Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam : Part XV / Priest Quarters Construction at Sri RanganAtha Temple( NamAs 875-877)

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord RanganAtha:

 

adiyEn will continue with the 875th to 877th Sahasra

Naamams today, which will cover the 16th chapter of

Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ( PurushArTa KaashtAdhikAram ).

 

875) (PraNavam) Bhagavath Daasa kaimkarya dhAsya

dhvaividhya vEdhithtrE nama :

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who understood

the two different kinds of Daasathavm that a Prapannan enjoys.

 

(Meaning ): This and the next two NaamAs deal with the 16th Chapter of

SRTS ( PurushArTa Kaashtai) : BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam is the end

limit of Bhagavath Daasa Kaimkaryam . It is the duty of the Daasan to do

what pleases his Lord. In the case of Bhagavaan , the Sarva Swamy ,

what pleases Him the most, is Kaimkaryam to His BhAgavathAs , who are

very dear to Him . Therefore the BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam is the end

frontier of Bhagavath Kaimkaryam . The very fact that he is a Bhagavath

dAsan makes a prapannan , BhAgavatha Daasan .

 

This BhAgavatha Daasathvam is of two kinds :(1) Since Bhagavaan desires

all to be the daasAs of His BhAgavathAs , the Daasathvam originating in this

manner is one kind of BhAgavatha Daasyathvam (2) The Daasathvam arising

from the adoration of the BhAgavathA's guNams and becoming as a result

his Daasan . Among the two categories of BhAgavatha Daasathvam ,

the second category is superior to the First.

 

Similarly , Bhagavath Daasathvam can be classed into two categories :

(1) The natural daasathvam of a Sesha BhUthan to his Sarva Swami

(2) the GuNam-Based Daasathvam , where the prapannan is charmed by

the delectable guNams of the Lord and becomes His Daasan .

 

Swamy Desikan has revealed to us these two divisons in Bhagavath and

BhAgavatha Daasathvams .

 

876) Srimath Bhagavath Daasa Daasya-prApthaananyathva virOdhagnE nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who refuted the concept

that BhAgavatha Daasathvam will interfere with being Daasan to

anyone else including Bhagavaan .

 

(Comments): Swamy Desikan states here that the vow by Prapannan

not to be daasan to anyone except Bhagavaan ( ananyArha sEshathvam)

will not clash with being a Daasan to the Lord's BhAgavathAs.

 

Thirumanthiram requires that a Mumukshu should cultivate ananyArha

sEshathvam through Bhagavath sEshathva Jn~Anam . The very same

Bhagavath sEshathva Jn~Anam leads one onto BhAgavatha Seshathvam.

A Bhagavath sEshan is one , who can be used by his Swamy in any

manner his Lord wishes to use him . If it is Bhagavaan's cherished

wish for His Daasan to serve as a daasan to His dear BhAgavathAs ,

it is the duty of the Mumukshu to be the Daasan to BhAgavathAs

as well . There is no conflict here in being Daasan to both BhAgavan

and His own BhAgavathAs. The deeper meaning of AshtAksharam

is BhAgavatha sEshathvam indeed !

 

877) (PraNavam) Srimath BhAgavathAnyOnya daasya sAdhana

tathparAya nama:

 

(Meaning): Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who proved that

the BhAgavatha Daasaas can be Swamy to each other without

conflict .

 

(Comments): The question arises as to how the two BhAgavathAs

have paraspara (mutual) daasyathvam ( servantship) and Swamithvam

(Lordship) . If one is a daasan , the other has to be a Swamy and vice

versa. There appears to be a conflict in mutual daasathvam .

 

Swamy Desikan states in PurushArTa Kaashtai chapter that there is

no conflict . It is like two out of respect to each other offer upachArams

to each other . One who offers upachAram is the daasan and the other

who recieves it (the Phalan) fits into the role of Swamy . These roles can

reverse without conflict during another upachAram . The fact that both can

recieve the phalan permits both of them to be Swamis . Since both engage

on different occasions to perform kaimkaryam that yields phalan ,

both can also be daasars of each other .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: