SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover today , the Fifty Fifth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan intensely seeks the anugraham of DhIpa PrakAsan for the fulfilment of his Prapatthi. The 55th, 56th and the 57th slOkams contain moving prayers of Swamy Desikan to the Lord of his avathAra sthalam, DhIpa PrakAsan , to confer the Moksha sukham by accepting his Prapadhanam (Prapatthi): Mukhyam cha yath prapadhanam svayamEva saadhyam dhAthavyam Isa krupayA tadhapi Thvayaiva tanmE Bhavath charaNa sangavathIm avasTAm pasyan upAya-phalayO: uchitham vidhEyA: SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 55 Meaning: ******** Oh DhIpa PrakAsa Bhagavan! SarvEswarA ! It is a truism that every one who seeks Moksham should perform full (paripoorNa) prapatthi with its five angams .It is also true that adiyEn has not completed this full prapatthi.Therefore , Yourself propelled by Your DayA , should complete this prapadhanam for me and make it full . At this time , I have arrived at the stage of enormous attachment to Your sacred feet. Is it n't so that You HAVE to do what remains to be done? Is itn't Your duty as SaraNAgatha Rakshakan and SarvEswaran ? Please cast Your auspicious glances on adiyEn and take note of this suffering jeevan and hasten to do the needful . Please reflect on the choices that You have :(1)whether to complete adiyEn's incomplete Prapatthi or (2) to accept this incomplete prapatthi as is (equal to full prapatthi) and grant me the fruit of such full prapatthi (viz)Moksha Sukham .adiyEn leaves that choice and decision to You . Additional Comments ******************** Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of ThiruttaNkA as "Isa" in this slOakm . Our Lord is JagadhIsan and Sarva Loka SaraNyan. He is Sarva Swamy. He is SarvEswaran. He is the sole grantor of MokshAnandham and paripoorNa BrahmAnandham at SrI Vaikuntam . Recognizing all these unique aspects, Swamy Desikan appropriately addresses the Lord of ThirutthaNkA as "Isa " here !. This Iswaran is illuminating the world as Jn~Ana DhIpam (Jn~Ana dhIpEna bhAsvathA). He is the Veda-VedAntha DhIpam ; the prakAsam from that unique dhIpam gives Him the name of DhIpa PrakAsan at ThirutthaNkA Dhivya desam. The radiance from this Jaajvalya dhIpam falls on this dark world ( " nirAlOkE iha lOkE " pathathi). If it did not fall on this world of ajn~Anam , then it will not enable the blemishless chEthanams to leave the deep ,dark fox holes of kutarka vaadhis and kumathis preaching avaidhika mathams ( "Yathi na jAjvalyathE kila , ahankAra dhvAntham , kutarkka vyALa Ogam , kumathi matha pAthALa kuharam anagA: kaTankAram vijahathi?"--Ythi Raaja Sapthathi slOkam ). Swamy Desikan summarizes the deep thoughts housed in SiddhOpAyam and SaadhyOpayam chapters of SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram in this slOkam in the most aphoristic manner: 1. Yath prapadhanam svayamEva Saadhyam ( This Prapatthi has to be performed by one , if he wants to become a Prapannan) 2. Yath prapadhanam mukhyam cha (This prapatthi should be a complete one with its five requisite limbs/angAs ) 3. Tath (prapadhanam ) api ThvayA yEva krupayA dhAthavyam. (That (thought to perform )Prapatthi has to be granted by You out of Your infinite compassion for a suffering Mumukshu. You bless the Jeevan to reach a SadAchAryan to start the travel on the path to Prapathti at Your sacred feet ). 4. tath Bhavath CharaNa sangavathIm (mAm ) pasya (krupayA avalOkaya). ( Therefore , please look at me , who has the greatest attachment ot Your holy feet) 5. mE avasTAm (krupayA) pasya ( Please look compassionately at my suffering as a samsAri). 6. mE avasTAm pasyan upAya-phalayO: uchitham (yath)-(tath) vidhEyA: ( after taking note of my suffering , please decide on whatever is approriate among the upAyam (means )and phalam (fruit ) for this long suffering jeevan attached firmly to Your sacred feet ). Let us now look at the pramANams behind the above six points from Swamy Desikan's SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram : 1. SvayamEva Saadhyam : 1.1: SarvEshAmEva lOkAnAm PithA MaathA cha Maadhava: gacchatthvamEnam SaraNam SaraNyam PurusharshabhA: --BhAratham: Vana parvaam :161.56 ( Oh the Bulls among men ! Oh PaaNDavAs! The Lord of SrI Devi is the father and the Mother of the entire Universe .He is the Rakshakan . Consider Him as the UpAyam and perform SaraNAgathy at His holy feet!). This slOkam points out that the effort has to be taken by an individual chEthanam to gain the Lord's protection and that the means of SaraNAgathy has to be adopted . 1.2: ThiruvAimozhi : 1.7.5 (First half) viduvEnO ? yeNN viLakkai yennAviyai naduvE vanthu uyyak-koLLhinra NaaTanai I can not leave His feet.He is my very life breath, path-illuminating dhIpam. He is my Master; adiyEn is His loving , devoted servant.I will cling to His sacred feet and seek His rakshaNam . This adiyEn has to do.During my waywardness, He intervened and gave me protection even if my upaaya anushtAnam was not perfect . Here Swamy Desikan focuses on the Rakshya-Rakshaka LakshaNams and points out the need for the making an effort to seek SaraNAgathi by the mumukshu (One who desires Moksham). 2."Yath prapadhanam mikhyam cha:"(This Prapatthi should be complete with its five angAs of aanukoolya sankalpam, MahA visvAsam et al to bear fruit ).Swamy Desikan refers to the ParipoorNa Prapatthi that one has to do to gain Moksham. Ahirbudhnya samhithai says: ShaD-vidhA saraNAgathi: while taking into account the 5 angAs and the angi ( Bhara NyAsam / Aaatma nikshEpaNam ). If the angi is not included , then "NyAsa: panchAnga samyutha:" according to LakshmI Tanthram. When all the five parts are there with the NyAsam , then it is called Mukhyam or ParipoorNa SaraNAgathi.These five angAs are: aanukoolya sankalpam , prAthikoolya varjanam, KaarpaNyam , MahA visvAsam and GOpthruva VaraNam .These five are essential ingredients for a ParipporNa saraNAgathi (mukhyam) and they are grouped as " avinAbhUtha svabhAvangaL ' or indispensable features/entities in paripoorNa SaraNAgathi. 3."Tath (prapadhanam ) api ThvayA yEva DhAthavyam" : ( Even this prapathti , you have to help with through Yourself standing as the most compassionate SiddhOpAyan in place of all upAyams). You lead us to a sadhAcharyan and out of the anugraham odf the AchAryan , one deveops Jn~Anam about sva-svaroopam and MahA viswAsam to perform SaraNAgathi. That blessing has to be confereed on us by You . 4&5: Here Swamy Desikan prays to the Lord to take note of his complete attachmnet to His sacred feet ( Bhavath CharaNa sangavathIm mE avasTAm pasya)with compassion. 6. After taking note of my devotion to You and recognizing that my SaraNAgathi is not be complete , please bless me with whatever upAyam or Phalan that You may decide upon as appropriate for the occasion (upAya PhalayO: uchitham vidhEyA: ). Swamy Desikan appeals to the Lord here and asks Him to decide as to whether He should perfect his(Swamy Desikan's) incomplete Prapatthi or be contented with the incomplete prapatthi to grant the boon of Moksham sought by him. Swamy Desikan does not press anymore with clever arguments about his qualifications for the granting of such a magnificent boon that the Lord alone can give. Swamy Desikan leaves it up to the Lord of ThirutthaNkA after performing his prapatthi in the best manner that he is capable of . NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan P.S: For the past few days , I have not appealed to You all about supporting the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul and ThirutthaNkA dhivya desam . My mood seems to fit with the spirit of this slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: " Bhavath Charana sangavathIm mE avasTAm pasyan , Yath uchitham Tath kuru ". Many of You have supported in recent days , many kaimkaryams ( Upanishad Monograph Release , AzhwAr CD ROM release , SrI RanganAthA temple roofing support et al). That is why adiyEn dared not to add this important appeal to the many that I have made already .You have responded magnificently as AasthikAs and PrapannAs . Thank you all ! Today , the core fund for NithyArAdhanam is at 12.25 laks of Rupees . We need anothe r7.75 Laks of Rupees to reach the end line . As Swamy Desikan is fond of saying : " Oh Lord ! You have helped me travel this far ! I place my trust in You to lead me to the finish line of this journey ". This upadEsam of our ParamAchAryan , I take to heart and pray for the well being of Sri VaishNavAs and abhimAnis every where.
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