Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 215/Desika Prabhandham : Thirucchinna Maalai ( Part 4)/Paasuram 271

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Dear SrI VaradarAja BhakthAs :

 

Let us enjoy the deep Upanishdhic and SampradhAya

Vishayams housed in the Third Paasuram in this posting :

 

271. anaitthulaham kAkkum AruLALar vanthAr

anaitthukkum adhipathiyAi niRpAr vanthAr

tinaitthanayum ThirumahaLai vidAthAr vanthAr

tEsu otthr mikkArum illAthAr vanthAr

ninaikka namakku inn aRivu tanthAr vanthAr

nilai ninRa uyir thOnRa ninainthAr vanthAr

yenakku ivar naann avarkku yenna iniyAr vanthAr

yezutthu onRil thihazha ninRAr vanthAr thAmE

 

This Paasuram covers the fourth vibhakthi embedded in the first

aksharam ( akAram) of PraNavam as well as the UkAra, MakArams ,

which constitue the middle and the third aksharams of PraNavam.

 

This Paasuram also includes additional meanings of the AkAram ,

which was covered earlier in Paasurams 1 and 2. This paasuram has

thus comprehensive coverage.

 

(3rd Paasuram's meaning): PeraruLALar protects the universe and

stays as its Master .He does not leave the side of Periya PirAtti

even for a fraction of a second. In His tEjas (lustre) , there is no one

Equal or Superior (SamAdhika Daridhran) to Him. He is the One ,

who gives us the auspicious Jn~Anam to meditate on Him .

He is the One , who ordains/wills that the Jeevans that are eternal

be self-luminous ( Svayam PrakAsam) . He is the One , who manifests

as the most delectable anubhavam ( Parama BhOghyAnubhavam) ,

when every ChEthanan (Sentient being) declares sincerely that the Lord

is his Master and I am His unquestioned servant . He is the One saluted by

the one-lettered PraNavam . Lord VaradarAjan of this glorious Vaibhavam

has now appeared/arrived amidst us as revealed by the sunAdham of

His Thirucchinna oli . (Chinnam means insignia and Thirucchinnam then

is His auspicious insignia . He is thus worshipped by PraNava Naadham

arising from His Thirucchinna Vaadhyam ).

 

The key words of the third Paasuram are:

 

1. " anaitthukum adhipathiyAi " : the Fourth Vibakthi linked to akAram

is referred to here to remind us that all sentients and insentients

are NirupAdhika Sesham (Unconditional servants ) to Him in His

role as NirupAdhika ( conditionless , devoid of limitations) Sarva Seshi

(Supreme Master) . Seshan is the servant , who performs

kaimkaryams with utter humility and a sense of elation. Seshi is

the One , who recieves (accepts) that Kaimkaryam from the Seshan

with joy. The need for the development of Sesha-Seshithva Jn~Anam

is reminded here .

 

2. The passage " ThirumahaLai vidAthAr " is linked to

the UkAram of PraNavam representing MahA Lakshmi (Thiru MahaL).

In VishvaksEna Samhithai , the Lord states that VedAnthams

and PaancharAthram aver that the Ubhaya VibhUthis ( nithya and Leelaa)

as well as PirAtti is sEsham to Him . Together , they are " yEka sEshi "

to the world ( SrISrIsayO dhvaou cha SadhaikasEshi) according to

PaancharAthram , which is Bhagavath Saasthram. She is sesham to Her

Lord only .She is the MadhyAksharam ( UkAram) in the PraNavam.

 

3.The passage , " tEsu otthAr mikkAr illAr " refers to the other meaning of

MahyAksharam, UkAram that thers is no one in His Ubhaya VibhUthi ,

who is equal or greater than Him .

 

4. The passages , " ninaikka namakku innaRivu tanthAr " and " nilai ninRa

uyir tOnRa ninainthAr " deals with the svaroopam of the Jeevan , which is

eternal, self-luminous and has the Jn~Anam given by the Lord.These two

references in the third Paasuram of Thirucchinna Maalai are associated

with the meaning of " MakAram " in the PraNavam . MakAram is the third

aksharam ( TrutheeyAksharam) of PraNavam denoting the Jeevan

and its VyApaka nyAsam :

 

" MakAram JeevabhUthamthu sareeram vyApakam nyasEth "

 

Brahma Soothram states clearly that the Jeevan represnted

by MakAram is eternal (Nithyan) and has no time point of

origin (anAdhi) :

 

naathmA sruthEr-nithyatthvAccha thAbhya:

--Brahma Soothram : 2.3.18

 

(Meaning ): " The Jeevan is not (produced ) , ( for it is so)

mentioned in the scriptures , also ( on account of its) being

eternal , ( for so it is known) from them ( the Sruthi texts) " .

 

The Jn~Ana Svaroopam and Svayam PrakAsthvam (Self luminosity)

of the Jeevan is also referred to by this passage .

 

5) The paaage " yenakkivar nAnn Ivarkku yenna iniyAr vanthAr "

gives the full meaning of PraNavam .

 

In the next paasuram , Swamy Desikan goes on to capture

the meaning of Nama: sabdham in the AshtAkshara Manthram.

 

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: