Swamy Desika Sahasra Naamam : NaamAs : 691-700 ( Sankalpa SooryOdhaya Naatakam )

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691) (PraNavam) Sarva SankaDa vidhvamsi visankaDa maneeshithAya Nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who had the intellectual power

to address all dilemmas and difficulties related to VisishtAdhvaitha tatthvams .

 

(Commentary ) : This SoothradhAran's vaak : " Sarva Tantra SankaDa prasamana

visankaDa mathi: " . Swamy Desikan's sharp intellect as a Sarva Tantra Svatantrar

in defeating the Para Mathams is saluted here .

692) (PraNavam) Vimsa varshAdheetha sarva vidhyA santhathi bhAsurAya nama:

 

Salutations to that AchAryan , who mastered all vidhya paramparais by the age of Twenty .

 

693) (PraNavam) thrimsathvAra srAvitha Srimacchaareerika bhAshyakAya nama:

 

( Meaning) : Salutations to the AchAryan , who taught the SrI BhAshyam

for SaarIraka Saasthram thrity times in his life .

 

(Commentary ) : SoothradhArar says in this context : " Thrimsath Vaaram srAvitha-

SaarIraka bhAshya: ". He performed KaalkshEpam for his sishyAs on SrI BhAshyam

thirty times during his life by the time he created Sankalpa SooryOdhayam .

 

694) (PraNavam) YatheendhrArpitha dhurvAdhi vijayArTa pavithrakAya Nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who adorned the Pavithram (ring made of

Dharbam ) given by YathirAjar in his hand for winning over the opponents belonging to

Para Mathams .

 

(Commentary ) : In Sankalpa SooryOdham , the sishyan is Swamy Desikan and

the Guru is Yathi Raajar . It is generally conceded that Swamy Desikan had a unfulfilled

wish (viz)., to be adirect sishyar of AchArya RaamAnujA , which did not happen due to

chronology of their avathAram dates . In Sankalpa SooryOdhayam , Swamy Desikan

visualizes that he was empowered by AchArya RaamAnujA through the pavithram

that he recieved from the latter .

 

695) (PraNavam) VaadhanAmnE nama:

 

( Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan with the name of Vaadham .

 

(Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan gave himself the name of "Vaadham "

as he enacted the role of Sishyan in Sankalpa SooryOdhayam .

 

696) (PraNavam) VaadhadhOsha vyavasTA karaNa kshamAya nama:

 

( Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who established the rules of debate

(Vaadham ) in Sankalpa SooryOdhayam .

 

(Commentary ) : In the drama , Guru asks his sishyan (Swamy Desikan) to defeat

the opponents in the debate . Sishyan has a doubt about the proptocol of

such a debate . Sishyan asks: Is it correct to debate with Brahmins and win ?

It is said that one who debates with BrahmaNaas and wins will be born as plants

in the deep forest . Guru answers : It is alright to engage in debates connected to

the determination of truth of doctrines ( Tatthva nirNayam ) and to establish firmly

our siddhAntham . In the case of debates with one who puts down Iswara ( Iswara

dhUshaNam) and the one who is a nonbeliever in God ( naasthikan) , the debater can

engage even in Jalpam and VidhaNDA vaadham to defeat them . In the case of

others , it is not done . Jalpam is debate in an aggressive/harsh fashion . VidhaNDA

style of Vaadham is the criticism of other matham without establishing the merits of

one's own matham .

 

697) (PraNavm) Sookshma sookshmatarAthyantha sookshma prasnOtthara

kshamAya nama:

 

( Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who is capable of posing subtle ,

subtler and subtlest Questions and providing answers for them .

 

(Commenatary ): In the play , there is a section on Guru-sishya exchanges

(SamvAdhams) , where Sishyan asks questions of increasing levels of sophistication

and the Guru answers them and removes the doubts of the Sishyan . Reference here is

to those samvAdham sections of the play .

 

698) (PraNavam) Yatheendhra granTa surabhi manaska padha sEkharAya Nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who adorned as head jewelery the sacred

feet of those , whose minds were fragrant with the SrI Sookthis of AchArya RaamAnujA .

 

(Commentary ) : The reference is to the section in Sankalpa SooryOdhayam ,

where Swamy Desikan says in his role as Sishyan : " Yahteeswara Saraswathee

surabhithAsayAnam sathAm , vahAmi charaNAmbhujam praNathisAlinA mouLinA ".

Here , Swamy Desikan states that he adorns the sacred feet of those fortunate ones

whose minds are fragrant with YathirAja Sri Sookthis . Reference here is to his

PoorvAchArya , KidAmbi AacchAn , who was the cook for AchArya RaamAnujA .

 

699) (PraNavm) SankarAdhi kudhrungmoordha nyastha vaama

PadhOjjvalAya nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who placed his left foot on

the heads of Saankhya and Saankara Mathams . To place the left foot

on the heads of enemies in debates is a sign of shame for the one defeated .

Swamy Desikan shouts aloud this way because of his extraordinary skills

to defeat kudhrusti Matha Vaadhins .

 

700) kudhrung moordha nyastapAdha suvarNa kaDakOjjvalAya nama:

 

( Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , whose left foot resting on the heads of

Kudhrushti Matha Vaadhins is shining with the golden KaDakam ( ankle ornament) .

 

(Commentary ) : Even today during the ekAntha sEvai of the archA vigraham of

Swamy Desikan at Thuppul , adiyEn is told that one can see the golden Kadakam

adorning His left foot . In Sankalpa SooryOdhayam , the Sishyan (Swamy Desikan)

defeats the opponents from Para mathams in the court of the King VivEkan .The pleased

king says : " Sishyan has won over the Vaadhis , who rattled away with hollow sounding

sabdhams like " KAdA , kAdA " and has now placed his left foot over the defeated opponent's

head . As the referee in this debate , I (VivEka MahA RaajA) place a golden kadakam

at the the left foot of Sishyan (Swamy Desikan) , who adorned it after seeking

the permission of his Guru (AchArya RaamAnujA ) .

 

lSwamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

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