Swamy Desikan Sahasra Naamam Series (Contd.)

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The series of Postings sofar covered 510 Sahasra NaamAs

out of the 1008 . We are just half way across . 498 NaamAs

remain to be covered .They fall in these 4 large subject categories :

 

1. Satha DhUshaNi : NaamAs 102-168 (67 NaamAs)

 

2. Tatthva Muktha KalApam : NamAs 206-399 ( 194 NaamAs)

 

3. BhAshyams & PaancharAthra RakshA : 493-680 ( 188 NaamAs)

 

4. ChillaRai RahasyangaL : 721-769 ( 49 NaamAs)

 

Since the first two subject categories are terse ,

we will start with item 3 & 4 and cover 237 NaamAs

first before we go on to Satha dhUshaNi and

Tatthva Muktha KalApam .

 

Chillarai RahasyangaL ( NaamAs 721-769)

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The three Rahasyams ( Moola Manthram , Dhvayam and

Charama SlOkam ) and their meanings have to be understood

from AchAryan .The Sri Sookthis expaining the Manthrams and

the meanings of the ManthrAs are known as Rahasya granthams .

 

The biggest and most profound Rahasya Grantham blessed to us

by Swamy Desikan is known as " Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram " .

out of His ripe Jn~Anam , Swamy Desikan created Srimath Rahasya

Thraya Saaram (SRTS) late in His life . In this SRTS , Swamy Desikan

blessed us with the entire range of meanings of the three rahsyams.

Prior to the composition of SRTS , Swamy Desikan composed smaller

Sri Sookthis on the three rahasyams that would meet the needs of

different adhikAris . Swamy Desikan provided rare insights into

the meanings of the three rahasyamas at different levels for easy

absorption .These Sri Sookthis are collectively known as

ChillaRai Rahasyams .

 

Here are the Desika Sahasra Naamams relating to ChillaRai Rahasyams.

Let us start with the first of the ChillaRai Rahasyams: SampradhAya

Parisuddhi :

 

(721) SampradhAya Parisuddhi sTApithaachArya sathpaTAya nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan, who established through

SampradhAya Parisuddhi that the auspicious way (SampradhAyam )

of our AchAryAs starting from the Omniscient Lord to prakrutham

AchAryAs is the best way to understand correctly the VedAntha arthams .

 

" SamprAdhyA Parisuddhi " is a small chillaRai Rahasyam , where

Swamy Desikan establishes resoundingly that our AchArya SampradhAyam

starting from Sriman NaarAyaNan to present day AchAryAs is pure and is

free from any blemishes . Swamy clears all the doubts that might arise in

one's mind on this matter . Hence this chillaRai rahasyam was named

" SampradhAya Parisuddhi " .

 

Thirukkudanthai Desikan constructed this NaamA from Swamy Desikan's

own statement : " Aasarvajn~Ath asmathAchArya pankthE aprathyUham

saTpadham sthApayanthee " .

 

(722) SathsampradhAya - rahitha SaasthrAnaadhara BhOdhakAya nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who instructed us that we should

not accept the SaasthrAs that did not originate from Sath-sampradhAyam .

 

Vedams and PurANams inform us that the VedAnthic meanings should be

understood only through SathAchArya SampradhAyam . One should not

learn these SaasthrAs by themselves (self-taught mode ) and they have to be

learnt only from an AchAryan belonging to Sat h-SampradhAyam . If some one

tries to teach himself , he can not comprehend the correct meanings . Even if

that person is a genius and can understand the meanings correctly ,

that knowledge will not benefit him . There will be no clarity in that Jn~Anam

obtained in this way . It will not resurrect him from SamsAram . Therefore ,

Swamy Desikan instructs us that the plain Saasthram without the backing of

Sath-SampradhAyam should be discareded .He established that the Saasthra

Jn~Anam available to us through the SadAchArya ParamparA alone is

superior .

 

(723) SacchAsthra moolAnya sampradhAyaanAdhara BhOdhakAya nama:

 

(Meaning) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who taught us that we should

not relate to any sampradhAyam other than the Sath-SampradhAyam .

 

Swamy Desikan advocated the view that VedAntha arthams should be learnt

only with the help of Sath SampradhAyam . Some people may unite and create

a new sampradhAyam without the backing of Bhagavath Saasthrams or those

which are antithetical to those Saasthrams . Those kinds of new sampradhAyams

will have the defects of misintrepretations of Saasthrams and the dhOsham of

deciet to mislead aasthikAs . Therefore these new sampradhAyams outside of

the Sath SampradhAyam should be avoided .On matters relating to Iswaran

and Moksham , it is not possible for your sensory organs to experience them .

On these matters , Saasthrams alone are our pramANams (valid means of

knowledge) . Sath SampradhAyam is rooted in Bhagavath Saastrhrams

and hence Iswaran MOksham and other related concepts can not be

understood through other SampradhAyams .

 

Detailed write up on SampradhAya Parisuddhi is avialbale at the following URL:

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/ebooks/Sampradaya_Parisuddhi

 

The ChillaRai Rahasyam overview is also available at URL :

 

http://www.Ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/feb98/0104.html

 

Thirukkudanthai Desikan covers the rest of the content of Sampradhya

Parisuddhi with four more Sahasra NaamAs . We will cover them in

the next posting .

 

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