Thuppul PiLLai- 58- maNipravALa [rahasya] granthas of our Acharya saarvabhouman

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SrI:

SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:

SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |

vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

 

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the

lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

 

Dearest Srivaishnavas,

Let us continue to enjoy other granthas of Swamy Desikan in summary form:

 

Swamy Desikan has offered us 24 works in maNipravAlam, a sweet blend of

Tamil and Sanskrit. These are actually 35 in number including the

commentaries.

 

The first work under this group is SatsampradAya parisuddhi. The Acharya

exhausted all the talents, as it were in demonstrating that the tradition

starting from Sri Ramanuja is perfectly flawless. There is no inconsistency

between rahasyas, upanishadic doctrines, theories and practices in the

Srivaishnava Sri Ramanuja Sampradayam, The apparent contradictions that are

raised on the import of the three rahasyas are resolved in a very judicious

manner.

 

The second and third works are called Tatva padhavi and Rahasya Padavi

respectively. The way is to know the tattvas, that is, Realities like soul,

matter and God and the means of getting final release. RahasyapadavI deals

with the way of knowing the sense of three rahasyas.

 

Tatvanavaneetham and Rahasyanavaneetham are the fourth and fifth works. The

word navaneetham, which means butter, is sued here to show that the cream of

what is otherwise hard to comprehend is presented here. The nature of the

enjoyer (soul), of matter which is enjoyed and God who directs them is well

treated in Tatva navaneetham. Similarly all the component parts of the three

rahasyas are dealt with suitable references in the source books in the

Rahasyanavaneetham.

 

Maatrukai is work forming part of the Titles Tatva maatrukai and Rahaysa

maatrukai the sixth and seventh works. The work matruka means the source of

the letters which are represented in Sanskrit language by the squabbles

beginning with “a” and ending with Ksa. These squabbles are fifty one in

number. Treatment of tattva and Rahasya in each of these two works is

offered in fifty one in number. Treatment of these two works is offered in

fifty one sentences.

 

Sarvajna Singappa Nayaka, son of king Madhava, became a disciple of Vedantha

Desika and desired to know the tattvas and Rahasyas. Vedanta Desika wrote

Tattva sandhEsam, Rahasya SandhEsam and Rahasya SandhEsa vivaraNam and sent

to the king. Hence the title ends in the word SandhEsam. These are the 8th,

9th and 10th works. The last mentioned work adds further explanation on

Prapatti.

 

Eleventh work is TatvarathnAvaLi in which the matters dealt with are like

gems and so the whole work is like a garland of gems. The Acharya offers, in

the 12th work TattvarathnAvaLipratipadyasamgraha, the summary of the

previous work.

 

Similar are the 13th and 14th works having the names RahasyaratnAvaLi and

rahasyaratnAvaLihrudhayam on the three rahasyas.

 

The work chuLakam forms part of the titles TattvatrayachuLakam and

RahasyatrayachuLakam of the 15th and 16th works. The word chuLaka means palm

of the hand. This word tells that the Tattvas and Rahasyas that are treated

in these two works are made easily understandable through these words.

The SaradIpa, the 17th work is lost with the exposition of the three

rahasyas. The abhayapradAna sAram, the 18th work is in ten sections dealing

with all aspects of Prapatti. The essential features of Sri Rama’s offering

security to VibhIshaNa are vividly described.

 

TattvasikhAmaNi and RahasyasikhAmaNi are the 18th and 19th works, the former

of which is lost. In the latter work, the Acharya discusses the wonderful

Varaaha charama slOka as instructed to us thorugh BhUmi PiraaTTi when the

most compassionate Mother pleaded to Him on our behalf talking extreme dayA

and mercy on us. .

 

PradAnasathakam, the 20th work (refer URL: http://www.srivaishnava.org/sgati

SaraNagati electronic journal for translation in English by Sri V Satakopan

Swamin) enumerates one hundred topics that are of great significance in

Vaishnavism. The 21st work, UpakArasangraham (also available in Saranagati

journal written by Sri Vijayaraghavan Srinivasan) lists the actions of God,

which have been of much help to his devotees. Saarasangraham, the 22nd work

gives the gist of the three rahasyas.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Regards

Namo narayana

dAsan

kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |

Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

 

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the

teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

 

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