Dear BhakthAs:
We Have covered sofar the following Desika
Prabhandhams :
1.Amrutha Ranjani (39 Paasurams)
2. AdhikAra Sangraham ( 56
Paasurams)
3. Amrutha SvAdhini (37
Paasurams)
4. Parama Padha SOpAnam ( 21
Paasurams)
5. Paramatha Bhangam ( 54 Paasurams)
6. Mey-viratha Maanmiyam ( 29
Paasurams)
7. Adaikkala Patthu ( 11 Paasurams)
8. Aruttha Panchakam ( 11 Paasurams)
Above add up to a total of 258
Paasurams.
The rest of the TWELVE Desika Prabhandhams to be
covered
yet are:
1. SrI VaishNava Dinasari ( 10
Paasurams)
2. Thirucchinna Maalai ( 11
Paasurams)
3. Panniru-nAmam ( 13
Paasuram)
4. Thirumanthira Churukku ( 10
Paasurams)
5. Dhvaya Churukku ( 12
Paasurams)
6. Charama SlOka Churukku ( 11 Paasurams
)
7. GeethArttha Sangirham ( 21
Paasuram)
8. MummaNikkOvai ( 10
Paasuram)
9. Nava MaNi Maalai ( 10
Paasuram)
10. Prabhandha Saaram ( 18 Paasurams)
11. AhAra Niyamam ( 21 Paasurams)
12. PiLLai AndhAthi ( 20 Paasurams)
These twelve Prabhandhams between themselves
house 167 Paasurams .
Today we will start with SrI VaishNava Dinasari
dealing with
the daily anushtAnams of SrI VaishNavAs.
SaasthrAs state
that a Sri VaishNavan's day has to be split in to
five time units
and each of these time units should focus on one
of the assigned
anushtAnams.These five prescribed anushtAnams
are:
1. Abhigamanam: Prayer and Prapatthi
anushtAnam ,
where the Lord is beseeched to
bless the Saadhakan with
uninterrupted kaimkaryams to Him
throughout the day .This
is very important anushtAnam
for a SanyAsi .
2. UPAADHAANAM : There are
two aspects to UpAdhAnam:
(a) Assembly of saamagriyaas
(material) for Bhagavadh
AarAdhanam (b) cleansification of
mind through kaalkshEpam of
the Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and
AchAryAs, since a clean mind
is essential for performing
AarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNa.
3. IJYAI :Performance of the
ThiruvArAdhanam for Sriman
NaarAyaNa according to the
procedures laid out by
PaacncharAthra aagamam and ahnika
granthams.
4. SVAADHYAAYAM : Familiarization
of VedAntha BhAgams
through study and reflection
.
5. YOGAM :
DhyAnam of Sriman NaarAyaNa's sacred feet
and observance of sleep with the
meditation that one's head
is resting on the sacred feet
of Sriman NaarAyaNa.
In this
Prabhandham , Swamy Desikan makes
the PanchakAla kriyAs as vishayams about
Lord VaradarAjan . He uses two
Paasurams
for each of the five divisions to
describe
the activites during the day
of a SrI VaishNavan
.
The whole Prabhnadham has been set in
the simpler Kali Viruttham(metre) .
Perhaps ,
Swamy Desikan chose this viruttam(metre) for
chasing away the Kali dhOsham through the five
kinds of prescribed
anushtAnams for the day of
a Sri VaishNavan.
SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya
Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SadagOpan