Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 167( Paaasuram:196-197) : Defense of PaancharAthram

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

Today we will study the 2 paasurams of Paramatha Bhangam

that answers those who criticize the Bhagaavth Saasthram of

SrI PaancharAthram .

 

(196) Explanation of SrI PaancharAthram

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Yaathum ilAtha anRim yevarkkum nanRi yeNNiya namm

MaadhavanAr vadhanatthu amudhu uNNum valampuri pOl

vAdhuhaLAl azhiyA maRai mouLiyin vAnn poruLE

Odhiya PancharAtthiram uhavArai ozhukkuvamE

 

(Meaning): SrI PaancharAthram was blessed to us directly

by BhagavAn Himself. It houses VedAntha Saaram that is not

defeated by the other mathams . We (Swamy Desikan ) will

defeat the other darsanams that do not accept SrI PaancharAthram

and correct their strange doctrines so that they can come in to

the fold of SrI PaancharAthram .

 

SrI PaancharAthram is equated in this Paasuram to Paanchajanyam

which is blessed to drink the nectar of the eternal Lord's coral- hued

lips .

 

(197) SrI PaancharAthram has direct links to BhagavAn

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Poo alarum Thiruvunthip-punithan vyaam

ponn adiyAl aLanthu iruvar pORRa ninRa

nAvalarum kalaikaL yellAm Tannai naada

nAdAtha nall nidhiyA naNuhu NaaTan

KovalanAi nirayaLittha niRai pOl Vedam

kOvAhak-kOmAn athan paalsErtthuk-

kArtha yuhak-kathi kaNDOm karai kaNDOmE

 

(Meaning): When our Lord transformed from being

a short statured Brahmin (Vaamanan) in to the gigantic

sized Thrivikraman , His sacred foot extended up to

Sathya lOkam and measured all that was in between.

Brahma Devan performed Thirumnajanam for that sacred

foot . The water that flowed from that feet of the Lord

was recieved by Lord Siva on His matted locks. Both

Brahma and Sivan eulogized the glories of their Lord ,

Thrivikraman. All the VedAs and SaasthrAs are fatigued

from their efforts to describe precisely the svaroopam

(essential nature ) and guNams (limitless auspicious

attributes ) of BhagavAn.Meanwhile ,The Lord Himself

stays as an easily approachable treasure within ready reach of

His dear BhakthAs.Like He protected the cows before ,

He now stays as the cowherd and milks the cows (VedAs)

to generate the nectar of milk ( PaancharAthra Saasthram)

for our benefit.He decalred that the PaancharAthram is

the best protection for the sentients. We benefitted from

this Saasthram , which clearly instructs us on the Krutha

Yuga dharmam and have found the release from drowning

in the ocean of SamsAram.

 

The key passage in this Paasuram is: " Kaaval ithu

nall uyrikkenRu kAttum Kaarttha Yugak-kathi kaNDOM

karai KaNDOmE " . Nall Kaaval refers to auspicious

protection.This protection is for " uyirkku " ( for the chEthanams).

PaancharAthra Saasthram is the essence of Krutha Yuga

dharmams for the benefit of the chEthanams of Kali Yugam.

Knowledge and practise of PaancharAthra Saasthram

gets us across the dangerous ocean of SamsAram . It is

the gathi (auspicious means) and helps us to get to the other

shore ( Karai KaNDOm ) of the ocean of SamsAram .

 

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ,

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadikaLE SaraNam

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: