ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part VII

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ChithrabhAnu Kaarthikai Krishna Paksha TrayOdasi,

SvAthi Nakshathram , MahA PradhOsham

 

SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Let us enjoy the Sixth slOkam of Sri DEvanAyaka

PanchAsath today:

 

SlOkam VI

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ajn~Atha seemakam Anantha GaruthmathAdhyai:

tamm ThvAm samAdhi niyathairapi sAmi dhrushtam

thustUshathO mama manOraTa siddhidhAyI

dAsEshu Sathya ithi dhAraya nAmadhEyam

 

Extended Meaning

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! Even the nithyasooris ( eternally

liberated souls) like AdhisEshan and Garudan do not

know the limits of Your glories .Further , those who

strive hard to practise Bhakthi yOgam to experience You

see only a small portion of Yourself . adiyEn who is

inconsequential and unfit has come boldly forward to

praise You of limitless vaibhavam. Indeed You alone can

fulfill my wish to eulogize You . Only when You do so ,

Your title (birudhu) as Daasa Satyan will survive . Hence ,

adiyEn requests You to respond to me as Daasa Sathyan

(adiyavarkku meyyan ) and protect this ThirunAma of Yours.

 

Additional Thoughts

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The appeal that Swamy Desikan makes to the Lord of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram is : " dAsEshu Sathya ithi nAmadEyam

dhAraya " (Please ensure that You bear the name of

Daasa Sathyan/True to those who are Your dAsAs) and

Natha Sathyan (True to those who bow before YOu and seek

Your protection).These are two prominent names of

Lord DhaivanAyakan . He is true to His adiyArs.He never

lets them down . He is YathOkthakAri (Sonna VaNNam

Seytha PerumAL) as far as His dear ones that seek Him

are concerned.He is nearest to those who are His adiyArs

and farthest (durlabaha:) from those , who express

indifference and hatred (dhvEsham) towards Him .

 

The ThirunAmam of Sathyan & Sathya ParAkraman

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The 107th SrI VishNu Sahasra nAmam is " SathyAya nama: "

Swamy ParAsara Bhattar points out that He is addressed

as Sathyan because He is well-disposed towards pious

souls(SamAsrithEshu sathsu Saadhu: ithi Sathya:).

" The affix 'yat' comes after a word in the locative

case in the sense of excellent thereto " (Sathsu Saadhu:

sathya:) " .

 

The 873rd SrI VishNu Sahasra nAmam is again " SathyAya

nama: " . Swamy Bhattar salutes the Lord as Sathyan for

two resaons : (1) Saathvika Saasthra PrathipAdhyan

( He is delienated by Saathvika SaasthrAs) (2) He is

YaTArTa Vaibhavan ( The greatnes attributed to Him

is true and hence He is saluted as Satyan).

 

He is aasritha sulabhan ( easy of access ) for those ,

who seek His protection like Gasjendran , Dhroupathi

and PrahlAdhan . He is far away from the likes of

SisupAlan, HiraNyakasipu .

 

He is Sathya ParAkraman and Sathya Dharma ParAkraman .

Therefore He is called Sathyan . His attributes and valour

are true(sarvamEthath Rutham ). Swamy ParAsara Bhattar

quotes the following verse in this context :

 

mumvAkEshu anuvAkEshu cha nishathsu upanishasu cha

gruNanthi sathya-karmANam SATHYAM sathyEshu Saamasu

 

(( " In VaakAs and anuvAkAs (different sections and

chapters of vedAs ) , Nishads and Upanishads , as well

in true Saama hymns,they declare that His acts are ever

true , and He is truth itself " )).

 

Swamy Desikan appeals to the Lord of ThiruvhIndhrapuram

to be mindful of protectinG His ThirunAmam as " Sathyan "

in this slOkam in the context of the Lord fulfilling his wish

to euolgize Him ( ThvAm thushtUshatha: mama manOraTa siddhidhAyee

DAASESHU SATHYA : ITHI (TAVA) NAAMADHEYAM DHAARAYA ).

 

Swamy NigamAntha MahA Desikan ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

SrI Taranga Mukha Nandini SamEtha SrI DEvanAyaka SwAminE nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan/SaThakopan