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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