Sri Srinivaasa Vaibhavam- BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam of ThiruvEnkatam- 3- [27th verse]

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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Let us continue to enjoy BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam on

Sri Srinivasan. The next verse is 27th:

 

pathiyamainthu naadip parutthezuntha sinthai,

mathiyurinci vaanmugadu nOkki - kathimigutthaNG

kOlthEdi yaadum kozunthathE pOnRathE,

maalthEdi yOdum manam. 27

 

My mind fixes itself on Thirumala Thirupathi and grows

upwards towards Him. It thus goes even further and

further crossing the boundaries of Chandra mandalam

(moon) and touches the borders of the Universe; It

reaches even the Ultimate Paramapadham searching and

seeking Paramadha nAthan.

 

This is similar to the tall creeper that grows upwards

looking for the hold for its support and sustenance.

 

Here the mind reaching as far as Paramapadham is

explained. AzhwAr always thus contemplates on his mind

reaching Paramapadham and enjoying the Lord and

serving Him at His Lotus feet. The jeevan if he has

performed Saranagathi at the Lord’s Lotus Feet,

reaches Paramapadham or Srivaikuntam at the end of the

birth thorugh archirAdhi maargam.

 

Thirty Eighth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai by

Swamy Desikan describes beautifully, how the Lord

helps the Jeevan to enter the 101st NaaDi to ensure

the ascent of the prapanna Jeevan to His parama

padham:

[Given below is the wonderful article prepared by Sri

Satakopan Swamin]

 

savya-anyayO: ayanayO: nisi vaasarE vaa

sankalpitha aayu: avadhIn sapadhi prapannAn

Haardha: Svayam nijapadhE vinivEsayishyan

naaDIm pravEsayasi NaaTa sathAdhikam Thvam

 

Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE – Deepa prakAsA! For those , who

have not performed Prapatthi , there are some

limitations on the time of death and their

consequences. They can hope to attain the auspicious

worlds only when their death happens during the

UttharAyaNa Sukla paksham and particularly during the

day time. SaasthrAs say such souls without the benefit

of Prapatti can not enter auspicious worlds at other

times such as DakshiNayana KrishNa Paksha days or

Nights. Those who have performed Prapatti at Your

Lotus feet have no such restrictions. UttarAyaNam or

DakshiNAyanam or the Pakshams or the day or night do

not interfere with their reaching Your Supreme abode.

At the end of their assigned time on

this earth, they ascend to SrI Vaikuntam for eternal

residence there to serve You.

 

At the end of their lives as Prapannans [those who

have surrendered to the Lord], You as the indweller of

the jeevan facilitate it to enter the 101st NaaDi to

begin its journey via the path of light towards SrI

Vaikuntam. The Other Jeevans , who did not perform

Prapatthi [saranagathi] enter NaaDis other than the

101st NaaDi and as a result start their journey to

Svargam or Narakam based on their karma visesham. You

make the Prapanna Jeevan see nothing but the 101st

NaaDi (Brahma NaaDi or Moordhanya Naadi) and help it

to start its journey on the upward path to SrI

Vaikuntam.

 

The subject matter of Four Brahma Soothra adhikaraNams

( IV.ii.8 to IV.ii. 11) are condensed into one single

slOkam by the Kavi Simham, Swamy Desikan.

 

The names of these adhikaranams are:

 

IV.ii.8 is Tad-okodhikarana

IV.ii.9 is RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam

IV.ii.10 is Nisaa-adhikaraNam

IV.ii.11 is DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam

 

In the Tad-OkodhikaraNam , the Lord's special help in

illuminating the 101st NaaDi and pushing open the

closed door of that Naadi to permit the Prapanna

Jeevan to enter is described. KaTha and BrahadAraNya

Upanishads attest to this help of the Lord. In the

493rd slOkma of His AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi, Swamy

Desikan describes the Lord's help in detail for the

Prapanna Jeevan to enter the 101st NaaDi and to

proceed further along the prescribed route to SrI

Vaikuntam.

 

In the RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam ,the journey of the

Jeevan following the rays of the Sun are decribed

following the ChandOgya Upanishad manthram (8.6.5).

 

In the next adhikaranam, Nisaa-adhikaraNam , it is

stated that for a Prapanna Jeevan, death at day time

or night time does not interfere with the travel to

reach the Supreme Brahman. Non-prapanna Jeevans dying

during night do not attain the auspicious worlds ( He

is born again in this world).

 

In the DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam, the prapanna who dies

even in DakshiNAyanam ( in the six month period, when

the Sun travels South) attains the Supreme Brahman.The

non-prapanna Jeevan dying in DakshiNAyanam does not

travel in the path of light, but in the path of smoke

(DhoomAdhi maargam) and is condemned to be born again

in SamsAra without attaining Brahman like the prapanna

Jeevan.

 

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam

Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE

Namah:

Regards

Namo Narayana

Dasan