(VedAntha Desikan ) Sri Deshika Sahasranamam: Part XXIV-- NaamA 461-464

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ShrI:

 

ChithrabhAnu , KanyA Maasam , PurattAsi 27:

Sukla Paksha Ashtami , PoorAda 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:

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461.(PraNavam) Sruthi-smruthyAdhi nirNeetha

VishNu-naivEdhya bhOjanAya nama:

 

Salutations to that AchArya Saarvabhouman , who

established that one can consume the food presented

to Lord VishNu with Vedic and Smruthi pramANams!

 

Few object that we should not consume the food offered to

the Lord ( Bhagath nivEdhana annam ) . Swamy Desikan

discarded their objections and established that we

should consume as Bhagavth prasAdham , the food presented

to the Lord. He established this principle firmly with the help

of pramANams from MahOpanishad , RahasyAmnAyam (Vedic text),

PaaramEsvara Samhithai and IthihAsams ( where Lord Raamachandran

performed AarAdhanam for Lord RanganAthA in AyOddhi following

Poushkara Samhithai and partook the NaivEdhanam prsented

at the AarAdhanam ).

 

The essence of Poorva Paksham rjecting use of nivEdhanam:

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That which has been offered to the dEvathAs is called

as NirmAlyam.PramANams say that nirmAlyam can not be

consumed by us.Manu also states that annam presented to

the dEvAs should not be eaten by us. Besides SaasthrAs

say that one should consume the food used in Vaisva dEvam

and after performing prANAhoothi. We are forbidden from

using bhagavath prasAdham for Vaisva dEvam and PrANAhoothi.

Therefore the protestors conclude that the Bahgavavth prasAdham

( Food from nivEdhanam)is not appropriate for our consumption.

 

The Essence of Swamy Desikan's rejection of these arguments

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Veda manthrams instruct us to consume the food offered to

VishNu.We have to establish the practises based on them.

What Vedam says is that one can not consume food offered to

other dEvathais such as Rudran. Their own sAsthrams accepts

the non-consumption of such nirmAlyam .Even the devotees of

Rudra do not consume such food ,

 

SaashtrAs instruct us to consume the VishNu naivEdhyams.

They talk about the methods to distribute that naivEdhyam.

Hence , one can not see the basis for rejection of VishNu

naivEdhyam. The food presented to the Lord is never called

nirmAlyam. Isvara samhithA states that describtion of

naivEdhyam to VishNu-SrIman NaarAyaNan as nirmAlyam

will result in the accumulation of sins.

 

Manu smruthi passage is about annam presented to

ithara dEvathAs . VishNu can not be included in these

ithara dEvathA list.Therefore , all these pramANams

reject the view that one should not consume food

offered to VishNu.

 

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan

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1)The nivEdhanam from matapaLLI to the Sannidhi of

the Lord for naivEdhyam should be carried on the head of

Sannadhi parichArakar .He should have the nivEdhanam

covered fully from the view of others and he should also

cover his nose and lower face with a cloth .

 

2)One can not reject the Bhagavath prasAdham , if it

is offred to one inside a temple even on days of

UpavAsams .This needs to be commented upon by

those , who are fmiliar with the anushtAnam here.

On an EkAdasi day , at Oppiliappan Temple , adiyEn

was offered a small amout of curd rice and a bhAgavathA

instructed me that adiyEn should not reject it

since it is Bhagavath prasAdham.

 

462. (PraNavam) VishNuvarTAnnA bhaktha-chakshur-

darsanOthsAraNa priyAya nama:

 

Salutations to that SadAchAryan , who was for rejecting

the non-bhakthAs of VishNu (dEvathAnthara worshippers)

from casting their glances on the food prepared for

the Lord before and after naivEdhyam to the Lord !

 

The prasAdham waiting for presentation to SrIman NaarAyaNa

is kown as naivEdhyam.Before nivEdhanam (offering ),

that naivEdhyam should not be seen by the people,

who are not VishNu bhakthAs. If they see it,

the naivEdhyam is considered impure and unfit

for consumption by the Lord. Same rules apply for

keeping the nivEdhanam away from the eyes of people ,

who are not VishNu bhakthAs after presenting the food

to the Lord. RahasyAmnAyam text states that the one

who sees the nivEdhanam offered to the Lord , while not

being a VishNu bhaktha as well as the VishNu bhakthan ,

who shows the naivEdhyam to the latter will incur sins.

We have to consecrate the naivEdhyam with prOkshaNam

if that food offered to the Lord is seen by the one

who is not a VishNu bhakthan.This is the ruling of

SrI Saatthvatha samhithai.That food is also for

antharyAmi Yaj~nam and hence these restrictions.

 

463.(praNavam) Bhagavad bhuktha sEshAnna abhaktha dhAna

nishEdhakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that great AchAryan , who instructed us

not to give residual prasAdhAm of the Lord to the people ,

who are naasthikAs or those , who have no bhakthi bhAvam

for the Lord. The prAyascchittham for overcoming the sins

accrued from performing such a prohibited act is to recite

Moola Manthram 108 times.

 

One should not throw away the Bhagavadh nivEdhana annam

or bury it in ground or playfully discard it in water

according to RahasyAmnAyanam.It should not be given to

one with out karma yOgyathai. All of these acts are

equivalent to destroying that sacred offering .

 

464.( PraNavam) anya dEva nivEdhyAdhi bhOjyathvaAbhAva

sAdhakAya nama:

 

Salutations to that srEshtAchAryan who declared that

the the food offered to anya dEvathais is not fit for

the consumption of a VishNu bhaktha!

 

SaasthrAs state that the clothing (vasthram)or the food

presented to the anya dEvathAs or the garland used by

them are not recommended for use by a VishNu bhakthan.

The nivEdhyam ( one prepared for offering ),nivEdhitham

( one offered for use) and nirmAlyam ( the food offered

outside the sannidhi of the anya dEvathA for the sub-dEvathAs

as Bali should not be consumed according to their own

aagamAs.Those who consume it have to observe SaandhrAyana

vratham ( a PrAyascchittham ).

 

VAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

VedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

SrI LakshmI HayagrIva ParabrahmaNE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan