Srimath Azhagiya Singar SathAbhishEkam series : 13.1, Rahasya Padhavee: 3rd ChillaRai Rahasyam of Amrutha Ranjani Rahasyams

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SrI:

 

Dear AasthikAs :

 

This rahasyam got its name because it provides the knowledge to comprehend

the three rahasyams ( Thirumanthiram , Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam ) . The word

Padhavee is derived from the root "padh" meaning to go , to approach, to attain .

Padhavee means a road , path or a course . It also means a position or station in life .

In this ChillaRai rahasyam , we have to stay with the meaning of Path or Road to reach

and travel .It is threrefore the path finder to the road of the three rahasyams.

 

The essence of this Rahasyam : Vedanta Saastrams elaborate on

Tatthvam-Hitham and PurushArTam . They do so to assist the long

suffering samsAris to overcome their sorrows and attain Sathgathy .

Thirumanthiram -Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam cover succinctly

the three doctrines : Tathtvam-Hitham and PurushArTam.

 

Nigamana Paasurams Summing up the goal of this rahasyam :

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moonRil oru moonRum mooviraNDum munnAnkum

thOnRat-tholayum thuyar

 

(Meaning ): SamsAra dhukkam will be destroyed , when the clear

meanings of the three rahasyams : Thirumanthiram with three paadhams,

dhvayam with six paadhams and Charama slOkam with 12 paadhams.

 

" ThonRat-thulayum thuyar " is a beautiful combination of words

evoking the imagery of Sunrise ( ThOnRum SooryOdhayam) that

destroys ( Tholayum) the darkness ( sorrow /nescience/thuyar ) of

samsAric bheethi .

 

The previous rahsyam was Tatthva Padhavee and this rahasyam is

Rahasya Padhavee . SWamy Desikan connects both Tatthva Padhavee and

Rahsya Padhavee in one of the concluding slOkams of Rahasya Padhavee:

 

ithi tathva-thrayasya yEshaa rahasya thritasya cha

padahvee VenkatEsEna prathyak praachee pradarSithaa

 

(Meaning) : Sri VenkatEsan ( Swamy Desikan) has shown the way

( Padhavee) to Jn~Anam about the three tatthvams and the three

rahasyams for understanding clearly the svaroopam of the Jeevan

thru the two rahasyams : Tathva Padhavee and Rahasya Padhavee .

Swamy Desikan says here : " prathyak prAchee yEshA padhavee

pradarSithaa " . Prathyak prAchee stands for Aathma svaroopa

Jn~Anam.

 

Description of the Rahasya Padhavee

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1. Structure of Thirumanthiram : The first padham is PraNavam . It condenses

very lofty tatthvams. It is made up of A+U+M . These three letters can also be

considered as three padhams. The letter "A" denotes the Lord , who is never

seperated from His PirAtti . When we refer to that Lord , we recognize Him as

Jagath KaaraNan and Jagath Rakshakan and as the One , who has the Vaibhavam

of having the Jeevans as His svAbhAvvika sEshan ( liege/servant/daasan).

This is the symbolism of the letter "A" ( akAram) .

 

On the akAram , the fourth case represented by "Aaya " is ascendant

and hidden This dative case refers to the relationship ( sambhandham)

between the Jeevan and EmperumAn . What is that sambhandham ?

The sambhandham is the daasathvam of the Jeevan to Iswaran . The middle

padham in the PraNavam is the " U" ( ukAram) . This ukAram refers to

the unique sambhandham of the Jeevan to the Lord and Lord alone.

The essence of this UkAram is the Jeevan is Daasan to none but the Lord.

 

The third Padham of PraNavam is MakAram referring to the Jeevan ,

the embodiment of its Daasathvam .When we refer to that Daasathvam ,

Jeevan is understood as the one protected by the Lord and is the embodiment

of Aanandham and Jn~Anam and as one having Jn~Anam and Aanandham

as his guNams( attributes) . The jeevan is comprehended as having atomic

size and as being different from the body and the Indhriyams. The essential

meaning of PraNavam is : Jevan is solely the servant of Sriman NaaRaYaNan .

He has no qualifications to be the daasan of anyone else.

 

Meaning of Nama: sabdham

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This is the middle padham of Thirumanthiram .It is made up of two

letters : Na and Ma . The meanings for nama: Padham has been given

as a whole or by splitting it into Na and Ma ( the constituent letters ) .

The essence of the Nama: padham is " I am not my Master (SsEshi) .

I have no power to initiate a karma in an independent manner ignoring

the Lord ."When the jeevan identifies himself as the adiyEn for the Lord ,

it is clear that the Lord makes him the servant of His servants

( BhagavathAs).When we use the full "nama: " sabdham ( instead of

splitting into na and ma) ,it means SaraNAgathy at the Lord's sacred

feet . When we consider the meaning of Nama: sabhdham by splitting

into na and ma , then , it implies a prayer " Let no inauspicousnes

happen to me ". The three meanings for Nama: sabdham are :

(1)adiyEn is not a servant of anyone except the Lord and is connected to

the Tatthvam (2) thru the meaning of SaraNAgathy , hitham is linked

and (3) by rejecting inauspiciousness, the link is made to PurushArTam .

 

The Meaning of " NaarAyaNAya ", the third Paadham of Thiru Manthiram

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This is the third padham of Thiru Manthiram . NaarAyaNa padham refers to

EmperumAn with PirAtti . This Padham can be intrepreted in two ways:(1) Ayanam for the NaarAs (2) One who has the Naatams as His ayanam .

In the first definition , Naaram stands for ChEthanam and achEthanam.

Ayanam means the abode for them. That leads to the understanding of

Him being the sakala vasthu AadhAran . In the second definition ,

the Naaram ( chEtana-achEtanam) is His vaasa sthAnam ( place of

resience ) . All the chEtanam and achEtanam are His abode . He is

pervasively present as antharyAmi Brahman in all of them .

 

The Fourth Case represented by "Aaya " over NaarAyaNa sabdham

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This chathurthi vibhakthi denotes the SEshathvam ( adimai) of

the Jeevan( Seshan) to the Lord (Seshi) . This sambhandham

of the ChEtanan to the Lord is already covered by PraNavam .

Question may arise about its redundancy ( Punar Ukthi dhOsham ) .

Hence , it is customary to intrepret that the Aaya sabdham as

the Kaimkaryam arising from that Seshathvam ( being a leige of

the Lord) . It is but natural for the servant to perform Kaimkaryam for

his Lord and gladden the heart of the Master .

 

The Esssential Meaning of Thirumanthiram

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1) Sriman NaarAyaNan is never ever without His PirAtti .

2) He is the Jagath KaarANan .

3) He is the Jagath Rakshakan.

4) Jeevan is svAbhAvika ( intrinsic ) adimai to Him .

Jeevan will never ever become adimai to anyone else.

5) Jeevan will however be the servant of BhAgavathAs .

6) Jeevan is protected by the Lord .

7) He is of the form of Jn~Anam and Aanandham.They

become his guNams.

8) Jeevan is of atomic dimension .

9) Jeevan is different from body and the the indhriyams.

10) Jeevan will never become his own Master .

11) Jeevan has no independence to go after his kaaryams.

He is totally dependent on his Lord .

12) Prapanna Jeevan performs SaraNAgathy at the feet of

his Lord and prays for Moksha Phalan . His prayer is to serve

the Lord and His divine consort at all places , times and states.

 

( To Be continued : Dhvayam & Charama SlOkam )