You are here: SriPedia - SriRangaSri - Archives - Nov 2003

SriRangaSri List Archive: Message 00093 Nov 2003

 
Nov 2003 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


SrI:
SrImathE Nigamantha Mahadesikaya namah:
SrImAn venkatanAthAryaH kavitArkika kesarI |
vedAntAcArya-varyo me sannidhattAm sadA hRdi ||

May the glorious Venkatanatha, the greatest of teachers of Vedanta, and the 
lion among poets and debaters, reside forever in my heart.

Dearest Srivaishnavas,
Let us continue to enjoy other Tamil prabandhas of Swamy Desikan in summary 
form:

Adaikkalappatthu -The seventh work, is in eleven verses. It gives a clear 
exposition of the doctrine of Sranagathy (surrender) associating the name of 
God at Kanchi with each stanza. This is suggestive of the author?s 
Saranagathy at the feet of this Archa mUrthy (Sri Satakopan has written a 
translation for Adaikaalapaathu and is available in 
http://swamydesika.tripod.com

The eighth work is Arthapanchakam which details in eleven verses, the five 
well known topics which are vital to the philosophy of Vaishnavam. The five 
topics or truths are prApyam, the Lord?s nature which is to be attained, 
prApta, the nature of the soul who is to attain the Lord, UpAyam the means 
for attaining the Lord, prAptivirOdham, the obstacles that lie in the path 
of attainment and prApti, the Goal, namely the attainment. The name of the 
deity at Kanchi is associated with the last line in each stanza.

Sri Vaishnava Dinasari, the ninth work, is in 10 stanzas describing the 
routine life of a Srivaishnava. The treatment is based on the five fold 
division routine as laid down in Pancharathra Agamam. (Again this
translation written by SrI Satakopan Swamy is available in Swamy Desikan 
webpage)

The tenth work is Thirucchinna maalai, in 11 stanzas. The author speaks of 
the glory of tabor sounded in the temple of Varadan at Kanchipuram. 
Incidentally, these stanzas are shown to convey the sense of three rahasyas 
Moolamanthra, Dwayam and Charama slokam.

Pannirunaamam

Eleventh work containing 13 stanzas describing the twelve UrdhvapuNdras, 
with the names of deities presiding over each and the parts of the body 
where one wears Urdhva puNdram. Each stanza has  the name of God at 
Kanchipuram included in it. (Urdhva- vertical; puNrdam- mark.) This refers 
to the ornamental mark made on the forehead with white vertical lines drawn 
with sacred mud and a streak in between them made vertically with a read 
ochre or turmeric powder. The white lines are joined between the eye brows.

The twelfth work is Thirumanthracchurukku, written in ten stanzas conveying 
very briefly, as the name ?curukku? in the title indicates, the substance of 
Thirumanthram, also called Moola manthram or Ashtaakshara manthram.

The thirteenth work, Dwayacchurukku offers similarly in 12 verses, the 
substance of the Dwaya manthram. The fourteenth work Charamaslokacchurukku 
in 11 verses is on similar line on the charamaslokam.

GitArtha samgarha, which is 15th work, contains 21 verses. It offers briefly 
the substance of each of 18 chapters of the Bhagawath GitA.

MummaNikkOvai is the 16th work, in praise of the Lord of Thiruvahindrapuram. 
This work is held to have included mummaNikkOvai, pandhu, ammanai, kazhal. 
Oosal, Esal, and NavamaNimaalai. Except for the first and the last all 
others are lost. Akaval, veNpaa, kattaLaitthuRai are the three meters in 
which this mummaNikkoVai is said to have been composed. Hence the title. 
However, the ten verses in akaval alone are available to us in which Swamy 
the relationship of the husband (Bhagawaan) and Wife (Jivan) in Nayaka 
Nayaki bhAvam.

The Navarathina maalai is treated as independent work (17th in number) has 
ten verses ? all in praise of SrI Devanathan at Thiruvahindrapuram. It is 
said in the sixth stanza that those who do not forget the Divine Beauty of 
Sri Devanathan will not have rebirth. nin vadivazhaghu maRvaathaar 
piRavaadhaarE.. The author mentions in the tenth stanza  the work which, 
though lost, are part of mummaNikkOvai and states that these were composed 
after the achuthasathakam a praakritha sthOthram in 100 slokas before which 
he mentions that Devanayaka panchasath was composed by him.

The 18th work is Prabandha saaram, in 18 verses, devoted to the 
glorification of all AzhwArs. The day, month and Thirunakshathram (star) of 
each AzhwAr, their names, the number of poems composed by each of them are 
given. Each verse is inestimable value as it gives us what all we have to 
learn about the AzhwArs described therein.

Ahaara niyamam is the 19th work in 8 verses on the nature of food a 
vaishnava should comsume. The ingredients for preparing the food and kinds 
of food one has to avoid are all described briefly and carefully so as to 
avoid ambiguity in the choice of ingredients.

There has never been a writer like Swamy Vedantha Desikan whose life was 
spent purposefully and usefully for the uplift of humanity. The 19 works 
noted above are in PURE TAMIL. Intention of Swamy Desikan was to make the 
Vaishnava tenets attractive and acceptable as well as understandable even to 
those who knew only Tamil Language. Philosophy, Prappti, Rahasyas, routine 
life, and all other aspects of Srivaishnavam have received treatments here. 
Of course, the introductory and concluding verses in some of his other works 
are separately put in the form of compositions and treated as separate work.

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
Namo narayana
dAsan
kavi-tArkika-simhAya kalyANa-guNa-SAline |
Srimate venkateSAya vedAntagurave namaH ||

Salutations to Sri Venkatesa, in whom all perfections reside, who is the 
teacher of Vedanta and the lion among poets and debaters

_________________________________________________________________
Find it on the web with MSN Search. http://search.msn.com.sg/



------------------------ 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/VkWolB/TM
---------------------------------------------------------------------~->

To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
Srirangasri-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxx

 

Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 



[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
srirangasri-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list