SrI: Dear SrI Raama BhakthAs: There are three most brilliant Sanskrit slOkams and two Tamil Paasurams at the beginning of Abhaya pradhAna Saaram.Let us enjoy them first before plunging into the main text . SlOkam 1. About The Supermacy of Lord Raamachandran *************************************************** This is the same slOkam that we find at the beginning of SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam: Jayathi aasritha santhrAsa dhvAntha vidhvamsana udhaya: PrabhAvAn Seethayaa DhEvyA Parama-vyOma BhAskara: Lord Raamachandran has incarnated as the son of DasaraTA to destroy the darkness of fear from those , who have sought His refuge . He is aasritha santhrAsa (fear) dhvAntha vidhvamsanan( destroyer of the darkness constituted by fear ). He is like the Sun , which chases away the physical darkness. Similarly ,Lord Raamabhadran has incarnated to banish the mental darkness caused by fear of samsAric afflictions for those, who have sought His protection .He is the Sun (Bhaaskaran) shining in the Supreme space ( paramAkAsam ) of SrI Vaikuntam. Such a Sun shining in SrI Vaikuntam is radiant with His Svayam JyOthi( Parama vyOma Bhaskara:) and is victorious (Jayathi) . Just as the lustre (Prabhaa) never parts with the Sun ,SeethA pirAtti never leaves the side of Her Lord and makes His glories supremely radiant ( SeethayA dhEvyA PrabhAvAn Parama VyOma Bhaskara: Jayathi). Deep aspects of SrI tatthvam is referred to here. Lord Raamachandran and His Devi enjoy nithya yOgam . They are never separated from one another (Nithya SrI and anapAyinee). Their nithya sambhandham is celebrated here , when She is likened to the PrabhA of the BhAskaran. Without that grand lustre (PrabhA), the Sun will not amout to any thing.SrImad RaamAyaNam also refers to this Tatthvam as : "BhAskarENa PrabhA YathA", when it salutes the inseperable relationship between the dhivya dampathis.Unlike other PrabhAs , the PrabhA of Sooryan spreads everywhere and illumines everything. Joined with the PrabhA , the BhAskaran destoys the long and dark night of SamsAram.One can not say that Bhaskaran alone (devoid of His prabhA) drives the darknes (grants mOksham). Thus PirAtti's UpAyathvam for Moksham is asserted with this analogy. This is the Parama tAthparyam (deep meaning) of the analogy of Raamabhadran and SeethA Piratti as the Sun and its PrabhA. SlOkam 2: The significance of the Abhaya Hastham of the Lord ************************************************************* prAya: prapadhanE pumsAm pouna: punyam nivArayan hastha: Srirangabharthrur-mAmavyAdhabhayamudritha: (meaning): The right hand of Uthsavar RanganAthar ( Lord Raamachandran) holds the abhaya mudhrai to assure the PrapannAs that they do not need to be afraid of any thing.When one reflects on that abhaya mudhrai, it appears as though the Lord is saying : " Oh prapannAs ! Stop ! It is enough that you have performed prapatthi once. You should not perform Prapatthi again". That abhaya mudrai seems to be a reminder to the PrapannAs that Prapatthi needs to be performed only once . Swamy Desikan prays here for the protection by that abhya hastham of the Lord . SlOkam 3:The glory of the Prapatthi yOgam ******************************************* In this third slOkam , Swamy Desikan reminds us of the vow of the Lord to hasten to protect the Prapannan, who sought His protection. This prapatthi yOgam is easy to perform and does not have all the difficult steps of Bhakthi yOgam to gain mOksham. namastasmai kasmaichana bhavathu nishkinchanajana- svyam-rakshA-dhIkshaa samadhika-samidhAna-yasasE surAdhIsasvairakshaNa kupitha-saapAyudhavashU- dhrashtthAdhurjAtha-prasamana padhAmbhOja rajasE The glory of the SaraNAgatha Rakshakan, Raamachandran keeps growing forever. His glory is limitless. DevEndran misbehaved with AhalyA , the wife of Sage Gouthamaa. The Sage got angry at Indhran and his wife and cursed them both. Ahalyai got transformed into a stone and lay by the wayside. The speck of dust from Lord RaamA's Thiruvadi fell on AhalyA , who had ben transformed into a stone .The redeeming power of even the dust speck from the Lord's feet restored Ahalya back to her human form and united her with her husband. adiyEn offers my praNAmams to that matchless Raamachandran. Paasuram 1: Lord is the UpAyam for Moksham ******************************************** sOham tavirkkum suruthi poruL onRu solluhinROm nAkam tanakkum irAkkatharkkum namakkum saraNam aakaNDalan mahanAhiya aavalippERiyathOr kaaham pizhaitthida kaNNazhivE seytha KaakutthanE (meaning): Lord Kaakusthan (Raamachandran) , who spared the life of the egotistic son of Indhran ( appearing in the form of the crow) after he performed SaraNAgathy and limited His anger with the destruction of just one eye inspite of the extraordinary offense that he committed against His Devi. He is the Lord , who is the means(UpAyam) for protection of the DevAs, RaakshasAs and us. This is the deep meaning of the VedAs and His glory as the SaraNAgatha Rakshakan removes firmly all of our sorrows and fears. The prANa PradhAnam ( sparing the life) to the offending KaakAsuran is an importnat event celebrated in SrImad RaamAyaNam .The KaakAsuran chased by RaamA's BrahmAsthram (empowered in a blade of grass ) could not find anyone to save him . Finally , that crow fell at the feet of the Lord after traversing all the three worlds looking for some one to save him ( ThrIn-lOkAn samparikramya TamEva SaraNam gatha:). Out of His infinite mercy and the vow of offering protection to any one (even an aparAdhi) who sought His protection, Raamachandran spared the life of that Kaakam : sa tamm nipathitham bhUmou SaraNya: saraNAgatham vadhArhamapi KaakutsTa: krupayA paryapAlayath --Sundara KaaNDam: 38.34 (Words of HanumAn ) Even if the crow deserved to be killed, Lord Raamachandran spared its life because it had performed SaraNAgathy at His sacred feet. Paasuram 2: Lord's Abhaya pradhAnam is Veda Saaram ************************************************** orukkAlE SaraNAha adaihinRARkkum Unakkadimai aahinREn yenkiRArkkum arukkAthE yanaivarkkumanaivarAlum anjElenRu aruL koduppan , ithuthAnOthum irukkAlumezhil munivar ninaivinAlum ivaiaRivArseyaludanennisaivinAlum nerukkAtha neeLvirathamenakkonRennum neRi uraitthAr nilai uNarnthu nilai peRROmE (meaning): Lord Raghu Raaman shared His thoughts before VibhIshaNan at the time of accepting his SaraNAgathy request : " It is my vow to grant freedom from fear (abhaya pradhAnam) for any one(janthu) , who performs saraNagathy to Me even once and states that he is My daasan . For that janthu which practised SaraNAgathy , I will take the full responsibility so that no harm comes to it.This is My sacred vow based on the essence of Vedam -Smruthi and SadAchAram". Swamy Desikan states here that his mind was filled with peace / joy , when he reflected on this magnanimous statement by the Lord about His SaraNAgatha RakshaNa vratham(neRi). Next , we will cover the first two chapters of Abhaya pradhAna Saaram : (1) Prabhandha avathAram (2)Para Tatthva NirNayam . SrI Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Make Money Online Auctions! Make $500.00 or We Will Give You Thirty Dollars for Trying! http://us.click.yahoo.com/yMx78A/fNtFAA/i5gGAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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