SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Sixteenth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan salutes the six mysteries relating to the Lord ViLakkoLi PerumAL's avathaarams ( AvathAra Rahasyams): naanAvidhai: aghapaDai: ajahath-svabhAvai: aprAkruthai: nija-vihAra-vasEna siddhai: aathmIya rakshaNa vipaksha-vinAsanArtai: samsTApayasi anaga janmabhi: aadhya dharmam --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 17 (Meaning): Oh ViLakkoLI EmperumAnE! (1)You incarnate in this world whenever unrighteousness (adharmam) dominates . You take on different forms during those avathArams of Yours (2)The forms that You take are real and are not like magician's indhra-jaalams ( deceptive acts)(3) during such avathAraams , You do not cast aside Your svAbhAvika guNams ( innate, natural righteous attributes).(4)Your ThirumEni (sacred Body )during these avathArams is not constituted by the five elements (pancha bhUthams ) as in the case of human beings. It is constituted only by Suddha Satthvam devoid of any trace of RajO or TamO guNams (5) Your sarIram during Your avathArams is not created by karmaas . Your SarIram comes to be because of Your sankalpam ( volition ). (6) Further , Your sarIram unlike ours is not for enjoying the fruits of karmAs. Your sarIram is intended only to protect Your devotees and to punish the enemies of Your devotees. Shrouded in these six mysteries , You incarnate in this karma bhUmi as sacred avathAra Purushan (PurushOtthaman) , destroy unrighteousness and establish the most pious Dharmam of the ancient Krutha Yugam , when the cow of Dharmam is said to stand firmly on its four legs .In Kali Yugam , the cow of Dharmam is said to be tottering with the support of only one leg. Additional Comments: ********************* In his magnificent SrI DasAvathAra SthOthram , Swamy Desikan refers to the svath-sankalpam of the Lord being responsible for taking the form of mathsyam (Fish) to recover the VedAs stolen by the Asuran . Our Lord took MatsyAvathAram and plunged into the depths of the ocean to find the VedAs , which were hidden by the asuran in his home under the ocean waters. Swamy Desikan salutes the Lord here as "IcchA Meena !" . He took on the task Himself. Nobody asked Him to undertake this gigantic effort to protect the VedAs. The whole slOkam celebrating the Lord's ten avathArams set in the long and majestic metre of SaardhUla VikrIditham takes this form : IcchA Meena vihAra Kacchapa MahApOthrin yadrucchA HarE RakshA Vaamana ROsha Raama KaruNA KaakusTa hElAhalin krIDA vallava Kalka-vAhana dasA kalkinnithi prathyaham jalpantha: purushA: punanthi bhuvanam puNyaouga paNyApaNA: Lord's Svath-Sankalpam is indicated by the choice of words: "IcchA Meena" . This is one of the avathAra Rahasyam. " RakshA Vaamana " refers to another of the six avathAra rahasyam: Incarnation taking place , when adharmam dominates and the dhushtAs have to be punished and the Saadhus have to be protected. This is true of RaamAvathAram as well .Kalki avatharam at the end of Kali Yugam is yet another instance of such an avathAram. In Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram , Swamy Desikan refers brilliantly to these six rahasyams about the Vibhava avathArams( Charama slOka adhikAram) : " avathArasya Sathyathvam ajahathsva-svabhAvathA , Suddha Satthvamayathvam cha svEcchAmAthra-nidhAnathA dharmaglAnou samudaya: Saadhu samrakshaNArTathA" Sage ParAsara , the author of VishNu PurANAm specially points out about the sankalpam of the Lord alone being the driving force behind the avathArams : "IcchA gruhItha abhimathOrudEha:" He takes the many avathArams based on His volition. Swamy NammAzhwAr wonderingly states in this context: " inninna yOniyumAi piRanthAi ImayOr TalaivA ! " In this 17th slOkam of SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , avthAra sathyathvam is referred to by the choice word "agapaDai:". Maintaining His innate kalyANa GuNams is referred to by the words: "Ajahath svabhAvai: ". Having a Suddha Sathva sarIram with out the influence of the pancha BhUthams is refered to by the word: "AprAkruthai: ". Additional avathArarahsyams are referred to by the other words chosen forthis slOkam : nija vihAra VacjhanE Siddhai: ( originating out of His leelais), AathmIya RakshaNa dharmam ( for protecting His devotees), Vipaksha vinAsana artai: ( for destroying the enemies of His BhakthAs) and "anaga janamabhi: " ( blemishless avathArams , which has nothing to do with karma sambhnadham). After this slOkam dealing with the Lord's avathAra rahasyams, Swamy Desikan salutes in the next slOkam the Souseelya and Soulabhya guNams displayed by the Lord during His avathArams. Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama: Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan) P.S: Dear BhakthAs: although we have passed the first plateau of raising the funds needed for the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul and ThiruthtaNkA DhIpa PrakAsan's sannidhi, we have a little more way to go to complete this kaimkaryam. Hence I appeal to you to particpate in this NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam .
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