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Chillarai Rahasyangal

(770) (PraNavam) MadhavAthmaj BhUpArTa SubhAshitha vidhAna
           vidhE nama:

 (Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who composed the Neethi slOkams
 for  the benefit of the king by the name of Maadhava Puthran .

 (Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan blessed the King  Maadhava Puthran with
 the SrI Sookthi of SubhAshitha-neevi  , wehn the king requested upadEsam
 for ways of conducting oneself well in this world . SubhAshitha-neevi has
 146  slOkams . Neevi means a knot . Swamy chose the name because of
 the many  deep meanings realting to SadhupadEsam are knotted together
 in this  SrI Sookthi .  Thieves can not abscond with it . Only AchAryAs can
 intrepret  the deep  meanings. For instance the short second slOkam of
 the First Paddhathi  has  as many as 13 meanings  according to our AchAryAs
.
 The 146 slOkams are grouped  under 12 Paddhathis  with each of
 the Paddhathis having 12 slOkams  on the average ( 12x12 =144 )  .
 The first 5 Paddhathis deal with the  upadEsam on activities that should be
 avoidded .  The remaining 7 paddhathis deal with  the activities that
 one should adopt .

(771)( PraNavam) Hamsa sandhEsa vivrutha bhagavath-prEma
tallajAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who revealed BhagavAn's
  deep love  for His PirAtti ( Lord Raamachandra for SithA PirAtti ) .

 (Commentary ) : This is a SandhEsa Kaavyam ( " sending a messenger" kaavyam
 like Mega SandhEsam of MahA Kavi KaaLi Daasan) .It has 110 slOkams .
HanUmAn had  returned from LankA after locating SithA PirAtti at AshOka
Vanam and  conveyed  the joyous tidings to Lord Raamachandra in Ksihkindhai.
Our Lord's love  grew further for  His PirAtti . Our Lord saw a Hamsam near
by and sent it as a messenger to LankA to the side  of His beloved Dharma
Pathnee . The name arises from the sandhEsam of the Hamsam by our Lord .
Bhagavath PrEmam is expressed here . Our  Lord  explains to the Hamsam
about the dhivya  dEsams that it will fly over enroute to its destination ,
LankA  to deliver His message to His divine consort & return . There are
many
beautiful slokams  here  that attest to Swamy Desikan's intimate knowledge
of
geography of BhAratha dEsam as well as his skills as a poet extraordinaire.

(772) (PraNavam) SrIman mouLi kramAbhikhya granTa nirmANa kOvidhAya nama:

 (Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with a SrI
Sookthi
known as " Thirumudiadaivu " ( This grantham is no longer available to us ).

(773) (PraNavam) LokAchAryAdhi sacchishyArpitha SaarIraka -- 
bhAshyakAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who performed kaalakEsam on
 Brahma Soothra SrI BhAshyam to great sishyAs like Swamy PiLLai LokAcchAr
 and others ( Brahma Tantra Svatantra Jeeyar , Kumaara VaradAcchAr et al) .
 They expressed their thankfulness to their AchAryan through construction of
 individual Taniyans for him at the end of their kaalkshEpams under him .

(774) (PraNavam) Brahmatantra SvatantrAdhi sishyArpitha rahasyakAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed Brahma Tantra Jeeyar
(and KumAra VaradAcchAr) with KaalakshEpams on the three rahsyams .

 (Commentary ) Sri PiLLai LOkAcchAr had KaalakshEpam only on SrI BhAshyam.
 Brahma Tantra Svatantra Jeeyar had KaalkshEpam on all rahasyams except
 Bhagavath Vishayam ; latter , he had KaalkshEpam under Swamy Desikan's
 KumArar , KumAra VaradAcchAr on Bhagavath Vishayam  . RahasyArTa paramparai
was thus established  for us .

(775) (PraNavam) kruthAseethi sahasra dhramiDAgama parimaLAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan  , who created the eighty Thousand
 PaDi grantham of Nigama ParimLam ( Fragrance of Tamil VedAs ) ; This
 extraordinary  grantham is no longer available to us  due to our
 misfortunes.

 (Commentary ) : Swamy NammAzhwar Commanded Swamy Desikan directly
 at AzhwAr Thirunagari and indirectly through Svapnam to create a commentary
 for His ThiruvAimozhi . Swamy Desikan created this extended commentary
 (74,000 PaDi ) based on Thirukkuruhai PirAn PILLAn's 6,000 PaDi commentary.
 The addition of 74,000 slOkams of Swamy Desikan to the 6,000 PaDi of PiLLAn
 led to the count of 80,000 PaDi .

(776) ( PraNavam) MunivAhana bhOgAkhya granTa sampreetha sajjanAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who pleased the hearts of
 Sajjanams  with His SrI Sookthi named "Muni Vaahana BhOgam " dealing with
 the  AmalanAdhipirAn  Prabhandham of ThiruppANAzhwAr .

 (Commentary ) : ThiruppANAzhwAr was carried on the shoulders of LokasAranga
 Muni  as he was  brought before Lord RanganAtha . Hence ThiruppANar
acquired
the name of  Muni Vaahanar . When ThiruppANar opened His eyes before the
Lord ,
the Paasurams of  AmalanAdhipirAn poured out of him . The bhOgam ( enjoyment
of the bliss of  the soundharyam/ Vadivazhagu  of Lord RanganAtha ) is the
scope of ThiruppANar's Prabhandham . Hence Swamy  named  his commentary on
this Prabhandham as "Muni Vaahana BhOgam " . Guru  Paramparaa states that
Swamy Desikan composed Muni Vaahana BhOgam  at the request of PeraruLALa
Jeeyar  ( Brahma Tantra Svatantra Jeeyar) and hence the reference to
"Sajjanam"
 in  this Naamaa .

(777) (PraNavam)  Srimann- Madhurakavyukthi gATA vyAkhyAna
dakshiNAya Nama:

 (Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who was skilled in creating
 a VyAkhyAnam (Commentary ) for the "KaNNInuNN SiRutthAmpu "
 prabhandham  of Madhura Kavi AzhwAr .

 (Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan blessed us with a VyAkhyAnam for
  Sri Madhura Kavi's  Prabhandham entitled , " SrI Madhura Kavi Hrudhayam "
.
  This is a tribute to  AchArya  Nishtai . Unfortunately , this grantham
  has become extinct now .

(778) ( PraNavam) DhraviDAmnAya  Taathparya rathnAvaLi
vidhAyakAya Nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with the grantham
  of  "DhramiDopanishad Taathparya RathnAvaLi "  .

 (Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan held that Swamy NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi
 is the assembly of Tamil Vedams ( DhramiDa  Upanishad ) . The meanings
 (Taathparyams)  of the Paasurams of ThiruvAimozhi are jewels (Rathnams) .
 Hence , Swamy Desikan named  this SrI Sookthi as " DhramiDOpanishad
 Taathparya RathnAvaLi " ( necklace  made up  of the Rathnams of
 DhramiDOpanishad).  It has 130 slOkams .

(779) ( PraNavam) DhramidOpanishath -- Saara praBanthOjjvala
mAnasAya nama:

 (Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who created a brief SrI Sookthi
 ( made up  of 26 slOkams ) to house the essence of the profound
 ThiruvAimozhi .

 (Commentary ) : Here Swamy Desikan covers the SaarArTam of each
 ThiruvAimozhi  ( set of  ten Paasurams identified as ThiruvAimozhi) .
 Through such  an  effort ,  Swamy Desikan focuses on the Bhagavath
 guNams portrayed in these  individual  ThiruvAimozhis .

(780) ( PraNavam) SlOka-thrayOktha bhagavadhAradhana vidhi kramAyaa nama:

 (Meaning): Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with a SrI Sookthi
 named  " BhagavadhArAdhana PrayOga Kaarikaa " , which contains three
slOkams to  cover both ThiruvArAdhana PrayOga kramam and Bhagavath
dhyAna kramam .

(781) ( PraNavam) navaslOkee sangruheetha Brahmasoothra
             vidhAnakAya nama:

 (Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with the
 consecration of the Yaj~nOpaveetham ( Brahma Soothram) through nine
 slOkams .

(782) (PraNavam) PraBandhasAra nirmAthrE  nama:

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with
the SrI Sookthi of "Prabhandha Saaram " out of his reverence for
the Four Thousand Sacred Collect . Swamy Desikan housed inside
the Paasurams of Prabhandha Saaram the dhivya dEsams ,
where the AzhwArs incarnated ,  the day of avathAram , the
number of Prabhandhams , the total count of their paasurams .

(783) (PraNavam) AahAra naithya geethikruthE nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who blessed us with
the SrI Sookthi of AahAra Niyamam dealing with the foods that
produce Satthva GuNam and Jn~Anam in us. He listred the foods
that could be consumed towards that goal and the foods that
have to be avoided .

(784) ( praNavam ) Moola manthrArTa sangrAhee gATaa kruthi
            visAradhAya nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who had the power
to create the slOkams that provide the essence of the meanings of
the Moola Manthram and could be sung as songs ( The reference
here is to Swamy Desikan's SrI Sookthi known as Thirumanthrira
Churukku " .

(785) ( PraNavam) Dhvaya manthrArTa  sangrAhee gATaakaraNa
            dakshiNAya nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who  condensed
the meanings of dhvya mathram in small number of slOkams
usable as songs . ( The reference here is to Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sookthi of Dhvayaa Churukku ) .

(786) ( PraNavam) Charama slOka sangrAhee gATaa sangraha
          kOvidhAya nama:

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who had the intellectual
power to condense the meanings of Charama slOkam into Pasurams
that could be sung ( The reference here is to Swamy Desikan's
SrI Sookthi of "Charama SlOka Churukku " ) .

(787) ( PraNavam) Prapatthi garbha geethArTa gATaakruthi
             vichakshaNAya nama:

(Meaning) : Salutations to that AchAryan , who had the power to create
slOkams that celebrated Prapatthi as the essence of Bhagavath Gitaa.

(Commentary ) : Swamy Desikan's PoorvAchAryAs (Swamy AlavanthAr
and AchArya RaamAnujA ) have blessed us with their commentaries and
summaries on Bhagavath Gitaa (GeethArTa Sangraha and GeethA BhAshyam) .
Swamy Desikan had his own commentary known as Taathparya Chandrikai
for the above two commentaries in majestic Sanskrit . Further for the
benefit of the aasthikAs speaking only Tamil language , Swamy Desikan
blessed them with a Tamil SrI Sookthi named GeethArTa Sangraham ,
which was derived from Swamy AlavanthAr's Sanskrit SrI Sookthi of
the same name . In this SrI Sookthi , Swamy Desikan pointed out that
SaraNAgathy is the central message of Srimath Bhagavath Geethai .

(788) ( PraNavam) LakshmaNArya rOgagna paadha theerTa
prabhAvakAya nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to the SadAchAryan , whose SrI Paadha Theertham
had the intrinsic power of curing the disease of KanthAdai LakshMaNAcchAr
Swamy .

(Commentray ) : Back in Srirangam , one day Swamy Desikan was engrossed
in enjoying an AchArya  Sri Sookthi and failed to notice the arrival of
a famous SrI VaishNava AchArya by the name of KanthAdai LakshmaNAcchAr
Swamy . Swamy Desikan did not get up to offer his praNAmams due to
his precoccupation with what he was reading  . The sishyAs of KanthAdai
AchAryan took that as an insult to their AchAryan ; they became irate
and man handled Swamy Desikan for what they thought was a deliberate
insult to their AchAryan . Swamy Desikan was heart broken and left
Srirangam for Sathyagalam in Karnataka state with his family and sishyAs .
Back at Srirangam , the sishyA's offenses affected KanthAdai
AchAryan . He developed a skin disease and also had no children .
This AchAryan's wife recognized the apachAram committed by
her husband's sishyans to Swamy Desikan and hastened to
Sathyagalam to fall at the sacred feet of Swamy Desikan to seek
his pardon .They partook the Sri Paadha Theertham of Swamy Desikan
for a whole year . The power of that Sri Paadha Theertham cured
LakshmaNAcchAr's disease and also led to the birth of a child for
LakshmaNAcchAr Dampathys . They were elated and gave the name of
Theerttha PiLLai to the child to recognize the power of the SrI Paadha
Theertham of Swamy Desikan .

(789) ( PraNavam) Srutha PrakAsikaa rakshaa  rakshithAdhma
bhAshyakAya nama:

(Meaning) : Salutations to that great AchAryan , who protected
Srutha PrakAsikaa ( Commentary of Sri Sudarsana Soori on
SrI BhAshyam of AchArya RaamAnujaa ) and there by saved
the Sri BhAshyam for the future generations .

(Commentary ) : This Naamaa refers to another important event
in the life history of Swamy Desikan , while he lived at Srirangam .
The Muslims had invaded from the north and laid siege to Srirangam .
In the ensuing battle , many VaishNavaas including Swamy PiLLai
LokAcchAr were killed along with Sudarsana Soori . Earlier , Sudarsana
Soori had requested Swamy Desikan to protect his palm leaf manuscript of
the Commentary ( as he recorded from NadathUr AmmAL's KaalakshEpams
on Sri BhAshyam ) named Srutha PrakAsikaa as well as his two young sons .
Swamy escaped miraculously from the battle field and travelled with
the precious treasure of Srutha PrakAsikaa to Sathyagalam in KarnAtakaa.
If Swamy Desikan had not saved this precious commentary that day ,
we would never have known the traditional meanings of Sri BhAshyam .
Swamy Desikan went on to create AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi , Tatthva Deekai
and Satha DhUshaNi to defeat those , who found fault with Srutha PrakAsikaa.
This is one of the greatest UpakArams of Swamy Desikan to SrI VaishNavAs .

(790) (PraNavam) YaadhavAchala bhadrAsAsanaarTa gathi--
bhAsurAya nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to Swamy Desikan , who was effulgent with the
Yaathraa he made to perform MangaLAsAsanam for ThirunArAyaNan of
Melkote ( YaadhvAchalam) .

(Commentary ) : After rescuing Srutha PrakAsikaa awith his journey to
Sathyagalam , Swamy Desikan went on a yaathrai to Melkote to perform
MangaLAsAsanam for ThirunArAyaNan and AchArya RaamAnujaa .

(791) (PraNavam) abheethisthava sanjAtha abheethi Rangapuree--
gathayE nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to that SdaachAryan ,
who returned to the dhivya dEsam of Srirangam
freed from its  fears through the SrI Sookthi of
Abheethi Sthavam .

(Commentary ) : While at Sathyagalam during the Muslim occupation of
Srirangam , Swamy Desikan prayed to Lord RanganAtha to remove the fear
that was gripping Srirangam . Swamy composed a Grantham known
as Abheethi Sthavam ; here , Swamy pointed out that Sri RanganAthan
is the source for the removal of every  kind of fear and prayed for
the safe return to Srirangam for the MangaLAsAsanam of the Lord .
Sri RanganAtha responded positively and the Muslims were chased away .
A BhagavathOtthamar by the name of KoppaNAryar brought back
the uthsava Moorthys , broke down the stone wall in front of Moolavar
and arranged for the resumption of the ThiruvArAdhanam for the Lord
of Srirangam once again . Swamy was glad to hear this good news and
returned immediately to Srirangam to enjoy the sevai of the Lord .

(792) (PraNavam) Ranga prApitha RangEsa GOpaNArya
           sthuthi priyAya nama:

(Meaning ) : Salutations to the AchAryan , who was pleased with
the praise lavished on KoppaNAryan , who was instrumental in
driving away the Muslims from Srirangam and bringing back
the Uthsava Vigrahams of Sri RanganAtha from Thirumalaa
to Srirangam for punar-Prathishtai and AarAdhanam .

(Commentary ) : KoppaNNAryan was the king of Chenji . He assembled
a big army and drove way the Muslims from Srirangam and restored peace
there . Afterwards , he travelled to Thirumalaa , where Lord RanganAthaa
was being worshipped during the invasion by Muslims and returned
the Lord to Srirangam . Swamy Desikan was so pleased with KoppaNArya
over this MahOpakAram that he praised the valour of KOppaNArya .

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Sri MalOla PaadhukA Sevaka  Sri VaNN SaThakOpa NaarAyaNa
Yatheendhra  MahA DesikAya Nama: