SrI: SrI MalOla ParabrahmaNE Nama: Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama: Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of SrI Matam : adiyEn's AchAryan , HH SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan is blessing aasthikAs with a most informative KaalkshEpam on Swamy Desikan's Sankalpa SooryOdhayam for the past few weeks . adiyEn missed out on the first few KaalkshEpams and joined the ghOshti during the last four weeks only . adiyEn has summarized the KaalkshEpams with my limited knowledge for the benefit of those , who could not attend . Meanwhile , adiyEn has been blessed to recieve one of the three copies of Sri Sankalpa SooryOdhayam sent to USA . This out of print commentary by Vaikunta Vaasi , Abhinava Desika Sri UtthamUr Swamy is a rare teasure to have to follow Srimath Azhagiya Singar's high level , traditional KaalakshEpam . adiyEn feels blessed since adiyEn has been on the look out for this copy of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam for many years. Finally , adiyEn is blessed . AdiyEn thought it will be useful to gain a perspective first on the architectonics , content and context of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam . Hence , adiyEn has taken this effort to provide a preface with considerable hesitation . Errors in my summary are entirely mine . Any insights adiyEn has gained are due to the anugraham and vaathsalyam of asmath AchAryan . INTRODUCTION TO THE EXQUISITE & PROFOUND KAAVYAM ************************************************************** Sankalpa SooryOdhayam(SSU) is an allegorical play in ten acts bequeathed to us as Kula dhanam by Swamy Desikan . This play was created by Swamy Desikan as a " rejoinder " to a play named the PrabOdha ChandrOdhayam by an egotistic Advaithin named KrishNamisra . Swamy Desikan refuted soundly the views advocated by Krishnamisra in his nAtakam, which had six acts . Swamy Desikan established the key tenets of VisishtAdhvaitha philosophy (Tatthva-hitha-purushArTams ) in SSU and blew away the views advocated by Krishnamisra in his play . In this play consisting of ten acts , Swamy Desikan stresses that the unfailing power of the will of Sriman NaarAyaNan ( Bhagavath Sankalpam ) is an absolutely indispensable requirement to gain Moksham ( freedom from the cycles of births and deaths ) . Swamy Desikan instructed us further that a SadAchAryan's intercession is a vital prerequisite for the bound jeevans ( Bhaddha Jeevans) drowning in the terror-striking ocean of SamsAram and to shatter their bonds of Karma ( PuNyams and Paapams) . PADHYAMS , GADHYAMS AND PRAKRUTHAM PASSAGES IN SSU ***************************************************************** Inside this Master play , we come across many padhyams (poems) from well known previous works of Swamy Desikan that have been quoted to settle arguments on points of contest between Para Mathams and VisishtAdhvaitham . For instance one finds the slOkams from Swamy Desikan such as Sri HayagrIva SthOthram , SubhAshitha Neevi , YathirAja Sapthathi , Rahasya Thraya Saaram , MeemAmsa PaadhukA , AbhIthi Sthavam , PaancharAthra RakshA , Taathparya Chandrika, DasAvathAra SthOthram , YaadhavAbhyudayam , Abhaya PradhAna Saaram , GopAla Vimsathy , Dayaa Sathakam , Dhramidopanishad Saaram , NyAsa Tilakam , VaradarAja PanchAsath , NyAsa Vimsathy , SrI Sthuthi and Garuda DaNDakam . The masterly interweaving of pramANams from many earlier Sri Sookthis of his own (Svakeeya Bahu grantha slOkA: ) by Swamy Desikan is a most delectable revisit to them a different context . There are many padhyams (SlOkams) composed exclusively for Sankalpa SooryOdhayam that are radiant jewels in their own rite . The richness of their meanings are exquisite treats for discerning students of Poetry , Literature and Philosophy . in this Naatakam , There are extensive passages in Praakrutham language spoken by Women characters like the queen Sumathy and her servants . Swamy's genius in handling the language of PrAkrutham was experienced earlier during the recitation of the hundred slokams of Achyutha Sathakam . We come across now additional testaments to Swamy Desikan's rare talent in handling PrAkrutham once again in SSU . Another unique aspect of the multifaceted genius of Swamy Desikan is his familiarity with Naataka ParibhAshA and chereography . He is indeed Sarva Tantra Svatantran as Sri RanganAyaki ThAyAr called Him . THE QUINTESSENCE OF SRI SANKALPA SURYODHAYAM ************************************************************* Sri UtthamUr Swamy has brilliantly captured the essence of SSU in his introductionto his commentary on SSU : " KavitArkika Simha Sarvatantra Svatantra VedAnthAchArya Bhirudhu bhUshithai: , SrI VenkatanATa Desikai: anugruhIthamidham Sankalpa SooryOdhaya samAkhyam nADakam VisishtAdhvaitha- siddhAntha anurOdhEna Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArTAn prathibhOdhya , mathAnthara dhOshamapi sangrahENOdhgADya , MukthupAyE pravrutthim vidhAya , pravrutthi mArga PravartanEna , Purushasya samsAra samudhra sammagnathA paadhakAnAm Kaama-krodha-lObhAdheenAm dhambha-darpAdheenAsccha nirvartanaprakAram upadhisya , " SuddhEna hrudhayEna samuchitha-sTAnavisEshE , SubhAsraya SrIVishNu roopa dhyAnEna nishpAdhitha bhakthi yOga: prasanna-bhagavahyAkArithEna mOksha-sankalpAkhyEna SooryENOdhithEna nirastha-tamaska: ParamE padhE Parama Purusha parama-sAmyam prApnOthi itheemarTam visadham darsayathi". ( General Meaning) : This play known as Sankalpa SooryOdhayam has been created by Sri VenkatanATa Desikan on whom the titles of (1)Lion among poets and Logicians , (2) Master of all Arts , Crafts and Esoteric VidhyAs and (3) the VedAntha (Upanishadic) AchAryan have been conferred by none other than the dhivya dampathis of Srirangam . This nAtakam teaches us Tatthva-Hitha-PurushArTam along the lines of VisishtAdhvaitha darsanam and highlights briefly the defects in Para Mathams in intrepreting Tatthvahitha-PurushArTams . Swamy Desikan also performed upadEsam on how to perform UpAya anustAnam for MOksham and how that practise of MOkshOpAyam frees one from the mighty sins of desire , anger , miserliness, pride, boasting etc that result from being immersed constantly in the fearsome ocean of SamsAram . Swamy Desikan also instructed the Mumukshus ( those who desire Moksham) that pure-hearted meditation on the SubhAsrayam ( Divine , auspicious ThirumEni ) of VishNu will lead one to Bhakthi yOgam and delight the Lord , which in turn results in the Sunrise of Bhagavaan"s Moksha Sankalpam (Divine Will and vow to grant Moksham ) that chases away all nescience . This veritable Sankalpa SooryOdhayam grants us the boon of arrival at the Lord's Supreme Abode of Sri Vaikuntham and enjoy ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham there on a par with the Lord Himself . THE SCOPE OF FUTURE POSTINGS ON SANKALPA SOORYODHAYAM(SSU) *************************************************************************** The divine Sri Sookthi of Swamy Desikan is anchored in Bhagavath RaamAnuja SiddhAntham as elaborated in YathirAjar's magnum opus , Sri BhAshyam . Even a limited understanding of Sri BhAshyam , where AchArya RaamAnujA scales the heights of SaasthrAs can be realized only from participation in the traditional , face to face KaalkshEpams of our most merciful AchAryAs . Further knowledge about Tarkam and VyAkaraNam is also needed to gain the full benefit from such KaalakshEpams on Sri BhAshyam . Not having all those prerequisites , adiyEn has come to the unavoidable conclusion that it will be fool hardy to summarize the high level AchArya KaalakshEpams verbatim over the medium of internet . adiyEn has therefore decided to focus on the individual slOkams and passages of SSU that will be of help to us as guide posts in our kaimkaryams to the Lord and lead the life as one , who has performed one of the MokshOpAyams (krutha kruthyan=seytha vELvian ) . At the annual visit of Swamy Desikan on His Thirunakshathram day to His Lord's abode on Hasthigiri , specific Sankalpa SooryOdhayam slOkams are recited to remind us of the UpadEsams of Swamy Desikan on MokshOpAya anushtAnams and Sri VaishNavite tenets on which those anushtAnams are based .AdiyEn will follow that route and focus on individual slOkams adorning the ten acts of Sri Sankalpa Sooryadhayam . On this sacred birth day ( ThiruavathAra dinam ) of Sri VaNN SaThakOpa SrI RanganAtha SaThakOpa YathIndhra MahA Desikan ( HH Injimettu Azhagiya Singar ), adiyEn seeks the anugraham of asmath AchAryan to engage in this Kaimkaryam and place the fruits of this kaimakryam at the sacred feet of Sriranga Dhivya Dampathis . adiyEn will commence this series of SSU postings with the two "Naandhi SlOkams" , which serve as the Ranga Pooja for SSU ( salutations to the stage on which this Naatakam takes place) . One of these two slOkams salutes the MokshOpAyam of Bhakthi yOgam and the other pays its homage to Prapatthi yOgam . It is adiyEn's hope and prayer that all aasthikAs will join hands to ssupport the ongoing effort to raise funds for the continuation of NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul Swamy Desikan Sannidhi . From what we have been blessed with , it is a small sacrifice to set aside some funds to support atleast one day's AarAdhanam expenses and recieve the magnificent anugraham of Swamy Desikan . Please join in this Kaimkaryam . Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan P.S : Dear AaasthikAs : In a companion note on support ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Would you Help a Child in need? It is easier than you think. 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