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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
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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
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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
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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
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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:



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