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The Fifty Third and Final SlOkam (Poet's Mudhrai)
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niravadhi guNa jAtham nithyam nirdhOshamAdhyam
naraka maTana daksham nAkinAmEkanATam
vinatha vishaya sathyam Venkatesa: kavisthvAm
sthuthipadham adhigacchan sObhathE SathyavAdhee
General meaning:
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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! There is no limit to Your auspicious
attrbutes.never ever was there any room for blemishes
among Your guNams.You are the prime cause of this Universe
and its beings.You are the expert , who removes naraka
bhayam from the chEthanams.You are the uncontsted leader of
all DevAs including Brahman.The vow that You have taken to come
to the rescue of those , who seek Your protection will never
fail. Your SaraNAgatha Rakshanam vow has never failed. You have
acquired the name of Natha Satyan (adiyavarkku Meyyan)
because you have always been true to Your adiyvar .
While eulogising You as the Supreme Lord , this poet
with the name of VenkatEsa has transformed in to
a SathyavAadhi ( One who never swerves from the Truth
or one who talks about Sathyan /adiyavarkku Meyyan)
and has understood You as the One saluted with the name of
Sathyam ( sathyam Jn~Anam Anantham Brahma).
Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan focuses on the following Six lakshaNams of
the Lord at ThiruvahIndhrapuram:
1. Abode of limitless auspicious guNams( Niravadhi guNajAtham)
2. Forever Blemishless ( Nithya nirdhOsham)
3. Prime cause of the Worlds (Aadhyam)
4. Skilled Destroyer of narakAnubhavam for those who seek
His protection ( Naraka MaTana daksham)
5. The matchless Lord of the DevAs(NAkinAmEka Naatam)
6. True to His prapanna janams ( Vinatha vishaya Sathyam).
Then Swamy Desikan states that he as the poet blessed
to eulogize SrI DEvanATan as the subject of his sthuthi
is shining himself as Sathya Vaadhee.
Great Upanishidic doctrines are referred to in this concluding
salutation to Lord DevanAthan as the Para Brahmam by
Swamy Desikan and he alludes to the great transformation that came
over him as he chose Lord DevanAthan as the subject of his
SthOthram . Lord is Natha Sathyan or Adiyavarkku Meyyan.
Lord is saluted as "Sathyam " By Upanishads . Swamy Desikan
states that the kaimakryam of composing this SthOthram has
given him the title(Birudhu) of Sathya Vaadhee ( One who speaks
about the Upanishadic Sathyan).
As NigamAntha MahA Desikan , Swamy Desikan connects to
the fundamental question that Upanishads tackle: the definition of
" the ultimate principle or reality by knowing which every thing
else becomes known".Upanishads identify and salute this
ultimate reality as Brahman and describe it as " Satya, Jn~Ana,
Prajn~Ana , Chith , Aanandha, BhUmA and AntharyAmi". This ultimate
reality is limitless (anantha) in its Svaroopam and GuNams .
Every thing takes its origin form this Brahman (JanmAdhyasya yatha:
of Brahma Soothram) while identifying it as the one from which
the Universe and its beings originate (Srushti).TaittirIya
Upanishad defines this Brahman as " Sathyam Jn~Anam Anantham
BrahmA" and goes on to say: " That from which all these beings
are born, that by which they live and that unto which ,
when departing they enter, seek to know it as Brahman".
Swamy Desikan relates these Upanishadic doctrines to
the Para Brahmam at ThiruvahIndhrapuram in ArchA form
and salutes Him as "Aadhyan" in this concluding slOkam.
Swamy Desikan addresses himself as Satya Vaadhee or one who
speaks about this Satyan , who is defined by BruhadhAraNyaka
Upanishad as " Sathyasya Sathyam " or the reality of the real.
ChAndhOgya Upanishad clearly spells out the name of Brahman
as Sathyam ( tasya ha vaa yetasya BrahmaNO naama Satyamith).
The same ChAndhOgya Upanishad in the section on BhUma
(Infinitely great) VidyA declares that we have to
comprehend Brahman as Satyam and meditate on it as
Satya for attaining liberation from the cycles of
births and deaths(Moksham).Swamy Desikan touches also
on the UbhayaLingAdhikaraNam of Brahma Soothrams
in his concluding slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath.
It is a great bhAgyam to share with You all
some thoughts on Swamy Desikan's great
sthOthram on the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram
named "SrI Deva Naayaka PanchAsath".