Dear BhakthAs : With Bhagavadh -BhAgavatha anugrahams
and AchArya AaseervAdhams, we are at the point of
releasing the 20th issue of the First volume of
SaraNAgathi Journal . A great series on AchArya Vamsa
Vruksham by Anbil Swami , Adaikkala Patthu , NyAsa Dasakam ,
Parama Padha sOpAnam by adiyEn , Gadhya Trayams by
Sri Madhavak KaNNan and PaancharAthram by Sri KrishNamAchAri ,
and the different esoteric aspects of SaraNAgathi by
Sri Sampath Rengaraajan have been covered so far .
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in a deeper study of our source granthAs to become
members of the SaraNAgathi Journal and participate
in the dialog on our siddhAntham and enrich it ?
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I am attaching the first of the series of postings
on ViOdha ParihAram that will appear henceforth
in SaraNAgathi Journal .
NamO NaarAyaNA ,
V.Sadagopan
VIRODHA PARIHARAM : PART 1
SrimAn VenkatanAthArya: kavithArkika kEsarI
VedhanthAcharya VaryOmE SannidhatthAm sadhA Hrudhi
RaamAnuja DayApAthram Jn~Ana VairAghya BhUshaNam
Srimadh VenkatanAdhAryam VandhE VedhAnhta Desikam
Dear Members of Bhagavadh RaamAnuja SiddhAntham :
Enormous and magnificent indeed are the granthams
that Swami Desikan blessed us with for our ujjevanam
( uplift and salvation ) .They arose from him as
UbhayaVedAntham , PrakaraNa granthams , SthOthrams , Rahasya
granthams , Kaavyams , Naatakam , Tamizh Prabhandhams ,
VyAkyAnams , Vaadha Granthams , RakshA Granthams and
anushtAna granthams . His great upakAram to us flowed
forth in four forms : Works in chaste Sanskrit ,
Sundara Tamizh , Sweet PrAkrutham and the MaNipravALam
"language" used first by Thirukkuruhaip PirAn in
his 6000 Pati . Swami Desikan's power of Jn~Anam
Pravachana sakthi , anushtAna srEyas and
debating skills are a direct result of the anugraham
of Sri Hayagreeva BhagavAn .
In his ninth & final decade of life , after a rich life
involved in grantha nirmANam , Sri Bhagavadh RaamAnuja
SiddhAntha Pravachanam and Para matha Kantanam , Swami Desikan
had a concern . He felt that he has left some thing undone .
This concern related to the creation of an all-encompassing
grantham that dealt with :
1. a lucid explanation of Tattva-Hitha -PurushArthams
at one site
2. a detailed exposition there on the richness of the meanings
of the three rahasyams dear to Sri VaishNavAs
3. a grantham that incorporated all the hithOpadesams
for the chEthanAs in MaNipravALam format .
With the blessings of his AchaaryAs and Sri Hayagreevan
arose the magnificient and incomparable grantham of
SRIMADH RAHASYA THRAYA SAARAM (RTS ) . In its 32 chapters ,
the three TattvAs , the Three RahasyAs, the Artha
PanchakA and Prapatthi are discussed . Today , it
is one of the four granthams ( Grantha chathushtayam )
that Sri VaishNavAs have to learn thru KalakshEpam
under their AchAryAs besides Sri Bhaashyam , GitA
Bhaashyam of AchArya RaamAnujA and the Bhagavad Vishayam by
KurkkEsA .
After completing this magnum opus of RTS ,
Swami went one step further out of his great compassion
for aRivilis ( ignoramus ) like us and created his final
grantham in his very last years of his life on earth .
This very last grantham given to us as Kula dhanam by
Swami Desikan is " VIRODHA PARIHAARAM " .This is the grantham
that clears the lingering doubts of a Mumukshu ( one who
desires Moksham thru an understanding and practise
of the three Rahasyams ). Swami Desikan achieved his goal
through a list of 108 Questions and answers based on
PramANa Vaakhyams .It is also written in MaNi pravALam ,
a mixture of Sanskrit and TamiL .
VirOdha ParihAram has the following four chapters:
(1) Moola ManthAdhikAram (2) DhvayAdhikAram
(3) Sarama slOkAdhikAram and (4) NigamanAdhikAram .
There are a total of 108 doubts that Swami Desikan
anticipates from the Mumukshu and answers them one
by one under the headings of the above four chapters .
The largest number of doubts that he answers , Eighty ,
pertain to Mula Manthram ; the number of doubts addressed
in the Dhvaya , Sarama and Nigamana adhikArams are Ten ,
Ten and Eight respectively adding upto the grand total of
108 doubts and corresponding answers for those doubts .
Swami Desikan's VirOdha ParihAra Grantham was translated
and annotated by Oppiliappan Koil Navaneetham SrirAma
DesikAcchAr Swamy , my manaseeka AchArya . Few months
back , the prakrutham Pundareekapuram Andavan brought
out a new edition of this grantham commented by
Navaneetham Swami , which had been out of print for a while .
Number of BhaskthAs of the Bhakthi List contributed funds
for this effort and have become blessed . I will be following
this recent edition of VirOdha ParihAram for a series of
postings in SaraNAgathi Journal as it starts on its
second decade of issues . May Swami Desikan's and his
UpAsanA murthy"s blessings be with us as we engage in
studying together the most magnificient rahasya grantham
conceived as a sequel to Srimadh Rahasya Traya Saaram
and try to prepare it for SamarpaNam for the BahudhAnya
samvathsara Thirunakshthrams of Swami Desikan (October 1 )
and the First Jeeyar of AhObila Mutt , AdhivaNN SatakOpa
Yatheendhra MahA Desikan , whose 600th aaniversary of
the establishment of Ahobila Mutt that we will be
celebrating on September 11 ( Kettai ) .
Mangala SlOkams in Sanskrit and Tamil for VirOdha ParihAram
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SlOkma 1
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Sriman NaarayaNa: Swaami SaraNya: SarvadEhinAm
bhUyAnn nijapadha prApthi VirOdhi vinivAraka:
( Meaning ) : May Sriman NaarAyaNan , who is the protector
of all Janthus and who is the Master of all the Jeevans
chase away all the obstacles and enemies in your efforts
to reach His aasthAnam , Sri Vaikuntam .
slOkam 2
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udhitham bhavatha: pAyAth OushadhAdhri sameepatha:
Oushadham chEthasA sEvyam apuna: sthanya paayinAm
(Meaning ) : Our Lord Hayagreevan appeared near
the Hill of Medicinal plants ( Oushadha Giri ) at
Thiruvahendhrapuram and He is the Oushadham (Medicine)
for those , who want to be cured of the afflictions
of SamsAram . May that Lord , who is the nectar for dhyAnam
by the mind ,protect you all , who wish not to drink again
mother's milk ( not to be born again in this earth ) .
ApunarArvruthti is hinted here . The very last Brahma
sUthram asserts : AnAvrutthi SabdhAth , AnAvrutthi SabdhAth
{ There is no return (for these released souls ) because
the scriptures say so }. That is what Swami Desikan
is requesting the Lord as a boon for us .
SlOkam 3 :
prapadhanamayE vidhyAbhEdhE prathishtitha chEthasa:
prathipadhamiha praj~yA dhAyam disanthu dayA dhanA :
Sataripu sukha vyAsa prAchEsAdhi nibhandhana
sramapariNatha suddhA-suddhAsayA mama DesikA :
May my AchAryAs , who are profoundly conversant with
the different aspects of Prapatthi Vidhyai serving as
the means for Moksham , who have the sraddhA ( faith
and deep trust ) in Prapatthi arising from their
tireless study and clear understanding of the granthams
of NammAzhwAr , Sukhar , VyAsar and VaalmIki ,
who have the purest of hearts brimming with compassion
for us as their wealth , May those revered AchAryAs
of mine bless every word of this grantham , VirOdhi ParihAram
with the wealth of true knowledge ( JN~Ana Sampath ) .
Srimadh VenkatanAthArya nandhanAn PraNamAmyaham
SeshasAyI padhAmbhOja sEshathva jn~Ana nirmalAn
Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
DaasOham , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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