SrI: Dear SrI VaradarAja BhakthAs : Let us reflect on the Fifth Paasuram of Thirucchinna Maalai ( Paasuram 273 of Desika Prabhandham ) in this posting . It deals with the significance of "NaarAyaNa " sabdham : 273. ulahellAm uLLE vaitthu umizhndhAr vanthAr ulahu udambAit-tAmm uyirAi ninRAr vanthAr alai kadakAi aanandham adaiynthAr vanthAr aLavillA AruL Aazhip-PerumAL vanthAr tilkam yenum thirumRni selvar vanthAr sezhum guNangaL irufmoonRum udayAr vanthAr ilahu sudar muzhu nalamAm iniyAr vanthAr yellArkkum gathiyAnAr vanthAr thAmE (Meaning): PeraruLALar is the Lord , who protected the world during PraLaya kaalam by placing it inside HIs stomach and released it during the time of creation . He has the sentients and insentients as His body and stays inside them as their antharyAmi (indweller). Just as the ocean water becomes the foam and the waves , He transforms through pancha bhUthams as the diverse chEthanams and achEthanams.This He accomplishes through His sanklapa Balam alone and enjoys such transformations. He is of the form of Ocean with infinite dayA . He has the matchless divine beauty , which stands out as the tilakam to highlight the soundharyam of the created world. He is the BHagavAn with the famous six guNams( Jn~Anam , Sakthi , Balam , Isvaryam , Veeryam and tEjas).He is of the form of infinite bliss and perfect Jn~Anam. He stays as the means and goal for all. Lord VaradarAjan of such Vaibhavam has arrived now amidst as revealed by His Thirucchinna oli. This Paasuram is the elaboration of NaarAyaNa Sabdham of AshtAksharam ********************************************************** Line 1: " UlahellAm uLLE vaitthu umizhnthAr VanthAr " : This refers to His being the aadharam and KaaraNam for every thing: ChEthanams and achEthanams . The two passages of NaarAyaNAnuvAKam: " VisvamEvadham Purusha: " , " Tattvam NaarAyaNam Para; " explains the NaarAyaNa is the aadharam (foundation ) for all Tatthvams and Universe. They point out that NaarAyaNan is " Viswa SarIrikan " and Tatthva SarIrikan ( He has chEthanam and achEthanam as His Body and is the aadharam for both). At time of MahA PraLayam , He retains the Universe in a small portion of His stomach and protcects them in a subtle form without NaamAs and Roopams . At the time of creation , He releases them or spits them out and they become later the Naama -Roopa Prapancham.He is thus the material and instrumental cause of the srushti and dissolution of the Universe . ChAndhOgya Upanishad ( III.14.1) supports this with the famous Manthram : "Sarvam khalu idham Brahma--" ( " Verily , all this is Brahman , because all this originates from , ends in and is sustained by Brahman"). Brahman is the entire universe of ChEthanams and achEthanams , which represents the body ( SarIra) of Brahman. The same Brahman is the indweller or antharyAmin and is the the self of SarIra ( SarIrin) . This is the core doctrine of VisishtAdhvaitham:, SarIra-SarIrI sambhandham ( The organic relationship of Brahman and the Universe of ChEthanams and achEthanams). Line 2: Ulahu udampAi ThAmm uyirAi ninRAr vanthAr" The relationship (Sambhandham) between the Universe and Iswaran as SarIra ( body ) and the self of SarIra ( SarIri) is reiterated here . Line 3: "alai kadalAi aanandham adainthAr VanthAr" the " tanamai" (nature ) of being Leela and Nithya VibhUthi is being referred to here . The joy that He derives from transformations that He manifests through the power of His sankalpam (Volition) to be bubble , foam and the wave ( the various objects of Prapancham) is pointed out here. Line 4: "aLavillA aruL Aazhi PerumAL VanthAr" Here the limitless aruL (grace/compassion ) of the Lord for us the erring jeevans is being saluted. Line 5: " Tilakamenum ThirumEni chelvar vanthAr" The dhivya MangaLa Vigraham of the Lord is saluted here . SavisEsha Brahmathvam is emphasized here as underlined by VedAntha SoothrAs is the focus.This dhivya MangaLa vigraham has a dhivya roopam, dhivya BhUshaNam and dhivya aayudham ( Divine Body, aabharaNams and weapons ) as saluted by the PurANams and AzhwArs . Line 6: "Sezhum GuNangaL iru-mUnrum udayAr vanthAr " The six auspicious , defining GuNams of the Lord leading to Him being addressed as BhagavAn are indicated here . These six according to VishNu purANam are ( Jn~Aana, Sakthi, Bala, Isvarya , veerya and tEjas/ Knowledge Power, strength , Lordship , virility and splendour). These are the "sezhum GuNangaL ". Lines 5 and 6 form the core of VisishtAdhvaitham as emphasized by AchArya RaamAnujA : " Brahma sabdhEna SvabhAvathO nirastha nikhila dOsha anavathikAdisaya asankhyEyaKalyANa guNa gaNa PurushOtthamO abhidheeyathE /By Brahma sabdham ,the PurushOtthamn (Supreme Being ) , who is devoid of all imperfections and endowed with limitless auspicious attributes is indicated). It is SavishEsha Brahman andNOT nirvisEsha Brahman that is being accepted . Line 7: " ilahu sudar muzhu nalamAm iniyAr vanthAr" The dhivyAthma Svaroopam of the Lord , where He shines as Jn~Anandha Svaroopan is referred to.The svaroopam (innate nature ) of Brahman as "Satyam , Jn~Anam and Anantam " ( according to TaitthirIya Upanishad) is being hinted here. Ilahu or Satya Svaroopam with out undergoing any VikAram (Change) , Sudar( Jn~Ana Svaroopam ) and Muzhu nalam ( ParipoorNa aanandha svaroopam) are covered here as the defining features of PurushOtthaman , Sriman NaarAyaNan. Line 8: "Yellarkkum GathiyAnAr vanthAr ThaamE " Here the Tatthvam of SrIman NaarAyaNan being the means and Phalan ( UpAyam and UpEyam for all ) is being saluted . In Moola ManthrAdhikAram , there is a slOkam that sums up SrIman NaarAyaNan being the KaaraNam for the universe and being the upAyam as well as UpEyam as established in VedAntha Saasthrams : " KaarANathvam aBhAdhyathvam UpyathvamupEyathA ithi SaarIrakasTApyam iha chAapi vyavasTitham " The full meanings of NaarAyaNa sabdham as per this slOkam are: Line 1 : Aadharathvam and KaarANathvam Line 2: SarIrAthma BhAvam Line 3: Ubhaya VibhUthi NaaTathvam Line 4: DayA Svaroopam Line5 & 6: Dhivya MangaLa vigraham & KalyANa GuNams Line 7: Jn~Anantha Svaroopam Line 8: Being Both UpAyam and UpEyam . NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradachAri Sadagopan Srimate Sri Lakshminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka SrivaNN SaThakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! 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