SrI: Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs: In today's posting, adiyEn will cover the Pothu ( general ) Paasuram extolling the path followed by our Sath SampradhAyam as well as the first two Paasurams of Parama Padha sOpAnam dealing with the first step of the ladder : VivEka Parvam. Pothu Paasuram : The path taken by our Sath SampradhAyam *********************************************** adal puLL arasinum anthaNar mAttinum inn amuthak- kadaRpaLL i tanninum Kaviri uLLam uhantha pirAn idaip-piLLayAhi uraithathathu uraikkum YethivaranAr MadaippaLLi vantha MaNam YengaL vArtthayuL manniyathE (Meaning ): SarvEswaran has GarudAzhwAn as His transport and seat . He is the indweller of the Vedams , which are the eternal wealth of the Brahmins. He lives always in the Milky Ocean, where His Divine Consort arose from . Inspite of all these famous places of residence , He prefers to live in choen dhivya dEsams like SrIrangam and delights His bhakthAs there . He blessed us with Bhagavath GitA, whose inner meanings were revealed to us by YathirAjar. ThirumadaipaLLI AcchAn (Kadambi AacchAn) performed personal kaimkaryam to YathirAjar and was initiated in to the esoteric meanings of our SampradhAya granthams by YathirAjar Himself . These essential meanings have come to us from MadaipaLLI AcchAn and their fragrance distinguishes our (Swamy Desikan's ) SrI Sookthis. Additional Notes *************** Our Lord's Five Roopams extolled in PaancharAthram ( Para , VyUha , Vibhava, ArchA and AntharyAmi Roopams) are referred to in this Paasuram . " PuLLarasilum " refers to the Para Ropam in Vaikuntam ; " anthaNar mAttilum " connects to antharyAmi roopam ; " KadaRpaLLi tannilum " links to VyUha roopam ; "Kaaviri uLLUm " is connected to the archA roopam and "idaippiLLayAhi" links to Vibhava avathAram (of KrishNa) . Thus all the five roopams of SrIman NaarAyaNa are saluted in this Paasuram . AchArya RaamAnujA gave upadEsams to Kadaambi AacchAn on Veda-VedAntha rahasyArTams and through Kadambi AacchAn , thsoe esoteric meanings were released to the world. Since KadAmbi AacchAn performed MadaipaLLi kaimkaryam ( Kitchen Kaimakryam for AchArya RaamAnujA ), he came to be referred with revenrence as MadaipaLLi AacchAn in our Guru Parampara .His UpadEsams are described as "MadaippaLLI vantha MaNam " , the fragrance that originated from the MadaipaLLi of AchArya RaamAnujA. 134) VivEkam: The First step of the Ladder to Moksham ********************************************* KaLLa manatthudan kaNDu muyanra kadu-vinayAl naLL iruL aazhiyil iynthu nall suvai yena naadiya ohr aLLalil nALum vizhunthu azhiyA vahai AaraNa nool VaLLal vazhangiya vAnn padiyAna vazhi ithuvE (Meaning): Until now , we possessed the distorted meanings of the Tathvams (viparItha Jn~Anam of the three Tatthvams ) and their Svaroopams ; we continued to engage in profoundly sinful acts and as a result were immersed in the darkness of nescience ; we got stuck in the mud and mire of insignificant material pleasures associated with the five senseory faculties ( roopam , rasam , sparsam , gandham and sabdham ). On us, who were hopelessly lost , Veda-VedAnthams took pity and instructed us on VivEkam to uplift ourselves from the quagmire of SamsAram. We (Swamy Desikan ) explained the first of the nine steps of the ladder to our Lord's Parama Padham ( Supreme abode ). The key passage of this Paasuram is : " eiynthu nall suvai yena naadiya ohr aLavil naaLum vizhunthu azhiyA vahai AaraNa nool vazhangiya vAnn padiyAna vazhi ithuvE " . We thought that the the experience derived from the five senses is parama bhOgyam and sought more and more of their ruchi and as a result got stuck in the mud of samsAram deeper and deeper ; we were about to be destroyed . It is at this time that the most merciful Veda-VedAnthams came to our rescue and instructed us on the first step to Parama Padham as VivEkam and lifted us out of the mire of SamsAram . 135) The paramount importance of knowing about EmperumAn ************************************************* aru uru aanavai anaitthum aRivArEnum arum kalaikaL kaRRu uraikka vallArEnum dharuma vazhi azhiyAmal kAppArEnum tani maRayin tARRpariyam taruvArEnum iru vinayin ozhukkatthAl yEval ohrAthu inghE nAmm siRayiruntha yeenam theerkkum ThirumahaLAr piriyAtha DEvan tiNNam tERAthAr tiNN padiyil yERAthArE (Meaning) : Among the people of this world , some might be conversant with the knowledge about the svaroopam of chEthanams and achEthanams ; there may be others , who might know about the fine points on the 64 kalais and could have the competence to instruct others on them; some might be capable to practise prescribed dharmAs and initiate others in following such observances ; some of them might be qualified to teach others about the essence of the meanings of the VedAs. Even with all these multiple skills and achievements , what is the use ? If they do not have the vivEkam about the Svaroopam and the SvabhAvam of Sriman NaarAyaNan , who alone can lift the chEthanams out of the terrors of SamsAram , they can not hope to step on the ladder to Moksham . 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. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! 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