SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Fifteenth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan describes how our most compassionate Lord DhIpa PrakAsan wakes up the chEthanams form their "sleep" out of His DayA PravAham and empowers them to follow the righteous path of Prapatthi prescribed by the VedAs: nidhrAyithAn nigamavarthmani chArudarsee prasTAna-sakthi-rahithAn prathibhOdhya janthUn jeerNa-sthanadhaya-jada-andhamukhAnivAsmAn nEthum Mukundha yathasE dayayA saha Thvam --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 15 (Meaning): ViLakkoLi EmperumAnE ! People of the world (Janthu:) should know the way to conduct themselves in this world.They should also have the energy to undertake that journey. Similarly one needs jn~Anam and Sakthi to follow the path prescribed by the VedAs. Many do not have the discriminating intellect. Those who have Jn~Anam are found deficient in their resolve to follow the Vedic path. Oh DhIpa prakAsa PrabhO! We have neither the Jn~Anam and the Sakthi to seek this righteous path .We are in a state similar to that of infirm weakling , tiny children , fools and the blind ,who need the helping hand of others to be shown the way for such a journey. We are in a state of sleep (torpor). It is necessary to wake up us (such people) when such an important journey has to commence. Oh Bhagavann ! You take pity on us and use Your limitless DayA and gently shake us out of our deep slumber.Your intent is to help us through this awakening process. After waking us up, You show us the auspicious path of Prapatthi and make us travel on that road.Is it not that the ordinance of the VedAs? You take particular interest in us becoming qualiifed to be adhikAris for Moksham . How can one thank You for Your compassionate benovolence ? Additional Comments : ********************* The Lord of ThirutthaNkA is saluted here as "ChAru Darsee" or the One with "nalla nOkku " ( most auspicious intent and outlook for our Yoga-KshEmam). He is also saluted as "Mukundhan" or the Moksham-conferring Lord.Swamy Desikan's salutation is " Mukundha! Thvam ChAru-darsee". We, the JanthUs (ChEthanams) are like JeerNa : ( dilapidated ones overcome with the effects of age), Sthanandhaya: ( infants ), JaDa: ( ignoramus), andha: ( blind ones) . As a result of our slumber born out of TamO guNam , we are totally unaware of Your saasthrams and are far removed from the practise of Vedic rules. You have limitless compassion (aparimitha dayA guNam ).Hence , You catch hold of us and shake us out of our torpor which prevents us from following the auspicious ways prescribed by Your VedAs ( nigama varthmani nidhrAyithAn asmAn PrathibhOdhya). You shake us and wake us and commence Your efforts to set us up on our travel along the auspicious and ancient route of Prapatthi to attain You ( asmAn prathibhOdhya nEthum yathasE). Swamy Desikan asks : "What propells Him to engage in such a merciful act instead of ignoring us , the slumbering ones ?Nigamaantha MahA Guru answers : " It is His DayA guNam. The anukampA of DhIpa PrakAsan is behind this effort by Him ". To comprehend the power and nature of this DayA GuNam, we have to refer to the passages of the magnificent sthuthi of Swamy Deikan revered as "DayA Sathakam ". Here, Swamy Desikan visualizes the Lord's DayA as DayA devi , one of His divine consorts , who wakes up the slumbering janthus ( achith visishtAn JanthUn avalOkya jaatha NirvEdhA bhavasi).Let us seek further references from Swamy Desikan's Dhivya Sookthi of DayA sathakam to comprehend His DayA GuNam (anukampA , KaruNA )behind this act of rescue by Him . The Lord's DayA **************** The Lord's compassion has been compared to the vastness of the Ocean ( DayAmbOdhi). It has been described as KaaruNya GangA ( Cool and nourishing flow of Compassion), KaruNA VaruNAlayam ( Ocean of Mercy) in DayA Sathakam. Swamy Desikan visualized that compassion to take the special form of DayA Devi. That DayA is like the treasure for those who are impoverished (akinchana: nidhim iva). That DayA is the growing field for the harvest of Moksham and the other three purushArtams ( apavarga thrivargayO: soothi).Our Lord's compassion propels Him to protect the suffering/slumbering janthus ; the other guNams of His like Sakthi , Balam et al complete the task of rescuing the helpless janthus lost in slumber. Due to the bundle of paapams accumulated ,the jnathus(jeevans ) are in a state of trance ( dhuritha moorchanA jushtam ); the Lord's dayA wakes them (the jeevans) up (Janthum prabhOdhayathi). That DayA of the Lord lifts us out of the ocean of SamsAram , where the danger of drowning is imminent ( SamsAra TaariNi).The ever-growing DayA of the Lord is like a kalpakA creeper for the helpless janthus( krupaNa jana kalpa lathikA).With great affection and concern (samAhitha snEhA ), DayA Devi blesses them with the dhIpam of appropriate SaasthrAs ( anuguNa-dasA arpithEna saasthra-mayEna sTira pradhIpEna) and thru the prakAsam of that dhIpam destroys the darkness of nescience ( saasthra-mayEna sTira pradhIpEna prajAnAm tama: samayasi).Swamy Desikan describes the DayA guNam of the Lord is innate(DayE ! Thvam svabhAva bhUthA). The Lord becomes DayALu because of You ( KamalA Nilaya: ThvayA DayALu:).Swamy Desikan pays the highest compliments to DayA Devi by saluting Her as the Empress of all the GuNams of the Lord ( Thvam GuNEshu SaarvabhoumI). The 39th slOkam of DayA sathakam has close links to the irreplacable and matchless help of DayA Devi waking up the slumbering jeevans and taking them to the bazzar of Vedams and pointing out the right Vedic upakaraNams (nigama vipaNi madhyE BhavathyA vyanjitham , nithya muktha anushaktham Vrusha Giri Harineelam )to enjoy the Bluish effulgence of Hari NaarAyaNan surrounded by the NithyAs and MukthAs. DayA Devi takes on the form of SaddhEsikAthmA ( taking the body of a sadAchAryan ) and prepares the Jeevan with Upadesams from the VedAs and SaasthrAs and helps with the performance of Prapatthi for Janma Saapalyam. Such is the glory of DayA Devi and Her power over Lord DhIpa PrakAsan standing near the banks of Vegavathi river at the Dhivya Desam of ThirutthaNkA! Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama: Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan) P.S: adiYen continues to appeal to you all to support the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul, the avathAra Sthalam of our beloved AchAryan , Swamy VedAntha Desikan. Please contact me about status of the Kaimkaryam and details on how you can support this once-in-a-life time Kaimakryam to our ThUppul Desikan , the incarnation of the Bell of ThirVEnkatamudayAn and SrI DhIpa prakAsan . P.P.S: In this month's Nrusimha PriyA , a beautiful image of the Parama MangaLa Moorthy, SrI DhIpa PrakAsan with His divine consorts adorns the inside of the cover. Please have His darsana soubhAgyam there .
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