Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 131 ( Desika Prabhandham-- XXII: Paasurams 105-109

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SrI:

 

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

 

We will now enjoy the Five Paasurams of

Amrutha SvAdhini Prabhandham connected with

the Charama slOka adhikAram of Saara Saara chillaRai

Rahasyam and Our revered SchAreyA's role in instructing

us the three Rahasyams and their esoteric meanings.

 

(105) Lord KrishNA's UpadEsam of Charama SlOkam

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This Paasuram is the same as the 46th Paasuram of

AdhikAra Sangraham ( the 85th Desika Prabhandham )

that we havestudied before. Please refer to the comments

on this Paasuram from earlier postings on AdhikAra

Sangraham.

 

This is a Paasuram saluting joyously the UpakAram of

the Lord , who used Arjuna as an excuse to instruct us

on the laghu upAyAm of Prapatthi at His sacred feet

to assure Moksham . Swamy Desikan slautes Prapatthi

in this Paasuram as " Tani Dharumam " or a matchless

UpAyam for Moksham for one and all. Here Swamy

Desikan is overwhelmed by the Lord standing in place of

other Difficult upAyams (yemakku tAnE aay )and granting us

the Phaalan of Moksham as a result of our observance of

Prapatthi at His sacred feet.

 

(106) Prayer to rthe Lord to accept his Prapatthi

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Oh Lord standing with Sudarsanam in Your hand

to remind us of Your role as our Protector (Rakshakan )!

You recognized adiyEn as not having the visEsha Jn~Anam

and power to practise Bhakthi Yogam as UpAyam

to gain MOksham . You removed the doubts from my mind

about gaining the fruits of Prapatthi and made me realize that

adiyEn does not have anyone else to protect me and made

sure that adiyEn will not committ any aparAdham against

You. You must now accept adiyEn , who observed

the Prapatthi Yogam as an object worthy of protection

under Your sacred feet that kept the entire universe

under its cool shadow during ThirvikramAvathAram.

 

Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord with endearment :

" Kai amar Chakkarak-KaavalA ! " . He salutes the Lord as

theOne , who is immensely competent to protect the SarANAgatha

Janams with His Sudarsana Chakram against their enemies .

Next , Swamy Desikan describes his aakinchanyam and

ananya gathithvam with two choice group of words :

" thuyya manatthAr tuRai aNUhAtha " and " tuNaiyiliyEn " .

He identifies himself first as not coming anywhere near

the category of those distinguished adhikAris with pure minds ,

who are fully capable of undertaking Bhakthi yOgam as

an UpAyam for gaining the phalan of Moksham (thuyya manatthAr

tuRai aNuhAthavan). Next , Swamy Desikan describes himself

without delusion as " tuNaiiliyEn " ( One who has no other recourse

except the Lord's grace).

 

After focusing on his pitiable status and hence as a jeevan

worthy od the Lord's grace , Swamy Desikan salutes

the two magnificent upakArams that the Lord blessed

him with : (1) " Iyaam aRutthAi " ( You removed all my

doubts about the efficency of Prapatthi in granting

th Pahalan of Moksham ) (2) " Unathu aaNai kadatthal

Nee ahaRRinai " ( You made sure that adiyEn will

not committ again any respasses against Your sAsthrams) .

 

What else is left for me now ? What else have You to

do for me now after all these upakArams ? " Kaakkum

Thiru aruLAl Vyaam aLantha adikkeezh adaikkalam

VaittharuL " ( Through You omnipotence to protect

the entire world , please place me under Your sacred feet that

measured once the universe as an object deserving

protection ).

 

107) Prayer for hastening the enjoyment of Moksha Sukham

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Oh Lord shining without any blemish , who incarnated with Your Divine

Consort so that even the simple minde dGopis without any special Jn~Anam

can enjoy Your companionship soulabhyam during Your KrishNAvathAram !

Oh KaNNA ! You blessed me the auspicious thoughts to engage in

SaraNAgathy at Your holy feet. Please grant me the release from

PuNya-Paapa karmAs so that adiyEn can perform uninterrupted

kaimakryams at SrIvaikuntum to You and Your Devis like the Nithya

Sooris . Please bless me this bhAgyam as soon as possible !

 

Swamy Desikan addresses Lord KrishNA with great affection

in this Paasuram as " ambhuyatthALudan annAl avatharittha

kuRai yAthum illAtha GovindhA " ( Oh Lord of impeccable

perfection s, who incarnated with the Lotus lady on this earth )!

You incarnated as KrishNa and Your lotus lady (MahA Lakshmi)

accompanied You as RukmiNi PirAtti. What was one of the major

purposes of Your avathAram with Your PirAtti on this earth ?

You wanted even the simple folks like the gOpa Sthrees (idaycchiyar)

know Your glories and enjoy You ( aRiyAtha idaycchiyarum

aRiyum VaNNam avataritthAi) . You gave me the hint that

adiyEn has become an object of protection under Your sacred

feet generating the SunAdham from Your jingling ankle aabharaNams

( ninn kazhal keezh adaikkalam aamm kuRippu tanthAy ).

 

Oh " KuRai Yaattum illAtha GovindhA! " You are enjoying

the blemishless kaimkaryams from the nithya Sooris in SrI Vaikuntam

with Your Devi sitting on the fragrant lotus ( veRi aarum malar mahaLum

neeyum ViNnavarhaL adi sooda viNNil irukkum mEnami uLLAY ).

There at YOur Supreme abode , the nithya sooris are adorning

Your sacred feet on their heads . Please shower Your grace on

us by destroying the limitless karmAs that accompany us and

mark a date in the near future for us to join the ghOshti of

the Muktha Jeevans and Nithya Sooris at SrI Vaikuntam

and perform nithys niravadhya kaimkaryam to You there !

 

108) The Meanings housed in the three Rahasyams

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Thirumanthiram with its eight aksharams (AshtAkshari)

will reveal Tatthvam Thrayams , UpAyam and PurushArTam

( Tatthuvamum Saathanamum Payanum kaattum Taaram

mudhal iru nAnkum ) . Taaram here stnads for PraNavam.

 

Dhvayam with its Twenty five letters (aksharams) is a creation

of our Lord through union of two sections found in two different

areas of the VedAs. It teaches us the way to perform Praaptthi

at the sacred feet of SrIman NaarAyaNan ( Mutthi vazhi nAmm

muyalum vahayE kaaNa Mukundhan tann karutthAl isaithu

aruL seytha IynnAlainthu ). Dhvayam is the outcome of

the graceof the Lord out of His own sanklapam to unite

two sepaqrate sections of the Vedam to show us the way

to perform Prapatthi.

 

Charama slOkam consisting of Thirty two aksharams emanated

from the Lord , who showed His soulabhyam and simplicity

by serving as the Charioteer for Arjuna .It reveals the fact

that He stands in place of all UpAyams and accepts the burden

of protecting all chEthanams , who are incapable of performing

difficult-to-practise upAyams like Bhakthi yOgam (Patthi tanil

padivu illAr baram sumattha , UtthamanAr Uthama nall urai

nAlettum ) .

 

Our most merciful AchAryAs , who had clear awareness of

the subtle meanings of these three rahasyams instructed us

with affection on those meanings for realeasing us from

the cycles of births and deaths ( uNarnthavar yemmai

uhanthu uNarvitthAr ) .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: