SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan : Let us start with the two Naandhi slOkams ( One for celebrating Bhakthi yOgam and the other for Prapatthi yOgam for gaining Moksham thru their anushtAnams). These Naandhi SlOkams are intended as worshipful offerings to the Naataka arangam ( stage , where the drama of Sanklapa SooryOdhayam is going to be enacted ). The purpose of Naandhi Poojaa is to ward off any obstacles (vignam) that will arise during the performance of the play . Naandhi poojaa is really intended as the poojaa for Sri Ranga Chandran , who blesses us with aanandham . The aathma guNams that are good and bad and the objects associated with them are the actors in this allegorical drama. First comes the PrasthAvanA (i-e)., the section , where the "Natan " and his female counterpart , "Nati" announce who is the author of the Naatakam and where it is taking place and the actors involved in the play . Through their conversations , they brief the audience on these topics as introduction . Next follows the section of the play known as Vishkampam(i-e)., announcement on the subject matter of the play through the cast (actors and actresses) . This leads to the next stage : the acting by actors . Swamy Desikan wanted to perform upadEsam for us that the SiddhAntham of Sri BhAshyakArar is the best among Vaidhika Darsanams to secure MOksham through the performance of Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam . According to these anushtAnams , the one with discriminating and enlightened intellect (VivEkan) will banish the timeles karmAs attached to him through the power of his discriminative intellect (VivEkam ) and adopt thereafter the upAyam of Bhathi or Prapatthi to assure Moksha siddhi . Swamy Desikan desired that the suffering samsAris should know about this fundamental truth just as one can clearly see the gooseberry fruit resting on their palms ( uLLankai nellikkani pOl) . With this goal in mind , Swamy Desikan created the allegorical drama of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam. The JeevAthma entitled to enjoy Moksham ( Vaikuntham puhuvathu MaNNavar VidhyE ) has many children from time immemorial . These children divide into two categories: (1) One with auspicious attributes/ Sadhh guNams and (2) other with inauspicious guNams ( DhurguNams). The representatives for these two categories are Kings VivEkan and MahA Mohan , the two sons of the Jeevan . As long as the jeevan is under the control of MahA Mohan , the father ( the Jeevan) is enjoying the bitter fruits of SamsAram and its sufferings( anishtam). The other son , VivEkan seeks the relief from SamsAric sufferings for his father , the Jeevan . There is a war between the two sons over control of the father's lot . At the end , VivEkan wins and Jeevan gains Sadhgathi . Naanchi SlOkam 1 on the MokshOpAyam of Bhakthi yOgam ************************************************************** yadh-bhakthi-prachayAthmakE dinamukhE dhrushti-ksahama: KshEthriNa: kshipram samsruti-sarvareem kshipathi yath-sankalpa SooryOdhaya: tatthvair-asthra-vibhUshaNair-adhigatha: svAdheena-nithyOnnathi: SrImAn asthu Sa mE samastha-vipadhuttharAya NaarAyaNa: (Meaning): The embodied bhaddha ( bound ) Jeevan slumbers in the night of SamsAram and is lost . For that Jeevan lost in the darkness of nescience , Sriman NaarAyaNan blesses the sunrise (dawn) of His Sankalpam (will ) to cause the maturation of the upAyam of Bhakthi yOgam to chase away the darkness of the night that enmeshed the Jeevan . Sriman NaarAyaNan has the eternally liberated souls (nithyasooris) as tatthvams ( weapons and jewelery on His body) ; these nithyasooris are the abhimAni dEvathais for all the chEthanams(sentients) and the achEthanams( insentients) of the world . May that Supreme Lord chase away all of the obstacles and inauspiciousness that adiyEn would encounter in this effort since He is the sole cause of this universe and its activities ! (Comments) : The First line: ****************************** " Yadh-bhakthi-prachayAthmakE dinamukhE dhrushti-shama: kshEthriNa: " " Yadh-bhakthi: " in the first line at the start of this Naandhi SlOkam; it refers to the Bhakthi shown for Sriman NaarAyaNan (Yasmin NaarAyaNE Bhakthi: ) . That has to grow and mature in the Jeevan ( Yadh-bhakthi- prachayAthmakE ) . Here Swamy Desikan is referring to the UpAyam for Moksham in the form of Bhakthi yOgam , which is the cause and trigger for BhagavAn's anugraha Sankalpam ("MokshArTa Sankalpa hEthum Bhakthi roopam upAyam aahu: ") . Without the dawn of that benovolent sankalpam of the Lord , there will be no Moksha Siddhi . Mukthi is equated to dawn of the day in ChAndhOgya Upanishad's Madhu VidhyA ( Sakruth dhivA haivAsmai bhavathi ). This is the undivided form of Mukthi ( MukthE: avicchinna dhina roopam) . Therefore Swamy Desikan refers to "Dhina MukhE " in the this slOkam .The phalan of this mukthi is for the "KshEthriNa: " ( Bhaddha Jeevan living in the kshEthram of body ). Comments : The Second Line ****************************** " Kshipram samsruthi-sarvareem kshipathi yath-sankalpa-sooryOdhaya: " The onset of the dawn of His sankalpam (Sankalpa SooryOdhayam ) makes it possible to see all matters clearly and rapidly chases away the night of SamsAram . Swamy Desikan uses the word , "Kshipram " to indicate that there is a slight passage of time before the darkness is completely chased away . That time is needed for the destruction of PrArabdha KarmAs that cling to the jeevan and that has to be destroyed thru the help of dhyAnam about avathAra rahasyam and other helpers ( sahakAris). BhagavAn's sankalpam Chases away the darkness of the TamO guNam laden night ( sarvareem kshipapthi) and sets the stage for the dawn in the form of Mukthi . Comments on the 3rd and 4th Lines: ************************************** "Tatthvai: asthra-vibhUshaNi: adhigatha: svaadheena-nithyOnnathi: SrImAn asthu Sa mE samastha-vipadhuttharAya NaarAyaNa: " Swamy Desikan follows the VishNu PurANa slOkam , where all the weapons (asthrai:) and the Jewelery (VibhUshaNai: ) of the Lord are connected to the appropriate Tatthvams : Jeevan ( KOusthubham) , Moola Prakruthi ( Srivathsam ) , JnAnam ( the sword , Nandhakam ) , manas ( Sudarsanam ) et al. Therefore Sriman NaarAyaNan is Sarva SEshi and eternal ( SvAdheena NithyOnnathi ). May that Sriman NaarAyaNan get me across all obstacles and vignams as Sarva KaaraNan ! AdiyEn will continue with the second Naandhi SlOkam next . Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradAchAri Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> In low income neighborhoods, 84% do not own computers. At Network for Good, help bridge the Digital Divide! http://us.click.yahoo.com/hjtSRD/3MnJAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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