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SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesikamahadesikaya namah:

Dearest Srivaishnavas, 
Let us continue to enjoy BhoothatthAzhwAr anubhavam on
Sri Srinivasan. The next verse is 27th:  

pathiyamainthu naadip parutthezuntha sinthai,
mathiyurinci vaanmugadu nOkki - kathimigutthaNG
kOlthEdi yaadum kozunthathE pOnRathE,
maalthEdi yOdum manam.     27

My mind fixes itself on Thirumala Thirupathi and grows
upwards towards Him. It thus goes even further and
further crossing the boundaries of Chandra mandalam
(moon) and touches the borders of the Universe; It
reaches even the Ultimate Paramapadham searching and
seeking Paramadha nAthan.  

This is similar to the tall creeper that grows upwards
looking for the hold for its support and sustenance. 

Here the mind reaching as far as Paramapadham is
explained. AzhwAr always thus contemplates on his mind
reaching Paramapadham and enjoying the Lord and
serving Him at His Lotus feet. The jeevan if he has
performed Saranagathi at the Lord?s Lotus Feet,
reaches Paramapadham or Srivaikuntam at the end of the
birth thorugh archirAdhi maargam. 

Thirty Eighth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai by
Swamy Desikan describes beautifully, how the Lord
helps the Jeevan to enter the 101st NaaDi to ensure
the ascent of the prapanna Jeevan to His parama
padham: 
[Given below is the wonderful article prepared by Sri
Satakopan Swamin] 

savya-anyayO: ayanayO: nisi vaasarE vaa
  sankalpitha aayu: avadhIn sapadhi prapannAn
Haardha: Svayam nijapadhE vinivEsayishyan
  naaDIm pravEsayasi NaaTa sathAdhikam Thvam 

Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ? Deepa prakAsA! For those , who
have not performed Prapatthi , there are some
limitations on the time of death and their
consequences. They can hope to attain the auspicious
worlds only when their death happens during the
UttharAyaNa Sukla paksham and particularly during the
day time. SaasthrAs say such souls without the benefit
of Prapatti can not enter auspicious worlds at other
times such as DakshiNayana KrishNa Paksha days or
Nights. Those who have performed Prapatti at Your
Lotus feet have no such restrictions. UttarAyaNam or
DakshiNAyanam or the Pakshams or the day or night do
not interfere with their reaching Your Supreme abode.
At the end of their assigned time on 
this earth, they ascend to SrI Vaikuntam for eternal
residence there to serve You.

At the end of their lives as Prapannans [those who
have surrendered to the Lord], You as the indweller of
the jeevan facilitate it to enter the 101st NaaDi to
begin its journey via the path of light towards SrI
Vaikuntam. The Other Jeevans , who did not perform
Prapatthi [Saranagathi] enter NaaDis other than the
101st NaaDi and as a result start their journey to
Svargam or Narakam based on their karma visesham. You
make the Prapanna Jeevan see nothing but the 101st
NaaDi (Brahma NaaDi or Moordhanya Naadi) and help it
to start its journey on the upward path to SrI
Vaikuntam.

The subject matter of Four Brahma Soothra adhikaraNams
( IV.ii.8  to IV.ii. 11) are condensed into one single
slOkam by the Kavi Simham, Swamy Desikan. 

The names of these adhikaranams are:

IV.ii.8 is Tad-okodhikarana
IV.ii.9 is RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam
IV.ii.10 is Nisaa-adhikaraNam
IV.ii.11 is DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam

In the Tad-OkodhikaraNam , the Lord's special help in
illuminating the 101st NaaDi and pushing open the
closed door of that Naadi to permit the Prapanna
Jeevan  to enter is described. KaTha and BrahadAraNya 
Upanishads attest to this help of the Lord. In the
493rd slOkma of His AdhikaraNa SaarAvaLi, Swamy
Desikan describes the Lord's help in detail for the
Prapanna Jeevan to enter the 101st NaaDi and to
proceed further along the prescribed route to SrI
Vaikuntam.

In the RasmayanusAra-adhikaraNam ,the journey of the
Jeevan following the rays of the Sun are decribed
following the ChandOgya Upanishad manthram (8.6.5).

In the next adhikaranam, Nisaa-adhikaraNam , it is
stated that for a Prapanna Jeevan, death at day time
or night time does not interfere with the travel to
reach the Supreme Brahman. Non-prapanna Jeevans dying
during night do not attain the auspicious worlds ( He
is born again in this world).

In the DakshiNAyana-adhikaraNam, the prapanna who dies
even in DakshiNAyanam ( in the six month period, when
the Sun travels South) attains the Supreme Brahman.The
non-prapanna Jeevan dying in DakshiNAyanam does not
travel in the path of light, but in the path of smoke 
(DhoomAdhi maargam) and is condemned to be born again
in SamsAra without attaining Brahman like the prapanna
Jeevan.

AzhwAr ThiruvaDigaLE SaraNam
Sri PadmavathI samEtha Sri Srinivasa ParabrahmaNE
Namah:
Regards
Namo Narayana
Dasan


                
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