Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam : Part VII / Priest Quarters Construction at Sri RanganAtha Temple(NaamAs 813-820)

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Dear BhakthAs of Lord RanganAtha:

 

adiyEn will start the coverage today of the meanings of

some more of the 17 Desika Sahasra Naamams dealing with

the fifth chapter of SRTS , Tatthva Thraya chintanaa adhikAram .

 

813) PramANagamya Dharmi-svaroopa- roopaka-dharma vidhE nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who knew vey well

that both the dharmi svaroopam and its svaroopa nirUpaka

dharmams are to be understood together through pramAnams .

 

Comments: PramAnam stands for evidence or means of

valid knowledge.PramANams for us are Prathyaksham

(Perception) , anumAnam (inference) and Sabdham(Vedam) .

 

The svaroopam ( inherent nature) of dharmi ( object ,

a substrate or a object in which a quality inheres) is

supported by PramANams . Here the reference is to

" pramAnagamya dharmi savroopam " . Thus , this Dharmi

svarUpam is comprehended by PramANams .

 

This Dharmi Svaroopam has SvarUpa nirUpaka dharmam

( attributes that define the essential nature of an object)

as well . Swamy Desikan instructed us that the PramANams

reveal the dharmi (object) and its Svaroopa nirUpaka

dharmams together . Devoid of Svaroopa nirUpaka dharmams,

the vasthu(dharmi) can not exist . Therefore PramANams

reveal dharmi and Svaroopa nirUpaka dharmam in unison.

 

814) (PraNavam) Jeeva LakshaNa Tatthvaj~nAya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who had a clear

understanding of the lakshaNams of the Jeevan(ChEtanam)

and how these lakshaNams differ from Iswaran although

there are some overlaps .

 

(Comments ) : Jeevan has Jn~Athvam , Aanandhathvam , Amalathvam

and aNuthvam . Iswaran has the first three svaroopa nirUpaka dharmams

like Jeevan but not aNuthvam . Iswaran on the other hand has Vibhuthvam.

Only by adding aNuthvam , we can hence define the Jeevan. Seshathvam or

being

the servant of the Lord is another lakshaNam for the Jeevan . This LakshaNam

can come into play only when the LakshaNams of both Iswaran and Jeevan

are fully defined.

 

815) (PraNavam) Bhaddha LakshaNa lakshithrE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who knew clearly

the LakshaNam of the bound Jeevans and their differences

from the muktha and nithya jeevans .

 

(Comments) : There are three kinds of jeevans : Bhaddhar , Mukthar and

nithyar . The uniqueness (lakshaNam ) of Bhaddha jeevan , which

are roiled in SamsAram is their possession of five dhOshams:

 

1) AvidhyA : The erroneous belief that the Sareeram is the Aaathma .

2) Karmaa: accumulating PuNya and Paapa karmaas

3) Vaasanaa: residual Impressions from the PuNya and Paapa karmaas

4) Ruchi: The power of Vaasanaas that make the jeevan engage in

more paapa and puNya karmaas , which gets the jeevan stuck

further into SamsAram .

5) Prakruthi Sambhandham: As a result of the accumulation of Karmaas ,

the Jeevan experiences multifold births in different bodies.

 

816) (PraNavam) Bhaddha sTithi pravrutthij~Aya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who was knowledgabale

about the jeevan's sTithi and pravrutthi that are unique to them.

 

(Commnets) : The differences in the sTithi (existence) of the three kinds of

Jeevans: Bhaddha Jeevan has the samsAric ties until moksham . For the

mukthAs and the nithyAs , the SamsAric ties do not persist. Regarding

differences in pravrutthi ( actions/vyApArams) , BhaddhAs engage in

acts of PuNyam and Paapam. They also have actions that belong

neither to the class of PuNyam or Paapam such as winking of the eye

or sitting down . The Muktha and the nithya jeevans do not have puNya

or Paapa acts although they share with the Bhaddha jeevan

the acts that are considered neither as puNyam or paapam.

 

817) (PraNavam) Muktha lakshaNa lakshithrE nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who defined the lakshaNams

(unique traits ) of the muktha (liberated ) Jeevans.

 

(Comments): MukthAs differ from NithyAs and BhaddhAs in lakshaNams .

Freed from paapams and puNyams , the Muktha jeevans have the Svaroopa

aavirbhAvam in an unfettered manner . Their svaroopam is not hidden by

avidhyA , karmaas , vaasanaa or ruchi. They are liberated from these

lakshaNams unique to Bhaddha jeevans. Their svaroopam does not

undergo tirOdhAnam ( hidden) but comes out and is not eclipsed

(Svaroopa aavibhAvam). AavirbhAvam means shining without any thing

blocking it .

 

818) (PraNavam) Muktha sTithi pravrutthij~naaya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who knew very well

the sTithi and pravrutthi of the muktha jeevans.

 

(Comments): For mukthAs , there is a time point at which their svaroopa

aavirbhAvam happens/dawns. After that , their svaroopa aavirbhAvam

stays without being hidden ever.There is an aarambham for the svarropa

aavirbhAvam for mukthAs. BhaddhAs have no svaroopa aavirbhAvam

since they are karma vasyaaLs . NithyAs on the otherhand are different

from BhaddhAs and MukthAs in the matter of Svaroopa aavirbhAvam .

NithyAs have no beginning time for svaroopa aavirbhAvam , since they

are eternally liberated .

 

When it comes to pravrutthi vyApArams , Bhadhda jeevans have no

opportunity for ParipoorNa bhagavath anubhavam at Sri Vaikuntam

arising from nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord there. Muktha jeevans ,

who had lost that bliss as Bhaddha jeevans regain it after moksha

siddhi .Nithya jeevans have it forever.they never lost it or regained it.

Losing the ParipoorNa brahmAnandham in the Bhaddha state and

regaining it in the mukthA state are their (MukthA's) pravrutthi lakshaNam .

 

819) (PraNavam) Nithya lakshaNa laksithrE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who instrcuted us on

the lakshaNams of the nithya jeevans and contrasted them

with the Bhaddha and muktha jeevans.

 

(Comments): The lakshaNams of Nithya Jeevans are : Having svaroopa

aavirbhAvam from time immemorial (anAdhi kaalam) and being paratantrAs

( adhinAs or obedient ) to the Lord , their Master . Like nithya jeevan ,

BhagavAn has also svaroopa aavirbhAvam eternally and is without

any time markers as in the case of Muktha jeevans . Bhaddha jeevans do not

have any svaroopa aavirbhAvam like muktha , nithya jeevans or Iswaran .

While the nithya jeevan is under the control of Iswaran , latter (Iswaran)

is not under the control of any one. Thus , Iswaran is not a Paratantran .

 

820) (PraNavam) Nithya sTithi pravrutthij~nAya Nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who had clear knowledge of

the sTithi and pravrutthi of the nithya jeevans .

 

(Comments): Nithya jeevans differ in sThithi from the other two

kinds of jeevans . NithyAs have svaroopa aavirbhAvam from time

immemorial and enjoy the dhivya dampathis eternally without any

start point . In contrast , muktha jevans are blessed with the enjoymemt

of ParipoorNa brahmAnandham only after gaining mOksham . Bhaddha

Jeevans' svaroopa aavirbhAvam does not take place due to their

anAdhi karnaas and therefore they do not have the paripoorNa

BrahmAnandham.Thus they differ in Seshi Tatthva anubhavam.

BhagavAn has BrahmAnandham but not in the role of Him as

a Swamy (Seshi) to Himself .The pravrutthi of the nithyAs

is that they have been performing kaimkaryams to the Lord

from time immemorial. There is no starting point for such

kaimakryams . It is anAdhi pravAham in nature. Muktha jevans

in contrast engage in such kaimkaryams only after Moksha dasai.

BhagavAn /Iswaran performs the acts of creation , protection

and destruction . These however are not Kaimkaryams . Only

those acts done by a servant to please his Master are defined as

Kaimkaryams.Iswaran has no Master and He performs His unique

acts like creation as leelAs due to His own sankalpam . Uninterrupted

kaimkaryam to Iswaran ( Seshi) from time immemorial is the pravrutthi

lakshaNam of the Nithya Jeevan.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

P.S : Please remember to support the Living Quartersconstruction

project for the priests of Sri RanganAtha Temple . December 31 is the day

of the raffle draw . We have just 30 days left to complete this kaimkaryam

..

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: