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SrI:

Dear Swamy  Desika BhakthAs:

We will now start our study of Amrutha SvAdhini Prabhandham of
Swamy  Desikan . We will cover the first Six Paasurams of
this Prabhandham  dealing with Thirumanthiram(AshtAksharam/
Moola Manthram)  .

96th Paasuram:  The Purpose of Life
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Our AchAryAs out of their DayA for us made it possible for us
to learn within our life time the three rahsyams with their meanings
for our salvation . These AchAryAs , who are celebrated by
the world performed upadEsams on these three rahasyams
( AshtAksharam , Dvyam and Charama slOkam ) in the most
effective manner for us to retain those meanings and enjoy them
as well as benefit from them.

The key passage of this paasuram is : " Desikar kaalam kazhivathan
munnam  karutthu uRak-kaNDidavE nammai vaitthanar" ( Our AchAryas
before the end of our days positioned us to comprehend clearly
the three rahasyams with their quintessential meanings ).

Swamy  Desikan comments that AshtAksharam (Thirumanthiram)
teaches about our Svaroopam to permit us to practise Prapatthi
through Dhvaya manthram. Both manthrams  are like the root and
branch of the same tree (Moolam KiLai yena onRu iraNDu aana).
The third rahsyam is the Lord's Charama slOkam , which without
help of any thing else points out  the unfailing  means for Moksham
and recommeds that upAyam for securing Moksham.Since the Charama
slOkam does not seek anything else for its empowerment , it is saluted
in this Paasuram as a matchless rahasyam without equal or superior
( mEl onRu ilai yena ninRa av-Vithtahan tann urai).

This is the first Paasuram on the chillaRai rahasyam of Saara Saaram .
Swamy  Desikan gave this name of "Saara Saaram " since it deals with
the essence of the three most essential subjects to be learned by us
from our AchAryAs during our life time on His earth.

97) Thirumanthiram: the meaning of PraNavam
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SarvEswaran is the Prime Cause for all things . He is the Protector
of all. He is never separated from His divine consort. Jeevan (ChEthanam )
is of the intrinsic form of  Jn~Anam (Jn~Ana  Svaroopan ). ChEthanam
has Jn~Anam as his attribute ( Dharma bhUtha Jn~Anam) . ChEthanam is
distinctly different from the AchEthanams ( insentients). As the Jeevan ,
chEthanam is totally dependent on the Lord as its unconditional Master .
ChEthanam is His adiyavan (liege). ChEthanam is priveleged to be
the servant of the Lord's dAsAs ( BhagavathAs) as well . ChEthanam is
not the servant of any one or anything else. This is the essential meaning
of PraNavam , which is comparable to the chariot of Arjuna.This is
the essence of the meaning  of PraNavam pointed out by the Upanishads
(VedAnthams).

The comparsion of PraNavam with Arjunan's chariot is made
since in that chariot , the Lord (KrishNa ) sat in the front
as akAra Svaroopan / Master  and Arjuna, the jeevan (MakAra
svaroopan/servant of the Lord ) sat behind . In PraNavam ,
akAram is in the front and  makAram follows behind similar to
KrishNA's and ArjunA's respective positions in that chariot
of  Arjuna.

The key passage of this paasuram is: " NaaraNanukku nAnn
adiyEn---aRivAhi aRivathumAy aRu nAnku anRi seer aNintha
sudar pOla thihazhnthu ninREn " ( I the Jeevan is the bonded
servant of the Lord -- adiyEn , who is of the form of Jn~Anam and
who understands the rest with Dharma BhUtha Jn~Anam stand
radiant and apart(distinctly different ) form the rest of the 24 tatthvams
defining the insentients .

98) Thirumanthiram: The Meaning of Nama: Sabdham
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SrIman NaarAyaNan assured me that He will cut asunder the bonds of
SamsAram and grant me Moksham through His Charama slOkam.Out of
His vAthsalyam for me , He made me the servant of His BhAgavathAs.
Due to the power of His grace , He kindled my desire to perform
Prapatthi at His sacred feet . He destroyed my ahankArams and
MamakArams  ( Yaan yenathu yenpathu onRu illai) and made me
free from the concepts of "Me and Mine". What can I do (as
the totally dependent one on this Lord ) without His grace ?

The first line of this Paasuram reveals the banishment of
ahankAra-mamakArams and the Jeevan's lack of
independence ( absence of Svatantram ). The second line
reveals the Lord's anugraham that made the Jeevan become
subservient to the Lord's BhAgavathAs (TannadiyArkku yennai
aatpaduthhi) .The third line refers to the SaraNAgathy UpAya
anushtAnam for Moksham and other meanings for the Nama:
sabdham . The paasuram concludes with " Avanai allAl seyvathu
yenn ?" ( What is that I cando without our Lord and His grace ?).

99) Thirumanthiram : The Meaning of NaarAyaNa Sabdham
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Our Lord accompanied by His Divine Consort  is understood
through the NaarAyaNa Sabdham as the ocean of Daya  ,
as the embodiment of auspiciousness ,  as the Creator , Protector
and Master of all , as one filled with blemishless guNams ,
as the ultimate way (ParamAm Gathi) , and as the one who is
realted to us in every way ( Sarva Vidha Bhandhu ). This then is
the brief meaning of the NaarAyaNa Sabdham .

100) Thirumanthiram: The Meaning of the Chathruthi over NaarAyaNa Sabdham
***************************************************************
The significance of the fourth case over NaarAyaNa Sabdham is explained
here.

SrIman NaarAyaNan destroys the PuNya and Paapa KarmAs of
the Jeevan that has observed the upAyam of Prapatthi . Next ,
He lifts up the Jeevan from the body , which was the hindrance to
Moksham and releases the Jeevan via the Brahma Naadi and lands
that Jeevan at His Supreme abode via the pathof light (archirAdhi mArgam).
He blesses the jeevan with the guNAs , which were hidden until
then due to Karma sambhnadham. Even if the Jeevan is reluctant to recieve
His grace , our Lord holds it tightly with His benovolent grace and joins it
to
the assembly (ghOshti) of the eternally liberated Jeevans (nithya sooris)
so that the liberated jeevan can enjoy paripoorNa BrahmAnandham at
SrI Vaikuntam .This then  is the meaning of the Chathurthi vibhakthi
(Fourth case ) over the NaarAyaNa Sabdham.

101) The unified meaning (ThiraNDa PoruL ) of Thirumanthiram
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Through PraNavam , we understood with joy about our (the Jn~Ana Svaroopa
Jeevan's)  permanent and unalterable realtionship (niruphAdhika sEshathvam)
of being the eternal servant of the Lord  .

Through the Nama: sabdham , we understood (1) the removal of ahankAra-
MamakArams (2) the observance of SaraNAgathy upAyam (3) the removal of
the thought about us (the Jeevan)  being independent and (4) becoming the
servant
of the Lord's BhAgavathAs.

Through the NaarAyaNa  Sabdham , we ( the Jeevans ) understood
the anantha KalyANa guNams of the Lord such as His role as the Protector
of all and being our Sakala Vidha Bhanthu .

Finally , through the Fourth case over NaarAyaNa Sabdham ( the aaya
sabdham) , we understood the destruction of SamsAric afflictions ,
the holding of the Lord's feet on our heads and joining the assembly of
Nithyasooris to enjoy total bliss at Sri Vaikuntam .

Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



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