Sri:
SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
Translation by U.Ve. Dr. V.N. Vedanta Desikan Swamin:
993. charamanigamagIthE sapthathanthoU samApthE
nijasadhanasamIpE prApyiShyan vihAram
jvalanamiva BhavathyO: samyagArOpayEnmAm
praThamavaraNavashya: pAdhukE! RanganATha:
Oh Twin-Paaduka! When I first uttered the appeal to the Lord, "You
will please act as my protector", in Prapatti, the Lord Ranganatha
became won over by me. When my life ends, a yajna He was performing
by utilizing me in His services through the whole post-prapatti
period becomes completed. Hence, He will have to place the Fire
(that is my jeevatma) in His sandals, Yourselves, (a replica of
Arani wood) to place me in His Abode. May He do it!
Namo Narayana,
SriMuralidhara Dasan
Special Notes by V.Sadagopan (V.S):
SlOkam 993
1) UtthamUr Swamy's anubhavam: In the previous verse, Swamy Desikan
described the approaching of the Paadhukais during his last moments
on this earth. Here, he describes how they take him to the Supreme
abode of the Lord. He says: " Oh PaadhukE! RanganAtha empathizes
with Your role as my protector and at the time of my death, He acts
as the priest at the Yaagams known as adhvaryu to bring me over to
His sanctum in SrI Vaikuntam. He brings me over as an adhvaryu
priest would bring the sacred fire from the place of the sacred
ritual and unite it with the sacred fire at home at the conclusion
of such Yag~nams. He places me as the Agni between You both (the
Paadhukais) serving as the fire producing sticks".
At the end of the SomaYaagAs, the Master of the Yaaga (YajamAna)
requests the adhvaryu priest to bring the sacred Agni of the Yaaga
back to his house to unite it with the Agni at home used for
sacrificial rites of the house. RanganAtha acts here as the adhvaryu
priest and brings the aathmA of Swamy Desikan (Agni) to His sanctum
out of respect for the PaadhukAs' role as the protector. He places
that Agni between the two Paadhukais serving as the two aaraNi
Kattai (fire generating sticks ) used for kindling the fire.
2) SrImath Andavan's anubhavam: Lord RanganAthA at he end of the
life of PrapannAs in His leelA VIbhUthi removes His property (the
aathmA inside my physical body) and places it in Your hand for
assistance in its travel to His permanent abode. That act of the
Lord is equivalent to the Adhvaryu priest being given the
responsibility for transporting the DhAryAgni from the Yaaga SaalA
to be united with the Gaarhapathya Agni for use in the daily
(Nithya, naimmitthika ) Karamas at the end of the avabrutha snAnam
relating to the completion of the Soma Yaagam by the YajamAnan.
The DhAryAgni is invoked in the two special fire kindling
sticks /araNi KattaikaL ( Utthara araNi and athara araNi). That
Parama purushArTam (Not only being protected in LeelA VIbhUthi but
also being transportred to SrI Vaikuntam with the guidance of
AadhivAhikAs ) is going to come my way through Your benovolence. The
Lord is going to entrust His property (my aathmA) to You.
3) Oh PaadhukE ! adiyEn is PraTama varaNa vasyan ( SaraNAgathan ,
who has been inducted in to the nYAsa yajnam at the outset itself).
Lord RanganAthan is the adhvaryu in that NyAsa Yaj~nam. He grants me
permanent residence at His SrI Vaikuntam at the end of my life as
a Prapannan here as revealed in the Upanishads ( RanganATa :
Charama nigama geethE sapthatanthou samApthE sathi , nija sadhana
sameepE vihAram prApayishyan) . During that occasion , He is going to
entrust adiyEn's aathmA , His property , to You like the adhvaryu
priest entrusts Yaaga Kunta Agni to the two araNikkattaikaL for
transport to home for link with the household agni ( Maam
jwalanamiva BhavathyO: samyak aarOpayEth) ... (V.S).
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