Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 130 ( Desika Prabhandham-- XXI: Paasuram 102-104

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SrI:

 

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

 

We will now enjoy the three paasurams of

Amrutha SvAdhini Prabhandham connected with

the Dhvaya adhikAram of Saara Saara chillaRai

Rahasyam.

 

102) Dhvayam intertwined with SaraNAgathy

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Our most merciful AchAryas knowing how difficult it

would be for us to practise the difficult upAyams taught by

the VedAs like Karma , Jn~Ana and Bhakthi Yogams

instructed us on the easy-to-observe upAyam of Prapatthi Yogam.

 

Our AchAryA's intent was to save us from the difficulities and

frustrations in following the ardous path of Bhakthi

and other yogams . Benefitting from their UpadEsam on

Prapatthi, adiyEn longed to gain life in Parama Padham

to perform nithya kaimkaryam to the Dhivya Dampathis

in a state of freedom from ahankAra-MamakArams.

Next , adiyEn held on to the sacred feet of the Lord

as protection and as the bridge across the terrible ocean

of SamsAram as instructed by our AchAryans.

 

The key passage in this Paasuram is: " Dharumam udayAr

uraikka , yAnn aRinthu , tanakku yennA adimaikkAm vAzhcchi

vENDi , ThirumahaLODu orukAlum piriyA NaaTan tiNN

Kazhal Sethu yena sErhinREn "

 

" Dharmam UdayAr uraikka yAnn aRinthu " in the above

section refers to the AchAryAs , who are conversant with

Dharmams performing upadEsam for the Jeevan for its

KshEmam . " Tanakku yennA adimaikkAm vAzhcchi

vENDi " refers to the ideal life appropriate

for nithya Kaimakraym free of any blemish of

" Me and Mine " . Where is this kaimkaryam to

be performed and for whom ? " ThirumahaLODu

orukAlum piriyA NaaTan tiNN kazhalE sEthu yena

sErhinREn " . adiyEn wishes to perform that Kaimakryam

in the Parama Padham of the Lord , who is never ever

separated from His beloved consort , MahA Lakshmi.

For that purpose , adiyEn has dared to hold on to the Lord's

sacred feet as the aNai (dam/causeway ) to cross the dangerous

ocean of SamsAram to reach the other shore to arrive at

SrI Vaikuntam.

 

103) The Six Meanings of SrI Sabdham

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In the first part of the Dhvaya Manthram , we come

across the SrI Sabdham . PaancharAthra Saasthrams

bless us with six complimentary and yet distinct meanings

of the SrI Sabdham ( SruNAthi , SreeNAthi , SruNOthi ,

SrAvayathee , SrIyathE and SrayathE ). Swamy Desikan

explained these six meanings in the first section of the 103rd

Paasuram :

 

" Vinai vidutthu veyan guNatthAl yemmai aakki

veruvurai kEttu avai kEtkka viLambi nALum

tanai anaitthum adainthidat-tAnn adainthu ninRa

Tann ThirumAthudan iRayum taniyA NaaTan "

 

The elaborate coverage of these six meanings of

the SrI Sabdham are covered in the 304th Desika-

Prabhandham named Dhvaya Churukku .

 

(Condensed meaning of the 103rd Paasuram ): Our Lord , who

is never without His Divine Consort recognized that His anantha

KalyANa guNams will be protected only if He rescues

the suffering jeevans from SamsAric sorrows. Hence , He engages

in motivating the Jeevans to perform Prapatthi and accepts

the surrenders of Jeevans for protection and thereby stabilizes

His name as SaraNAgatha Rakshakan .

 

104) Showering His grace on PrapannAs as SrI RanganAthan

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Lord RanganAthan recieving nithya kaimakryam from Nithya

Sooris at His Supreme abode of SrI Vaikuntam stays as

ArchAvathAran at SrIrangam to bless kaimkarya

soubhAgyam for those , who surrendered to Him without

ahankAra-MamakArams . He rests under the PraNavAkAra

vimAnam at SrIrangam for making it possible for the PrapannAs

to perform Kaimkaryam to Him right here at SrIrangam . His

inherent KaruNai towards the Jeevans grows further due to

to the presence of MahA Lakshmi on His chest . This merciful

Lord stays as my birth mother and vows to accept the responsibilites

of my protection and assures me freedom from fear. He has now

granted me the shade of His Sacred Feet to free me from

the unbearable SamsAric heat .

 

The key passage is: " ThiruvudanE amarntha NaaTan , tahavudanE

annai yena adaikkalam koNDu anjal tanthu azhal aaRa nizhal aara

aLIkkinRAn " .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: