SrI: SrIvathsachihna misrEbhyO namaukthim adhImahE yadgukthaya: thrayIkaNDE yaanthi MangaLasoothrathAm --Taniyan for Swamy KurEsar Dear BhakthAs: The release of the monograph on SrI Vaikunta Sthavam of Swamy KUrEsar by U.Ve. VidvAn Dr.N.S.Anantha RangAcchAr Swamy of Bangalore is inducing me to write a few words on this important Sthavam . SrI Vaikunta Sthavam is one of the five Sthavams bequeathed to us by Swamy KUrEsar . The others are: SrI Sthavam, AthimAnusha Sthavam, SrI VardarAja Sthavam and Sri Sundara Baahu Sthavam . Another MahA VidvAn SrI PayyampAdi ChettalUr Vaa. SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy has provided MaNipravALam commentaries on these five sthavams in 1986 . adiyEn is basing my write ups on SrI Varadaraaja Sthavam on his brilliant commentary .adiyEn hopes to cover all these sthavams later with the anugraham of Swamy KUrEsar . Today , adiyEn will focus on the final (101st)slOkam of Sri Vaikunta Sthavam in honor of the forthcoming release of Sri Vaikunta Sthavam by Dr.NSA Swamy on Feb 2 , Thai Hastham day , the Thirunakshathram of Swamy KUrEsar. SrI VaikuNta Sthavam (VS) ************************ There is an age old saying : " SrI VaikuNta Sthavam theriyAthavan VaishNavan allan " ( One who does not know SrI Vaikunta Sthavam is not a VaishNavan). This saying pays reverence to this important sthavam just as the other one " Thiru Maalai aRiyAthavan ThirumAlai aRiyAN " ( One who does not know the dhivya prabhandham of Thiru Maalai by ThoNdaradippodi AazhwAr will not know Thirumaal, the Lord of Lakshmi). In Thirumaalai, ThOndaradippodi AzhwAr describes what SrI RanganAthA prefers: " kadaitthalai irunthu vaazhum sOmbarai uhatthi pOlum " . Here , the reference is to Lord RanganAthA's preference to those who have rejected all other upAyams and performed Prapathti at His sacred feet in the manner prescribed by Him in His Charama slOkam and stay at the front gate of His temple fully assured of MokshAnugraham by the Lord. "prapannAth anyEshAm na disathi MukundhO nija padham " .The Lord does not grant Moksham to anyone other than those , who have performed prapatthi to Him . "MaamEva yE prapathyanthE maayAmEthAm taranthi tE" is another pramANam for the fruits of Prapatthi. Swamy KurEsar reminds Lord Varadhan, his ishta dhaivam , about these messages of His and requests the Lord of Hasthigiri to grant him Moksha Siddhi in the very last slOkam of SrI Vaikunta Sthavam : nirbhandha yEsha yadhi tE yadhasEshavaidha-- samsEvinO Varadha! rakshasi nEtharAmsthvam tarhi ThvamEva mayi sakthyAdhikAra-vaanchA: prathyUha saanthim itharsccha vidEhi visvam (meaning): Oh VaradharAjA ! You protect those , who have sought refuge at Your Thiruvadi in the manner prescribed by You. Ohters are not blessed with Your rakshaNam ( prapannAth anyEshAm na disathi MukundhO nija padham ). If this restriction of vyAja mAthra SaraNAgathi is valid , then You must banish from me the sakthi to observe other upAyams for Moksham , my fitness to observe them and desire to seek fruits from such ubhAyAntharams (means other than You standing in the place of all those upAyams) and bless me with the observance of the panchAngams ( the five limbs) of SaraNAgathi to You . This resounding prayer of Swamy KurEsar in the 101st slOkam of SrI Vaikunta Sthavam is the distilled essence of the Charama SlOkam of GIthAchAryan. Lord Varadhan is the Ishta Dhaivam and AarAdhana Moorthy of Swamy KUresar and hence he addresses Lord VaradarAjan for the anugraham of Moksham . He prays to Lord to remove the Moksha VirOdhis and command him to follow the Saasthra- established vidhis for SaraNAgathi ( Tath aaj~nApaya Maadhava). Here , Swamy KUrEsar begs Lord Varadhan to fulfill all the five angams of SaraNAgathi and to bless him further with the blemishless utthara kruthyams after prapatthi ( code of conduct during the post-prapanna stage of life ) and finally lift him upto His Supreme Abode (SrI Vaikuntam ) to perform nithya kaimkaryam to Him there and enjoy ParipoorNa BrhamAnandham in the company of His Nithyasooris. Swamy KUrEsar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , DaasOham, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan/Sadagopan
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