Sri Deshika Sahasranamam : Part XII( Dhivya NaamAs 68-90): Additional SthOthra Grantha nirmANams

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Sarva Parivarthanai EkAdasi, SravaNa Vratham

 

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(68-90)

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68.(PrAnavam) PurANOkthAnEka-Tatthva Srushti-krama

nirUpakAya nama :

 

Salutations to the Great AchAryan , who proved the correctness

of various Tatthva Srushti Kramams cited by PurANams.

 

Different PurANams describe the order of creation of

Tatthvams from the prakruthi matter(Dhravyam).In his

Sri Sookthis of Para matha Bangam and SarvArTa Sidhdi,

Swamy Desikan clarified the questions of hierarchy

related to the creation of the sub-tatthvams from prakruthi.

Swamy observed that the PoorvAchAryAs did not rule on

the correct order among these different evolutions

starting from Prakruthi since they were more keen on

the seekers comprehending the key differences between

three Tatthvams like ChEthanam , achEthanam and Iswaran

instead of dwelling deep into AchEthanam , which subdivides

into Prakruthi, Kaalam and Suddha Satthvam . Swamy clarified

the existing confusion on which came out of prakruthi and

their sequence of appearance.

 

There are 24 counts in Tathtva Srushti starting from

Prakruthi and ending in PruTvI.

 

The sequence is prakruthi--> Mahath ---> AhankAram

( Saathvika, Raajasa and Taamasa ahankArams). Out of

the three kinds of ahankArams arise the 11 Indhriyams

( 5 Jn~ana Indhriyams , 5 KaramEndhriyams and Manas )

and 5 BhUthams ( AakAsam , Vaayu ,Agni , Jalam and Pruthvi)

and 5 TanmAthrams ( Sabdha, Sparsa , Roopa, Rasa and Gandham).

 

Sabdha TanmAthram gives birth to AakAsam ;latter gives rise

to Sparsa TanmAthram; latter produces Vaayu , which in turn

yields Roopa tanmAthram; latter gives birth to Agni , which

in turn produces Rasa TanmAthram ;latter gives raise to

Appu ( water). From Appu , Gandha tanmAthram and that in turn

gives the last of the Pancha bhUtham, PruthvI. TanmAthram

is the dhravyam between the two bhUthams and is the kaaryam

of the first bhUtham and the KaaraNam for the second bhUtham .

TanmAthram is like the state between milk and curd (Thayir).

 

69. (praNavam) Parakaala-krutha SvarNa-bhimbha-

sthEyA virOdha dhrusE nama:

 

Salutations to the SadAchAryan , who examined and

concluded that " the stealing of the golden statue "

of BuddhA by Thirumangai Mannan was not against

the dictates of SaasthrAs!

 

Legend has it that Thirumangai Mannan " stole " a golden

statue of BuddhA , melted it and used the revenue generated

from it to perform kaimkaryams at the SrIrangam temple.

In his SrI Sookthi, SthEyA virOdham ( no longer available),

Swamy Desikan proved that the acquisition of that golden

statue from the Budhda vihAram at Naagapattinam by Kaliyan

was neither theft nor a sinful act. In his Para Matha Bangam ,

Swamy Desikan observed that Manu Smruthi law , which approves of

a king confiscating the wealth of the unrighteous and using it

for the benefit of auspicious deeds. Swamy PaAsara Bhattar

has also said (SrI RangarAja Sthavam: slOkam 36) that

Thirumangai Mannan won over the adherents of other Mathams

in debate and acquired the golden statue as a trophy.

 

70.(PraNavam) SvatantrAshtOtthrasatha virOdha-parihAra-

vidhE nama:

 

Salutations to the SadAchAryan , who identified the 108

doubts that might arise in VisishtAdhvaitha darsanam and

came up with the answers for resolving them in his

SrI Sookthi, VirOdha ParihAram .

 

The Rahasya Grantham , VirOdha ParihAram contains

the 108 potential doubts that might arise and Swamy

Desikan's responses to clear these doubts. VirOdha

ParihAram is the Rahasya grantham created by Swamy

Desikan after he completed his magnum opus ,

Rahasya Thraya Saaram out of compassion for us .

 

71.(PraNavam) Raghupungava gadhyasrujE nama:

 

Salutations to the great poet , who blessed us

with the sweet and majestic gadhyam about

the Vaibhavam of SrI Raamachandran !

 

72.(PraNavam) Krutha-GOpAlavimsathayE nama:

 

Salutations to the Kavi Simham , who composed

the madhura sthOthram on KaNNan known as

SrI GOpAla Vimsathi !

 

73.(PraNavam) GOpapUrgathi bhadrAsAsana-thushta-

ThrivikramAya nama:

 

Salutations to that SadAchAryan , who went to

ThirukkOvalUr (GOpalapuram) and performed MangaLAsAsanam

for Thrivikraman through the SrI Sookthi of DEhaLIsa Sthuthi

and made the Lord GOpAlan happy.

 

74.(PraNavam) DEhaLIsa-sthuthi preethAdhi-aadhibhaktha-

sthutha MaadhavAya nama:

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , who placed SrI DehaLIsa

Sthuthi at the sacred feet of the Lord , who was worshipped

by the Mudhal AzhwArkaLs and pleased the Lord of GOpAalapuram

with his own sthOthram !

 

The Aadhi BhakthAs referred to here are Poygai, BhUtham

and pEy AazhwArs , who were squeezed by the Lord in

the narrow space of a DEhaLi and benefitted from

the darsana soubhAgyam of the Lord with His divine

consort SrI DEvi , the three AzhwArs celebrated their

aanandhAnubhavam through their three ThiruvandhAthis .

The nAmam of Maadhavan is used by Thirukkudanthai Desikan

deliberately to remind us that the Mudhal AzhwArs saw the Lord

with His divine consort ( ThirukkaNDEn ) and celebrated

the fundamental doctrine that the Lord in the company of

His PirAtti (a sLakshmipathi) is the Para Tatthvam for us.

 

75. (PraNavam) HasthisailEsa PanchAsath sthutha

naagAchalEswarAya nama:

 

Salutations to that Great VaradarAja Bhakthar , who

bequeathed us with the divine sthuthi known as

SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath containing 51 slOkams!

 

76. (praNavam) SrI Chihna mAlAhva kruthi preetha

sajjana maanasAya nama:

 

Salutations to the great AchAryan , who blessed us with

the SrI Sookthi known as " Thirucchinna Maalai "

to please the hearts of the saadhu janams.

 

At one time , during the travel of the Uthsava Moorthy,

Lord VaradarAjan around the Raaja Veethis Of Kaanchi ,

some protested that the dhivya Prabhandhams shoud not

be recited in His GhOshti. Swamy Desikan won over this protestors

in debate and established that " Dhivya Prabhandham recitation

in front of the Lord is " a Vaidhika ritual " and resumed

the Uthsavam . The AaasthikAs of Kaanchi were very

pleased with the outcome of that debate and the Lord Himself

was so moved that He presented Swamy Desikan with one of

His two Thirucchinnams as His recognition of the Kaimkaryam.

 

77. (PraNavam) DhvAdhaSAkhyAna gATAkruthE nama:

 

Salutations to that great AchAryan , who blessed us

with the SrI Sookthi Known as Panniru ThirunAmam

extolling the Vaibhavam of the twelve VyUha Naamams

of SrIman NaarAyaNan.

 

78. (PraNavam) NyAsa gATA vidhAyakAya nama:

 

Salutations to the SadAchAryan , who bequeathed

the PeraruLALan SaraNAgathi-related SrI Sookthi

named " Adaikkala patthu " .

 

79. (PraNavam) arTapanchaka sangrAhitha gATAkruthi

VichakshaNAya Nama:

 

Salutations to that great AchAryan , who had the skill

to condense the elaborate meanings of ArTa panchakam

in his short prabhandham known as " aruttha Panchakam " .

 

One who desires Moksham (Mumukshu) should comprehend clearly

five doctrines : (1) The nature of the Supreme Brahman

(PrApyan) who is sought after as the one to be attained

(2) the nature of the Jeevan , which longs to attain Him

(3)The means (upAyam ) to attain that goal (4) The fruits

arising from the anushtAnam of that UpAyam (5) The obstacles

that stand in the way of reaching that coveted goal.

 

80. (PraNavam) VaishNavAvasyaka dinacharyAkrama

vidhAyakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that MahAchAryan , who blessed us with

a SrI Sookti named " SrI VaishNava dinasari " to instruct us

on the daily anushtAnams to be followed by a SrI VaishNavan.

 

81. (PraNavam) SrI Hasthigiri mahAthmya kruthE nama:

 

Salutations to the great AchAryan , who composed

the SrI Sookthi of Hasthigiri MahAthmyam !

 

The hill on which the Lord of Kanchi incarnated

during the Yaj~nam of Braham dEvan is Hasthi Giri .

To remind us of the glory of this hill due to

the avathAram of Lord VaradarAjan , the prefix of

SrI has been added here before Hasthigiri in

this sahasranAmam.

 

82. (PraNavam) KruthAshtabhujAshtakAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to the SadAchAryan , who blessed us

with the AshtabhujAshtakam about the ArchA Moorthy

(Ashtabhujakaran) of Ashtabhujam temple at Kaanchi.

This sthuthi has 8 slOkams in praise of the Lord

with Ashta Bhujams .

 

83. (PraNavam) YathOkthakAri sthuthikruthE nama:

 

PraNAmams to the great AchAryan , who bequeathed us

with the VegA sEthu SthOthram about " SonnavaNNam Seytha

PerumAL ( YathOkthakAri) of ThiruvehhA .

 

84. (PraNavam ) Krutha KaamAsikAshtakAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to the SadAchAryan , who blessed us

with a sthuthi on SrI VeLukkai Narasimha BhagavAn

containing 8 slOkams.

 

85. (PraNavam) Prapatthi dhIpikA preetha SrImath

DhIpa PrakAsakAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to that matchless AchAryan , who composed

SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai to celebrate the doctrines of

SaraNAgathy that he performed at the sacred feet of

SrI DhIpa PrakAsan of ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam ,

whose agrahAram is ThUppul.Swamy has referred to in

this sthuthi that he composed this SaraNAgathy-related

sthuthi at the behest of the righteous ones(bhAgavathAs):

" SathAm niyOgath " krutham.

 

86. (PraNavam )PrapannAnvaha sambhAvya ParamArTa-

sthuthi priyAya nama:

 

Salutations to that matchless AchAryan , who blessed

the PrapannAs with a SthOthram known as " ParamArTa

Sthuthi " for use in the daily anushtAnams of PrapannAs.

 

This sthOthram is about SrI VijayarAghava PerumAL

of JaDAyu KshEthram ( Thirupputkkuzhi dhivya dEsam).

At the end of this sthuthi , Swamy Desikan himself

has suggested :

 

" anasooyuabhirAdharENa bhAvyA

ParamArTasthuthiranvaham prapannai: "

 

( This delectable ParamArTa Sthuthi should be

recited daily by PrapannAs without jealousy

and should be recited with SraddhA ).

 

87. (PraNavam ) SudarsanAshtakOddhUtha srEyoBhAdhaka

sanjayAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to that compassionate AchAryan , who banished

the assembly of sins that block the righteous way of

chEthanams through the creation of SudarsanAshtakam.

 

Some suggest this Ashtakam was composed to banish

the cold fever that bothered the people of Thirupputkkuzhi;

others say that this was composed at ThiruvahIndhrapuram

before defeating the contestants from other mathams

in a debate before Lord DeivanAyakan.

 

88. (PraNavam) sajjanaardhayA-SAsanaArta ShOdasAyudha-

samsthuthayE nama:

 

PraNAmams to that ParamAchAryan , who composed

the ShOdasAyudha sthOthram for the enhnacement

of the srEyas of the righteous ones !

 

This SthOthram saluting the Vaibhavam of the sixteen

weapons of SrI Sudarsanar is also considered to have been

created for reducing the sufferings of the people

of Thirupputkkuzhi , when a flu type epidemic held its

sway there. Swamy states in the body of this sthuthi:

" SrEyasE bhUyasE sathAM " ( For the benovolence of

the Saadhu Janams of Thirupputkkuzhi).

 

89. (PraNavam) SrImath VenkatanATiya mangaLAsAsana

priyAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to that SadAchAryan , who enjoyed immensely

the sevai of ThiruvEnkatamudayAn!

 

The SrImath Sabdham is added in this Sahasra Naamam

by Thirukkudanthai Desikan since the Lord of Thirumalai

is SrinivAsan , the Lord on whose chest AlarmEl Mangai

ThAyar resides .

 

90. DayAsathaka veeNAgIthi preetha SrinivAsakAya nama:

 

PraNAmams to the Great AchAryan , who pleased Lord

SrInivAsan of Thirumalai through his VeeNA ghAnam ,

which took the form of DayA Sathakam !

 

Swamy Desikan composed a profound sthOthram

to eulogize the DayA GuNam of Lord SrInivAsan

and made the Lord of Thirumalai happy with that

sthOthram. There are 108 slOkams in this sathakam.

In the 104th slOkam , Swamy Desikan states that

he was the VeeNA in the hands of Lord VenkatEsan and

it was the Lord , who played on that VeeNA to create

this SrI Sokthi ( VaihArikENa vidhinA samayE gruhIthAm,

VeeNAvisEshamiva VenkatasailanATa:).

 

VAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

VedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE nama:

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