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SrI:
 
Dear Swamy  Desika BhakthAs:
 
In this posting , adiyEn will cover 4 more Paasurams( 57-60) of Desika
Prabhandham , which are the 18-21 Paasurams of AdhikAra Sangraham.
 
Parikara VibhAgAdhikAram :The 11th Chapter of SRTS
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 The Five AngAs of Prapatthi
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57) The UpAyams like Bhakthi Yogam make us doubt
whether it would be possible at all for us to practise them
because of their rigors. For us , who recognize that we are
incapable of practising such an upAyam for gaining Moksham
and still long for enjoying Moksha sukham , AchAryAs blessed us
with the UpAyam of Prapatthi with its five angams .
 
In initating us into Prapatthi yOgam , our AchAryAs had 
a serious objective for us to recognize the soulabhyam of 
our Lord and not to go away from Him due to our fear of 
unfitness to appraoch Him because of His matchless Vaibhavam. Our
AchAryAs removed our temerity and fear to approach Him
by instructing us on the ways of performing  Prapatthi
at the sacred feet of our Lord , SrIman NaarAyaNan to gain 
Moksham .Had they not done so ,we would have ended up
begging our equals like Brahma , Indran and Rudran 
to banish our samsAric sufferings and being disappointed
by approaching a  powerless adhikAri . Our AchAryAs saved us
from such futile attempts through their instructions on
the ways to perform Prapatthi .
 
The key passage of this 57th Paasuram is : " ThuRavit-tuniyil 
thuNaiyAm Paranai varikkum vahai anbar aRivitthanar". ( Our
loving and merciful AchAryAs taught us ( who were suffering 
from samsAric sorrows )  the way to perform Prapatthi at 
the holy feet of the Lord waiting always for us as our protector .
 
Additional comments
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" Paranai varikkum vahai " revealed to us by our SadAchAryAs
is to perform Prapatthi with its five angams ( Aanukoolya 
Sankalpam , PrAthikoolya Varjanam , Mahaa VisvAsam ,
KaarpaNyam and gOpthruva VaraNam ). Our AchAryas
instructed us that the UpAyam of Prapatthi must not leave out
any one of the five angams of Prapatthi; otherwise , the performed
Prapatthi will not be successful. Of all the five angams, Mahaa VisvAsam
in the Lord is the most important angam . It is not easy to gain
MahA VisvAsam without AchArya KatAksham and UpakAram.
For Prapatthi done solely for Moksham , Saathvika ThyAgam
is considered as another angam of Prapatthi.
 
Our Lord has Parathvam (Supermacy ) as well as Soulabhyam
(ease of access by one and all). Those who get overwhelmed by
His Parathvam and are afraid to approach Him belong to the adhama
(lower) category among men ; those who comprehend His Soulabhyam
and approach Him are Parama AasthikAs . This is the view of
Swamy AppuLLAr , the AchAryan of Swamy Desikan.
 
Saanga-PrapadhanAdhikAram: the 12th chapter of SRTS
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Explanation of the Svaroopam of Prapatthi
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The 58th slOkam of Desika Prabhandham ( the19th slOkam
of AdhikAra Sangraham) explains the ways to perform one
of the four kinds of Prapatthi(Svanishtai, Ukthi Nishtai , AchArya
Nishtai and BhAgavatha Nishtai).
 
58) Our Lord has vowed to protect us because of our eternal
and indissoluable relationship with Him. He longs from ancient
times (anAdhi Kaalam) to gain us and blesses us with
His rejuvenating shower of Mercy. Our AchAryAs -- who have
seen the shores of VedAnthA-- recognize us as the Jeevans
needing that protection  of the most merciful Lord and have placed
us at His sacred feet for unfailing protection.
 
The key passage of this 58th Paasuram is: " MaRai soodiya
namm mannavar----perum tahavu uRRa PirAn adik-keezh
bharam aRavE yenRu adaikkalam vaitthanar" ( Our AchAryAs
as Emperors of VedAntham have placed us at the feet of our
most merciful Lord as objects that need protection from Him.
They did so because they wanted the chEthanam to banish
any thoughts about protecting itself by itself.
 
Additional Comments
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The act of reverential presentation (samarpaNam) of
the AathmA is the angi with five angAs , Aathma SamarpaNam
or Prapatthi. This angi (Prapatthi) or Bhara SamarpaNam 
with its five angams has the following three divisions:
 
1) Svaroopa SamarpaNam ( surrender of Aathma Svaroopam)
 
2) Aathma RakshA Bhara SamarpaNam ( surrender of the burden
    of the chEthanam's protection to the Lord Himself)
 
3) Phala SamarpaNam ( Surrender of the fruits of such
    a protection to the Lord Himself).  
 
Krutha-krithyAdhikAram: The 13th Chapter of SRTS
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The state of freedom from worries after Prapatthi
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The 59th Desika Prabhandha Paasuram is the 20th Paasuram of
AdhikAra Sangraham .
 
59) Our Lord VaradarAjan grants the boon of  Moksham to the chEthanam
that has performed Prapatthi . He does not stop there . He also grants
Moksham even to those , who are connected to the chEthnam . Even after that ,
our PeraruLALan keeps reflecting on what other boons He can grant to
the Prapannan. As a result of performing their Prapatthi , those  blessed
PrapannAs  acquire the qualites of being (1) our kings (2) nithyasooris
(3)  solely dedicated to their enjoyment of Parama Padham (4) ParamahamsAs
and (5) completers of all Yaj~nams .  
 
The key passage of this Paasuram is: " anbu udayArkku yenna varam tara
yenra Namm Atthigiri ThirumAl , namm mukkiyar Mannavar , ViNNavar ,Vaann
karutthOr , Annavar vELvi anaitthum muditthanar" aaha aruLinAn .
 
Additional Comments
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The reasons for celebrating the ChEthnam , who has performed
Prapatthi as Krutha Kruthyan and KruthArTan are : (1) The burden of
protection has been removed (2) the worries and fears about the sureness
of gaining the fruit of Moksham has been banished and the tranquilty was
gained (3) ParamaikAnthithvam resulted and the bonds to other dhaivams
were shattered . These all resulted as a direct consequence of the Lord ,
who is Sarva Sakthan ( Omnipotent) , Sarvaj~nan ( Omniscient ) and
Shaja Suhrudhi ( our well wisher by SvabhAvam) . He accepted the burden
of protecting us ( Sveekrutha BharE ) and as a result , the Prapannan became
Krutha Krutyan and Kaimkarya dhaninan ( the possessor of the wealth of
Kaimkaryam to the Lord). The Prapannan got immersed in the ParipoorNa
BrahmAnandham of the limitless ocean of Bliss ( nirupadhi MahAnandha
Jaladhi) . The Prapannan became krutha Kruthyan and has nothing to do
in this world for Moksha PrayOjanam any more ( YadharTam puna: 
karthavyam yath kinchidhapi ,  iha na: na ).
 
The Prapannan ( One who has performed Prapatthi) is now revered as
Budhan or the One who has clear knowledge about his svaroopam.
He abandons therefore all the acts that are forbidden by SaashtrAs
of the Lord and yield insignificant and transient pleasures( parimitha
sukha prApthyai kruthyam akruthyavath praheeNam ). During the rest
of the days in this samsAram ( post-prapatthi period) , the command of
the Lord  as revealed by His Saasthrams are used as a guide for conductance
of the life ( iha VibhO: aj~nAsthu: param Bhudhai: anupAlyathE).
 
Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
  
 
 
 
 

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