NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. ------------ srI: SrI sAra sAram â I (2) -- I â ThirumantrAdhikAram -- Introduction (continued) -- After opening this work with a Tamil verse, SwAmi Desikan gives an introductory statement, stating his intention: âkaNNapuram onRudaiyAnukku adiyEn, oruvarkku uriyEnO?â enkiRapadiyE sarvESvaranukku ananyArha-SEsha-bhootanAi irunthu vaiththu anAdhi-karma-pravAhaththAlE adimai ceyyap peRAthE ninRa kshEtrajn~an avasara-pradeekshai-yAna bhagavad-krupaiyAlE purinthu sadAcArya-mukhaththAlE peRRa rahasya-traya-mAkiRa samsAra-bhEshajaththai upajeevikkumpadi collukiROm.â The sentient being, the jIvAtma, is a SEsha (servant) to the Lord only, and not to anybody else, as declared by SrI Thirumangai AzhvAr, in his work Periya Thirumozhi: âviDaiyEzhanRu aDarththu veguNDu vilankaluRa paDaiyAl AzhithaTTa paraman paranjOthi maDaiyAr neelam malkum vayalchoozh kaNNapuramonRu uDaiyAnukku aDiyEn oruvarkku uriyEnO?â (Periya Thirumozhi, 8-9-3) (I am the servant of the Lord of KaNNapuram, which is the best holy place, full of ponds rich with blue lilies; and green-fields. That Lord is the One Who is the greater than the greatest; having a very bright form; Who once had conquered seven violent bullocks; Who once got a bridge constructed by the army of monkeys blocking the sea. Will I be the servant to anyone else?) Such a jIva, a sentient being, has not attained SrI VaikuNTam for rendering service there! What is the reason? It is due to his revolving around in the mire of samsAra having been caught in the endless stream of flood of karmas, since unknown time. The Lord, however, has a lot of sympathy for him and has been waiting for the right opportunity to help him to come up on the good path. Now a good time has come for the jIva. And so, he approaches a good AchArya who instructs him about the three secrets, namely, Thirumantra, Dvaya and the CaramaSlOka, which are the best medicine for his serious disease of samsAra. We shall describe how this jIva got the help from these secrets. After this brief introduction, SwAmi Desikan explains how to use these three secrets for leading a good life. The Importance of Thirumantra First, the sentient being, that is, the jIva should learn the secret of the Thirumantra along with its significance. SwAmi Desikan says: âsvaroopam theLinthavanukku allathu svaroopa-anuroopamAna param-purushArththaththil abhiruciyum, tat-upAya-parigrahamum kooDAmaiyAlE, svaroopa-vaiSadya-hEthuvAna thirumantram muRpaDa anusamdhEyam.â Meaning: Unless one gets a clear knowledge about the nature of the jIvAtma, he cannot develop an interest in the ultimate goal, which is mOksha, and cannot adopt a means for attaining it. It is, therefore, necessary that he should start meditating on the Thirumantra which is the source of knowing oneâs nature. This Thirumantra will create a clear knowledge about the essential nature of his Atma in the person who meditates on it. Unless one gets this clear knowledge, the desire for liberation will not develop in him. Without such a desire, he will not get an opportunity for adopting a suitable means for it. It is, therefore, necessary first to meditate on the Thirumantra for getting a clear idea about the Atmaâs essential nature. (To contine) dAsan Anbil S.SrInivAsan ----- Messenger blocked? Want to chat? Go to http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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