makarakaNDi kaimkaryam - deSika nURRandAdi pAyirams 11 ans 12

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SrI:

 

Dear aastikaas,

 

Posting herewith the commentaries on pAyirams 11 and 12 of deSika nURRandAdi by

SrI V Sadagopan Mama towards the makarkaNDi kaimkaryam for tUppul Swami Vedanta

deSikan.

 

dAsan

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SrI:

 

Paayiram 11 :

 

Paran NaaraNan avan paadhatthiRkku Aatcheyhai

uram ivvuyirkadkku yenRu OrAr--siramatthait-

theerkkave VedAntaDesikanAi vantu udhitthu

maargam idhu yenRu uraitthAn Maal

 

OhrAr siramatthai theerkkavE = for eliminating the sufferings of the people of

the universe ignorant about the three tattvams

 

Maal VedAnta DesikanAi vanthu udhitthu= Sriman NarayaNan incarnated as VedAntha

Desikan

and instructed the jeevans suffering inSamsAram ,

 

NarayaNan paran , avan paadhatthiRkku aatseykai ivvyuirkatkku uram yenRu= (

Swamy Desikan instructed ) that Sriman NaarAyaNan is the Para Brahmam ( Supreme

Most among the DevatAs) and performing Kaimkaryam at His sacred feet is most

beneficial and auspicious act for the souls in bondage ( Bhaddha Jeevans) and to

follow it up with the performance of SaraNAgathi .

 

( SaraNAgathy seyvatuvE ) mArgam yenRum uraitthAn = Swamy Desikan pointed out

that the perforamce of Prapatti at the Lord's sacred feet is the most efficient

method to gain Moksha Sukham .

 

Comments : Here , the poet ( Mannappa IyengAr) states that the Lord of

ThiruvEnkatam itself incarnated as VedAntha Desikan. In Vibhaava avatAram , the

Lord incarnated as GeethAchAryan and instructed Arjuna : " Please focus your

mind on me alone; please express devotion to Me. Worship Me alone; Prostrate

before Me ; after that , you will attain Me --Gethai: 9.34 " . GeehtAchAryan

performed additional upadEsam thru His charama SlOkam ( 18.66) to perform

SaraNAgathy to Him alone and not to grieve thereafter (Sarva dharmAn parityajya

, Maam YEkam SaraNam vraja). Inspite of all these UpadEsams using Arjunaa as a

VyAjam (excuse) , Jeevans bound in samsAram did not take advantage.

GeethAchAryan reflected further on how to uplift the sufferign Jeevans from the

samsaric mire . He decided to incarnate in the archaa form as

Thiru-VenkatamudayAn and when that upAyam did not yield full results , our Lord

reincarnated as Swamy Desikan at ThUppul as JagadAchAryan in human form and

created Srimath Rahasya traya Saaram to describe lucidly the three tattvams for

the benefit of all ; Swamy Desikan constructed many granthams ( NikshEpa Rakshai

, ChillaRai rahasyams, NyAya SiddhAnjanam , Tattva MuktA KalApam et al) ) to

reveal that SaraNAgathy at Sriman NarayaNan's sacred feet is the unfailing

method to break the cycles of repeated births in SamsAram . He established that

SaraNAgathy maargam is the easy to practise and the yielder of quick results .

It is for helping the suffering Jeevans that the Lord appeared on this earth as

Swamy Desikan .

 

Paayiram 12 :

 

MaalAi adiyavar paal maanilattil vantu udhitta

naal Vedah meyp-poruLAm Naarananum -saala

aruL seyta VedAnta AariyarOdu ovvAn

iruL anaitthum yeengu ahaRRiyE

 

In this Paayiram , the author takes the position that AchAryan is far superior

to the Lord , when it comes to showing compassion to the suffering jeevans .

 

adiyavar paal maalAy maanilattil vantu uditta naal Vedha meyporuLAm NaaraNaan=

Out of His affection and love for His devotees , the Supreme One defined clearly

by all the Four VedhAs incarnated on this earth as Raaman and KrishNan ( in

Vibhava avatArams).

 

NaaraNanum yeengu iruL anaitthum ahaRRi saala aruL seytha VedAntha AariyarOdu

ovvAn = Even that NaarAyaNan celebrated by the VedhAs can not equal Swamy

Desikan , when it comes to removing fully the darkness of ajn~Anam of the

suffering jeevans and blessing them to reach sadhgati .

 

Swamy Desikan has catalogued n his UpakAra sangraham the many upakArams done by

the Lord to help the jeevans sinking in the samsAric mire.

 

The four VedAs broadcast that the Lord , Sriman Narayanan , is the Supreme Being

.. Brahma Sootram ( yEtEna SarvE vyAkhyAtA: vyAkhyAtA: --Brahma Sutram 1-4-29 )

refers to the Jagath KaaraNatvam of the Lord (Iswaran) and His distinctly

different nature compared to the two other tattvams(sentients and the

insentients).This all knowing and all powerful Brahman is recognized as the

uncontested cause of this world of sentients and insentients.

 

This sarva Saktan , SarvAdhAran incarnated in Kali Yugam as Swamy Desikan . The

question arises as to what Swamy Desikan did during his stay on this earth .He

composed and blessed us with hundreds of books to reveal the doctrines of

Tattvam , hitam and PurushArtham .

 

Swamy Desikan taught us that Tattvam is the Lord with His inseperable PirAtti

kanown as Para Brahmam and that Sriman Narayanan is the indweller of all jeeva

rASis.The sentient jeevans and the insentients serve as His body (sareeram).

 

Swamy instructed us that hitam consists of the two routes ( means , mArgams) :

Bhakti yOgam and Prapatti . He revealed that Prapatti margam is simpler and can

be practised by one and all.

 

He pointed out that PurushArtham ( the goal of Life ) is four fold : Dharamam ,

arTham , Kaamam and Moksham and among these four , Moksham is the loftiest goal

to be sought by us.After gaining Moksham , the liberated jeevan reaches Sri

VaikunTham andengages in eternal service to the Lord and enjoys the supreme

bliss.

 

Swamy Desikan composed many SrI Sooktis for our benefit and removed our ajn~anam

( ignorance) and doubts and blessed us with true Jn~Anam about

Tattva-Hita-PurushArtam.

In providing such upakArams , Mannappa IyengAr states that Swamy Desikan

exceeds the apAra KaaruNyam of the Lord Himself in helping the suffering jeevans

..

 

DhAsan , Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan