SrI:
Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs
:
We will
study Twenty more of Swamy Desika Sahasra
Naamams( 601- 620 ) today
:
601.ParagOgrAsadhAnardhayEc
nama:
(Meaning ): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who accepted the importance of
GrAsa dhAnam ( giving a fistful of grass )
to other's cows .
gOgrAsam means presenting a cow with
a mushti(fistful) of green grass.
It yields important phalans.This is from
VaishNava dharma Saasthram . In Sri KrishNa
kalpa manthram , it is explained that if
the cow is pleased , BhagavAn Gopalan
is pelased . JayAkhya Samhithai states that
the Lord resides in Sooryan , Chandran ,
Cow , Pupil tree (Aswattham) , Agni , Guru
. Therefore giving food (grass) for
the Cow is to be considered as Bhagavath
AarAdhana roopam .
602. abhiyAna
svaroopavidhE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who was fully familiar with
the Svaroopam of Abhigamanam , the
first of the PanchakAla PrakriyA .
Abhigamanam means " senRu adaivathu "
(travelling to arrive ).
In NikshEpa chinthAmaNi
, Thirukkudanthai Desikan describes
the Svaroopam of Abhigamanam as the
prayer :" From this moment
(after getting up) ,adiyEn seeks the
protection of the Lord and
perform
SaraNAgathy to Him for conductance of the
day's anushtAnams and
Kaimkaryams " .This prayer seeks
suddhi (purity ) of maind , speech
and body for perfroming Japam , DhyAnam ,
archanam and SthOthram
and this is "seNradaithal " or Abhigamanam.
To perform nithyAnushtAnam
in this manner , one has to prostrate
before the Lord , perform Prapatthi and offer
Fruit , Flower or atleast anjali to the
Lord. This is Abhigamanam .
603. upAdhAnAkhya
samayavEthrE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew the time boundaries
for UphAdhAnam , the second portion of
Pancha Kaala PrakriyA .
UpAdhAnam follows Abhigmaanam .This time
boundary for UphAdhAna
(Sangava Kaalam ) is between 8.25 to 10.48
A.M ). During this time , the assembly
of material for Bhagavath AarAdhanam (
Flowers , fruits , Sandalwood paste ,
clothing et al ).One also prepares
one's mind for fitness to perform AarAdhanam .
604. upAdhana mantra
vidhE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew of the Manthram
(asthra manthram) for picking flowers for
AarAdhanam . For TuLasi
picking , there is a visEsha
Manthram starting with ' TuLasyamrutha
janmaa..".
605. hEyOpAdhEya
dEvArTa sumAdhi dhravya vEdhithrE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,who
was fully familiar with the flowers
that can be used in Bhagavath AarAdhanam
and those , which are not permitted .
Acceptable are : White and fragrant ones (
TuLasi , Lotus , Jaathi Mallikai ,
CheNpakam , two kinds of nandhyAvattai ,
Kumudham , Kaattumalli , VaguLam
et al) .Flowers to be avoided are : "
PalAsam , Kaattu Vaazhai , Tamirand , flowers
from poisonous
trees , Marutha tree , from
trees growing at four corners ,
smasAnam and trees that
have been hit by lightning
et al) .
606. svArjithatAraNya
-moolyakreetha yaachitha guNAdhividhE nama:
(Meaning ) : Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew the differences in
among the guNams and dhOshams of
mataerial (1)assembled from his own earnings ,
(2)acquired from
the forest and (3) acquired by
Yaachanam ( alms) from others .
It is the best practise to
assemble flowers , fruits etc grown in the garden of
one's own house . This is
Utthamam.Collecting from forests is next in guNam .
Purchasing from some one for a price is
adhamam ( low in guNam); that
which is acquired by
begging is the lowest in value
(adhamAdhamam) .
607. SumanOgatha satthvAdhi
kruthOpAdhana hAnakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who instructed us on the Phalans
resulting from worship with flowers of
different colors .
Mallikai and other white flowers
with fragrance are Saatthvic flowers and
yield the highest phalans . Red flowers
like Rose , Poorcchai are Raajasic
flowers and yield half the phalan of
worshipping with Saathvic flowers .
Taamasic flowers are those with black color
like VishNugrAntham ;they yield half
the Phalan given by Raajasic flowers .
Yellow, Green and Blue colored flowers are
variations of Saathvic flowers , which are
preferred for Bhagavath AarAdhanam .
608. thiTi-bhEdhAdhi
niyatha-pushpabhEdhAdhi SaadhakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who revealed to us the kinds
of flowers to be used in different thithis
of the Month ( 15 for Sukla and 15 for
KrishNa paksham) .
NandhyAvardhakam is to be used during
SangramaNam ; UpanandhyAvargam
during ayanam ; TuLasi is recommedned for
Vishu Kaalam . Maximum phalans
are gained by the use of the right
flowers .
609.
dhivA-niSA-dEvayAga-vyAptha soonavisEshavidhE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew about the different
flowers to be offered for the Morning and the evening AarAdhanam for
the Lord
( Ijyai and Paanaka AarAdhanam
in Ahobila Matam tradition) .
One has to offer the flowers that bloom
during the day for Morning
worship and the flowers that blom in the
evening for the evening
worship .
610 . SaasthrAnumatha
SishtAgrAhya PushpAdhi nivArakAya nama :
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan who
did not choose the flowers
that are permitted by SaasthrAs but
rejected by sishtAchAram (the codes of
conduct of Elder VaidhikAs)
.
Those flowers which had been smelled by
others , those which bloomed in
the unacceptable places , those which have
been attacked by insects and those
which have been touched by people with
asoucham (Theettu) --these flowers
can not be accepted for Bhagavath ArAdhanam even if these
flowers are
accepted by SaasthrAs like Mallikai , Rose etc .
611. gruhAlayArchA-niyatha
vaasa : pushpAdhi(kusuma) bhEdhavidhE nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew about the appropriate
Vasthrams and Pushpams that should be used
for AarAdhanam at homes
and at the Temples.
For the ArchA Moorthys at the Temple , we
hold the silk Vasthrams and
the new clothings over fragrant dhUpam and
then present them to the Moorthys.
For Gruha archA Moorthy , only white
vasthram is presented . At one's home ,
there are no red flowers presented except
Lotus and KalhAram (Senkazhuneer) .
All the other white flowers allowed are
fine to present .
612 . srang-mAlA bhEdhadhrusE
nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who knew the difference between
the two kinds of garlands known as
Maalai and srang .
Maalai is the garland assembled with one
kind of flower .
Srang is the long flower garland with
many kinds of allowed flowers .
It is better to present a garland
than loose flowers to the Lord.
It is even better to have the large
multicolored garland (Srang).
613. soothragraTithaadhi
nishEdhakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who pointed out that one can not
use the cotton thread in hte construction the garlands .
Only dried banana tree
barks are to be used for garlands to be
presented to the Lord .
Flowers set aside for the Lord's use should
not be spoken ill off
and portions of that assembly should not be
used for personal use .
614. BhagavathyAga
varjYOpAdhEya aabharaNa SOdhakAyA nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who instructed us on what kind of
jewelery (AabharaNams) are appropriate for
presenting to the Lord .
Golden and gem-studded jewelery are free
from dhOshams .
Those jewelery can be presented .
The gem stones with dhOshams
should not be included in the AabharaNams .
That worn and enjoyed by
humans before should not be presented
to the Lord without consecration
.
615. PrANyanga surabhidhravya
upayOga vyAkruthikshamAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who can explain the special
significance of fragrances originating from
the body of particular animals .
KasthUri , Mrugha Madham are unique
fragrances that can be used on the body
of the Lord for His pleasure . They should
not however be used as sprinklings to
DhUpam .
616. hEyOpaadhEya
mukuLpathrAnkura vichArakAya nama:
(Meaning) : Salutations to the AchAryan,
who has researched the acceptable
and unacceptable categories of the buds
(MukuLam) , the leaves( pathram)
and shoots ( ankuram) in
Bhagavadh AarAdhanam .
Among Buds , only Uthpala pushpam's
unopened buds(MukuLams)
are fit to use .
Among leaves , only those of
TuLasi , PalAsam and Aswattham
can be used . Among ankurams , those of Wheat , green gram , black
gram et al
can be used .
617. dhinadhvayAparyushitha
kusumOkthi vichakshaNAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who pointed out the flowers
for usage beyond two days ( Uthpalam and
Lotus , which grow in water) .
Rest of the flowers fade after one day
.
618. BhOjarAjAdhyuktha
kaala pushpa-bhEdha vichArakAya nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who instructed us on the proper
flowers to be used according to the
different time divisions of the day .
These combinations are : Sangava
Kaalam: Sunrise to 5 Naazhikais
thereafter ( pushpam recommended
for that Thithi ); Sama Kaalam
:
the 10 Naazhikais after Sangavam ( Lotus
Flowers) ; VishNu Priya Kaalam
( Five Naazhikais after Sama Kaalam (
Karaveera Pushpam) ; Dharma Kaalam:
the next 5 Naazhikai ( Kumudham) ; VirAga
Kaalam : the subsequent five Naazhikais
( Bilva leaves) . These specific
recommendations were made King BhOjA in his book
" PrayOga Paddhathi RathnAvaLi ". This
prayOgam has to fit within the Saasthraic
rules for the specific pushpams for the
different portions of the day .
619.
grAhyamoolagrahithrE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who identified the roots
that can be used in Bhagavath AarAdhanam (
Useeram : Vetti vEr ).
620.
dhUpa-dheepa
dhravya vEdithrE nama:
(Meaning): Salutations to the AchAryan ,
who spelled out the dhravyams
that can be used for DhUpam and Dheepam
.
The shavings & powders from the logs of
DevadhAru , ahil and Sandal wood
alone can be used as DhUpam on smokeless
flame . Dheepam has to be limited to
cow's ghee or seasme seed oil
.
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
P.S : Please participate in
the MahA Mantapa Kaimkaryam
at Lord HayagrIvan's sannidhi
at Thiruvaheendhrapuram .
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