Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 208/Desika Prabhandham 259-263 : Sri VaiNava Dinasari /Part 1)

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

We Have covered sofar the following Desika Prabhandhams :

 

1.Amrutha Ranjani (39 Paasurams)

2. AdhikAra Sangraham ( 56 Paasurams)

3. Amrutha SvAdhini (37 Paasurams)

4. Parama Padha SOpAnam ( 21 Paasurams)

5. Paramatha Bhangam ( 54 Paasurams)

6. Mey-viratha Maanmiyam ( 29 Paasurams)

7. Adaikkala Patthu ( 11 Paasurams)

8. Aruttha Panchakam ( 11 Paasurams)

 

Above add up to a total of 258 Paasurams.

 

The rest of the TWELVE Desika Prabhandhams to be covered

yet are:

 

1. SrI VaishNava Dinasari ( 10 Paasurams)

2. Thirucchinna Maalai ( 11 Paasurams)

3. Panniru-nAmam ( 13 Paasuram)

4. Thirumanthira Churukku ( 10 Paasurams)

5. Dhvaya Churukku ( 12 Paasurams)

6. Charama SlOka Churukku ( 11 Paasurams )

7. GeethArttha Sangirham ( 21 Paasuram)

8. MummaNikkOvai ( 10 Paasuram)

9. Nava MaNi Maalai ( 10 Paasuram)

10. Prabhandha Saaram ( 18 Paasurams)

11. AhAra Niyamam ( 21 Paasurams)

12. PiLLai AndhAthi ( 20 Paasurams)

 

These twelve Prabhandhams between themselves

house 167 Paasurams .

 

Today we will start with SrI VaishNava Dinasari dealing with

the daily anushtAnams of SrI VaishNavAs. SaasthrAs state

that a Sri VaishNavan's day has to be split in to five time units

and each of these time units should focus on one of the assigned

anushtAnams.These five prescribed anushtAnams are:

 

1. Abhigamanam: Prayer and Prapatthi anushtAnam ,

where the Lord is beseeched to bless the Saadhakan with

uninterrupted kaimkaryams to Him throughout the day .This

is very important anushtAnam for a SanyAsi .

 

2. UPAADHAANAM : There are two aspects to UpAdhAnam:

(a) Assembly of saamagriyaas (material) for Bhagavadh

AarAdhanam (b) cleansification of mind through kaalkshEpam of

the Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and AchAryAs, since a clean mind

is essential for performing AarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNa.

 

3. IJYAI :Performance of the ThiruvArAdhanam for Sriman

NaarAyaNa according to the procedures laid out by

PaacncharAthra aagamam and ahnika granthams.

 

4. SVAADHYAAYAM : Familiarization of VedAntha BhAgams

through study and reflection .

 

5. YOGAM : DhyAnam of Sriman NaarAyaNa's sacred feet

and observance of sleep with the meditation that one's head

is resting on the sacred feet of Sriman NaarAyaNa.

 

In this Prabhandham , Swamy Desikan makes

the PanchakAla kriyAs as vishayams about

Lord VaradarAjan . He uses two Paasurams

for each of the five divisions to describe

the activites during the day of a SrI VaishNavan .

 

The whole Prabhnadham has been set in

the simpler Kali Viruttham(metre) . Perhaps ,

Swamy Desikan chose this viruttam(metre) for

chasing away the Kali dhOsham through the five

kinds of prescribed anushtAnams for the day of

a Sri VaishNavan.

 

SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan