(VedAntha Desikan ) Sri Deshika Sahasranamam: Part XIX-- NaamAs 446-448

[Guest guest]

ShrI:

 

ChithrabhAnu , KanyA Maasam , PurattAsi 16:

Krishna Paksha EkAdasi , Poosa Nakshathram

 

shrI:

 

shrImate vakuLabhUShaNa mahAdeshikAya nama:

shrImate rAmAnujAya nama:

shrImate nigamAnta mahAdeshiKAya nama:

 

shrImad GopAlArya mahAdeshikaiH anugRihItam

shrI deshika divya sahasranAma stotram

 

shrImannigamAnta mahA deshika - divyasahasranAmAvaLi:

*****************************************************

446. (PraNavam) UrdhvapuNDra pramANa-smruthi

ithihAsa purANa vidhE nama:

 

Salutations to that Great AchAryan , who knew all

the pertinent PramANams related to the wearing of

the Urdhva PuNDrams housed in Smruthi, IthihAsams

and PurANams!

 

BrahmANDa PurANam , Vaamana PurANam , BhOdhAyana and

Vruddha-JaabAli smruthi passages , SamhithA vachanams

were picked by Swamy Desikan as PramANams for the need

to wear Urdhva PuNDrams.

 

(Example): In BrahmANDa PurANam , the Lord says:

" I am reachable readily in one life itself by

those , who wear Urdhva PuNDram during the times

when SandhyA Vandhanam is performed; the one , who

wears Urdhva PuNDram throughout his life gains

Moksham without fail " .

 

447. (PraNavam) UrdhvapuNDrAnushtAna-nimitthAnarTa

SaadhakAya nama:

 

Salutations to the wise AchAryan , who explained

the inauspiciousness that would result from not

wearing Urdhva PuNDrams !

 

Swamy Desikan has used many pramANams to explain

the calamities that would ensue from not wearing

urdhva puNDrams , while doing vaidhika karmAs .

 

(Examples): People of all Jaathis should wear

Urdhva PuNDram . This is my command.Those who

do not follow this command of Mine would not

recieve My anugraham " ..BhagavAn in BrahmANDa PurANam

 

" The one who does not wear Urdhva puNDram (upward

shaped ThirumaNN ) but elects to wear the Thiryak puNDram

( horizontal form )is not fit to worship me. He is

a neechan " .. BhagavAn in Brahma Raathram.

 

" Japam , Homam , DhyAnam done without wearing

urdhva puNDram will not yield any fruits "

 

" A person will not be considered clean without

Urdhva puNDram even if he has the sacred thread

and sikhai. "

 

It was Swamy Desikan's conviction based on pramANams

that any dharma karmA performed without Urdhva puNDram

will be fruitful .

 

448. (PraNavam) Sarva-vaidhika karmAngOrdhva puNDra

dhruthi gOvidhAya nama:

 

Salutations to that far seeing AchAryan , who had

the power of knowledge to instruct us that the wearing

of Urdhva puNDram is an angam for all vaidhika karmAs.

 

Some of the examples given by Swamy Desikan based on

his encyclpedaic knowledge are:

 

1. " The One who wears Urdhva PuNDram during morning

and evening anushtAnams (Homam , AarAdhanam ) becomes

Suddhan " ..BodhAyana Rishi

 

2. " The one who does not wear the Urdhva PuNDram is not

fit for performing any vaidhika karma " ...ParAsarya SamhithA

 

3. " Yaj~nam , DhAnam , Tapas , Homam , BhOjanam ,

pithru tarpaNam all of them will not yeild the desired

fruits if the performer does not adorn Urdhva puNDram "

--BrahmANDa PurANam

 

4. " BrahmachAri, Gruhasthan, Vaanaprasthan and SanyAsi--

all of them--must adorn Urdhva puNDram " ..BrahmANDa PurANam

 

5. " That upward directed puNDram , which leads even sinners

to sadhgathi is known as Urdhva PuNDram " ..SrI NaaradhIyam .

 

Swamy Desikan concludes that Urdhva puNDra dhAraNam is

the most important among the angams for all Vaidhika KarmAs .

Having just the sacred thread and tuft without urdhva puNDram

will not yield the sought after phalans.

 

VAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

VedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan