SrI:
SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dear Sri Satakopan Swamin
what a brilliant and moving manner in which you have decsribed and
translated the wonderful grantham of Swamy!
Sweet verse full of esoteric meanings
Wasted all these years without reading Swami's Tamil pAsurams
Thanks for sharing
May Acharyasaarvabhouman bless you with lots of years for the sake
of our Srivaishnava community!
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsanu dAsan
--- In Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx, "Dr. Sadagopan" <yennappan@...>
wrote:
>
> SrI:
>
> Today is PurattAsi SravaNam . This is the blessed day when
> we celebrate the avathAram of Sri VenkatEsa GhantAvathAran,
> Sri NigamAntha Mahaa Desikan .adiyEn thought of placing
> the Chillarai Rahasyam of " Rahasya Navaneetham " at
> the Thiruvadi of ThiruvEngadamudayAn as He enjoys
> His BrahmOthsavam at Thirumala .
>
> Rahasya Navaneetham
> ******************************
> Navaneetham is a parama bhOgya vasthu for KaNNan .With this in
mind ,
> Swamy Desikan churned the quintessential meanings of the three
rahasyams--
> Thirumanthiram , Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam-- like churning for
VeNNai
> to create Navaneetham and named this rahsya grantham as " Rahasya
Navaneetham ".
>
> This Sri Sookthi starts with an AchArya Vandhanam :
>
> utthi thihazhum urai moonRin mummUnRum
> chittham uNarat-terivitthAr --mutthi tarum
> moola maRayin mudi sEr Muhil VaNNan
> Seelam aRivAr silar
>
> (Meaning) : Our Lord , MokshadhAyaka Mukundan , has the most
beautiful
> blue hue of the rainy day cloud.He is the One celebrated in the
Upanishads ,
> which appear at the end of the Vedams . The few AchAryAs , who
comprehend well
> His adhyAsccharya guNams have blessed us with their upadEsams on
the three
> meanings associated with the three rahasyams : Moola Mantram ,
Dhvayam and
> Charama slOkam .
>
> Swamy Desikan salutes Sriman Narayanan as " Moksha DhAyakan (
Mutthi tarum
> Muhil VaNNan). He is celebrated by VedAntham/Upanishads that shows
us the path to
> Mukthi ( Mutthi tarum Moola MaRayin mudi sEr Muhil VaNNan) by
developing Jn~Anam
> about the three tatthvams , hitham and PurushArTam .There are
three essential meanings
> for each of the three rahasyams and they add upto nine meanings
altogether ( urai moonRin
> mummUnRum) . The great AchAryAs , who are fully conversant with
the anantha kalyANa
> guNams of MOksham granting Mukundan have instructed us clearly
about these nine
> meanings of the three rahasyams .
>
> What are these nine essential Meanings for the three rahasyams ?
>
> Thirumanthiram
> *******************
> For Thirumanthiram/Moola Manthiram/AshtAkshari , which is sakala
Veda Saaram ,
> the three menaings are: (1) Svaroopa SamarpaNam ( the placement of
our Svaroopam
> as His SEshabhUthan at His sacred feet , (2) Bhara SamarpaNam (
the samarpaNam of
> the burden of our protection at His Thiruvadi) and (3) Phala
SamarpaNam ( presentation of
> the fruits of that protection to Him ).
>
> Dhvayam
> ************
> The three meanings here are : (1) Our Lord Sriman NarayaNan as the
UpAyam( Means
> for Moksham) , (2) Our Lord as the Phalan( UpEyam , Goal) and (3)
Removal of
> the enemies that stood in the way of realizing this PurushArTam (
VirOdhi ozhihai) .
>
> Charama SlOkam
> **********************
> The three essential meanings here dealt with are: (1) The
anushtAnam ( sacred observance)
> to be performed by the one desiring Moksham ( Mumukshu) , (2) the
act of the Lord for that
> chEtanam seeking the Lord's protection thru SaraNAgathy and (3)
the conduct , the way
> of life to be followed by the Prapannan during his Post-Prapatthi
period .
>
> A Summary of the Nine Meanings of the three rahasyams
>
*********************************************************************
> In a rich Tamil Paasuram , Swamy Desikan summarizes these 9
Meanings :
>
> yenakku uriyan yenathu bharam yenn pER yennAthu
> ivai anaitthum iRai illaa iRaikku adaitthOm
> Tanakku iNai onRu illAtha ThirumAl Paadham
> Saadhanamum payanaum yenac-chalankaL theernthOm
> unakku itham yenRu oru Paahan uraitthathu uRROM
> utthamanAm avan udhavi yellAm kaNDOm
> inikka varum avai kavara vikanthOm SOkam
> imayavarOdu onRuini nAmirukkum naaLE
>
> First Two Lines dealing with Thirumanthiram
> ******************************************************
> Yenakku uriyan = I am my own Master
>
> yenathu bharam = the responsibility for my protection rests with
me .
>
> yenn pERu = the phalan of that protection also belongs to me .
>
> yennAthu = not thinking in this wrong way
>
> ivai anaitthum iRai illA iRaikku adaitthOm = adiyEn placed the
svaroopam ,
> bharam and Phalan at the sacred feet of our Matchless Lord .
>
> Third and the Fourth Lines dealing with Dhvayam
> ************************************************************
> Tanakku iNai onRu illAtha ThriumAl Paadham = Convinced that
> the incomparable sacred feet of the Lord alone
>
> saadhanamum payanumena= as the UpAyam (Means) and Phalan( Fruit
thereof)
>
> salankaL theernthOm = we stopped from engaging in the self-
destructive deeds.
>
> The Fifth and the Sixth lines dealing with Charama SlOkam
>
*********************************************************************
*
> unakku itham yenRu = saying that this is the most important &
comforting upAyam
>
> Ohr Paahan uraitthathu uRROM = the matchless Charioter of Arjunan
blessed us
> with His Charama slOkam and we performed SaraNAgathy at His lotus
feet .
>
> utthamanAm Avan udhavi yellAm kaNDOm = We as PrapannAs experience
all of
> the upAyams revealed to us by the Supreme Lord thru His charama
slOkam .
>
> The Seventh and the Eighth lines of the future happiness after
SaraNAgathy
>
*********************************************************************
**********************
> inikka varum avai kavara vihanthOm Sokam = we have banished all
samsAric
> sorrows by reflection on the great joy to be conferred on us thru
travel to
> Sri Vaikuntam by archirAthi maargam and enjoyment of ParipoorNa
BrahmAnandham
> there thru nithya , niravadhya kaimkaryam to the divine couple
there .
>
> imayavarODu onRu ini naamm irukkum naaLE = in our post prapatthi
days on
> earth , we rejoice over the thought of our time here as being
equivalent to
> the nithya sooris ( eternally liberated souls) serving the dhivya
dampathis at
> their ThirumaamaNi Mantapam at Parama Padham .
>
> In the two nigamana slOkams in Sanskrit , Swamy Desikan summarizes
the purport
> of the Sri Sookthi of Rahasya Navaneetham and prays to
ThiruvEnkatamudayAn
> to confer Kaimkarya SrI for all PrapannAs , who comprehend and
practise
> the nine meanings of the three rahasyams .
>
> Nigamana SlOkam 1
> **************************
> Guru-bhajana-nEthra-bhAjaa maTitha-rahasyEna VenkatESEna
> navaneetham-iva gruheetham navakam idham nithyam aasvAdhyam
>
> (Meaning): Sri VenkatEsa ( VedAntha Desikan) used the churning
rope
> of AchArya vandhanam to bring out the rahasya navaneetham from
> the curd of three rahasyams.This is freshly churned navaneetham and
> the nine emanings constituting it will be a delight forever to
taste .
>
> NIgamana SlOkam seeking Thirumalayappan's anugraham on PrapannAs
>
*********************************************************************
*********************
> Prasanitha-KalidhOshAm prAjya-bhOgAnubhandhaa
> samudhitha guNajAthAm samyagAchAra yukthAm
> Srithajana-BahumAnyAm SrEyasee VenkaDAdhrou
> Sriyam upachinu nithyam SrinivAsa ThvamEva
>
>
> (Meaning): Oh Lord of ThiruvEnkatam ! Please grow further and
further
> the Kaimkarya SrI of Your KaimkaryaparALs at Thirumalai ! They
should not be
> affected by the misfortunes of Kali Yugam .They should be filled
with the blissful
> anubhaavam of enjoying You .They should be rich in sathguNams as
the adiyArs
> blessed to perform Kaimkaryam for You .They should be blessed to
have high
> level of AachAram as servants of Yours .They should cherish Your
kaimkaryams
> and protect that wealth of Kaimkaryam .You must confer on these
BhaagavathAs
> all of these boons !
>
> To be continued ,
>
> Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
> Opiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
>
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