. Similarly , Swamy Desikan

was born in the ViswAmithra gOthram and enriched

the fame of that kulam.Sage ViswAmithra had the power

based on penance to create Indhran and Svargam. Swamy

Desikan as the most distinguished descendant of this vamsam

was able to accomplish extraordinary things due to his

mastery (PaaNDithyam )of Tarkam and other related

vidhyAs.The moon that arises from the ocean gladdens

the hearts of the world and its beings. Similarly ,

Swamy Desikan arose from ViswAmithra Kulam and

conferred immense auspiciousness on the world.

 

14)praNavam jagatpuNya mahAphalAya namaH .

 

(Meaning): Salutations to that AchAryan , who is

the magnificent fruit of all the ausoicous deeds

(PuNyams ) of this world !

 

(Comments):Swamy Desikan's avathAram was for fortifying

the Veda maargam and protect Prapatthi as an upAyam for

Moksha anugraham.It is our blessed fortune that

Swamy incarnated to guide us in following the Vedic

way and to recieve the blessings of Nithya Kaimkaryam

to SrIman NaarAyaNan at SrI Vaikuntam through the performance of

prapatthi at the sacred feet of a SadAchAryan.

 

Swamy Desikan saluted AchArya RaamAnuja in his

YathirAja Sapthathi as " Thri-jagath PuNya PhaLam " .

Swamy Desikan's own avathAram resulted also from the integrated

puNyams of the world. He was the fruit of that collective

puNyam. He established the importance of many ancient

samskArams like Pancha MahA Yaj~nams for a grahsthan.

This fits with the observation : " parasparam bhAvayantha:

srEya: param avApsyatha " ( Parama SrEyas resulted to the entire

world and Vaidhika SrI grew as a result of the Pancha MahA

Yaj~nAnushtAnam and other Vaidhika karmAs ). The DevAs ,

the humans and all chEthanams benefitted from these observances

of the sadAchAram and anushtAnam recommended by Swamy Desikan.

That became the Jagath PuNya MahA Phalam.

 

15)praNavam anantArya-AchArya-ratna-kRitopanayana-samskRitaye namaH .

 

(Meaning): Salutations to that AchAryan , who recieved

the sacred rites (samskAram) of Upanayanam from the AchArya

SrEshtar , Ananatha Soori !

 

(Comments): One who performs BrahmOpadEsam and instructs

the BrahmachAri in the VedAs is recognized as the AchAryan.

This is smruthi vachanam.Anantha Soori thus became the AchAryan

for his son , VenkatEsan. Upanayanam follows the SamskArAs of

GarbhAdhAnam , Pumsavana , Simantha ,Jathakarma ,NaamakaraNa ,

Anna prAsana (a t Six months), ChauLa ( First cutting of

hair to form Sikhai). After Upanayanam ,Pancha SamskAram

under a SadAchAryan takes place for a VaishNavan. After

that the child enters Gurukulam and follows the Veda VrathAs

known as PrAjApathya . At the conclusion of the Veda adhyayanam ,

avabrutha snAnam is performed , guru dakshiNai is given and

the bachelor returns home and is ready for entering married

life (GrahasthAsramam).

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan