SrI:
SrI MalOla ParabrahmaNE
Nama:
Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA
DesikAya Nama:
Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of
SrI Matam :
In the 85th slOkam of the First Chapter ,
Swamy DEsikan explained to us
the ancient nature of SaraNAgathy and its
unfailing power . Now we start
with the question of VivEka MahaarAjA's wife ,
Sumathy .
Sumathy: The Mumukshus ( those who desire Moksham ) worship gods like Brahma Devan . In that case , why do we cite Sriman NaarAyaNan as the
sole
UpAyam and UpEyam for Moksham ?
RaajA : Oh Dear One , who is able
to grasp the intricate tatthvams !
Lord Madhusoodhanan's greatness can not be shared
by anyone.
There is none , who is equal or Superior to Him .
Puraa
Vedha: stamBAvadhi purusha-srushTE: sTithimathy
sTirA bhakthi: soothE
vipathuparitham pumsi ParamE
tadhanyAn abhyarchan
abhilashitha mukthi: suragaNAn
udanyAm prALEyai:
upasamayithum vaanchati JaDa : ( SlOkam 86)
(Meaning ) : The
durable Bhakthi to the Supreme Being alone releases one
from the dangers
arising from the sins . This Supreme Being is
responsible
for the creation
of every thing starting from a blade of grass (small )
to the mighty Brahma
DEvan .Those who seek other gods for Moksham
are fools , who are
comparabe to those , who wish to quench their thirst
by consuming dew
.
This Supreme Being
exists even before creation (during PraLayam too)
and destroys our
Paapams : " PoorvOsmAth SarvasmAth ; sarvAn
paapmana oushath" . His
Supermacy is " Sarva Paapa Naasana-
roopArTa Parathvam ".
Worshipping others for Moksham will be
fruitless (
Nishphalam). Such an act is like drinking dew
( Hima=udhanyaa)
instead of water for quenching one's
thirst.
RaajA continues :" Na
khalu sahasramapi aalOkya Divasakaraa
andhakAram
prathikshipanthy " ( Even thousands of
images of
Sooryan painted on a wall will not be able to
remove
the
prevailing darkness ) , Similarly
AaBadhnathee vigatha-saanthim
anAdhi-nidhrAm
chEtasvina: thriguNa
sakthimayee thriyaamaa
NaTasya kEvalamasou
narakAnthakarthu :
Sankalpa-Soorya-vibhavEna
samaapaneeyaa --- SlOkam 87
( Meaning ):
The enduring and ancient darkness of ajn~Anam
created in the jeevans by the
thriguNa maayaa sakthi will be
removed only by the
power of the Sankalpa Soorya Vaibhavam
of the NarakAsura SamhAri ,
our Supreme Lord .
The will (sankalpam) of the
assembly of demigods ( dEva gaNA:)
is like the images of
Sooryan painted on the wall , which is powerless
to banish the darkness of the
night . " NarakAsura Naasaka Sreesa
Sankalpa soorya yEva
Jn~AnanAndhakAra nivarthakam " ( Only
the Sankalpa Soryan of the
slayer of NarakAsuran can banish
totally the darkness of
ajn~Anam . Such is the Glory (Vaibhavam ) of
the Sankalpa Sakthi of the
Lord , Sriman NaarAyaNan .
(Sumathy) : Oh Raajaa ! I
agree that the Noble one , who is the Creator
of this world
is the sole
grantor of Moksham . Even the devAs stumble on
determining that Parama
Purushan . How does one conclude that it is
Sriman NaarAyaNan ?
(VivEka RaajA ) : Devi ! This
determination about Sriman NaarAyaNan
being the sole-grantor of
Moksham is arrived at from a deep understanding
of
the doctrines enshrined in
Smruthi and PurANams aimed at explaining the Veda
manthrams and Upanishads
.
(To Be Continued )
Srimath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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