Sri Deshika Sahasranamam : Part XI( Dhivya NaamAs 51-67): SrI RaamAnuja SiddhAntha STApanam and the SrI Sookthis composed at ThiruvahIndhrapuram .

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shrIH

shrImate vakuLabhUShaNa mahAdeshikAya namaH

shrImate rAmAnujAya namaH

shrImate nigamAnta mahAdeshiKAya namaH

 

shrImad GopAlArya mahAdeshikaiH anugRihItam

shrI deshika divya sahasranAma stotram

 

shrImannigamAnta mahA deshika - divyasahasranAmAvaLiH(41-45)

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(51)(PraNavam) ShrI RaamAnuja siddhAntha sTApanAchArya

tallajAya nama:

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , who established and reinforced

SrI Bhagavad RaamAnuja siddhAntham !

 

Swamy AppuLLAr annointed his sishyar Swamy Desikan

to nourish and grow SrI Bhagavad RaamAnuja siddhAntham.

Swamy Desikan accepted his AchAryA's command and shone

as a SadAchAryan par excellence after his AchAryan

ascended to Parama Padham . Swamy stayed at Kaanchi

and performed pancha samskArams and KaalakshEpams

about the siddhAntham.He pointed out the authenticity

of this siddhAntham with the observation " Maanyam yathIswara

MahAnasa sampradhAyam " and " MadaipaLLi vantha maNam yengaL

VaarthayuL manniyathE " . The reference here is to the direct

sishyar of AchArya RaamAnujA , MadaipaLLi AacchAn . Latter

served in the MadaipaLLI ( kitchen) of AchArya RaamAnujA

at the request of two of the AchAryAs of RaamAnujA .

Swamy Desikan belonged to the AchArya paramparai of

MadaipaLLi AacchAn ( PraNathArTihara Swamy) and went on

to establish and strengthen the Bhagavad RaamAnuja

SidhAntham .

 

(52)(PraNavam) DevanAyaka bhadrAsIrarTa ahIndhrapura

sTithayE nama:

 

Salutations to that great AchAryan , who stayed at

ThiruvahIndhrapuram for performing MangaLAsAsanam

of Lord DevanAthan of that dhivya dEsam!

 

Swamy Desikan himself refers to the Lord's command

to eulogize Him ( Yennai mangaLAsAsanam seyya ingEyE

irum " ). Swamy Desikan states at one SrI Sookthi that

Lord Devanathan pulled him back to His sannidhi like

the owner of a bird , who pulls at the string attached to

the leg of that bird . Swamy Desikan created nine sthOthrams

about Lord DevanAthan and placed them at the holy feet of

the EmperumAn of ThiruvahIndhrapuram.He acknowledged

the fruits of composing the sthOthrams arose from the Lord's

command ( " BhagavAnudaya niyamanatthai yERRu , nadatthiyathE

nAnn peRRa payan " and " Munthai maRai moyyavazhi mozhi

neeyenna , Mukundhan aruL tantha payan pERREn yaanE " ).

 

(53)(PraNavam) Taarkshya-manthra Japa-preetha Taarkshya-dattha

varapriyAya nama:

 

Salutations to that renowned AchAryan , who was blessed with

the boon of Garuda BhagavAn as a result of making Garudan

happy through Garuda Manthra japam!

 

Swamy AppuLLAr had initiated Swamy Desikan with his

kula dhanam , SrI Garuda Manthram. Swamy Desikan performed

the Japam of this powerful manthram many times to realize

the presence of Garuda BhagavAN in front of him. The immensely

pleased Garuda BhagavAN initiated Swamy Desikan in to

SrI HayagrIva Manthram at Oushada Giri, the hillock

overlooking the temple of Lord DevanAthan at Ayindhai.

 

(54)(PraNavam) Taarkshya dattha HayagrIvamanupreetha

HayAnanAya nama:

 

Salutations to that great AchAryan , who made Lord HayagrIva

BhagavAN happy through the recitation of SrI HayagrIva manthram

received from SrI Garuda BhagavAn.Lord HayagrIvan appeared

before His dear devotee.

 

(55)(PraNavam) VaagarTasiddhidha HayagrIvasthOthra

vidhAyakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that SadaachAryan who blessed us with

SrI HayagrIva sthOthram , which confers the power of

divine speech and the power of meaning in that speech

on those , who recite it !

 

Vaak siddhi is the mastery over poetry (Kavi ThiRan);

ArTa siddhi is the mastery over the meaning of words

and Jn~Anam over them ( PoruLkaLi paRRiya JN~Anam ).

In his Phala sruthi of SrI HayagrIva sthOthram ,

Swamy Desikan refers to the power of this sthOthram

to confer the gifts of speech and meaning in one's

statements. The manthra moorthy of SrI HayagrIva

sthOthram is SrI LakshmI HayagrIvan , who is the conferer

of VaagarTa siddhi. He is Vaag dEvathai as stated by

Swamy Desikan : " ThiruvurayAi ThAmm poruLAi niRpAr

vanthAr " . VishNu purANam also refers to SrI Lakshmi

HayagrIvan being the source of Vaag and arTam ( " ArTO

VishNuriyam VaaNi " in VishNu PurANam). Here VishNu is

recognized as the meaning and LakshmI as the speech(Vaag).

 

(56)(PraNavamm HayAsyadattha lAlAmruthAsvAdhana

SupOshithAya nama:

 

Salutations to that MahAchAryan ,who was nourished well

with Jn~Anam through the partaking of the laalAmrutham of

Lord HayagrIvan !

 

LaalAmrutham is the nectar that originated from the lips of

Lord HayagrIvan. Sambhandham with that divine nectar

developed the srEshta Jn~Anam of Swamy Desikan and

established him as a celebrated AchAryan. The illustrious

power of that anugraham is saluted this way: " Turagavadhana-

tEjO brumhithAsccharya sakthi: " .

 

(57)(PraNavam) TaarkshAj~nA-krutha Taarkshyaika-panchASath-

preetha TaarkshayakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that SadAcharyan , who created the Garuda

PanchAsath and pleased Garuda BhagavAn with that sthOthram!

 

This sthuthi has 51 slOkams in praise of Garuda BhagavAn

and in the 52nd slOkam of this panchAsath , Swamy Desikan

refers to the fact that he composed this sthuthi due to

the command of Garuda BhagavAn and to please Him,

who is dear to His Mother Vinathai :

 

" SaikAm panchAsathamyAmm athanutha

VinathA-nandanam nandhayishyan

kruthvA mouLau tadhAj~nAm kavi-

kaTakagaDA kEsarI VenkatEsa: "

 

(58)(Pranavam) DevanAyaka PanchAsath sthuthi sampanna

sathyavAchE nama:

 

Salutations to that Great AchAryan , who composed

the SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath and became enriched

with sathyavAk !

 

At the end of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath , Swamy Desikan

acknowledges the gains he realized by composing this

sthOthram: " sthuthipadham adhigacchan sObhathE SatyavAdhi " .

Here, Swamy states that he became sathyavAdhI as a result

of eulogizing the Lord , who is saluted by the Upanishads

as " Sathyan " ( Sathyam Jna~nam Anantham BrahmA ).He became

the one , who speaks about that Sathya Svaroopi , who is

worshipped as Natha Sathyan at ThiruvahIndhrapuram.

 

(59)(PraNavam) PrAkruthOkthya-Achyutha Satha-aprAkrutAnantha

samsthuthutayE nama:

 

Salutations to that Illustrious AchAryan , who chose

Prakrutha bhAshai to eulogize the AprAkrutha Svaroopan,

through the 101 slOkam s of SrI Achyutha sathakam !

 

The language is PrAkrutham used by children and women

of Swamy Desikan's time. it is a lilting (Mazhalai)

language. Swamy Desikan took on the role of SrI Venkata-

Naayaki and addressed the Lord as Her consort just as

Swamy NammAzhwAr and Kaliyan assumed the roles of

ParAnkusa and ParakAla Naayakis to display their

longing for the Lord . Swamy Desikan chose the prAkrutha

bhAshai to praise the AprAkrutha BhagavAn ( one who has

no admixture with Prakruthi) , who has limitless auspicious

attributes ( anantha kalyANa guNsms).

 

(60)(Pranavam) SrImath ThrimaNi-samprOtha gATAsara

vidhAyakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that ParamAchAryan , who bequeathed to us

the Tamil prabhandham of MummaNikkOvai!

 

There were 30 poems in the Prabhandham known as MummaNikkOvai.

Today , we have access to only ten of the thirty paasurams.

Swamy Desikan used three different metres and strung them

together to form a gem necklace fit for the Lord of Ayindhai.

In the first Paasuram , Swamy eulogized the Vaibhavam of

SrI HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr of this dhivya desam and in this

context this sahasra nAmam begins with the " SrImath " sabdham.

( A three strand pearl garland with ruby bridges was presented to

SrI HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr during the 2001 PurattAsi SravaNam

by the DevanAtha BhakthAs ).

 

(61)(Pranavam) kruthakanthuka gATAya nama:

 

Salutations to that Great AchAryan, who composed

the Panthu prabhandham in Tamil at ThiruvahIndrapuram !

 

This prabhandham along with four more referred to next

( Kazhal, AmmAnai, Oosal, yEsal) are no longer available

to us. Panthu prabhnadham deals with the song used by

girls while juggling/playing with three balls in one's hand.

 

(62)(PraNavam) KuBErAkshi gIthikArakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that srEshta AchAryan , who composed

the Tamil Prabhandham known as Kazhal that uses

the KuBErakshi seeds (KocchukkAi)!

 

This is also another game , where the singing accompanies

the play .

 

(63)(PraNavam) dhyuDikA gIthikruthE nama:

 

Salutations to that SadachAryan and Kavi Simham ,

who presented the dhivya dampathis of ThiruvahIndhrapuram

with the AmmAnai Paattu!

 

AmmAnai style singing is playing AmmAnai, while

the participants clap their hands to keep the rhythm.

 

(64)(Pranavam) DOlA gAthA kruthi visAradhAya nama:

 

Salutations to that Great AchAryan , who presented

the Oonjal Paatu for the dOlOthsavam of the dhivya

dampathis of ThiruvahIndhrapuram !

 

Enjoyment of the beauty of the Dhivya dampathis

as they sit on a swing (Oonjal/Dolai) provides

the occasion for this style of singing .The swing

is rocked gently to the auspicious sound of mangala

vaadhyams , while these songs are sung.

 

(65)(PraNavam) upAlambhAhvaya SrImad gATAkruthi

vichakshaNAya nama:

 

Salutations to the MahAchAryan , who composed

the yEsal Paattu (nindhA Sthuthi) for the divine

couple of ThiruvahIndhrapuram !

 

yEsal has the theme of ihazhthal , when the devotee

is disappointed over the tardiness of the Lord not

responding promptly to appear before him . IndhaLUr

paasurams of Thirumangai are examples of yEsal paattu.

 

(66)(Pranavam) navarathna-srag-vidhAthrE nama:

 

Salutations to the ParamAchAryan , who presented

a garland of songs with nine different chandha virutthams

that resemble a necklace made up of nine different gems !

 

(During the last PurattAsi SravaNam , a nava maNi maalai

made up of nine different gems was presented to Uthsavar

of ThiruvahIndhrapuram by BhakthAs from all over the world).

 

Swamy Desikan named it Navarathna Maalai conforming to

the grammar of Tamil poetry.In the final paasuram of

NavamaNi Maalai, Swamy Desikan reminds us that he created

nine Sthothrams on Lord DevanAthan ( One in Sanskrit ,

One in PrAkrutham and seven in Tamil ):

 

anthamil seer Ayindhainakar amarntha nAthan

adiyiNaimEl adi urayAl Iympathu yEtthi

chinthai-kavar pirAkritha nooRu kooRic-

chezhum Tamizh mummaNikkOvai seRiya sErtthup-

panthu kazhal AmmAnai Oosal yEsal

paravu navamaNi maalai ivayum sonnEn

munthai maRai mozhiya vazhi mozhi Nee YenRu

Mukundhan aruL tantha payan peRREnAnE

 

(meaning): The Lord of matchless glory , SrI DevanAthan

of ThiruvahIndhrapuram commanded adiyEn to compose sthOthrams

which contain the essence of the VedAs . AdiyEn placed His

command on my head and composed One in Sanskrit ,

the Mother of all languages , one in PrAkrutham ,

the mazhali of Sarasvathi and five in the fertile

language of Tamizh ( NavamaNi Maalai, MummaNikkOvai,

Panthu, Kazhal, AmmAnai, Oosal and yEsal). adiyEn

has now earned the rewards of performing this

Kaimmkaryam ordered by Mukundhan.

 

(67)(Pranavam) Paradarsana-bhanga kruthE nama:

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us

with the profound SrI Sookthi named Para Matha

Bhangam !

 

This is a complex MaNipravALa grantham , which

evaluates the deficiencies of other systems of

philosophy and establishes the soundness of

Bhagavad RaamAnuja Darsanam.This master piece

of a work --composed in front of Lord DevanAthan

on the banks of Garuda Nadhi-- refutes the theories

of sixteen rival system. It is in the form of 54

verses and has the last verse eulogizing the sixteen

weapons of Lord Sudarshana .

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

VedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE nama:

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