Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 139 ( Desika Prabhandham-- XXX: Paasuram 133-135

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SrI:

 

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs:

 

In today's posting, adiyEn will cover the Pothu ( general )

Paasuram extolling the path followed by our Sath SampradhAyam

as well as the first two Paasurams of Parama Padha sOpAnam

dealing with the first step of the ladder : VivEka Parvam.

 

Pothu Paasuram : The path taken by our Sath SampradhAyam

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adal puLL arasinum anthaNar mAttinum inn amuthak-

kadaRpaLL i tanninum Kaviri uLLam uhantha pirAn

idaip-piLLayAhi uraithathathu uraikkum YethivaranAr

MadaippaLLi vantha MaNam YengaL vArtthayuL manniyathE

 

(Meaning ): SarvEswaran has GarudAzhwAn as His transport

and seat . He is the indweller of the Vedams , which are the eternal

wealth of the Brahmins. He lives always in the Milky Ocean, where

His Divine Consort arose from . Inspite of all these famous places of

residence , He prefers to live in choen dhivya dEsams like SrIrangam

and delights His bhakthAs there . He blessed us with Bhagavath GitA,

whose inner meanings were revealed to us by YathirAjar. ThirumadaipaLLI

AcchAn (Kadambi AacchAn) performed personal kaimkaryam to

YathirAjar and was initiated in to the esoteric meanings of our

SampradhAya granthams by YathirAjar Himself . These essential meanings

have come to us from MadaipaLLI AcchAn and their fragrance distinguishes

our (Swamy Desikan's ) SrI Sookthis.

 

Additional Notes

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Our Lord's Five Roopams extolled in PaancharAthram

( Para , VyUha , Vibhava, ArchA and AntharyAmi Roopams)

are referred to in this Paasuram . " PuLLarasilum " refers to

the Para Ropam in Vaikuntam ; " anthaNar mAttilum " connects to

antharyAmi roopam ; " KadaRpaLLi tannilum " links to VyUha roopam ;

" Kaaviri uLLUm " is connected to the archA roopam and " idaippiLLayAhi "

links to Vibhava avathAram (of KrishNa) . Thus all the five roopams

of SrIman NaarAyaNa are saluted in this Paasuram .

 

AchArya RaamAnujA gave upadEsams to Kadaambi AacchAn

on Veda-VedAntha rahasyArTams and through Kadambi AacchAn ,

thsoe esoteric meanings were released to the world. Since KadAmbi

AacchAn performed MadaipaLLi kaimkaryam ( Kitchen Kaimakryam

for AchArya RaamAnujA ), he came to be referred with revenrence

as MadaipaLLi AacchAn in our Guru Parampara .His UpadEsams

are described as " MadaippaLLI vantha MaNam " , the fragrance

that originated from the MadaipaLLi of AchArya RaamAnujA.

 

134) VivEkam: The First step of the Ladder to Moksham

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KaLLa manatthudan kaNDu muyanra kadu-vinayAl

naLL iruL aazhiyil iynthu nall suvai yena naadiya ohr

aLLalil nALum vizhunthu azhiyA vahai AaraNa nool

VaLLal vazhangiya vAnn padiyAna vazhi ithuvE

 

(Meaning): Until now , we possessed the distorted meanings of

the Tathvams (viparItha Jn~Anam of the three Tatthvams )

and their Svaroopams ; we continued to engage in profoundly

sinful acts and as a result were immersed in the darkness of

nescience ; we got stuck in the mud and mire of insignificant

material pleasures associated with the five senseory faculties

( roopam , rasam , sparsam , gandham and sabdham ).

On us, who were hopelessly lost , Veda-VedAnthams

took pity and instructed us on VivEkam to uplift ourselves

from the quagmire of SamsAram. We (Swamy Desikan )

explained the first of the nine steps of the ladder to our Lord's

Parama Padham ( Supreme abode ).

 

The key passage of this Paasuram is : " eiynthu nall suvai

yena naadiya ohr aLavil naaLum vizhunthu azhiyA vahai

AaraNa nool vazhangiya vAnn padiyAna vazhi ithuvE " .

We thought that the the experience derived from the five

senses is parama bhOgyam and sought more and more of

their ruchi and as a result got stuck in the mud of samsAram

deeper and deeper ; we were about to be destroyed . It is

at this time that the most merciful Veda-VedAnthams came to

our rescue and instructed us on the first step to Parama Padham

as VivEkam and lifted us out of the mire of SamsAram .

 

135) The paramount importance of knowing about EmperumAn

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aru uru aanavai anaitthum aRivArEnum

arum kalaikaL kaRRu uraikka vallArEnum

dharuma vazhi azhiyAmal kAppArEnum

tani maRayin tARRpariyam taruvArEnum

iru vinayin ozhukkatthAl yEval ohrAthu

inghE nAmm siRayiruntha yeenam theerkkum

ThirumahaLAr piriyAtha DEvan tiNNam

tERAthAr tiNN padiyil yERAthArE

 

(Meaning) : Among the people of this world , some might be conversant

with the knowledge about the svaroopam of chEthanams and achEthanams ;

there may be others , who might know about the fine points on the 64 kalais

and could have the competence to instruct others on them; some might be

capable to practise prescribed dharmAs and initiate others in following

such observances ; some of them might be qualified to teach others about

the essence of the meanings of the VedAs. Even with all these multiple

skills and achievements , what is the use ? If they do not have the vivEkam

about the Svaroopam and the SvabhAvam of Sriman NaarAyaNan , who alone

can lift the chEthanams out of the terrors of SamsAram , they can not hope

to step

on the ladder to Moksham .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: