SrI:
Dear Sri RanganAtha BhakthAs :
AdiyEn will continue with the postings on Swamy
Desikan's Sahasra Naamams
blessed to us by Thirukkudanthai Desikan . Until
now , adiyEn has covered the first 100
Sahasra Naamams as well as a few more . The
postings are housed in Oppiliappan
list Archives :
In the context of the fund raising efforts for the
New living quarters for
the priests of Sri RanganAtha Temple , adiyEn will
resume the postings
on Sri Desika Sahasra Naamam of Thirukkudanthai
Desikan . These Sahasra
Naamams have been commented upon brilliantly by
NavalpAkkam U.Ve. Vipascchin MaNi ,
Dr. VasudEvAcchAr Swamy . His scholarly
commentary in Tamil was released in 2002
by HH Srimath PoundarIkapuram Andavan . This
monograph has been adiyEn's
source book
for translation and adaptation into English
.
Desika Sahasra Naamams relating
to Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram (SRTS)
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The 214 Sahasra Naamams (793 to
1,006) cover the content of the 32 Chapters
of SriMath Rahsya Thraya Saaram
, the Magnum Opus of Swamy Desikan . There are
four parts to SRTS .
These four parts are covered by the following
ThirunAmams
spanning from 794 to 1006 . The
793th name is a general tribute to Swamy Desikan
for His anugraham in blessing
the chEthana GhOshti . The remaining 213 NaamAs
fall in to the following four
categories:
1. ArTAnusAsana BhAgam : This First divison
covers the doctrines that we should know.
115 Sahasra NaamAs from
794 to 908 cover this aspect of content .
2. SthreekaraNa BhAgam ( 909-955 Sahasra
Naamams ) : These 47 Sahasra Naamams
clarify any doubts
relating to the essential doctrines covered in the first division .
3. Padha Vaakya yOjanA Bhaagam ( 956-1003 Sahasra
Naamams ) : These 48 Naamams
cover the esoteric
meanings of the three rahasya manthrams revered by Sri
VaishNavAs.
4. SampradhAya PrakriyA BhAgam ( 1004 to 1006
Sahasra Naamams ): These three
Desika Sahasra Naamams cover the
way in which our sampradhAyam is followed .
adiyEn will provide explanatory notes for these
traditional names as we go along .
Let us start today with the first of the Desika
Sahasra Naamam (793th) dealing with SRTS.
(793) Rahasya Thraya sArOjjeevitha chEtana
sanjaya:
(Meaning ) : Salutations to the great AchArya , who
provided salvation to
the assembly of ChEtanams through His Sri Sookthi of SrImath Rahasya Thraya
Saaram (SRTS) .
(Comments) : In the last few years of His life on
this earth at Srirangam , Swamy
Desikan created SRTS for the upliftment and
salvation of the entire assembly of
the sentients ( chEtana Samooham) The two goals of
this Sri Sookthi of Swamy
Desikan are : (1) Estblishment of the SaraNAgathy
Saasthram of AchArya RaamAnujA
on the soundest of footing (2) Elaboration of
the inner meanings of the three rahasyams
( AshtAkshari , Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam ).Had
Swamy Desikan not blessed us
with SRTS out of His infinite compassion for us ,
the SamsAris , the path of Moksham would
be very much outside our reach.There will be
persisting doubts about the samsAris
(Bound Jeevans /Bhaddha Jeevans) following this
UpAyam with conviction to gain
Moksham . In view of Swamy Desikan's matchless
anugraham through SRTS ,
He is saluted with
the unique Vaazhi ThirunAmam of " Tanja Paragathyai tantharuLvOn VaazhiyE
".
SRTS explains clearly the three essential doctrines
of Tatthvam , Hitham and
PurushArTam . It is written in the MaNipravALam
mode ( Mixture of Sanskrit and
Tamil ) for the benefit of all to read and benefit
. SRTS houses all matters that
any one seeking Moksham ( MUmukshu) should be
conversant with and as a result
it uplifts the suffering chEthana samooham and
shows the unfailing way to liberation from
the endless cycles of births and deaths and to
reach the Supreme Abode of
Sriman NaarAyaNan to perform eternal kaimkaryam and
enjoy the incomparable
bliss associated with that kaimkaryam to the Divine
Couple .
The next 8 Sahasra Naamams deal with Swamy
Desikan's UpadEsam
on the Importance of one's AchAryan housed in the
Chapter with the title of
Guru Paramparaa Saaram .
(To Be continued )
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
P.S: The Priest Quarters construction Kaimkaryam
has sold only 655 of
the 2,000 Raffle tickets so far . We have 35 days
to race towards the finish line.
With full faith in our AchAryAs and the power of
their Sri Sookthis , we will do our
best to realize the goal of constructing the living
quarters for our priests and cook .
For the past few years , they have been living in
the cramped quarters in
the basement of the temple . Please support this Kaimkaryam .
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