You are here: SriPedia - Oppiliappan - Archives - Jun 2008

Oppiliappan List Archive: Message 00032 Jun 2008

 
Jun 2008 Indexes ( Date | Thread | Author )
[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next]


NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their 
encoding to UTF-8.  
----------- 
srI:
SrI  sAra  sAram â I (29)
-- 
I â ThirumantrAdhikAram 
-- 
The Significance of ânamahâ (continued)  
--- 
        SwAmi Desikan has shown that the understanding of the word, ânamahâ 
results in the conviction that one has no right over his Atma-svaroopa. The 
benefit of this firm conviction is the faith that everything belongs only to 
the Lord. Besides, he gets more revelation, says Swami Deikan: 
âthAn thanakku uriyanallanAnAl  thanakku vERonRaiyum paTRa 
nirupAdika-SEshitvam-illaiyAm. Ithu-thannaiyE inguc collkiRathAkavumAm. appOthu 
âkincitâ enRu oru padatthai adhyAharitthu âna mama kincitâ enRu oru 
vAkkiyamumAm. Ithu-thannAlE thannaiyum thannuDaimaimaiyaiyum cErath thannODu 
thuvakkaRukkiRAnAkavumAm. itthAl âyAnE enRanathE enRirunthEn.â enkiRa 
samsAra moolangkaL chEdikkap-paDukinRana..â  
        When the Jiva has realized that he has no claim over the nature of his 
Atma, it follows that he can not be a natural SEshi of any other thing also. 
This is what SwAmi Desikan conveys through this statement:
 âthAn thanakku uriyanallanAnAl  thanakku vERonRaiyum paTRa 
nirupAdika-SEshitvam-illaiyAm.â â 
        Such a conclusion is not only a derived one, but also directly revealed 
by the word, ânamahâ itself:
 âIthu-thannaiyE inguc collkiRathAkavumAm.â 
        SwAmi Desikan explains how:
 âappOthu âkincitâ enRu oru padatthai adhyAharitthu âna mama kincitâ 
enRu oru vAkkiyamumAm.â â 
        That is, a word, âkincitâ (anything) is to be brought and added to 
ânamahâ and it will turn in to a sentence: âna mama kincitâ. Then, it 
will mean, âTo me (maha- the jIva) anything (âkincitâ) does not belong 
(ânaâ). 
        This will not remain a concealed idea but will become a forthright 
message:
 âithu-thannAlE thannaiyum thannuDaimaiyaiyum cErath thannODu 
thuvakkaRukkiRAnAkavumAm.â â 
        By this, it will be openly clear that, the jIva disowns himself as well 
as things, the so-called his. 
 âitthAl âyAnE enRanathE enRirunthEn.â enkiRa samsAra moolangkaL 
chEdikkap-paDukinRana.â â 
        Thus, the egotism (ahamkAram) and the mine-ness (mamakAram) both are 
removed. These are the very cause of our bondage in this samsAra. SwAmi Desikan 
quotes from Tiruvaimozhi in this connection:
 âyAnE yennai aRiyakilAthE
  yAnE yenthanathE enRirunthEn
 yAne nee yennuDaimaiyum neeyE
 vAnE yEtthum yem vAnavarEREâ (TiruvAimozhi, 2-9-9)
(Oh Lord of the Nityasooris, who are constantly singing in Your praise! I was 
all along ignorant without knowing the real nature of myself and remained 
egotistic and presumed I was owner of my things. Now, I have realized that 
myself and all mine are totally Yours.)
        Here, one is reminded of a SlOka of SrI YAmunAchArya:

âna dEham na prANAn na ca sukham aSEshAbhilashitam 
      na cAtmAnam nAnyat kimapi tava SEshatvavibhavAt /
 bahirbhootam nAtha kshaNamapi sahE yAtu SatadhA 
    vinASam tat satyam madhumathana vij~nApanamidam //â (stOtra-ratnam, 57)
{Oh Lord! The slayer of demon Madhu! I cannot tolerate even for a moment a 
body, the prANa, the pleasures coveted by all, even be it my own Atma and 
things connected with it, that do not belong to You. Let them be destroyed into 
hundreds of pieces. This plea of mine is genuinely true.) 
        Both ahankAram, and mamakAram, both being the cause of our bondage in 
samsAra, thus will get removed.

(To continue)
dAsan
Anbil S. SrInivasan
----------- 



      Messenger blocked? Want to chat? Go to 
http://in.messenger.yahoo.com/webmessengerpromo.php


------------------------------------

Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links

<*> To visit your group on the web, go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/

<*> Your email settings:
    Individual Email | Traditional

<*> To change settings online go to:
    http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join
    (Yahoo! ID required)

<*> To change settings via email:
    mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx 
    mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to:
    Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx

<*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to:
    http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/


[Date Prev][Date Next][Thread Prev][Thread Next] [Date Index ] [Thread Index ] [Author Index ]
Home Page
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia
oppiliappan-subscribe@yahoogroups.com
To subscribe to the list