SrI: Dear BhakthAs: It is customary to offer one's praNAmams to Sudarsana BhagavAn prior to any major effort . He is recognized as the Sankalpa Sakthi of Para VaasudEvan. Swamy Desikan is said to have prayed to Sudarsana Bhagavan before an important debate to defeat the proponents of other darsanams . Due to the power of Sudarsana manthram , Swamy Desikan defeated the contestants easily. The SrI Sookthi of Para matha Bhangam arose in this context . At another time , Swamy Desikan composed an ashtakam and SthOthram on Sudarsana Bhagavan (Sudarsana Ashtakam and ShOdasAyudha SthOthram ) to drive away a fever epidemic that gripped the people of Thirupputkkuzhi . Let us offer our salutations to Lord Sudarsana with two slOkams of SrI Sudarsana Sathakam of Sri Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar , a great Sudarsana UpAsakar of AchArya RaamAnujA's time: SoudarsanyujjihAnA disi vidhisi tiraskruthya Saavithrimarcchi: bAhyA bAhyAndhakAra jatha- jagadhadhankAra bhUmnA svadhAmnA I dhO: kharjUdhUragarja dhvibhuga ripu- vadhU kaNDa-vaikalya kalyA jwAlA-jAjvalyamAnA vitharuthu bhavathAm veepsayAabhIpthAni --SlOkam 1 , Sri Sudarsana Sathakam (meaning): May Lord SudarsanA , who banishes both the inner and outter darkness of those who are tossed about in samsAric night fulfil all of Your desires ! Lord Sudarsanan destroys the dark nescience with His brilliant rays and pervades all the worlds with His lustre and makes the rays of the Sun inferior to His radiance. With His valour , He makes widows out of the asura ladies (kills the offending asuras ); His matchless jwaalai (flames) shine without let . May those tongues of flames surrounding the disc of Sudarsanan fulfil all of Your desired wishes completely! JyOthiscchUDAla-mouLis-thrinayana vadhanas-shODasOtthunga bhAhu: prathyAleeDEna thishtan praNava- sasa dharAdhAra shaDkONa varthI nissImEna svadhAmnA nikhilamapi jagath kshEma-vannirmimANa: bhUyAt soudarsanO va: prathipaDa parusha: pUrusha: pourushAya (Meaning): In the first of the 25 slOkams dealing with the description (VarNanam) of Sudarsana Purushan , SrI Koora NaarAyaNa Jeeyar visualizes the Aayudha Raajan: His upward flowing hair made up of radiant tongues of flame ; He has three eyes as well as sixteen hands. He has the prathyAlIDa poisture ( the right leg is bent and shortened , while the left leg is stretched out in a walking manner ). He is pegged in PraNavam and the orbit of the Moon and stays inside the six cornered , intersecting triangles . With His matchless power, He protects all the worlds and confers auspiciousness on them . May That Lord Sudarsanan , the terror of asurAs and raakshasAs empower us always ! After His prayer to Lord Sudarsana , Swamy Desikan went on to defeat sixteen rival systems to defend the doctrines of SrI VaishNavam. Through 54 exquisite verses , He refuted/demolished the theories of rival systems in front of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan of ThiruvahIndhra- Puram . In the last stanza of Paramatha Bhangam , Swamy Desikan saluted the sixteen weapons of Lord Sudarsana for empowering Him to defeat the contestants soundly. On the eve of starting the postings on SrI VedAntha Desika Dhivya Sahasra Naamam , let us offer our own salutations to Lord Sudarsanan . Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarsana , Jaya Jaya SrI Sudarsana ! Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , SrI MalOla PaadhukA Sevaka SrI NarAyaNa YahtIndhra MahA DesikAya NamO Nama: Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan /SaThakOpan
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