SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fifty Third slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan continues with the Taarkic discussions with the Lord and begs for protection : vElA Dhananjaya RaTAdhishu vaachikai:svai: aaghOshithAm akhila janthu saraNyathAm tE jAnan DasAnana sathAth adhikagasOapi pasyAmi dhattham abhayam svakruthE ThvayA mE SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 53 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi EmpermAnE! You have said many times that You are the sole refuge for all Janthus . You expressed this assurance of Yours during VibhIshaNa SaraNAgathi on the sea shore ; during Your KrishNAvathAram , You sat as a Saarathy for Paartan and through the medium of GithA performed upadEsam for us all on how to perform SaraNAgathy at Your sacred feet ; during VaraahavathAram ,You elaborated further on Your assurance to come to the help of all PrapannAs.Thus during many occasions, You have clearly broadcast Your message of SaraNAgathy and abhaya pradhAnam for all through Your own Vaak. adiyEn is aware of all of Your powerful messages to prapannAs. Who am I in this context of Your magnanimous and assuring message of coming to our rescue ? adiyEn has committed more apachArams than hundreds of RaavaNans. Even then , adiyEn is uplifted by the many assurances that You have given to us . Therefore , adiyEn considers that I am also covered by Your promises to protect me as well ; indeed , adiyEn feels that I will be protected without fail. Is it n't so that You HAVE TO PROTECT adiyEn to make sure that Your assurance on giving refuge to all prapannAs never becomes untrue and that the phalan of protecting adiyEn belongs to You ? Additional Comments ******************** SaraNAgatha RakshaNam is the ParamOpakAram (Supreme upakAram) that the Lord blesses the Mumukshus (one who desires Moksham ) with .Our Lord is the akhila janthu saraNyan . This powerful and reassuring message to ALL has been proclaimed loud and clear with His own voice ( svai: vaachikai: aagOshitham) by You at sEthu , KurukshEthram and other places. This Sarva SaraNYa Paratatthvam ( the Superior doctrine of being the Rakshakan for all ) . Swamy Desikan has pointed out in His Abhaya PradhAna Saaram that the Lord's "SamarTa kaaruNika SaraNAgathy Phala avinAbhUthai " ( The SaraNAgathy performed at the feet of One who has no equal in Sakthi and KaruNai (Himself) can not but yield fruit). In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan refers to this truth spoken aloud (aaghOshitham) by the Lord and states " mE ThvayA abhayam dhattham pasyAmi" ( adiyEn feels secure that You have granted me protection ). Among the many SarNAgathis given by the Lord , Swamy Desikan refers to three in particular here: (1)VibhIshaNa SaraNAgathy at the banks of Ocean (2) GIthOpadEsam performed by Lord PaarthasArathy sitting on the Charioteer's seat at KurukshEthram and (3) Varaha BhagavAn's assurance of SaraNAgathi through His VarAha Charama SlOkam . VibhIshaNa SaraNAgathy *********************** VibhishaNan left behind his powerful brother RaavaNan, his family and property at LankhA and flew over to SEthukkarai , where Lord Ramachandran was camping and sought the refuge of SrI Ramachandran with this appeal : thyakthvA puthrAmsccha dhArAmsccha Raaghavm SaraNam gatha: SarvalOka SaraNYAya Raaghavaaya MahAthmanE nivEdaya mAm kshipram VibhIshaNam upasTitham --Yuddha KaaNDam: 17.16 & 17.17 Inspite of all the objections raised by SugrIvan and others about granting protection to VibhIshaNan , the brother of Raavanan , Lord Raamachandran granted abhaya PradhAnam ( granting protection)to VibhIshanan with these words : mithra-bhAvEna samprAptham na thyajEyam kaTamchana ABHAYAM SARVA-BHUTHEBHYO DHADHAAMYETHAD VRATHAM MAMA Yuddha KaaNDam: 18.3 and 18.34 ( Even if some one seeks my refuge while pretending freindship to Me , I will protect that SaraNAgathan independent of wahtever danger may come My way.I will cast aside his blemishes and protect him and keep My word. My dharmam and vow is to protect anyone , who performed prapatthi to Me even once .I will gurantee that he will be free from every kind of danger.) SaraNAgathy and KrishNAvathAram ******************************** During the incarnation as KrishNan , our Lord sat on the charioteers' seat on ArjunA's raTam and used him as an excuse to assure us about His standing in the place of all dharmams and assuring PrapannAs to banish all fears by performing SaraNAgathy at His lotus feet alone ( Charama SlOakm of SrI Bhagavad GithA ): sarva dharmAn parithyajya Maam yEkam saraNam vraja aham thvA Sarva-paapEbhyO mOkshayishyAmi maa sucha: -- GitA: 18.66 In the 29th Chapter of SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram (Charama slOkAdhikAram ) , Swamy Desikan has discussed at length the esoteric meanings of SaraNAgathy Taathvam and Lord's Sarva Janthu RakshaNathvam. Swamy Desikan asks the Lord in this 53rd slOkam : You assured us as ParthasArathy that You will release us from all sins and grant us Moksham and also asked us not to fear about our lot (Sarva paapEbhyO MokshayishyAmi, maa Sucha:). adiyEn believes in that promise of Yours and consider that adiyEn is protected. VarAha Charama SlOkam *********************** Swamy Desikan has blessed us with a chillaRai rahasyam named "Rahasya SikhAmaNi" elaborating the SaraNAgathi Tatthvams enshrined in VarAha Charama slOkam .Details on Rahasya SikhAmaNi are covered in SaraNAgathy journal issues . BhUMi PirAtti begged Her Lord AdhI VarAhan to instruct the way for all Her children to gain sathgathi: aham sishyA cha dAsi cha BhakthA cha Thvayi Maadhava --Varaaha PurANam : 114.64 ( Oh My Lord Jn~Ana PirAn! I am Your sishyai , servant and devotee. Please consider my dear wish and instruct me on the way for the upliftment of all suffering jeevans). VarAha PirAn responded to this question from His dear consort and blessed us with the instruction on how He will protect us: tatastham mriyamANam thu kAshta-pAshANa sannibham Aham smarAmi madh-bhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim ( For the one , who performed SaraNAgathi at my feet with MahA VisvAsam, when all his faculties were in tact , I think of him during his last moments , when he is in a unconscious, helpless state like a stone or a piece of wood ; I rush to his side and lead him by archirAdhi maargam to My Supreme abode and bless him with nithya- kaimkarya prApthi to Me there.) Such is the firm assurances on protection given to al of us by Lord Raamachandran , KrishNa Bhagavan and VarAha PirAn through their Charama SlOkams . Swamy Desikan recalls all these and reminds DhIpa PrakAsan of His own words during His various avathArams and requests Him to protect him. NamO NamO SrI VedAntha DesikAya , SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, RaamAnuja Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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