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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



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