Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 265/Desika Prabhandham : GeethArTa Sangraham : Part 25

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord PaarTasArathy :

 

Today , we will study the remaining two Phala sruthi

Pasasurams of Swamy Desikan's Prabhandham of

GeethArTa Sangraham.

 

Twentieth Paasuram : Fruits of Reciting GeethArTa Sangraham

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vann paRRu aRukkum marunthu yenRu Maayavan thAnn uraittha

inbhak-kadal amuthAm yena ninRaviggeethai thanai

anbarkku uraippavar kEtbavar aadharitthu Othumavar

tunbak-KadaluL tuLanguhai neekkit--tulungavarE

 

(meaning): Geethai has the glory of being the medicine

for releasing the chEthanams from the disease of

SamsAram .This has been stated by our Lord Himself.

 

Geethai is like a vast ocean containing sakala sookshama

Dharmams ( entire array of subtle dharmams and codes of

conduct ) inside it .

 

Geethai is a veritable ocean of nectar for its students .

It generates paramAnandham in them .Those who are able

to teach the GeethA slOkams to sishyAs as well as

the students who benefit from such studies with serious

resolve and faith will be freed from the bonds of SamsAram

and shine with divine effulgence .

 

The vast MahA BhAratham is compared here to the limitless

ocean and Geethai as the nectar that arose out of that

deep ocean ( inbak-kadal amuthAm ninRa Geetha) .

 

AchAryAs are instrcuted to teach this secret GeethA

Saasthram to the most deserving sishyAs ( anbharkku

Uraippavar) . The sishyAs who learn it through Guru Kulam

and KaalakshEpam routes are referred to as " kEtpavar " .

Those sishyAs dear to AchAryAs , who master it through

respectful adhyayanam and reflect on their deep meanings

are saluted as " aadharitthu Odhumavar " . The end result of

such study and contemplation assures them freedom from

the cycles of births and deaths (Moksham) through

the upAyam of SaraNAgathy at the sacred feet of the Lord .

They shine as splendourous stars in the firmament of

SrI Vaikuntam amidst fellow MukthAs ( liberated Jeevans)

and Nithyasooris .

 

Twenty First & Final Paasuram: Poet's Mudhrai on Prabhandham

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theethaRRa naRgguNap--pARRkkadal thAmaraic-chemmalar mEl

mAthuRRa MArvan maruva inngeethayin vaNN poruLaik--

kOthaRRa nAnnmaRai mouLiyin Aasiriyan kuRitthAn

kAdal thuNivu udayAr kaRkkum vaNNam karutthudanE

 

(Meaning): AdiyEn, VedAnthAcharyan housed in this Prabhandham

the Taathparyam ( essential meaning ) of the Lord's Geethai in

a manner that would both please the Lord's divine mind ( ThiruvuLLam)

and enable the BhakthAs and PrapannAs to learn these meanings

with SraddhA .

 

Swamy Desikan salutes the Lord , who blessed us with

the GeethOpadEsam as the very Lord who is resting on

AadhisEshan at the Milky ocean with the lotus lady of

auspicious attributes .That KsheerAbdhi NaaTan incarnated as

Lord KrishNA , the dear friend and charioteer of Arjuna and

blessed us with the profound GeethOpanishad.

 

Swamy Desikan informs us that the purpose of the creation

of the Prabhandham--dealing with the quintessence of

Bhagavath Geethai following the footsteps of Swamy

AlavanthAr-- was to help PrapannAs learn SaraNAgathy

Saasthram with its major angam of MahA viswAsam clearly .

 

Swamy Desikan " signs off " as the composer of this sacred

Prabahndham by identifying himself as " NaalmaRai mouLi

Aaasiriyan " ( the AchAryan of the four VedAnthams/Upanishads

associated with the four VedAs ) .

 

Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:

 

 

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: