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Slokam 6
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Today , adiyEn will cover the Sixth slOkam
of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan
covers the Isvara tatthvam extolled by GeethAchAryan in
the 15th Chapter of Geethai ( PirushOtthama Yogam ):
aavisya dhArayasi vishvamamushya yanthA
SEshi Sriya: pathirasEsha-tanur-nidhAnam
ithyAdhi LakshaNa gaNai: PURUSHOTTHAMAM THVAAM
jAnAthi yO jagathi sarvavidEsha gItha:
(Meaning): Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! You enter into
all objects of the Universe and uphold them.You rule
all these chEthanams and achEthanams with Your
sankalpam (volition). You become the Sarva SEshi and
make the fruits of the Universe as Your own fruits.
Therefore , The sentients and the insentients become
Your body (sarIram )and You stay inside them as
the indweller (antharyAmi Brahmam ).You become
the fundamental(root) cause for this Universe.
You stay with Your Divine Consort without ever being
separated from Her even for a fraction of a second.
You are known as SriYa: pathi. The enlightened one
recognizes these signs (lakshaNams) as the attributes of
Your svaroopam as PurushOtthaman, the imperishable ,
Eternal Supreme Being (Akshara Brahmam).Oh Lord
DhIpa PrakAsan ! You Yourself have praised such
an enlightened Jn~Ani in Your GIthOpanishad as
the one, who comprehends every thing in this world .
Additional Comments:
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(1) Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of ThirutthaNkA
and says: "( Thvam ) visvam aavisya dhArayasi". Swamy
Desikan echos here the GIthaa slOkam (15.13):
" ghAm-Avisya cha bhUthAni dhaarayAmi-aham-OjasA"
Here , GItAchAryan says that He enters the earth
and upholds all beings by His strength(Ojas).
The key words here are "Aavisya" and "dhArayAmi" .
The antharyAmi BhrAmaNam states that the Lord
enters all sentients and insentients and rules
them ( Ya: pruTivyAm thishtan --Ya: pruTvIm
antharO yamayathi). AchArya RaamAnujA comments
in this context: "Aham pruTivIm aavisya sarvANi
bhUthAni OjasA apraTihatha saamarthyEna dhArayAmi".
( I enter all beings and through my unstoppable
valor and capability uphold them ).
The word "aavisya" appears again in GIthai (15.17)
" YO lOka-thrayam aavisya Bibharthyavyaya Isvara:"
( He , who , as the immutable One and the Lord ,
entering the threefold world , supports it ).
Swamy Desikan underlines the GIthOpadesam
pertaining to " lOka thrayam aasvisya " and
"dhArayasi" in the beginning of the sixth slOkam.
AntharyAmi Brahmam is then the First Lakshanam
(adayALam in Tamil).
2) The next key passage in this 6th slOkam is:
" (Thvam )amushya YanthA". amushya means this universe.
He takes on the role of "YanthA" or NiyanthA
(niyAmakan) or One who rules the world. The secod
lakshaNam of the Lord is that He is the "amushya YanthA".
3)( Thvam sarva) "SEshi" : He is Swami(Supreme Lord )to all .
This is the third lakshaNam that Swamy Desikan poits out.
He is "SEshi"(Master) and rest are all SEshans(subservients).
The Upanishad Vaakyam , "BhOkthA-BhOgyam-prErithAram
cha mathvA " has to be remembered here. BhOkhthA is
the Jeevan; BhOgyam is the insentient prakruthi
and its varieties; PrErithA is the Lord , who acts
as the Lord of both Jeevan and prakruthi in His role
as Seshi .
4)(Thvam) " asEsha Tanu:". This Lord has all
the ChEthanmas and achEthanms as His body.
This is the fourth LakshaNam of DhIpa prakAsan
saluted by Swamy Desikan.
5)(Thvam) " Sriya: Pathi:". He is the Lord of MahA LakshmI.
That is yet another distinct lakshaNam. VishNU PurANam
passage is the pramANam here: " NithyaivaishA JaganmAthA
VishNO: SrI: anapAyini" . As the Mother of the Universe ,
She never leaves Her Lord's side and shines as "Nithyam
tath dharma DharmiNi" ( She accepts always the dharmams of
Her Lord as Her own ) . She confers on Him the distinction
of being "Sriya: Pathi".
6)"(Thvam ) NidhAnam" is the sixth lakshanam for
SrI ViLakkoLi PerumAL. He is recognized as the Adhi
KaaraNam ( primordial cause ).
Swamy concludes the second half of this slOkam
with the declaration that the enlightened person
who recognizes the above PurushOtthama lakshaNams of
the Lord is celebrated in Githai as the One , who
comprehends everything in the Lord's Universe:
"ithyAdhi LakshaNa gaNai: Ya: ThvAm PrushOtthamam
jaanAthi, yEsha: jagathi SARVAVIDH geetha: "
The GIthA slOkam 15.19 is the slOkam to which Swamy
Desikan refers to here:
yO maamEvamasammUDO jaanAthi PurushOtthamam
sa sarvavidh bahajathi Maam sarva-bhaavEna Bhaaratha
(Meaning ): " He who, without delusion thus knows Me
as the Supreme Self , KNOWS ALL (SARVAVIDH), Oh ArjunA ,
and worships Me in every way.
Thus in this sixth slOkam , Swamy Desikan has been
saluting GIthAchAryan through the weaving of
the words and passages from GIthOpanishad as
PramANams. He saw DhIpa PrakAsan as GIthAchAryan,
who drove away the darkness with His svayam prakAsam.