ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 84: SlOkams 47-48 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Fourty seventh SlOkam ( Vaibhavam of PrapannAs)

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nishkinjanathva dhaninA VibhudEsa yEna

nyastha sva-rakshaNabharastava pAdha padhmE

nAnAvidha praTitha yOga visEsha dhanyA:

nArhanthi Tasya satha kOtitama amsa kakshyAm

 

General Meaning:

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! Those with special sakthi and Jn~Anam

who understand the upaasanAs like Sadhvidhyai and Dahara

Vidhyai taught in ChAndhOgya Upanishad are blessed to

practise the celebrated upAyam of Bhakthi Yogam to

gain MOksha Siddhi. Those who do not have that special

sakthi or Jn~Anam use their total insufficencies and

helplessness (aakinchanyam) as the capital to fall at

Your sacred feet and seek Your sole protection. Such

persons leave the burden of protecting them exclusively

(not by any other gods) at Your sacred feet. They become

thus PrapannAs . When one evaluates the relative glories of

the Bhakthi Yogi and the Prapannan , it becomes clear that

even the assembly of many Bhakthi Yogis will not become

equivalent to even one part in hundred crores of

the glories of a Prapannan. Matchless indeed is

the Vaibhavam of a chEthanan , who has performed

Prapatthi at Your sacred feet !

 

Additional Comments:

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Swamy Desikan has blessed us with many SrI Sookthis

celebrating the power and superiority of Prapatthi yOgam

and the ease of the anushtAnam of Prapatthi over

the difficult to practise Bhakthi Yogam .Some of these

Sri Sookthis elaborating the angams of prapatthi,

the impediments for the realization of prapatthi

(anya dEvathA AarAdhanam , Bhaagavatha apachAram),

Prapatthi manthrams (Vaidhika and Taanthrika manthrams) are:

NyAsa dEsakam, NyAsa Vimsathy, NyAsa Tilakam ,

NikshEpa RakshA ,SaraNAgathy DhIpikA and Abaya

PrAdhana Saaram. One of the Swamy Desika Sahasra

Naamam salutes him as " NyAsa nishEdha navkAnthakar "

for his kaNDanam ( rejection thru Tarkam and Saasthram )

of objections about Prapatthi's inapproriatenes for

Moksham through nine Vaadhams. He has established that

Dhvaya manthram is the PradhAna manthram amonng Prapatthi

manthrams.He has established that Dhvayam is for one

and all ( SarvAdhikAram). He has demonstrated that

Dhvaya manthram alone glorifies PrApya-PrApaka

( UpAya-Phalan)visEshams to qualify as the PradhAna

Prapatthi manthram. Swamy Desikan has instructed that

one who chooses the difficult to practise upAyam of

Bhakthi yOgam should not undertake Prapatthi as

the MokshOpAyam.

 

He has established that Bhakthi yOgam as an upAyam

for Moksham is of the form of DhyAnam of Bhagavan without

interruption until one passes away.Hence Bhakthi yOgam

for gaining Moksham is thus difficult to practise .

Prapatthi yOgam on the other hand is an easy practise UpAyam ,

when accompanied by MahA VisvAsam . It takes few

minutes.That is all! Hence out of compassion for us,

Swamy Desikan recommended Prapatthi yOgam for us

and defended its superiority over the difficult Bhakthi yOgam.

 

 

 

 

SlOkam 48: (Aathma SamarpaNam by Swamy Desikan)

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AathmApahAra rasikEna mayaiva dhattham

anyairadhAryam adhunA ViBudhaikanATa

sveekruthya dhArayithum arhasi mAmm Thvadheeyam

chOrOpaneetha nija noopuravath svapAdhE

 

General Meaning

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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! When one thinks that the Jeevan ,

which is a bonded servant and property of Yours

and thinks that Jeevan is independent is a thief,

who has stolen Your property and does not comprehend

the nature of the theft.AdiyEn was like that and

considered myself independent of You and did not

realize my status as Your leige and property.

Therefore, adiyEn stayed as a thief and was

engaged in enjoyment of Your property thinking

all the while that it was mine.Now, due to Your

grace, adiyEn has gained true Jn~Anam about Sesha-

Seshi relationship as one that between the Master

(Yourself as Sarva Seshi) and Servant ( adiyEn as Your

Seshan).adiyEn has realized that this jeevan is Your

unquestioned property and can not be protected by

any one else.AdiyEn has returned with humility Your

property that adiyEn had stolen.You should accept

Your property and keep it as a protected entity under

Your sacred feet.Would n't You wear the ankle jewelery

of Yours after the thief , who stole it came

back and returned it with remorse for his heinous act.

Similar to that , You should accept this jeevan

and protect it since it is Your own property

and not mine.

 

Additional Comments:

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This is the slOkam , where Swamy Desikan performs

Prapatthi at the sacred feet of the Lord of Thiruvayindhai.

After nirvEdam over his past lapses of DehAthma Bramam,

AaathmApahAram , Swamy Desikan says that he has now developed

the Tatthva Jn~Anam about the Sesha-Seshithvam and as

a result has performed SaraNAgathy at the Lord's sacred

feet. He performs the Aathma NivEdhanam and hands over

the burden of protecting him to the Lord Himself .

Swamy Desikan follows the Vaak of Swamy AaLavanthAr:

" akinchanO ananyagathi: SaraNya! Thvath Paadhamoolam

SaraNam prapadhyE " and performs SaraNAgathy at

ThiruvahIndhrapuram PerumAL's Paadha Kamalam.

 

NamO SrI DevanAthAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

P.S: May the unmatched Vaibhavam of PrapannAs

and Swamy Desikan's own Prapatthi to Lord

Dhaiva Naayakan inspire you all to take part

in the RathnAngi Kaimakryam for Him and recieve

His eternal blessings !