SRI:
SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:
Dear BhakthAs :
Many indeed are the glories of Achyuthan of Thiruvaheendhrapuram.
PurANAs like BrahmANDa , Skaandha and Bruhan-nAradheeya PurANams
have sung about the Vaibhavam of Lord DevanAthan of Thiruvaheendhrapuram .
One of the ThirunAmams given by the PurANam is " Achyuthan ".
Let us recall some of the observations of U.Ve. Chetlur SrinivAsan Swamy
on this subject of the other PurANic names of Lord DevanAtha :
The other names by which the Lord of this dhivya desam is saluted are:
" DevanAthan , Daasa Sathyan , Sthira JyOthis , Anaga JyOthis ,
Thrimoorthy and Bhava Oushadham ".
Kaliyan has followed this PurANic tradition and literally translated these
Sanskritic NaamAs in to sweet Tamil in his Paasurams on Ayindhai NaaTan :
Deva NaaTan = Dhaiva Naayakan
Daasa Sathyan = adiyavarkku Meyyan
sTira JyOthis = mEvu sOthi
Thrimoorthy = MoovarAhiya Oruvan
Swamy Desikan followed this PurANic nomenclature for BhagavAn as well :
anaga JyOthis became " anapAya PrabhAnvitha: " in one of his rahasya granthams .
References of PurAnic Names in Achyutha Sathakam
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In the very first slOkam of Achyutha Sathakam , Swamy Deikan includes
the many PurANic names in the first Paadham of the first slOkam :
" namatha thridaSAnAm NaaTam , Sathyam DaasAnAm , Achyutham , sTira JyOthis "
He continues with the other PurANic names thereafter :
" Kimkara Sathya " ---- 2nd , 3rd , 24th , 38th , 69th , 72nd slOkams
" ThridasAnAm NaaTa ---" 1 st , 4th , 16th , 87th SlOkams
" Thridasa Iswara " --82nd SlOkam
" Achyutha --" 1st , 5th , 6th , 10th thru 14th ,
18th , 23rd , 25th , 30th , 31st , 36th , 40th , 42nd ,
45th , 47th , 53rd , 56th ,57th , 58th , 61st , 64th , 66th ,
68th , 70th , 73rd , 75th , 76th ,77th , 78th , 83rd , 84th ,
85th , 92nd , 93rd , 94th , 95th , 96th , 98th and 101st
SlOkams ( 41 Invocations of Achyutha Naamam alone ) .
" natha Sathya --" 7th , 19th , 20th , 22nd , 43rd , 50th , 54th , 55th
62nd , 63rd , 74th , 79th , 86th , 88th , 99th 100th SlOkams ( 16
Invocations) .
"namath Satya --" , 46th , 97th SlOkam
" SaraNAgatha Sathya --" 8th , 48th , 59th SlOkams
" anaga JyOthi " --- 9th SlOkam
" sTira JyOthi: " -- 1st SlOkam
" Daasa Sathya ---" 1st , 17th , 21st , 34th , 35th , 41st , 71st SlOkams
" DaasAnAm Sathya--" 51st , 80th , 89th , 91st SlOkams
" Deva Naayaka --" , 37th SlOkam
" Deva NaaTa --" , 67th , 90th SlOkam
The name of Achyuthan ( One who never lets any SaraNAgathan
slip from His hands , One who never fails/abandons those who
performed Prapatthi to Him ) is invoked 41 times in this Sathakam and
the names relating to being True to His adiyArs , SaraNAgathAs
( Natha Sathyan , Namath Sathyan , Daasa Sathyan , DaasAnAm Sathyan ,
Kimkara Sathyan, SaraNAgatha Sathyan with tight links to Achyutha
Tatthvam ) is invoked again 38 times .
There is thus reference to Achyutha Tatthvam directly
or indirectly 79 times in Sri Achyutha Sathakam . The many
direct appeals to Achyuthan and indirect references to
Achyutha Tatthvam through the NaamAs of Natha , Kimkara ,
SaraNAgatha , Daasa , DaasAnAm , Namath Sathyan emphasize
the noble SaraNAgathy Tatthvam , where the Lord assures of
His abhaya PradhAnam and His nithya Vratham as unfailing
SaraNAgatha Rakshakan .
Sri VishNu Sahasra Naamam & Achyutha Tatthvam
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There are 3 places , where the Achyutha Naamam occurs in Sri VishNu
Sahasra Naamam: 101 320 and 557th NaamAs .
101st NaamA
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Achyutha here refers to the Lord , who is never away (seperated)
from those , who sought His refuge .In Bharatham's Saanthi Parvam ,
our Lord says : na tyajEyam kaTanjana ( I will never abandon them ).
" AasrithAnAm chyuthi: yasmath nAsthi Sa: Achyutha: " is the definition
( I have never abandoned My bhakthAs and hence I am known as
Achyutha ). Chyuthi: means ignoring them and abandoning them
after accepting their SaraNAgathy . I do not disappear or make Myself
thin before My aasrithAs ( TasyAham na PraNasyAmi).
320th NaamA
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Here , the NaamA has been commented upon as " One who does not fall
from His exalted status at any time . " YasmAnn chyavathE sTAnAth tasmAth
samkeerthyasE Achyutha: " ( You are in the middle of Indhra , Brahmaa ,
VaruNaa , who are bound by KarmAs and therefore are suject to ups
and downs in their sTAnams and adhikArams . Unlike them , Oh Lord ,
You do not fall or slip from Thy exalted sTAnam or Iswaryams as SarvEswaran .
You are untouched by KarmAs . Therefore Thou art Achyuthan , who does not
lose Your overlordship .
557th Naamaa
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Reference here is to Vyuha Moorthys . The previous naamaa
was SamkarshaNa: ( He who draws others--Chith and achith--
near Him ). The next name is Achyutha , who never abandons
those who have reached Him in a state of Prapatthi :
chyavanAth uthpatthi yukthEshu BrahmEndhra-VaruNAdhishu
yasmanna chyavasE sTAnAth tasmath samjkeerthyasE Achyutha :
" When Brahma , VaruNaa and others are subject to birth and death , and fall
down from their position , Thou does not fall down like that. So Thou art
called
Achyuthaa. "
This is the Achyutha Tatthvam celebrated in Brahma SoothrAs , Upanishads
and Vedams . The role of Lord Achyuthan as Jagath KaaraNan ( cause of
the Universe , its creation , sustenance and dissolution ) , Prathivasthu
PoorNan
( pervading every thing to their fulness) as saluted by IsAvAsya Upanishad ,
Sarva sabdha-vAchyan ( as the ParamAthmA supporting , controlling and
ruling all the entities of the world) , staying as UpAdhAna KaaraNan (Material
cause ) , nimittha KaaraNan ( Instrumental cause) and SaamAnya KaaraNan
( general cause) , Sarva Karma SamArAdhyan ( object of all offerings and
grantor of fruits of those karmAs) and SiddhOpAyan ( the sole means of
Moksham).
We will now take up one slOkam of Achyutha Sathakam every day .
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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