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 SrI MalOla ParabrahmaNE Nama:

 Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Dear SishyAs and AbhimAnis of SrI Matam :

This Morning , Srimath Azhagiya Singar covered the PravEsakam
portion of the Second Chapter of Sankalpa SooryOdhayam known
as Para Matha PrathikshEpam or the critique and discarding of
the Para Mathams . There is nothing wrong in VedAnthins condemning
the Para Matha vaadhins , who have the garb of VedAnthins and do disservice
to
Veda PramANams . For a crop to grow well, one has to pull out the weeds
and throw the latter away . When one points out the deficencies in
Paramatham ,
our faith (Sraddhai ) in our own VisishtAdhvaitha darsanam grows .

PravEsakam is the announcement of things to happen by minor characters .
Here the two servants of Queen Sumathy named  Sraddhai and VichAraNai
are introduced by Swamy Desikan to take care of the PravEsakam . Sraddhai
stands for engagement in what one has to do with rapidity and Faith .
VichAraNai stands for the appropriate evaluation of the things to be done .
Through their dialog , the two servants of the queen brief us on what is to
come .
They enter the stage now .

VichAraNai  says :

Srama-jala Bindhu-nikara nirbhAsitha niDalAtalA
vathsa-darsanOthsuka vathsalEva thvaramANA varthasE

Mukha-chandra-syandhitha -sudhA-subhagAs-cchavi
pulla Malli-makarandha nibaa:

Nava soumya youvana lathAkalikA sriyam
udhvahanthi tava svEdhakaNA :   - -  - SlOkam 99

(Meaning ) : Oh dear Friend ! You are rushing like a cow eager
to see its calf and the signs of that exertion is seen as the sweat drops
on Your forehead (Srama Jala Bhindhu:) . Those tiny drops of sweat seen
on your forehead remind me of  (1) the drops of nectar flowing from the
Moon-like face of yours  ( Mukha chandra syandhitha sudha subhagA: ) ;
(2) the drops of honey seen on the Mallikai flower and (3) the buds on
the creeper named adolescent  youth ( nava youvanam ) .

There is a proverb that says poet KaaLidAsa is matchless in comparisons
( UpamA) and two other poets are known for their Padha laalithyam
( elegance of usage of words ) and artha gouravam ( significance of
the meanings of the words that they use ). When it comes to Swamy
Desikan , all the three marks of excellence are combined in him as
a Kavi Taarkika Simham . In this verse , He compares the   Srama jalam
( the sweat deops from exertion) to cchavi : Kaanthi , pullA vikasithA and
Youvvana latha ( lustre of nectar drops from the Moon , Makaarandham
from a fully blossomed Mallikai flower and the youthful elegance of
a tender new creeper ).

SraddhA  now responds to VichAraNai in a long prose passage :

" Priya sakhi ! idhAnim kila yEkamukha-prathishtitha sruthisiras-
siddhAnthasya prathipaksha-prathikshEpa bhAvitha Prathij~nasya
bharthu: VivEkasya sahadharmachAriNi , Devee Sumathi:  ,
prakrAntha-nirvahaNa dhOhalEna parigruhItha MangalAchArA
pramdhA-vana-paarsva , rathna-sailAm aasrithA ; Kamalaa Pathy
charaNa kamala samarchana yOgyAni kAnchana PadmAni upaharthum
aaj~nApya sObhanaikatAna hrudhayA sukham tishtathi .  tath jaDithupasarpAmi
PankajAsana-vadhana pankaja rAjahamseem Bharatheemiva prasanna pravAham
BhAgeeratheem " .

(meaning ): Dear Freind ! MahA RaajA VivEkan has now taken a vow
to look deeply into the yukthis ( reasonings) from IthihAsa-PurANams
and unite them with the PramANams from the Upanishads to drive away
the false tenets of Paramathams . Knowing this , his queen , Sumathi ,
our mistress has commenced a vratham on behalf of  her Lord
so that the initative undertaken by him (VivEkan) will come to a fruitful
conclusion . With this intent , Sumathy has ordered me to fetch the
appropriate ( beautiful and fully blossomed ) lotuses for worshipping
the lotus feet of the Lord of MahA Lakshmi .She is waiting for me
to return with those AarAdhana saamagriyAs (materials) to worship
BhagavAn for victory  in the war to ensue and is resting in a state of
happiness and expectant mood at the gem mountain near her flower
garden . To fulfill the wish of our mistress , I am hastening to the banks
of
GangA river with flood waters known for their whiteness
(clarity ) reminding us of the hue of Saraswathy , the Swan for the lotus
like
face of Her Lord , Brahma Devan.

Sumathy wishes to perform SvarNa PushpArchanai to Sriman NaarAyaNan
on the banks of Ganga river so that her husband ( King VivEkan ) can come
out successful in the battle against Paramathams and to establish the
superiority of our Vaidhika Matham . SvarNa PushpArchanai is 100 times
better than TuLasi archanai for BhagavAn.

(Sraddhaa now enacts fatigue from the Journey and says ):

KacchOtthamsitha kalpavruksha sikharOthbhAsamAna vaasanthikaa
GandhOdhgAaras-sphurath soumya-laharee sObhamAna-rOdhantharaa
amhO dhussaha janma-sanchara srama  siddhAni suddhAkruthi:
dhu:kkhAni kadhA nu karishyathi svayam mandhAni MandhAkinee  - - -> slOkam
100

(meaning ): On the banks of the holy river GangA , there is the Kalpaka
tree ; on its top branches are the mallikai flowers abundant with fragrance
.
The lovely waves from the clear waters of GangA gently break on its  banks
gently . Oh ! When will it be that we will get relief from the unbearable
sorrows
resulting from this SamsAram ?

(VichAraNai now points in front of her and says):

yEshA khalu saasmAkamAsannatarA , tadhEtasmin sajjana -hrudhaya
seethaLa mandha mArudhAndhOlitha mandhAra dhruma kusuma makarandha
sourabha-baritha MadhumaTana padha sarith-pulina Maadhavee lathAgruhE ,
khala vachana theekshNOshNakara- kiraNa santhApam upasamya kshaNAntharE
gamishyasi , yathra cha ,

(Meaning ) : Dear friend ! This sand dune is near us . It is cool like the
hearts of Saadhu janams and is filled with the fragrance of the flower
and honey of MandhAra Vruksham moving in the gentle wind .
Inside the sand dune is the resting place surrounded by  Mallikai creepers .
Please rest there for a moment , get comforted from the rays of the hot Sun
resembling the discomforting words of dushtAs and then proceed with
your mission for our queen .   DushtAL's speech ( Khala Vachanam) are like
the scorching rays of the Sun at noon and these are the vaakyams used in
the debate by the Paramatha vaadhis against Parama VaidhikAs .

Sajjana hrudhaya seethaLam ( the comforting and inviting coolness of
the hearts of Saadhu Janams ) is contrasted to khala vachana theeshNa
ushNam ( the merciless heat of arising from the spech of dushta Janams) here
.

Swamy Desikan's beautiful description of the resting house adorned with
Mallikai creepers and located in the middle of the sand dune marked by
the ever-fragrant MandhAra tree (dEva Vruksham ) is so pleasing to the ears
:
" MandhAra dhruma kusuma  makarandha sourabha -bharitha - - -Madhavee
lathA Gruham ". All around the sand dune flows the holy river Ganga , which
arose from the sacred feet of Thrivikrama , when Brahma dEvan performed
the sacred bath for  them in Sathya lOkam . Swamy refers to this birth of
Ganga
this way : " Madhu maTana padha sarith pulina  Maadhavi LathA gruhE ".

( To Be continued tomorrow )

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:



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