SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourty Seventh slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan spells out his utter unfitness in qualifying for the anugraham of DhIpa PrakAsan and prays to Him for the boon of residence atleast in dhivya dEsams (Uhanthu aruLina nilangaL) that will improve his chances of gaining MokshAnugraham: KarmAdhishu thrishu kaTAm kaTamapiajAnan kaamAdhi mEdhuratayA kalusha-pravrutthi: saakEtha-sambhava-charAchara janthu neethyA veekshya PrabhO vishaya-vaasithatayAapi aham tE SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 47 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! adiyEn is totally ignorant of Karma Yogam-Jn~Ana yOgam and Bhakthi yOgam. adiyEn rushes to do despicable deeds driven by my uncontrollable desire, anger and other rajO/TamO guNams.Oh Lord ! How are You going to come to my rescue, when adiyEn has such an odious record ? adiyEn remembers however Your special anugraham at the end of Your avathAram as SrI Raamachandran . At the time of Your ascent to SrI Vaikuntam after Your avathAra kaaryam was concluded , You blessed all the chEthnams and achEthanams with links (sambhandham ) to AyOdhyA to ascend to a PuNya lOkam created for Brahma Devan . This anugraham included every thing from blades of grass, tiny ants, trees onwards to citizens upwards , who were fortunate to have had links to AyOdhyA , where You had ruled and made the city sanctified by Your presence .These chEthnams and achEthanams of AyOdhyA did not performe any penance nor observed any vrathams nor practised any upAyam like SaraNAgathi at Your sacred feet . They had therefore no upAya yOgyathai. Inspite of these deficencies , You granted them residence in a puNya lOkam just because they had the good fortune to have lived in Your kingdom . Their mere living in AyOdhyA elevated them to qualify for this extraordinary blessing . Oh DhIpa PrakAsa PrabhO! Just as You blessed the sentients and the insentients of AyOdhyA , You must bless adiyEn now to spend my days at one of Your dhivya desams and show me thereafter the auspicious way to Moksham . Additional Comments ******************** "KarmAdhishu thrishu kaTAm api ajAnan" ************************************** Here Swamy Desikan has in mind the NaicchyAnusanthAnams (declaration of unfitness ) of Swamy NammAzhwAr ( nORRa nOnpilEn nuNNaRivilEn--) and Swamy ALavanthAr's SthOthra rathna slokam passage ( na dharma nishtOsmi nachAthmavEdhi--) . Swamy Desikan that he is totally ignorant about any one of the three yOgams that would prepare him for realization of Moksham. "SaakEtha sambhava charAchara janthu neethyA--" ************************************************ The reference here is to the famous ThiruvAimozhi Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr (7.5.1): kaRpAr IrAmapirAnai allAl kaRparO? puRppA mudalAp pulleRempum paathiyonRinRiyE naRRp paal Ayotthiyil vaazhum charAcharam muRRavum naRppAlukku uytthanan NaanmuhanAr peRRa nAttuLE ? (meaning): Will anyone study seriously anything other than RaamA , His glories and Charitham ? He lifted all sentients and insentients of AyOdhyA to salvation through residence in SaanthAnika lOkam situated near Brahma lOkam , even if they had not adopted any special means to qualify themselves for such a lofty status .The mere fact that they lived in AyOdhyA alone elevated them to such great anugraham. Lord Raamachandran's souseelyam is saluted here. Living in His shadow was sufficent for them to attain such a high status (SrImad RaamAyaNam , Utthara KaaNDam: 110th sargam , slOkam 26). This incident of SrI Raamachandran's limitless DayA to chEthnams and achEthanms is referred to by other AzhwArs and PoorvAchAryAs as well ( KulasEkhar:"anRu charAcharankaLai vaikunthatthERRi", KurEsar's panchasthavams ( athimAnushasthavam: 29 , SundarabAhusthvam 125 , VaradarAjasthavam 69). Swamy Desikan himself has referred to this extraordinary krupai of the Lord in PaadhukA Sahasram ( 142, 212) and in SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam . Living in a dhivya dEsam has its unique advantages and a slOkam from Garuda PurANam supports this : pavithram paramam puNyam dEsOyam sarva-kaama-dhug yasmin vaasaramAthrENa vaasam vishayathAm nruNAm A mere residence at such dhivya dEsams of the Lord will grant all purushArTams (Sarva Kaama dhug)through making us SrIman NaarAyaNa vrathIs. Swamy Desikan prays in this slOkam to DhIpa PrakAsan to bless him with the bhAgyam of residence in dhivya dEsams like His and thereafter point the way for his upliftment to SrI Vaikuntam through Bhaagavatha sathsangam and SadAchArya prApthi. NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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