SrI: Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs: In this posting , adiyEn will cover two Paasurams( 88-89) of Desika Prabhandham , which is the 49th and the 50th Paasurams of AdhikAra Sangraham. 88) Hesitation of ChEthanam to seek Moksham *************************************** The key passage in this Paasuram is about Lord's laughter about our putting off our desire to seek His Supreme abode and wanting to hang on to this SamsAric world instead to enjoy its persihable "pleasures" : " Mutthi tara munnE tOnRi nall ninaivAl nAmm isayum kAlam inRO naaLayO yenRu nahai seyhinrAn " Our Lord has incarnated in many forms to grant us Moksham and is waiting for us to seek His protection .While waiting for us to gain the auspicious Jn~Anam to seek the journey to His Supreme abode , He is making fun (parihAsam) of our indecision to take that decision and questions with humor : "Is it today or would that be tomorrow that you will decide to perfom the upAya anushtAnam ? " (Meaning of the entire Paasuram ): No one can overcome the will (sankalpam) of our Lord. He creates all kinds of desires in those who do not try to reach Him and display enimity towars Him . He interferes with their ability to enjoy those bhOgams that they desire . Our Lord of this disposition has showered His grace on us already and destroyed our longing for SamsAra BhOgams .He has now accepted us as objects of protection to enjoy the shade of His sacred feet. He has banished His earler anger over our previous trespasses. He has taken many avathArams to mix with us as Parama soulabhyan and to grant us mOksha sukham . Inspite of all these special efforts on His part, we who do not recognize His extraordinary grace and compassion keep postponing the performance of SaraNAgathy to realize Moksham from one day to the other . Our Lord laughs over our ignorance , procrastrination and ineptitude . For His enemies that do not cherish Him ( Tannai NaNNAthAr) , He creates all kinds of desires in them ( ninaivu anaitthum Taann ViLayitthu) and then prevents them from enjoying those desires that they covet ( Taann viLaitthum vilakkum NaaTan). For us whom He has decided to protect from the SamsAric horror , He has eliminated our taste for the non-lasting and pain-yielding SamsAric "pleasures" ( ibbhavatthil yemm ninyaivai mARRi ) and has placed us as objects of protection under His sacred pair of feet ( iNayadikkeezh adaikkalam yenRu yemmai vaitthu). He has now forgotten or gotten over His anger over our previous trespasses and is ready to grant us His protection (munn ninayivAl yAmm muyanRa vinayAl vantha munivu ayarnthu). He waits to see when that day would be for us to elect to seek His rakshaNam . He has taken many avathArams already to grant us Moksham ( Muthti tara munnE thOnRi) and He is amused at our delay/procrastrination and makes fun of us by asking whether He has to wait until today ( the end of the day) or until tomorrow for us to make up our mind as a result of the dawning of the clear Jn~Anam that would propel us to perform the SaraNAgathy ( Mutthi tara munnE thOnRi , nall ninayvAl nAmm isayum kAlam inRo nALayO yenRu nahai seyhinRAn ). The Lord laughs over the thought that He has rushed to grant Moksham to the chEthanam and that chEthanam does not wish to forsake the SamsAric pleasures toseek the Moksham. That chEthanam keeps on postponing the day for seeking Moksham from today to tomorrow and onwards. Our Lord laughs over the ineptitude and ignorance of the ChEthanam , which can not make up its mind. 89) The help of the Mudhal AzhwAr **************************** During DhvApara Yugam , our Lord indirectly provided additional help to the chEthanams to rush towards Him to seek Moksham from Him . During the course of a rainy night at His dhivya dEsam of ThirukkOvaloor , Our Lord got Poygai, BhUtham and PEy AzhwArs together in the tight space of an idaikazhi (dEhaLi) and pressed them there to have their physical contact ( dEha sambhandham ) and for witnessing the birth of the three AndhAthis from the three AzhwArs . The andhAthis of the AzhwArs lit the lamp of true knowledge (Sathya dheepam) to chase away the darkness of aj~nAnam that had enveloped the world. The lamp lit by the AzhwArs in front of the Lord and His divine consort glorified the UpAyams of Bhakthi and Prapatthi yOgams celebrated by the Vedams. This Paasuram is about AchArya KruthyAdhikAram Topic of the 30th Chapter of SrImath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ). This 89th Paasuram should be remembered especially on this Iyppasi Satabhishak day , the day of avathAram of PEy AzhwAr: Paattukku-uriya pazhayavar moovaraip-paNDu-oruk-kaal Maattukku aruL tarum Maayan malinthu varutthathalAl nAttukku iruL seha nAnmaRai anthi nadai viLanga veettukku idaikkazhikkE veLikAttu,ammeyviLakkE (meaning): SarvEswaran caused the Mudhal AzhwArs to sing their ThiruvandhAthis to banish the nescience that shrouded the world and through their andhAthis instructed us on the UpAyams like Bhakthi and Prapatthi for our upliftment from SamsAric sufferings . " Paattukku uriya Pazhayavar moovar" are the triad of AzhwArs , who are the most qualified for singing the Lord's vaibhavam . "mAttukku aruL tarum Maayan " is the Lord of wonderous deeds , who showers His grace on His property, the ChEthanams . "nAttukku iruL seha" describes the purpose of the Lord empowering the Mudhal AzhwArs to sing their Prabhandhams : it was to destroy the darkness of ajn~Anam that prevailed in the world . What did the Mudhal AzhwArs do and how did they banish the surrounding darkness? They lit a lamp of Sathyam to eliminate the darkness of nescience. What did that lamp do besides chasing away the darkness of ajn~Anam ? It shed light all around and glorified the means (upAyams) for the performance of SaraNAgathy (Bhakthi & Prapatthi yOgams) at the sacred feet of the Lord (nAnn muRai anthi nadai viLanga veLikkAttum). Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. 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