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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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