sArasAram -- II (31)

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SrI sAra sAram

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II – DvayAdhikAram (31)

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The components of prapatti in the first part of dvaya mantram - 2

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SwAmi DeSikan further discusses the importance of ‘mahA-viSvAsa’:-

Prapatti-lakshaNa vAkkiyaththin-paDiyE viSvAsa-pUrvaka-prArtha-naiyum ingE

AkiRathu.

As per the definition of ‘prapatti’, the supplication preceded by faith

(viSvAsam) is also stressed here.

SwAmi DeSikan draws support from statements of SrIbhAshyakAra in support:-

“prapatti-viSvAsah†enRu thoDangi, “viSvAsa-pUrvakam prArthanamiti

yAvat†enRum, “viSvAsa-pUrvakam bhagavantam nityakinkaratAm prArthayEâ€

enRum SrIbhAshyakArar aruLic ceythAr. “viSvAsO dvayArthah†enRathaRkum

ithuvE tAtparyam.

SwAmi DeSikan has referred to the first quotation of SrIbhAshyakAra in his SrI

rahasyatrayasAram too:-

“prapatti-viSvAsah†enRu thoDangi, “viSvAsa-pUrvakam prArthanamiti

yAvat†enRum.

In its full form, the sentence is as follows:-

“prapatti-viSvAsah sakrutprArtanAmAtrENa apEkshitam dAsyatIti viSvAsa-pUrvakam

prArthanamiti yAvat†–

SrIbhAshyakAra says, “Prapatti is faith; it is prayer accompanied by faith

that the Lord will grant whatever is desired on account of a single act of

prayer.†Here the emphasis is on the importance of ‘viSvAsa’ – faith at

the beginning and the prayer for help in the form of prapatti.

The second reference to the statement of SrIbhAshyakAra made by SwAmi DeSikan

is as:-

“viSvAsa-pUrvakam bhagavantam nityakinkaratAm prArthayE†enRum

SrIbhAshyakArar aruLic ceythAr.

The above statement forms a part of SrIrangagadyam, one of the three Gadyams

composed by SrIbhAshyakAra. He says, “With faith, I pray to BhagavAn that I

may be taken into His eternal service.†Here, SwAmi DeSikan’s commentary on

SrIrangagadyam is worth considering. He says, “The performance of prapatti

should be based on the faith that the Lord will surely save us and should also

be accompanied by a prayer to Him for succour.â€

SwAmi DeSikan endorses this with another quotation, the source of which is not

known:- “viSvAsO dvayArthah†enRathaRkum ithuvE tAtparyam, that is, ‘The

same is the message conveyed by “Faith is the meaning of the dvaya.â€

The quote is part of a SlOka, which is as follows:-

“nArAyaNam salakshmIkam prAptum tac-caraNdvayam /

upAya iti viSvAsO dvayArthah SaraNAgatih //â€

Meaning:- The SaraNAgati referred to in dvaya means only faith in the two feet

of nArAyaNa being the only upAya for the attainment of Him with His Consort,

Lakshmi. (In SrIrahasyatrayasAram, SwAmi DeSikan refers to the source as a

statement of the learned and adds that this statement implies that in his mind a

mumukshu must have absolute faith in the efficacy of SaraNAgati, and also the

importance of faith as an accessory to prapatti.)

 

(To continue)

dAsan

anbil S.SrInivAsan

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