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Sri:
 
Dear SrI Ranganatha BhakthAs :
 
As indicated in the previous posting ,
detailed and profound commentaries
on the First 14 slOkams of the First
JitanthE has been translated into English
by Dr. M.N.Ramanujam of Bangalore :
 
http://www.acharya.org/vyakyanam/jitante/index.html
 
The readers are requested to study the above
text as background as  adiyEn prays to vyAkyAna
Chakravarthy to bless adiyEn to engage in this
Kaimkaryam to raise funds for Sri Ranganatha ,
the PuNDareekAkshan .
 
adiyEn will now commence with the coverage of
the Meanings and Commentaries on the remaining
slOkams of all the six JitantEs within the limit of
adiyEn's mandha  mathi .  
 
SlOkam 15
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SarvEshu dEsa-kaalEshu sarvAvasTAsu chAchyutha
kimkarOsmi HrushikEsa bhUyO-bhUyOasmi kimkara:
 
(Meaning) : Oh Lord with the Achyutha nAmam to remind
us of Your resolve to come to the rescue of everyone ,
who has sought Your sacred feet as their sole refuge !
 
Oh Prabhu with the HrushIkEsa nAmam to remind us
that You are the Isan (Lord) of our Hrisheekams ( sense
organs) and the  Controller of our Hrusheekams to direct
them towards immersion in the enjoyment of Your limitless
auspicious attributes and dhivya soundharyam !
 
adiyEn's firm resolve is to perform kaimkaryams for
You again and again at all times , places and states .
 
Please bless adiyEn with such soubhAgyams to have
nithya kaimkarya prApthi and engagement in Your
Kaimkaraym again and again at all times , places
and states !
 
Comment ary on slOkam passages :
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Achyutha  Naamam:
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Sounaka Rishi chooses the Achytha Naamam 
to remind us that He is the One who never lets
His PrapannAs down .
 
In SrI VishNu Sahasra Naamam , the name of Achyuthan
is invoked thrice by VyAsa BhagavAn ( 101st , 320th and
557th NaamAs) .
 
Bhagavan says that " He is never away from those
who have sought refuge in Him " . In Srimad RaamAyaNam ,
He asserts that " I have never abandoned (My BhakthAs );
because of this act of Mine , I am known as Achyutha ".
He declares that this Karma of His has led to His name
as Achyuthan ( " YasmAth na chyutha-poorvOham
Achyutha: tEna KarmaNaa" ) . His name has also been
linked to the fact that He never loses His Overlordship
(SarvEswarathvam) at any time ( "YasmAnna chyavathE
sTAnAth , tasmAth sankeerthyathE Achyutha:" ). Brahma ,
Indhra do slip down from their positions ( sTanam) ,
when their acquired PuNyams are exhausted but
BhagavAn SrImann NaarAyaNan never slips down
and hence He is saluted as "Achyuthan" .
 
Swamy Desikan composed 100 slOkams in PrAkrutham
known as Achyutha Sathakam to reveal to us
the Achyutha Tatthvam .The naamAs that Swamy
Desikan chose to salute Achyuthan of Thiruvaheendhrapuram
are self-revelatory : Daasa Sathyan ( True to His BhakthAs
who surrender to Him ) ; Kimkara Sathyan ( adiyavarkku
Meyyan/ True to those , who engage in Kaimkaryams
for Him ).  He does not abandon them ever and inquires
always about their yOga KshEmam);He is the SaraNAgatha
Sathyan ( True to those , who sought Him as their sole refuge).
 
Since this slOkam seeks uninterrupted Kaimkaryam to BhagavAn
at all times , places and states , the focus on BhagavAn as
Kimkara sathya Achyuthan is very appropriate .  
                                                                                                                                                                                     HrusheekEsa Naamam :
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For performing uninterrupted Kaimkaryam to
BhagavAn , one's sense organs have to be
kept fully under control so that they do not stray to
VishayAntharams . Our Lord is the Niyanthaa(controller)
of the HrusheekAs ( sense organs) as their Lord ( "Tath
KaraNAnAmapi niyAmakathvAth HrusheekEsa ithi " ). 
By controlling the sensory organs of the Jeevans ,
our Lord directs them to stay focussed on Him
and presents Himself to them and confers on
them the strength of mind not to stray away
from Him ( Yajur Vedam  KaaDakam : " Ya AathmadhA
PhaladhA ") .
 
The BruhadhAraNyaka Upanishad (5.7.22) salutes the Lord
in this context as the Isan of Hrusheekams (Sensory Organs) :
 
" HrushekANeendhindhriyANyAhu: tEshAm IsO
  YaTA BhavAn HrusheekEsa ithi khyAtha: ".
 
SarvEshu dEsa kaalEshu sarvAvasthAsu kimkarOsmi(1):
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This is the noble statement of one who has done
the Aathma samarpaNa Yaagam (SaraNAgathy at
the sacred feet of the Lord in the spirit of two mantrams
of Yajur BrAhmaNam : " yOhamasmi sa sann yajE "
and "YasyAsmi na tamantharEmi " . The first mantram
states that the jeevan performs the Aathma SamarpaNa 
Yaagam in its true form as the bonded servant of the Lord 
and as His property . The second mantram asserts that 
adiyEn is the unconditional Daasan of the Lord and
will therefore not stray away from Him ( the  True 
Master). Ananyagathithvam and ananya-sEshathvam
aspects of Prapannan engaged in Kaimkaryam
to the Sarva Seshi is referred to here . This unalterable
relationship between the JeevAathmA and ParamAthmA
is defined also by a slOkam from VishNu Tatthvam :
 
" Aathma dhAsyam HarE: SwAmyam
  SvabhAvam cha sadhA smara "  
 
It is the inherent nature of the AathmA to be the servant
( Kimkaran) of its Swami . For those , who engage in true
Kaimkaryam , the Lord takes them by His hand to
His supreme abode ( aham smarAmi madh bhaktham
nayaami paramAm gathim --VarAha PerumAL in His
charama slOkam ).  To these noble Kimkaraas
resulting in the accumulation of Kaimkarya Sree ,
He is the Kimkara Sathya Achyutha Swami .
 
SarvEshu dEsEshu KaalEshu sarvAvasthAsu KimkarOsmi(2)
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AzhwArs and AchAryas seek this Kaimkarya PrApthi
to Sriman Narayana in this and the other world  in all 
states and at all times .They pray that the desa-Kaala-
avasthaa do not interfere with their Kaimkaryams
to Him and beg Him as NirupAdhika dEvan
to chase away all obstacles to such Kaimkaryams .  
 
Some examples of prayer for such Kaimkaryam are:
 
" unakkE NaamAtccheyvOm , MaRRai namm KaamangaL
   MaaRRu " ---ThiruppAvai : Paasuram 29
 
"Thvaddh DaasyamEva hi vidhushAm mattam tath " ---
KurEsar in Sri Vaikunta Sthavam ( SlOkam 65) . Here ,
KurEsar says: " The Knowledgable people know that
Vaikunta BhOgam is nothing but performing Kaimkaryam
to You as Your Kinkaran . This is their darsanam ".
 
SrI VaishNava Sarvaswam has been identified as
the Nama: sabdhArTam of Dhvaya Mantram elaborated in
ThiruvAimozhi (TVM 2.5):
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                           
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                     
" Yaanum PiRappil pall PiRavip-PerumAnai
   MaRapponRinRi  yenRum mahizhvEnE "  
 
(Meaning): It is immaterial to me whether I take the lowest
of births or be blessed with the highest PurushArTams
(Moksham ) . " I will for my part , ever meditate , with intense
joy , the Lord with His infinite auspicious qualities and admirable
exploits , without any intermission , at all times ( places and states) ; 
the Lord who takes many births out of free will , though He is birthless . 
What is most important is that I will subordinate my everything ,
including my happiness , to His satisfaction . I will remember that 
I am not an independent force but only a dependent( Paratantran) ,
subservient to my dear Lord " .
 
NamO SrI Ranganathaya ,
Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
 
P.S: Dear SrI Ranganatha BhakthAs : We have started to find
living quaters for our Temple staff ( 5 Priests and one Cook)
and unite them with their families as soon as Possible .
We need all of Your help to realize this goal . Please go to
our temple web site and send your contributions online :
http://www.Ranganatha.org  
Thank You all .  
 
                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                                               
 
 
 
   
  
 
 
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Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
http://www.sadagopan.org




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