sri:
sriman^n^igamaandha maHaadhEsikaaya nama:
seeraar_thooppul
thiruvEngadamudaiyaan thiruvadigaLE saraNam.
sriman^n^igamaandha maHaadhEsikan aruLiccheydha
sri
dhEsika prabandham
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seeronRu thooppul thiruvENG
gadamudaiyaan paaronRach sonna pazhamozhiyuL OronRu thaanE
amaiyaathO thaaraNiyil vaazhvaarkku vaanERap pOmaLavum vaazhvu
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7. Adaikkalap Paththu (by Sri. V. Sadagopan, USA)
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[This prabhandam is transliterated by Sri Parathasarathy
Dileepan and Sri Sampath Rengarajan and reproduced here with the
permission from Sri Ahobila Muth USA.]
Swami Desikan was moved to perform SaraNAgathi after the
unmatched nectar-like experience of tasting the subhAsrayam and the
anantha kalyANa guNams of Lord VaradarAjA presiding over Hasthigiri . He
used the Tamil metre of KocchahakkalippA to direct the flow of his emotion
, which rushed forth as the gushing water from a dam that collapsed .
7.1:
paththi mudhalaamavaRRuL pathi enakku
koodaamal
eththisaiyum ozhanROdi iLaiththuvizhum kaakampOl
muththi
tharum nagarEzhil mukkiyamaam kachchithannil
aththikiri aruLaaLarkku
adaikkalam naan pukunthEnE.
I surrender my soul at the sacred feet of PeraruLALan ,
who resides at the most important of the seven cities that bless their
residents with Moksham . I have come to the realization that I am
powerless to attain moksham through the difficult-to-practise Bhakthi
yOgam as upAyam . I have hence chosen Prapatthi at the lotus feet of
Varadhan as the saving grace for me and am performing saraNAgathi . This
act of mine (performance of SaraNAgathi at the Lord's feet as the helpless
one with no other recourse ) is like the deed of the evil-minded
KaakAsuran , who committed grave apachArams to the Lord's consort and was
yet saved by the Lord , when he fell at the feet of the Lord as a
saraNAgathan without any other recourse .
7.2:
sadaimudiyan sathumukanen
Rivarmuthalaan^ tharamellaa
madaiyavinaip payanaaki yazhinthuvidum
padikaNdu
kadimalaraaL piriyaatha kachchin^aka raththikiri
yidamudaiya varuLaaLa riNaiyadika LadainthEnE.
Here again ananya gathithvam is celebrated in another way
. I am offering my prapatthi at the sacred feet of PeraruLALan while fully
cognizant of the fact that the power and wealth of even BrahmA and SivA
are evanascent and transitory and fully dictated by their karma visEshams
. Once their accumulated puNyams are over , their status as powerful
demi-gods disappear . Knowing their alpa sukhams fully well, I am not
enamoured of such status and power . I seek therefore the lasting bliss of
moksham and nithya kaimkaryam in the Lord's Sri Vaikuntam through my
prapatthi.
7.3:
thanthirangaL vERinRith thamathuvazhi
yazhiyaathu
manthiranga dammaalu maRRumuLa vuraiyaalu
mantharangaN
dadipaNivaa ranaivarkku maruLpuriyuNY
sinthuraveR piRaiyavanaar
seelamala thaRiyEnE.
Here , Swami Desikan points out that all are eligible to
perform Prapatthi at the lotus feet of the Lord of Kaanchi and receive the
boon of Moksham from that act of self-surrendeer . I meditate on the
glorious attribute of VaradarAjAn , who blesses all without discrimination
, when they perform prapatthi unto Him . These are the virtuous ones , who
understand the difficulties of practising Bhakthi yOgam and understand
well the equal qualifications of all to perform prapatthi to gain the boon
of Moksham . They do not seek any other means than prapatthi and observe
their varNAsrama dharmams without slipping . They utter thereafter the
prapatthi manthram (svanishtai ) or follow the utterances of their
AchAryAs ( AchArya Nishtai ) and perform their prapatthi to the Lord , who
accepts it with joy and rewards them with the boon of mOksham .
7.4:
kaakamirak kathanmannar kaathalikath
thirapanthu
naagamara Nnayanmuthalaa naagan^aka raarthamakkum
pOkamuyar veedupeRap ponnaruLsey thamaikaNdu
naakamalai
naayakanaar nalladippOthu adainthEnE.
Here the reference is to Maha Viswasam that leads to the
fruition of one's prapatthi . I offer my prapatthi at the holy feet of
VaradarAjan inspired by the thought that He granted the boons of samsAra
bhOgam and Moksham as desired by them to the offending crow , VibhishAnAN
, Drowpathi , Kshathrabhandhu , GajEndran , KaaLiyan , Sivan , BrahmA and
all the dEvAs .
7.5:
ukakkumavai yukanthukavaa
vanaiththumozhin^ thuRavukuNa
mikaththuNivu peRavuNarnthu viyan_gaava
lenavariththus
sakaththiloru pukalilaath thavamaRiyEn mathidkachchi
nakar_karuNai naathanain^al ladaikkalamaa yadain^dEnE.
Here , Swami Desikan reveals that he has performed the
prapatthi at the Lord's feet in the proper manner with the five angAs of
Prapatthi .The words of the prabhandham connected to the five angams are :
uhakkumavai uhanthu -- AanukUlya Sankalpam
uhavAvanaitthumozhindhu--PrAthikUlya Varjanam
mihat thuNivu
peRavuNarndhu-- mahA visvAsam
kAvalena varitthu-- gopthruva VaraNam
puhalillAt tavamaRiyEn -- kArpaNyam
With these words , Swami Desikan points out that he has
performed aathma samarpaNam with its five limbs .
7.6:
aLavudaiyaa radainthaarkku mathanuraiyE
koNdavarkkum
vaLavuraithan^ thavanaruLE manniyamaa thavaththOrkkuNG
kaLavozhivaa remarenna visainthavarkkuNG kaavalaraan^
thuLavamudi
yaruLvarathar thuvakkilenai vaiththEnE.
Here, Swami Deikan refers to the four kinds of Prapatthi
: Svanishtai , Ukthi nishtai, AchArya nishtai and BhAgavatha nishtai.
Swami says that he has performed prapatthi at the lotus feet of Varadhan ,
who grants the boon of Moksham to one , who has performed any one of the
four kinds of Prapatthi .
7.7:
umathadika LadaikinRE NnenRorukaa
luraiththavarai
yamaiyumini yenpavar_pO lancalenak karamvaiththun^
thamathanaiththu mavarthamakku vazhangiyunthaa mikaviLangu
mamaivudaiya varuLaaLa radiyiNaiyai yadainthEnE.
The meaning of the Abhaya MudrA of Varadhan is ceelbrated
here . The Lord is resplendent at the sight of the prapannA and blesses
him to enjoy all of His Isvaryam and looks at the prapannA with great
compassion and reveals through the gesture of Abhaya MudrA that his
one-time praaptthi alone is sufficinet to enjoy all of that bliss . I
surrender my aathmA to that glorious and merciful Lord , who grants such
matchless boons .
7.8:
thiNmaikuRai yaamaikku niRaikaikkun^
thiivinaiyaa
luNmaimaRa vaamaikku muLamathiyi lukakkaikkun^
thaNmaikazhi yaamaikkun^ tharikkaikkun^ thaNikaikkum
vaNmaiyudai
yaruLaaLar vaasakangaL maRavEnE.
Here , the conductance of one's life in the
post-prapatthi period is described by our ParamAchAryA . I repeately
reflect on the meaning of the Lord's sarama slOkam and the assurances
given by Him there to the one , who has performed prapatthi . I remind
myself that as a prapannan , I must have unshakable faith in the assured
fruits of my prapatthi .
I pray for the further enhancement of my bhakthi and
Jnaanam . I shall never forget my utter servititude to You and You alone.
I shall stay in a happy and tranquil mood with the knowledge of the
essence of the rahasyArthAs . I will bear my days on the earth without
agitation over the delay in realizing moksham . I will forget the sorrows
of SamsAram that is inevitable during the days on earth after performing
my prapatthi at Your saced feet . This way , I will spend my
post-prapatthi life .
7.9:
surithin^inai vivaiyaRiyun^
thuNivudaiyaar thoomozhikaL
parithimathi yaasiriyar paasurancErn^
tharukkaNangaL
karuthiyoru theLivaaLaaR kalakkamaRuth thaththikirip
parithimathi nayanamudai paramanadi paNinthEnE.
As a prapannA , I worship always the Lotus feet of
PeraruLALan with a tranquil mind calmed by the clear understanding of the
meanings of Sruthis , Smruthis , AzhwAr's Sri Sookthis , AchAryA's Sri
Sookthis that deal with the sookshmArthams of VedAnthams .
7.10:
thirumakaLun^ thiruvadivun^
thiruvaruLun^ theLLarivu
marumaiyilaa maiyumuRavu maLappariya
vadiyarasuNG
karumamazhip paLippamaippuNG kalakkamilaa vakain^inRa
varuL varathar nilaiyilakki lampenan^aa NnamizhnthEnE.
I have joined without fail the majestic and glorious feet
of the Lord , who is never separated from His beloved consort. He has the
most bewitching beauty. He is an ocean of mercy . His dayA for His
devotees is unmatched. He is omniscient . He is easy of access to His
devotees . He has the chEthanAs and achEthanmas as His body . He is the
supreme Lord of all of this universe .He is the one , who creates ,
protects and destroys all of this world and its beings . These auspicious
attributes will never part company with the Lord . I have now joined with
this PeraruLALan of such anantha kalyANa guNa vaibhavam .
7.11:
aaRupayan vERillaa vadiyavar_ka
Lanaivarkku
maaRumathan payanumivai yorukaalum palakaalu
maaRupaya
NnenavEkaN daruLaaLa radiyiNaimER
kooRiyan^aR kuNavuraika
LivaipaththuNG kOthilavE.
These ten verses dealing with my SaraNAgathi at the
sacred feet of the Lord of Kanchi will shine without any faults forever.
BhagavathAs seek the Lord as upAyam and palan . They observe prapatthi
once at His feet. The fruits of the one time prapatthi however lasts
forever and is most enjoyable . Understanding the above truths and the
sigmificance of such a prapatthi , I have performed my own prapatthi and
sung about them in a manner matching their blemishless aathma samarpaNams
.
adivaravu: paththi,
sadaimudiyan, thandhirangaL, kaagam, ugakkum, aLavudaiyaar, umathadikaL,
suruthi, thirumagaL, aaRupayan, amalan.
seeraar_thooppul
thiruvEngadamudaiyaan thiruvadigaLE saraNam.
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