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- Subject: SRI RANGA SRI VOL.04 / ISSUE # 06 d/ 12/05/02
- From: "Ram Anbil" <Ramanbil@xxxx>
- Date: Thu, 05 Dec 2002 15:47:54 +0000
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SrimatE Raamaanujaaya Namaha //
SrimatE Nigamaanta Mahaa Desikaaya Namaha //
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anubadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya/
SrIman! SrI Ranga Sriyam anubadravam anudhinam Samvardhaya//
KAvEri VardhathAm kAlE, kAlE varshathu vAsava: /
SrI RanganAthO jayathu Sri Ranga Sri cha VardhathAm//
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SRI RANGA SRI VOL.04 / ISSUE # 06 dated 5th December2002
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IN THIS ISSUE:
1. ?SRIMAD GOPALA DESIKA MAHA DESIKA VIMSATI? ?
A POETIC TRIBUTE TO SRIMAD ANDAVAN OF
SRI POUNDARIKAPRAM SWAMI ASHRAMAM
(PRAKRITAM PONTIFF OF THE ASHRAMAM)
Part 18: Acharya Vaibhavam (Verses 19 and 20)
By Sri C. G. Balaji {Sri Balaji is the grandson of Sri N.S. Anantha
Rangachar Swami of Bangalore and a Sishya of Parakala Matam}
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2. ?RAMAPIRANAI KARPOM?
EXCERPTS FROM BOOK BY H.H. SRIMAD ANDAVAN OF
?SRI POUNDARIKAPURAM SWAMI ASHRAMAM?
? Part 21: ?Saha Dharma Charee Tava? (continued)
(Anbil Ramaswamy)
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We have so far presented in the form of catechism, 63 questions raised and
answered by H.H. In this Issue, we present -
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Question 64:
?Why did King Janaka say that Sri Sita would be Rama?s ?alter ego? in the
discharge of his righteous duties??
Sri Gopaala Desika Mahaa Desika Mahaa MunigaL hailed reverentially as verily
VasishTa by all other Prakritam YathisrEshTas today, gives us in a flashback
of what must have flashed across the mind of the King.
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T.Nagar, Chennai 600 017 (Phone: 8280949).
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3. DESIKAMRUTHAM I ?
SWAMI DESIKA?S SIMILES ?UPAMA?
Part 21 (99 and 100)
(Anbil Ramaswamy)
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4. DESIKAMRUTHAM II:
SRIMAD RAHASYA TRAYA SAARAM
UPODGATHA ADHIKAARAM ? PART 3
SRI SADAGOPA IYENGAR SWAMIN (OF COIMBATORE),
SRIKAARYAM OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS OF ?SRI RANGA SRI?
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NOTE:
Due to space constraints the article on ?MAHABHARATA ??YAKSHA PRASNAM?
Part 16: Prasnams 50, 51 and 52 by Sri M.K. Ramaswamy Iyengar Swami could
not be accommodated in this issue.
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1. ?SRIMAD GOPALA DESIKA MAHA DESIKA VIMSATI? ?
A POETIC TRIBUTE TO SRIMAD ANDAVAN OF
SRI POUNDARIKAPRAM SWAMI ASHRAMAM
(PRAKRITAM PONTIFF OF THE ASHRAMAM)
Part 18: Acharya Vaibhavam (Verses 19 and 20)
By Sri C. G. Balaji {Sri Balaji is the grandson of Sri N.S. Anantha
Rangachar Swami of Bangalore and a Sishya of Parakala Matam}
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Achaaryanaam Jnaana-paraakaashtaa (His excellence of erudition)
His wisdom like the rays of Rohini does beam
Sees he through the many abodes of the supreme
Gives us the essence of the one-syllabled theme
Beseech we the holy feet of Gopala Deshika, the benign ? 19
This verse speaks of the vaibhavam of the divine knowledge of Swamy with the
help of a scientific analogy.
It is said that Sri Bharadhwajar in one of his texts refers to a particular
ray of light (oLi-kadir) named ?Rohini? and even assigns a particular number
to it. Its importance emerges from the fact that this light when beamed was
capable of letting others know the constituents of distant objects like
?vimaanams?, flying objects etc.
Let us now draw a parallel to complete the analogy.
The (oLi-kadir) ray of light ?Rohini? is none other than our revered
acharyan ?Sri Gopala Deshika Maha Deshikar? born on the day of
Panguni-Rohini. With his benign glances he looks through the greatest
vimaanam beneath which, the Lord of Lords, Sri Ranganatha reclines on the
serpent Adi Shesha. The intelligence is nothing but the ?tatva?, ?hita? and
?purushartham?.
That is, even from a distance, our revered acharyan, whose ?divya jnaanam?
is as powerful as a beam of ?Rohini?, penetrates through the ?Pranavaakaara
vimaanam? and lets us all know the ?tatva?, ?hita? and ?purushaarthams? in
store for us inside it.
Swamy Sriman Nigamantha Maha Deshikan celebrates the greatness of the benign
glance of an acharya in his Subhashitanivi. In the Sadaashrita paddhati,
verse 10 of this work, Swamy Vedantha Deshikan reiterates this.
?One glance of anugraham of an acharya (who is resorted to, due to the
jaayamaana kataksha of Paraman) with his two benevolent eyes is always
greater than Rudra?s glance with three eyes, Brahma?s glance with eight eyes
or even Indra?s glance with a thousand eyes!?
Such is the greatness of this great acharya of ours, Abhinava Vasishtar ?
Srimath Gopala Deshika Maha Deshikar and greater indeed is his benevolent
and benign glance.
This benevolent and benign glance filled with grace, compassion and
forbearance is upheld in this verse.
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Simhaavalokanam (A look at the quintessence)
His words of knowledge are precise with cogency
Seek we not anything, but at his feet, our eternal sub-serviency
He is indeed the soul the charioteer once did fancy
Beseech we the holy feet of Gopala Deshika, the abode of Jnana Anushtana
Vairaagyam ? 20
Swamy?s knowledge is complete and his words are precise with clarity and
astuteness. Just as Lakshmana says ? ?I took to the sub-serviency of Rama
after having been drowned in the flood of his infinite auspiscious
attributes!? One who immerses himself in the guna anubhavams of Swamy would
prefer nothing but sub-serviency to him or sheshatvam.
The charioteer referred to here is Kannan, who drove Arjuna?s chariot. There
are two things that could be considered for comparision with Swamy. First of
all, Lord Krishna in His Bhagavad Geetha says, ? ? ?One who remains
eternally in the contemplation of Vaasudeva is rare to be found?. Swamy
Deshikan hints this usage in his Gopala Vimshati when he intends to say that
Kannan had not seen Nammazhwar who came later to Him and who (Nammazhwar)
remained in His meditation incessantly. Today in Kaliyugam we find another
example and that is of our Swamy who, remains in His fervent thought all the
time with no time for any distractions and who thus satisfies this lament of
Kannan.
The second instance from Bhagavad Geetha, where in Kannan says, ?It is my
wish that one who is a knower (of Brahman) is definitely my soul?. And truly
speaking, due to the complete conformance of Ramanuja darshanam to all the
texts or pramaanas like, Vedas (all the types of shrutis -bheda, abheda,
nirguna, saguna and ghataka), Bhagavad Gita and the Brahma sutras, it is
only the followers of Ramanuja darshanam who have understood the true nature
of Brahman and so are real Brahma jnaanins. Swamy with this Brahma Jnanam is
definitely the Jnaani, Kannan prefers to be His soul.
It may perhaps be for this very reason as to why Swamy Deshikan once said,
that it is only us (who belong to Ramanuja siddhantam) who reside in Lord
Krishna and none else. There is a saying that goes as - ?One immersed in the
glories of the Lord would be totally detached from all other things?. Our
Swamy shines as an example of this statement. One who seeks refuge at his
lotus feet would definitely be free from all papams and would then cultivate
great interest (aasakti) towards the sampradaya. To have his darshanam and
to contemplate on his divine form would nullify one's papams.
Jnana, Vairagya and Anushtanams which are Swamy?s primeval attributes are
lauded here in this verse.
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2. ?RAMAPIRANAI KARPOM?
EXCERPTS FROM BOOK BY H.H. SRIMAD ANDAVAN OF
?SRI POUNDARIKAPURAM SWAMI ASHRAMAM?
? Part 21: ?Saha Dharma Charee tava? (continued)
(Anbil Ramaswamy)
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We have so far presented in the form of catechism, 63 questions raised and
answered by H.H. In this Issue, we present -
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Question 64:
?Why did King Janaka say that Sri Sita would be Rama?s ?alter ego? in the
discharge of his righteous duties??
Sri Gopaala Desika Mahaa Desika Mahaa MunigaL hailed reverentially as verily
VasishTa by all other Prakritam YathisrEshTas today, gives us in a flashback
of what must have flashed across the mind of the King.
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Answer:
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
King Janaka seems to say:
?Oh! Rama! I know what your father did! He married several women. But, only
three of them were renowned as crowned queens, who could take part in
performance of ?Dharma AnushTaanams? like Yagas and Yagjnas. Others came
into his life for other considerations. Don?t think that you can marry Sita
for these ?other considerations?! She is the one and indeed the only one
most suited to stand by you ever and anon in the performance of your ?Dharma
AnushTaanams?.
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
?Oh! Rama! Remember that Saha? means ?equal?. In other words, Sita is made
precisely for the protection of Prapannas as much as you yourself.
Do not think that only you are capable of declaring ?
?abhayam sarva bootEbhyO dadaami Etad vratam mama
dOshO yadyapi tasya syaath sataam etad agarhitam?
Meaning:
? It is my solemn vow to protect from all beings any one who surrenders to
me. I will not mind even if such a one were to be the worst criminal?
Sita will be not only a match to you in this regard but will in fact, excel
you!
She is going to ask at one stage ? ?na kaschit na aparaadyati??
?Who in the world has not sinned??
She is going to protect even those who directly harmed her, not to speak of
those surrendering! While you can extend protection only when one surrenders
as in the case of the Crow and VibheeshaNa, she will go one step higher
because she saved from Hanuman, the Raakshasis who tormented her! So, my
using the word ?saha? is in reality an understatement!?
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
?It is not enough if the wife is a connoisseur of art, knowing dance and
music. She should be capable of understanding (ingitam) the needs of the
husband and capable of satisfying his expectations in right time. Sita is
eminently qualified in this as well?
In Mahaabhaarata, the question and answer session between Yaksha and
YudishTira, the following appear:
Qn: ?Who is the friend of a man who sets out on his journey?
?kimsvit pravasatO mitram?
Ans: ?A fellow traveler?
?Saartha: pravasatO mitram?
Qn.: ?Who is the friend for a man at home??
?Kimsvin mitram gruhE sata:?
Ans: ?Wife is the friend for a man staying at home?
?Bhaaryaa mitram gruhE sata:?
Qn.: ?Who is the friend for the ailing??
?Aaturasya cha kim mitram??
Ans: ? ?The doctor is the friend of one ailing?
?Aaturasya bishak mitram?
Qn.: Who is the friend for the dying??
?Kimsvin mitram marishyata:?
Ans: Charity is the friend of one who is about to die?
? Daanam mitram marishyata:?
Janaka seems to imply that Sita will be Rama?s ?best friend? at all times
and in all circumstances standing by him both literally and figuratively and
in helping him in his chores.
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
?Oh! Rama! I am not alone in saying this. At one stage, Sage Agastya will
tell you the same.
yEshaa hi prakriti streeNaam aasrushTE raghu nandana/
samasta manurajyanti vishamastham thyajanti cha//
sata hrudaanaam lOlatvam sastraaNaam teekshNataam tathaa/
garuDa anilayO saigryam anugachchanti yOshita://
iyam tu bhavatO bhaaryaa dOshair Etai vivarjitaa/
slaaghyaa cha vyapadEsyaa cha yathaa dEvee hi arundatee//
(VR AraNya KhaaNDam 13)
Meaning:
?Ever since the world came into being, women like a husband who is a ?man of
property?; they hate the man who is poor or ill, ill treat him like
inflicting a sharp sword on his chest. In a trice, they can even cut asunder
the bond of conjugal affection with him built up since the moment of their
marriage. In taking such a snap decision, they can be swifter than the
divine bird, GaruDa or the wind god. But, your wife, Sita is diametrically
opposite to all these evil tendencies. She is an epitome of virtue, with her
chastity matching that of the famous Arundati?
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
?Oh! Rama! While being with you, it is she who will remind you as and when
needed from time to time on the need for you to adhere to your duties. She
would on an occasion call you ?Aarya Putra?, meaning ?Noble one?. Celebacy,
truthfulness and non-violence are common duties of everyone. But, you
possess the extraordinary quality of an ideal man ? that is, of not casting
a lustful eye on other women ? (piran mania vizhiyaada pEr AaNmai). And, in
?ahimsa? you excel. But, one thing, I do not understand. When the Raakshasas
have not harmed us in fact, why do you venture to take arms against them and
kill them?? Here she comes forward to see that Rama does not slip from
Dharma. (Of course, Rama is going to offer her explanation that his fighting
Raakshasas was for keeping up an earlier promise to protect DEvas and Rishis
against the onslaughts of Raakshasas, as per the dictum ?The enemy of my
friend is my enemy too!)
Saha Dharma Charee Tava:
Janaka seems to say:
?Only if you marry Sita, you can properly carry out your vow of
?SaraNaagata-RakshaNam?.
Let me give you a preview of what you are going to do in future: It is
because of the proximity of Sita by your side that her benign glance on the
crow, the evil crow is going to be saved; It is because of her benign glance
on Sugriva while looking down while being forcibly carried in air over the
sky, that he gets crowned as King of Kishkinda; Similarly, it is her benign
kataaksham on VibheeshaNa while travelling across the sky with his 4
ministers to surrender at the feet of Rama that he gets crowned as King of
Lanka.?
Since Janaka was a wise person who knew the past, present and the future
(Trikaala jnaani), he seems to indirectly allude to these events.
? If you marry Sita, she will regulate the due performance of your ?Dharma
kaaryas? in AyOdhya that the citizens of AyOdhya would praise her for that
thereby bringing fame to me also>??
? Janakaanaam kulE keerthim aaharishyati mE Sutaa?
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3. DESIKAMRUTHAM I ?
SWAMI DESIKA?S SIMILES ?UPAMA?
Part 21 (99 and 100)
(Anbil Ramaswamy)
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?vihitangaLE aagilum aachaarya ruchi-parigriheetangaL allaada paDiyaalE
atithi satkaaraadigaLilE vihitangal aana gavaa-lambha aadigaL pOlE upaasana
aadigaL SishTa-parigraha-viruddangaL aagaiyaalE anaadareenayngaL allavO
engaiyum niroopaka vaakhyam anru. Sarva aachaarya?parigraham illaada pOdu
anrO ?asvargyam lOka-vidvishTam dharmyamapyaacharEn na tu? enru kazhikkal
aavadu. Ingu tasmai namO munivaraaya paraasaraaya ennumpaDi slaaghyam aana
Paraasaraadi-poorva aachaaryargaL anushTikkaiy aalE sarva sishTa?bahishkaarm
solla voNNaadu?
Meaning:
? Like the slaying of the bull for the entertainment of a guest at dinner,
though enjoined are opposed to traditional practice of the learned (SishTas)
though ordained, Bhakti and Prapatti etc are not to be practiced because
they have not been favored for adoption by the Acharyas - say some. This
objection is not of the thinking mind. It is only when all the Acharyas
avoid the performance of a rite or observance, that it should be abandoned.
In regard to Bhakti and Prapatti, they were adopted by such ancient Acharyas
as Paraasara who is described by Alavandaar as one of the best sages, it
cannot be maintained that they are against the traditional observance of all
learned men?
100. ? Aana pinbu upaasana aadigalUkku vEroru virOdam illamaiy aalE yathaa
saastram aatura aadigaLukku avagaahana aadigaL pOlE ivai akinchana anyagati:
enru irukkum adhikaarikku svaadikaara viruddhangaL ennap praaptam?
Meaning:
?Like ablusions by complete immersion in water are unsuitable for those who
are ill, upaasanas etc may be unsuitable only for those who are destitute of
all upaayas and who have no other way of salvation, because they are
inappropriate for their competence?
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4. DESIKAMRUTHAM II:
SRIMAD RAHASYA TRAYA SAARAM
UPODGATHA ADHIKAARAM ? PART 3
SRI SADAGOPA IYENGAR SWAMIN (OF COIMBATORE),
?SRIKAARYAM? OF THE BOARD OF ADVISORS OF
?SRI RANGA SRI?
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The Beginning-3
Srimad Rahasyatrasam proper begins with the extremely significant words
?Sriya:PatiyAna SarvEsvaranukku?. It is noteworthy that Swami Desikan
employs the SrI sabdam for commencing his magnum opus, as it is the
embodiment of all auspiciousness. It is also an indication of the primacy
accorded to Piratti in our SampradAya, which is a recurring theme in this
magnificent work. After all, it is through the presence of Piratti that
Sriman Narayana is recognized as the Paramapurusha and other deities
rejected as ?TiruvillA dEvar?. If the Lord is ?SarvEsvara? or the Master of
everything sentient and non-sentient, this is due in no small measure to
Piratti. The Shruti attests to this-?ShraddhayA dEvO dEvatvam asnutE?.
And Sri Valmiki too attributes all the Lord?s glory to His being the consort
of Tirumagal- ?apramEyam hi tat tEjO yasya sA JanakAtmajA?.
It is also noteworthy that another great work, ?eedu muppattArAyiram?, a
commentary on Sri Nammazhwar?s Tiruvaimozhi, too begins with the same words,
?Sria: PatiyAi?, confirming that our Sampradaya has its moorings in the
primacy of Piratti. Thus, in employing the phrase ?Sria:PatiAna
SarvEsvaranukku?, Swami Desikan indicates that the Lord?s SarvEsvaratvam is
due to His being ?Sria:Pati?.
Thooppul Pillai summarizes the characteristics of the Jeevatma and its
relationship with the Paramatma, in the following words-
?Sria:PatiyAna SarvEsvaranukku Sri Koustubha stthAnIyanAi koNdu,
hridayamgamanAi, kumAran endrum, putran endrum, sishyan endrum, prEshyan
endrum, sEsha bhootan endrum avvO sAstrangaLilE pratipannanAi irukkum
JeevAtmA.?
Sri Koustubham is a priceless gem, which adorns the Lord?s chest, known for
its purity, brilliance and closeness to the Lord?s heart. Like this jewel,
the Jeevatma too is endowed with natural purity and brilliance, which
however are clouded by the cumulus of Karma, accumulated over countless
births. Again like the gem, the Jeevatma too is extremely dear to the Lord,
which is evident from all the effort the Lord makes to redeem lost souls and
restore them to their original pristine purity. The Jeevatma is dear not
only to Emperuman but to Piratti too, which is indicated by the phrase,
?Sriya:PatiyAna SarvEsvaranukku hridayamgamanAi?.
Why is the individual soul dear to the Lord?s heart?
The Scriptures describe the relationship of the Jeevatma with the
Paramapurusha variously as son, servant, disciple and slave. These are
relationships, which create an unbreakable bond, a bond that endures
irrespective of the passage of time and despite the countless janmAs the
soul incarnates into.
?PitA putrENa pitrumAn yOni yOnou? says the Shruti, wondering at the Lord?s
avataras in which He is born to human parents, who are after all His own
children.
The MantrikOpanishad confirms that the Lord is the Universal Father and all
Jeevatmas His progeny-
? Pibanti EnAm avishamAm avigyAtA: kumArakA:?
Arjuna, the representative of Jeevatmas, to whom the Lord propounded the
Bhagavat Gita, calls himself a disciple of the Lord-?Sishya: tE aham sAdhi
mAm tvAm prapannam?
King SugrIvA describes himself as the servant of Sri Rama, ready at His beck
and call-?PrEshyasya kshamitavyam mE?.
The MantrarAjapada Stotram, enunciated by Rudra, confirms that all Jeevatmas
are slaves of the Lord by nature- ?dAsa bhootA: svata: sarvEhi AtmAna:
paramAtmana:?
That the Jeeva exists solely for Paramatma?s sake and his prime duty is to
be of utility to the Lord (in other words, the Jeevatma being a Sesha and
the Lord the Seshi) is brought out by the following beautiful lines-?GnAna
Anandamayastu AtmA sEshO hi ParamAtmana:?
All the aforesaid scriptural texts go to show that in one way or the other,
or in all ways, the relationship between the individual soul and the Lord
and Master is a subsisting one, one that endures despite all adverse
circumstances. It is a tie that cannot be torn asunder by any force.
In the immortal words of Sri Kodai Nacchiar, ? GovindA! untannOdu uravEl
namakku ingozhikka ozhiyAdu?. And since both the Paramatma and the Jeeva are
without an end, their attachment too is permanent.
The comparison of the Jeevatma to the Koustubha MaNi is to bring out the
soul?s properties of nirmalatvam (Purity), nityatvam (permanence), special
utility to the Lord (bhagavat atisaya AdhAnatvam), natural wisdom (GnAna
roopatvam) and preciousness to the Lord (hridyangama tvam). And all the
relationships the soul has with the Lord are equally applicable to His
Divine Consort too. Thus the Jeevatma is equally the child, disciple,
servant and slave to Piratti too.
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