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Sri:

SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,

Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:

993. charamanigamagIthE sapthathanthoU samApthE
        nijasadhanasamIpE prApyiShyan vihAram
        jvalanamiva BhavathyO: samyagArOpayEnmAm
        praThamavaraNavashya: pAdhukE! RanganATha:

Oh Twin-Paaduka! When I first uttered the appeal to the Lord, "You 
will please act as my protector", in Prapatti, the Lord Ranganatha 
became won over by me. When my life ends, a yajna He was performing 
by utilizing me in His services through the whole post-prapatti 
period becomes completed. Hence, He will have to place the Fire 
(that is my jeevatma) in His sandals, Yourselves, (a replica of 
Arani wood) to place me in His Abode. May He do it!

Namo Narayana,

SriMuralidhara Dasan

Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
 
SlOkam 993
 
1) UtthamUr  Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse, Swamy Desikan
described the approaching of the Paadhukais during his last moments 
on this earth. Here, he describes  how they take him to the Supreme 
abode of the Lord. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! RanganAtha empathizes 
with Your role as my protector and at the time of my death, He acts 
as the priest at the Yaagams known as adhvaryu to bring me over to 
His sanctum in SrI Vaikuntam. He brings me over as an adhvaryu 
priest would bring the sacred fire from the place of the sacred 
ritual and unite it with the sacred fire at home at the conclusion 
of such Yag~nams. He places me as the Agni between You both (the 
Paadhukais) serving as the fire producing sticks".   
 
At the end of the SomaYaagAs, the Master of the Yaaga (YajamAna) 
requests the adhvaryu priest to bring the sacred Agni of the Yaaga 
back to his house to unite it with the Agni at home used for 
sacrificial rites of the house. RanganAtha acts here as the adhvaryu 
priest and brings the aathmA of Swamy Desikan (Agni) to His sanctum 
out of respect for the PaadhukAs' role as the protector. He places 
that Agni between the two Paadhukais serving as the two aaraNi 
Kattai (fire generating sticks ) used for kindling the fire.  
 
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Lord RanganAthA at he end of the 
life of PrapannAs in His leelA VIbhUthi removes His property (the 
aathmA inside my physical body) and places it in Your hand for 
assistance in its travel to His permanent abode. That act of the 
Lord is equivalent to the Adhvaryu priest being given the 
responsibility for transporting the DhAryAgni from the Yaaga SaalA  
to be united with the Gaarhapathya Agni for use in the daily 
(Nithya, naimmitthika ) Karamas  at the end of  the avabrutha snAnam 
relating to the completion of the Soma Yaagam  by the YajamAnan. 
The DhAryAgni is invoked in the two special fire kindling 
sticks /araNi KattaikaL ( Utthara araNi and athara araNi). That 
Parama purushArTam (Not only being protected in LeelA VIbhUthi but 
also being transportred to SrI Vaikuntam with the guidance of 
AadhivAhikAs ) is going to come my way through Your benovolence. The 
Lord is going to entrust His property (my aathmA) to You.
 
3) Oh PaadhukE ! adiyEn is PraTama varaNa vasyan ( SaraNAgathan ,
who has been inducted in to the nYAsa yajnam at the outset itself).
Lord RanganAthan is the adhvaryu in that NyAsa Yaj~nam. He grants me
permanent residence at His SrI Vaikuntam at the end of my life as 
a Prapannan here as revealed in the Upanishads ( RanganATa :
Charama nigama geethE sapthatanthou samApthE sathi , nija sadhana
sameepE vihAram prApayishyan) . During that occasion , He is going to
entrust adiyEn's aathmA , His property , to You like the adhvaryu 
priest entrusts Yaaga Kunta Agni to the two araNikkattaikaL for 
transport to home for link with the household agni ( Maam 
jwalanamiva BhavathyO: samyak aarOpayEth) ... (V.S).
 




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