Thiruvaheendhrapuram MahA Mantapam Construciton : Part XII

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SrivaishnavamSrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs :

 

I will be starting soon the postings on Swamy Desikan's Sahasra Naamams blessed

to us by

Thirukkudanthai DEsikan , the Moola Purushar of Munithraya SampradhAyam .

 

Thirukkudnthai Andavan in this AchArya Paramparai presented Swamy Desikan's

archA Moorthy

at Thiruvaheendhrapuram , the beautiful RathnAngi that is used on special days .

This RathnAngi

was presented 35 years ago by Thirukkudanthai Andavan .

 

We have covered all but 498 of the 1008 " Sahasra NaamAs " so far.

 

The sections that adiyEn will cover now following the magnifcient Tamil

commentary of

U.Ve. VpascchinmaNi NaavalpAkkam VaasudEvAcchAr Swamy are :

 

1. Satha DhUshaNi ( NaamAs 102-1168)

 

2. Tatthva Muktha KalApam ( NaamAs 206-399 )

 

3. Gadhya Thraya BhAshyam , ChathusslOki BhAshyam , SthOthra Rathna BhAshyam ,

Sri PaancharAthra Rakshaa ( NaamAs 493-680 )

 

4. SillaRai Rahasyams ( NaamAs 721-769 )

 

We will take up next , the SillaRai Rahasyams first . An introduction to the

SillaRai

Rahasyams from Sadagopan.org is attached . The 510 Desika Sahasra Naamams

covered sofar are at :

 

http://www.ibiblio.org/Sripedia/oppiliappan

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

 

Oppiliappan KOil V.Sadagopan

 

 

 

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stothrams by acharyans

 

Acharyan Swamy Desikan

 

 

 

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|| Rahasya GranthAs of Swami Desikan ||

 

 

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Acharya Swami Desikan

 

 

Sri Ub. Ve. Vangipuram Navaneetham Srirama-DesikachAr Swamy and his

scholarship are legendary. Since Swami Desikan's time, no one has attempted to

write commntarties on the AmruthasvAdhini Rahasyams. The enormous and

painstaking efforts of Navaneetham Swami to collect the palm leave manuscripts

compare them for authenticity, and comment on them and proof read the pages in

print is beyond imagination. We are truly blessed to gain insights into Swami

Desikan's multifaceted genius thanks to the elegant and clear commentary of

Navaneetham Swami .His ability to explain complex doctrines in an easily

understandable manner is a true gift for us. Even when Navaneetham Swami was

recovering from cataract operations and angina pectoris, he continued with his

extraordinary labour of love and blessed us with these and other monographs on

Swami Desikan's brilliant master pieces that serve as foundation stones for our

SiddhAntham .

 

SWAMI DESIKAN'S GRANTHAS

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The prolific output of the giant of an AchAryA is housed in 130 works

summarized in Sri Viashnava home page maintained by Sri Mani Varadarajan. They

are usually divided into the following six categories:

 

1. Those pertaining to Philosophy and Religion in Sanskrit ( 25 works )

 

2. Kaavya granthAs & other literary works ( 5 more )

 

3. SthOthrAs ( 30 items )

 

4. Rahasya GranthAs in maNipravALa ( 34 items )

 

5. Tamil Works ( 24 items )

 

6. Miscellaneous Works (12 Items )

 

Rahasya GranthAs

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These are the fourth among the six categories of our AchAryA's

illuminating works. There are 34 Rahasya GranthAs in ManipravaLA. Among them,

TattvasikhAmaNi, Madhurakavi Hrudhaya, Steya sangraha and Saara DheepA are no

longer available to us.

 

Navaneetham Swami covered 16 of the remaining 30 chillarai rahasyams in

Part I of his series , four more in Part II and the seven more in Part III .

Only three are not covered in this series:

 

 

(1) Srimadh Rahasyaytraya Saaram ( RTS )

(2) GuruparamparaasArA , which is incorporated in the beginning part of

RTS

(3) Paramatha Bhangam. Srimadh RTS and Para Madha Bhangam are magnificient

and huge treatises in their own right and hence , they have been covered

separately. The GuruparamparAsAram gets folded into Srimadh RTS.

 

The 16 works covered in Part I to be reprinted

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They fall into the Following Categories :

 

(1)Padhavis: ( Tattva Padhavi , Rahasya Padhavi ). Padhavi means either a

position or path .

 

2. Maathrukais Tattva Maathrukai , Rahasya Maathrukai , Rahasya

mathrukai Hrudhayam ). The term MaatrikA connotes the 52 letters of sanskrit ,

which in turn relates to the 52aspects of tattvAs including the three types of

souls , three GuNAs , the 24 divisions of Achith and its relationships to the

other two tatthvAs ( Chith and IsvarA ) .

 

 

 

3.SandEsams: ( Tattva SandEsam ,Rahasya SandEsam , Rahasya SandEsa

VivaraNam ). SandEsam means a message .

 

4. RathnAvaLis: ( Tattva RathnAvaLi , Rahasya RathnAvaLi , Tattva

RathnAvaLi PrathipAdhya Sangraham ) . RathnAvaLi means a necklace of Jewels .

 

5. Navaneethams : (Tattva navaneetham , Rahasya navaneetham). Navaneetham

refers to the delicious mixture of VeNNai and sugar, the favorite food of Lord

KrishNA .

 

 

 

6. ChuLakams: ( Tattva Traya ChuLakam , Rahasya Traya ChuLakam ). ChuLakam

is the small shape of the palm holding water for Achamaneeyam. This refers to a

small tract of the great doctrines.

 

7. Sri SampradhAya Parisuddhi deals with the importance of AchAryAs in our

sampradhAyam and the purport of the three rahasya manthrAs . In this work , the

most merciful AchAryA emphasizes the need to avoid the schisms among the

followers of Sri RaamAnujA. He reminds us tactfully that among the different

sishyAs of AchArya RaamAnujA , there are no arthavirOdhams although there might

be Vaakhya YojanAbhedhams.

 

The topics covered in these 16 Rahasya Granthams are :

 

The three TattvAs ( Chith , Achith and Isvara/ soul , Matter and God ) ,

the nature of the Soul , the three types of Souls , the four kinds of Achith,

Kaalam, Sudhda sattvam ,Dharma BhUtha Jn~Anam, Prapatthi, Bhakthi, the

meditation on the Lord and the experience of reaching Him , Artha Panchakam,

elaborations of Athmasiddhi of YaamunAchArya , Reflections on the Mitha gadhyAs

( Sriranga gadhyam and Vaikuntha Gadhyam ) of AchArya RaamAnujA , the

significance and purport of the three sacred Rahasya ManthrAs dear to Sri

VaishNavAs .

 

 

 

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