Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimakryam: Part 141 ( Desika Prabhandham-- XXXII: Paasuram 138-1419

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Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs :

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Four Pasurams associated with

the Third step of the sOpAnam , Virakthi paravam and

the Fourth step in the ladder to Parama Padham , Bheethi

Parvam .

 

138) SamsAra Virakthi ( detatchment & disinterest in SamsAram )

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ulahatthil uyarnthavar onRum payanil uRum thuyaRum

alahil padAtha abbhOgam kavarnthu yzezhum ambhuyatthOn

kalahat-thozhil Madhu KaiDabarAl padum kattam yeNNil

pala kaRRa meyyadiyAr padiyAr ikkaDum bahavatthE

 

(Meaning): On this karma bhUmi, the pleasures enjoyed

by those , whom we think highly off , are never of the unalloyed

sukham. The sorrow is at the middle of these so called Sukhams.

We think that Brahma Devan in his Sathya lOkam is the enjoyer of

limitless bliss. The pain and anxiety that Brahma Devan experienced

from the attack of the two asurAs , Madhu and KaiDabhan intent

always in engaging in Yuddham , is immeasurable. When the VivEkis

reflect on these alpa and asTira Sukhams tinged always with

inauspicopusness , they do not develop any attachment to SamsAram

and reject it as a manifestation of their virakthi .

 

The Key passage of this Paasuram is : " Pala kaRRa meyyadiAr

ikkaDum bhavatthu padiyAr " ( True BhAgavathAs conversant

with the SaasthrAs of the Lord will not opt for the terrible SamsAric

way of life ).

 

139) Svargam becoming like Narakam for VivEkis

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tanthirangaL aLavilarAi dhanatthAl mikka

taarvEnthar thozha vyaam aaNDAr mANDAr

chandiranum sooriyanum veeyum kaalam

tArahayin vaDamum aRRu tani vann aaLum

Indiranum yERu uyarttha Isan thAnum

yeer iraNDu muhatthAnum illaa annannAL

namm ThirumAlaik-kaNDAr naaham yellAm

narahu yenRu naRRpadhamE nAduvArE

 

(Meaning ): Where are those mighty emperors (Manu,

MaandhAthA et al) surrounded by many kings who ruled

the universe with their vast armies today ? All of them are

dead and gone. Similarly , there will be a time , when there

will be no Moon, Sun, Stars, Indhran , Sivan , Brahma DEvan

and others . That time is known as MahA PraLayam. At that

time , the only abode that stays without demise is the Supreme

abode of SrIman NaarAyaNan. When knowledgable and

insightful scholars analyze these facts, they will equate the sukhams

of Svargam to the sufferings in hell (narakam ) and will utterly reject

SamsAra Sukhams. This feeling state is recognized as the third

step in the ladder to Parama Padham (MOksham ).

 

The key passage in this Paasuram is : " Namm ThirumAl nilai

kaNDAr naakam yellAm narahu yenRu , nall padhamE nAduvAr " .

 

140) Fear about the fruits of KarmAs

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thuRavaRamE thuNivAr thuNukku aRRa iLam thuNivOr

uRavu ilar aathalinAm uyarnthArudan onRi ninROm

maRa vazhi mARRi yemm mayyalai theertthavar mann aruLAl

kaRavai uhantha PirAn kazhal soodum karutthinamE

 

(Meaning ): The superior dharmams associated with gaining

freedom from SamsAric shackles areknown as Nivrutthi dharmams.

Those who adopt them will not mix with the ignoramus , who do not

fear the terrors of SamsAram . Therefore , we minglerd only with

those , who desire Moksham ( MUmukshus). We gained the firmness

of purpose to serve the Lord , who engages joyously to graze

the cattles even in SrI Vaikuntam as KaNNan . This was made

possible through the glances (KadAksham ) of our AchAryAs ,

who pull us away from travelling in the pathof sin and banish our

ajn~Anam .

 

The key section of this Paasuram is: " MaRa vazhi mARRi

yemm myyalai theertthavar mann aruLAl kaRavai uhantha PirAn

kazhal soodum karutthinam " ( Our Most Merciful SadAchAryas

removed our ajn~Anam and pulled us out of engaging in sinful acts

by casting their auspicious glances on us . Their anugraham led to

our determination to perform nithya Kaimkaryam to GopAlan

in His Supreme abode .

 

141) UpAya anushtAnam driven by the fear about the KarmAs

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vanthana pOlvaruvanavum ananthamAhi

mALAtha thyur taru valvinai neruppukku

intanamAi yeNNirantha kAlamellAm

innamum ibbhavak-kuzhikkE izhiyA vaNNam

venthathu oru kuzhaviyai naRRk-kumaraNAkkum

veRit-tuLava VittakanAr vithiyE koNDAr

pandhanamAm avai anaitthum pARuhaikkup-

pazha maRayin parama neRi payiluvArE

 

(Meaning ): There has been no limit to the sorrows

experienced by the SamsAris. There is also no limit

to what they are going to experience in the future.

This immense fire of karmAs (vinaikaL) burns the jeevans

by treatign them as firewood. The SamsAris keep on

churning in this deep pit of SamsAram undergoing all

these sufferings . The people with sharp intellect reinforced

by their viEkam and virakthi develop a fear fro these samsAric

sorrows that would hold them under their control. They follow

the command of the Lord to practise Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam

to chase away all their karmAs and place the burden of their

protection at the Lord's sacred feet .

 

The key passage of this Paasuram is : " PandhanamAm avai

anaitthum piNikkum paaRukaikku pazha maRayin Parama

neRi payiluvAr " ( The wise ones break the handcuffs that tie

them to SamsAram by performing the supremely auspicious

act of Prapathti recommended in the VedAs ).

 

The power of the Lord to intervene and transform

the embryo in the womb of Uttarai , which was turned in to

a piece of charcoal by the apANDavAsthram used by

AsvatthAma , the son of DhrONAchArya during the mighty

battle at KurukshEthram . Our Lord with the fragrant TuLasi

Maalai transformed that totally burnt child existing as a piece

of charcoal in to a handsome prince known as ParIkshith through

His matchless anugraha sakthi . BhagavAn is saluted as

the powerful one performing mysterious deeds of anugraham

for His dear ones ( venthathu oru kuzhaviyai naRRk-KuamranAkkum

veRit-tuLava VitthahanAr ).

 

The third and the fourth steps of the ladder to Moksham (Parama Padha

sOpAanam )

are covered throught hese four Paasurams . Next , we will study the

PrasAdhana parvam

dealing with the UpAya anushtAnam by the Jeevan ( The Fifth Step in the

Ladder ).

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan

 

SrimathE SrI Lakshmi Nrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka

SrI VaNN SaThakOpa NaarAyaNa YathIdhra MahA DesikAya Nama: