SrI:
Dear AasthikAs
:
This rahasyam got
its name because it provides the knowledge
to comprehend
the three
rahasyams ( Thirumanthiram , Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam ) . The word
Padhavee
is derived from the root "padh" meaning to
go , to approach, to attain .
Padhavee means a
road , path or a course . It also means a position or station in life .
In this ChillaRai
rahasyam , we have to stay with the meaning of Path or Road to
reach
and travel .It is threrefore the path finder to the
road of the three rahasyams.
The
essence of this Rahasyam : Vedanta
Saastrams elaborate on
Tatthvam-Hitham and
PurushArTam . They do so to assist the long
suffering samsAris to overcome their sorrows and
attain Sathgathy .
Thirumanthiram -Dhvayam and Charama
SlOkam cover succinctly
the three
doctrines : Tathtvam-Hitham
and PurushArTam.
Nigamana Paasurams Summing up the
goal of this rahasyam :
moonRil oru moonRum mooviraNDum
munnAnkum
thOnRat-tholayum thuyar
(Meaning ): SamsAra dhukkam will be destroyed , when the
clear
meanings of the three rahasyams : Thirumanthiram with three
paadhams,
dhvayam with six paadhams and Charama slOkam with 12
paadhams.
" ThonRat-thulayum thuyar " is a beautiful
combination of words
evoking the imagery of Sunrise ( ThOnRum
SooryOdhayam) that
destroys ( Tholayum) the darkness ( sorrow
/nescience/thuyar ) of
samsAric bheethi .
The previous rahsyam was Tatthva Padhavee and this rahasyam is
Rahasya Padhavee . SWamy Desikan connects both Tatthva Padhavee
and
Rahsya Padhavee in one of the concluding slOkams of Rahasya
Padhavee:
ithi
tathva-thrayasya yEshaa rahasya thritasya cha
padahvee
VenkatEsEna prathyak praachee pradarSithaa
(Meaning) : Sri VenkatEsan ( Swamy Desikan) has shown the way
(
Padhavee) to Jn~Anam about the three tatthvams and the three
rahasyams for understanding clearly the svaroopam of the
Jeevan
thru the two rahasyams : Tathva Padhavee and
Rahasya Padhavee .
Swamy Desikan says here : " prathyak prAchee yEshA
padhavee
pradarSithaa " . Prathyak prAchee stands for Aathma svaroopa
Jn~Anam.
Description of the Rahasya Padhavee
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1. Structure of Thirumanthiram : The first padham
is PraNavam . It condenses
very lofty tatthvams. It is made up of A+U+M .
These three letters can also be
considered as three padhams. The letter "A"
denotes the Lord , who is never
seperated from His PirAtti . When we refer to that
Lord , we recognize Him as
Jagath KaaraNan and Jagath Rakshakan and as the
One , who has the Vaibhavam
of having the Jeevans as His svAbhAvvika sEshan (
liege/servant/daasan).
This is the symbolism of the letter "A" ( akAram)
.
On the akAram , the fourth case represented by
"Aaya " is ascendant
and hidden This dative case refers to the
relationship ( sambhandham)
between the Jeevan and EmperumAn . What is that
sambhandham ?
The sambhandham is the daasathvam of the Jeevan to
Iswaran . The middle
padham in the PraNavam is the " U" ( ukAram) .
This ukAram refers to
the unique sambhandham of the Jeevan to the Lord
and Lord alone.
The essence of this UkAram is the Jeevan is Daasan
to none but the Lord.
The third Padham of PraNavam is MakAram
referring to the Jeevan ,
the embodiment of its Daasathvam .When we
refer to that Daasathvam ,
Jeevan is understood as the one protected by the
Lord and is the embodiment
of Aanandham and Jn~Anam and as one having Jn~Anam
and Aanandham
as his guNams( attributes) . The jeevan is
comprehended as having atomic
size and as being different from the body and the
Indhriyams. The essential
meaning of PraNavam is : Jevan is solely the
servant of Sriman NaaRaYaNan .
He has no qualifications to be the daasan of
anyone else.
Meaning of Nama:
sabdham
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This is the middle padham of
Thirumanthiram .It is made up of two
letters : Na and Ma . The meanings
for nama: Padham has been given
as a whole or by splitting it into
Na and Ma ( the constituent letters ) .
The essence of the Nama: padham
is " I am not my Master (SsEshi) .
I have no power to initiate a karma
in an independent manner ignoring
the Lord ."When the jeevan
identifies himself as the adiyEn for the Lord ,
it is clear that the Lord makes him
the servant of His servants
( BhagavathAs).When we use the full
"nama: " sabdham ( instead of
splitting into na and ma) ,it means
SaraNAgathy at the Lord's sacred
feet . When we consider the meaning
of Nama: sabhdham by splitting
into na and ma , then ,
it implies a prayer " Let no
inauspicousnes
happen to me ". The three meanings
for Nama: sabdham are :
(1)adiyEn is not a servant of anyone
except the Lord and is connected to
the Tatthvam (2) thru the
meaning of SaraNAgathy , hitham is linked
and (3) by rejecting
inauspiciousness, the link is made to PurushArTam .
The Meaning of "
NaarAyaNAya ", the third Paadham of Thiru Manthiram
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This is the third padham of Thiru
Manthiram . NaarAyaNa padham refers to
EmperumAn with PirAtti . This
Padham can be intrepreted in two ways:
(1) Ayanam for the NaarAs (2) One who has the Naatams as His ayanam . In the first definition ,
Naaram stands for ChEthanam and achEthanam.
Ayanam means the abode for them.
That leads to the understanding of
Him being the sakala vasthu AadhAran
. In the second definition ,
the Naaram (
chEtana-achEtanam) is His vaasa sthAnam ( place of
resience ) . All the chEtanam and
achEtanam are His abode . He is
pervasively present as
antharyAmi Brahman in all of them
.
The Fourth Case
represented by "Aaya " over NaarAyaNa sabdham
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This chathurthi
vibhakthi denotes the SEshathvam ( adimai) of
the Jeevan(
Seshan) to the Lord (Seshi) . This sambhandham
of the ChEtanan
to the Lord is already covered by PraNavam .
Question may
arise about its redundancy ( Punar Ukthi dhOsham ) .
Hence , it is
customary to intrepret that the Aaya sabdham as
the Kaimkaryam
arising from that Seshathvam ( being a leige
of
the Lord) . It
is but natural for the servant to perform Kaimkaryam
for
his Lord and
gladden the heart of the Master .
The Esssential Meaning of
Thirumanthiram
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1) Sriman
NaarAyaNan is never ever without His PirAtti .
2) He is the
Jagath KaarANan .
3) He is the
Jagath Rakshakan.
4) Jeevan is
svAbhAvika ( intrinsic ) adimai to Him .
Jeevan will
never ever become adimai to anyone else.
5) Jeevan will
however be the servant of BhAgavathAs .
6) Jeevan is
protected by the Lord .
7) He is of the
form of Jn~Anam and Aanandham.They
become his
guNams.
8) Jeevan is of
atomic dimension .
9) Jeevan is
different from body and the the indhriyams.
10) Jeevan will
never become his own Master .
11) Jeevan
has no independence to go after his kaaryams.
He is totally dependent on his Lord
.
12) Prapanna
Jeevan performs SaraNAgathy at the feet of
his Lord and
prays for Moksha Phalan . His prayer is to serve
the Lord and His
divine consort at all places , times and states.
( To Be
continued : Dhvayam & Charama SlOkam )
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