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SrI:

Dear SrI Raama BhakthAs: 

There are three most brilliant Sanskrit slOkams and two Tamil
Paasurams at the beginning of Abhaya pradhAna Saaram.Let us
enjoy them first before plunging into the main text . 

SlOkam 1. About The Supermacy of Lord Raamachandran
***************************************************
This is the same slOkam that we find at the beginning of
SrI Raghuveera Gadhyam: 

Jayathi aasritha santhrAsa dhvAntha vidhvamsana udhaya:
PrabhAvAn Seethayaa DhEvyA Parama-vyOma BhAskara:

Lord Raamachandran has incarnated as the son of DasaraTA 
to destroy the darkness of fear from those , who have 
sought His refuge . He is aasritha santhrAsa (fear) 
dhvAntha vidhvamsanan( destroyer of the darkness 
constituted by fear ). He is like the Sun , which 
chases away the physical darkness. Similarly ,Lord 
Raamabhadran has incarnated to banish the mental
darkness caused by fear of samsAric afflictions for those,
who have sought His protection .He is the Sun (Bhaaskaran)
shining in the Supreme space ( paramAkAsam ) of SrI Vaikuntam. 
Such a Sun shining in SrI Vaikuntam is radiant with
His Svayam JyOthi( Parama vyOma Bhaskara:) and is
victorious (Jayathi) . Just as the lustre (Prabhaa) 
never parts with the Sun ,SeethA pirAtti never leaves 
the side of Her Lord and makes His glories supremely 
radiant ( SeethayA dhEvyA PrabhAvAn Parama VyOma Bhaskara:
Jayathi). 

Deep aspects of SrI tatthvam is referred to here. 
Lord Raamachandran and His Devi enjoy nithya yOgam .
They are never separated from one another (Nithya SrI
and anapAyinee). Their nithya sambhandham is celebrated
here , when She is likened to the PrabhA of the BhAskaran.
Without that grand lustre (PrabhA), the Sun will not
amout to any thing.SrImad RaamAyaNam also refers to
this Tatthvam as : "BhAskarENa PrabhA YathA", when it 
salutes the inseperable relationship between 
the dhivya dampathis.Unlike other PrabhAs , the PrabhA 
of Sooryan spreads everywhere and illumines everything. 
Joined with the PrabhA , the BhAskaran destoys 
the long and dark night of SamsAram.One can not say 
that Bhaskaran alone (devoid of His prabhA)
drives the darknes (grants mOksham). Thus PirAtti's 
UpAyathvam for Moksham is asserted with this analogy.
This is the Parama tAthparyam (deep meaning) of the analogy of
Raamabhadran and SeethA Piratti as the Sun and its PrabhA.

SlOkam 2: The significance of the Abhaya Hastham of the Lord
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prAya: prapadhanE pumsAm pouna: punyam nivArayan
hastha: Srirangabharthrur-mAmavyAdhabhayamudritha:

(meaning): The right hand of Uthsavar RanganAthar ( Lord
Raamachandran) holds the abhaya mudhrai to assure the PrapannAs
that they do not need to be afraid of any thing.When one
reflects on that abhaya mudhrai, it appears as though
the Lord is saying : " Oh prapannAs ! Stop ! It is enough 
that you have performed prapatthi once. You should not perform 
Prapatthi again". That abhaya mudrai seems to be a reminder
to the PrapannAs that Prapatthi needs to be performed only
once . Swamy Desikan prays here for the protection by that
abhya hastham of the Lord .  

SlOkam 3:The glory of the  Prapatthi yOgam 
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In this third slOkam , Swamy  Desikan reminds us of 
the vow of the Lord to hasten to protect the Prapannan,
who sought His protection. This prapatthi yOgam is
easy to perform and does not have all the difficult 
steps of Bhakthi yOgam to gain mOksham. 

namastasmai kasmaichana bhavathu nishkinchanajana-
 svyam-rakshA-dhIkshaa samadhika-samidhAna-yasasE 
surAdhIsasvairakshaNa kupitha-saapAyudhavashU-
 dhrashtthAdhurjAtha-prasamana padhAmbhOja rajasE

The glory of the SaraNAgatha Rakshakan, Raamachandran
keeps growing forever. His glory is limitless. DevEndran 
misbehaved with AhalyA , the wife of Sage Gouthamaa.
The Sage got angry at Indhran and his wife and cursed
them both. Ahalyai got transformed into a stone and
lay by the wayside. The speck of dust from Lord RaamA's
Thiruvadi fell on  AhalyA , who had ben transformed into
a stone .The redeeming power of even the dust speck from
the Lord's feet restored Ahalya back to her human form 
and united her with her husband. adiyEn offers my 
praNAmams to that matchless Raamachandran.

Paasuram 1: Lord is the UpAyam for Moksham
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sOham tavirkkum suruthi poruL onRu solluhinROm
 nAkam tanakkum irAkkatharkkum namakkum saraNam
aakaNDalan mahanAhiya aavalippERiyathOr
 kaaham pizhaitthida kaNNazhivE seytha KaakutthanE

(meaning): Lord Kaakusthan (Raamachandran) , who 
spared the life of the egotistic son of Indhran 
( appearing in the form of the crow) after
he performed SaraNAgathy and limited His anger with
the destruction of just one eye  inspite of the extraordinary 
offense that he committed against His Devi. He  is 
the Lord , who is the means(UpAyam) for protection of 
the DevAs, RaakshasAs and us. This is the deep meaning of 
the VedAs and His glory as the SaraNAgatha Rakshakan 
removes firmly all of our sorrows and fears.

The prANa PradhAnam ( sparing the life) to the offending
KaakAsuran is an importnat event celebrated in SrImad 
RaamAyaNam .The KaakAsuran chased by RaamA's BrahmAsthram
(empowered in a blade of grass ) could not find anyone to
save him . Finally , that crow fell at the feet of
the Lord after traversing all the three worlds looking
for some one to save him ( ThrIn-lOkAn samparikramya
TamEva SaraNam gatha:). Out of His infinite mercy and
the vow of offering protection to any one (even an aparAdhi)
who sought His protection, Raamachandran spared the life of
that Kaakam :

sa tamm nipathitham bhUmou SaraNya: saraNAgatham
vadhArhamapi KaakutsTa: krupayA paryapAlayath
--Sundara KaaNDam: 38.34 (Words of HanumAn )

Even if the crow deserved to be killed, Lord Raamachandran
spared its life because it had performed SaraNAgathy at His 
sacred feet.   

Paasuram 2: Lord's Abhaya pradhAnam is Veda Saaram
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orukkAlE SaraNAha adaihinRARkkum
 Unakkadimai aahinREn yenkiRArkkum
arukkAthE yanaivarkkumanaivarAlum 
 anjElenRu aruL koduppan , ithuthAnOthum
irukkAlumezhil munivar ninaivinAlum 
 ivaiaRivArseyaludanennisaivinAlum
nerukkAtha neeLvirathamenakkonRennum
 neRi uraitthAr nilai uNarnthu nilai peRROmE 

(meaning): Lord Raghu Raaman shared His thoughts
before VibhIshaNan at the time of accepting his 
SaraNAgathy request : " It is my vow to grant freedom
from fear (abhaya pradhAnam) for any one(janthu) , 
who performs saraNagathy to Me even once and states 
that he is My daasan . For that janthu which practised
SaraNAgathy , I will take the full responsibility so that 
no harm comes to it.This is My sacred vow based on
the essence of Vedam -Smruthi and SadAchAram".

Swamy  Desikan states here that his mind was filled with
peace / joy , when he reflected on this magnanimous statement
by the Lord about His SaraNAgatha RakshaNa vratham(neRi).

Next , we will cover the first two chapters of 
Abhaya pradhAna Saaram : (1) Prabhandha avathAram
(2)Para Tatthva NirNayam .
  
SrI Raamachandra ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 


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