SrI:
Dear BhakthAs:
Swamy Desikan ( 1268-1369 C.E) blessed us with five Kaavyams :
(1) Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram (2) YaadhavAbhyudhayam
(3) Sankalpa SooryOdhayam (4) Hamsa SandEsam and (5) SubhAshitha
Neevi .
We will be covering all the 5 literary Master-pieces as seperate e-books
in the Sundarasimham Web site :
http://www.sundarasimham.org
Here are some brief comments on the 5 Kaavyams of Swamy Desikan:
1) Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA sahasram with all its 1,008 slOkams has already been
released
as the 25th e-book . In more than 1000 slOkams , Swamy Desikan has praised the
glories of
the PaadhukAs (sandals) of Lord RanganAtha . It has 32 Paddhathis (Chapters).
2) The Hamsa SandEsam is being prepared as an e-book now. An introduction to
Hamsa
SandEsam is available at the Acharya(Swamy Desikan) section of the following
web site :
http://www.sadagopan.org
Hamsa SandEsam is modelled after Poet KaaLidAsA's magnum opus: Mega SandEsam.
In this Kaavyam , Lord Raamachandran sends a message to His consort SitA devi
languishing
in the prison of the cruel RaavaNan at Lanka . The messenger that the Lord
chooses is a Hamsam
(Swan) , which represents an AchAryan in Sri VaishNavite Tradition .
3) Sankalpa SooryOdhayam : This is an allegorical play created by Swamy
Desikan as his
response to an adhvaithin ( KrishNa Misra ) , who challenged Swamy Desikan to
match the beauty
of his kaavyam named "PrabhOdha ChandhrOdhaya ". In a fitting manner , Swamy
Desikan responded
and housed his message in ten chapters that distills the essence of
VisishtAdhvaithic doctrines .
The twin messages of this Kaavyam are : (1)Bhagavath sankalpam ( Supreme power
of the divine will)
is an absolute prerequisite to gain Moksham and (2) the human being affected by
PuNya and Paapa
Karmaas should seek the intercession of a righteous AchArya to gain the divine
grace .
4) YaadhavAbhudhayam: It is in 21 cantos and is about the glories of the scion
of the Yadhu race,
Sri KrishNa.A great commentary by Appaya Dikshithar is available for this
Kaavyam and currently
Dr.Saroja RaamAnujam is covering this Kaavyam in Oppiliappan List .
5) SubhAshitha Neevi : This is modeled after the Neethi Sathakam of poet
Bharthruhari . Swamy
Desikan's SubhAshitha Neevi is a didactic lyrical Masterpiece comprising of
wise and pithy sayings
to guide us about our conductance in day to day life . During 1995 , Desika
Bhaktha Rathnam ,
U.Ve. SEva SwamigaL released a small monograph on SubhAshitha Neevi with 118
pages .
The Organization of SubhAshitha Neevi
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It has 12 chapters , five of which covers the mind set of unrighteous ones (
theeyavar mana nilai).
The remaining 7 chapters describe the mental frame of the righteous Ones.
A disciple of Swamy Desikan was a king with the name of Singa BhUpAlan . He
begged his AchAryan
to bless him and his citizens with sadhupadEsam ( auspicious codes of conduct )
and the compassionate
AchAryan responded to his sishyan's plea with this neethi kaavyam containing
146 slOkams.It has been
pointed out that one can intrepret the meanings of some slOkams in 20 different
ways because of
their depth of thought .The upadEsams of Swamy Desikan has eternal relevance
and is very appropriate
for the rightful conductance of modern day statesman and citizens.
(A) The first 5 chapters deal with the conduct of an asamarTan ( dullard and
vicious one , who is unskilled).
The names of the 5 chapters associated witht he asamarTan are :
(1) anipuNa Paddhathi ( Dullard's state)
(2) Truptha (Garvee) Paddhathi ( Egotist's state)
(3) Kala Paddhathi ( DushtA's state)
(4) dhurvruttha Paddhathi ( state of one with heinous conduct)
(5) asEvya Paddhathi (State of one , who can not be approached).
The codes of conduct described in these 5 chapters have to be rejected by
any one , who wishes to follow a righteous way of life .
(B) The remaining 7 chapters deal with the conduct of the righteous ones for
emulation by us all:
(6) Mahaa Purusha Paddhathi ( Mind set of Mahaans)
(7) Sama-chittha Paddhathi ( Mind set of one with equanimity)
(8) SadhAsritha Paddhathi ( Mind set of those , who seek the righteous ones)
(9) Neethimath Paddhathy ( Mind set of one , who does not swerve from rightful
way)
(10) VadhAnya Paddhathi ( the conduct of the most generous)
(11) Sukavi Paddhathi and ( mind set of an auspicous poet/sukavi)
( 12) Pareekshitha Paddhathi ( mind set of one who has passed the tests).
The upadEsams housed in the above 7 chapters have to be implemented as
code of conduct for the righteous one.
The extraordinary wisdom of Swamy Desikan in analysing the conduct of the
righteous
and the unrighteous (Saadhus and the dushtAs) is seen in this kaavyam . Out of
his
compassion as a caring AchArya , Swamy Desikan bequeathed to us his SadupadEsams
in SubhAshitha Neevi to practise and gain "dhaiveem Sampath " that GithAchAryan
discusses .
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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