NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. --------------- srI: SrI sAra sAram â I (57) -- I â ThirumantrAdhikAram -- The Significance of ânArAyaNanAyaâ --- SwAmi Desikan now gives the significance of âAyaâ, the fourth case suffix of the name ânArAyaNaâ, in a Tamil verse: âiru vilangku kazhitthiDarAm uDalam thannil ilangku naDu nADiyinAl emmai vAngi oru vilangku neRiyallA vaziyAl mannum uyar vAnilERRi uyir nilaiyum thanthu peruvilangkAm aruL thannAl thannaDikkeezhp piriyAtha amararuDan piNaitthuth thannAr uruvil angku misaivikkum umbar bOgam ukanthu tharum thirumAlai ukanthOm nAmE.â Meaning: âiru vilangku kazhitthâ â getting rid of the two fetters of good and sinful deeds; âiDarAm uDalam thannilâ --- in this body which is a stumbling block for mukti; âilangku naDu nADiyinAlâ --- through the middle nerve known as âbrahma-nADiâ; âemmai vAngiâ --- picking us â jIvAtamas (from the body); âoru vilangku neRiyallA vaziyAlâ --- through the route (of arcchirAdi-mArgam) that does not lead to rebirth in this samsAra (material) world; âmannum uyar vAnilERRiâ --- lifted us up into the eternally existing the highest abode, the Paramapadam; âuyir nilaiyum thanthuâ --- restoring the auspicious qualities that had been hidden due to our connection with the karmas; âperuvilangkAm aruL thannAlâ --- by His grace that strongly binds the jIvAtma; âthannaDikkeezhp piriyAtha amararuDan piNaitthuâ --- joining us with the ever-free jIvas (nitya sooris) who are rendering service continuously without a break (even for a moment) under His feet; âangkuâ --- there, in the Paramapadam; âthannAr uruvilâ --- in His perfect nature; âmisaivikkum umbar bOgamâ --- providing the same experience as of the nitya sooris; âukanthu tharum thirumAlaiâ --- attaining the Lord, the Consort of SrI, Who happily provides us the bliss; âukanthOm nAmEâ --- we become happy. Summary Meaning: Lord SrIman nArAyaNa destroys the twin karmas of good and evil of the jIva who has adopted the means of mukti; thereafter, He releases the jIva from his body which had been a stumbling block to his liberation and escorts him through the central nerve, known as the brahma-nADi and rushes him to His Abode (Paramapadam) through the path of arcchirAdi; the Lord also restores the jIvaâs divine qualities which had been hidden because of his contact with the good and bad karmas; He takes the mukta jIva by His graceful but firm clutch that does not allow the jIva to slip away; places him in the company of nitya-sooris who are rendering continuous service at His feet in the Paramapadam; and enables him to experience the total bliss of enjoying Him. This is the crux of the suffix âAyaâ attached to the Lordâs name, ânArAyaNaâ in the Thirumanthiram. (To continue) dAsan anbil S.SrInivAsan --------------- Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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