Panguni Utthira sErthi sEvai Dinam at SrI Rangam
NyAsa Dasakam is a very important sthOthram , which
is the echo in Sanskrit
for the Tamil Prabhandham of Adaikkala Patthu of
Swamy Desikan .Together ,
they should be recited and understood every day and
if not atleast on this sacred day.
V.Sadagopan
nYAsa dasakam V. Sadagopan
SrimAn VenkatanAthArya: kavithArkika kesarI | VedAnthAchAryavaryO mE
samnidhaattAm sadhA hrudhi || Swami Sri Desikan has blessed us with many
granthams on the doctrines of NyAsam or Prapatthi . One of the most
substantive and short sthuthi on the subject of NyAsam consists of ten verses
and is known as NyAsa Dasakam . Because of the importance of this work as the
distilled essence of the principles of NyAsam and the method of performance of
NyAsam , Sri VaishNavAs recite NyAsa Dasakam at their homes during their daily
aarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNan .
Sri NyAsa Dasakam is associated with the Prapatthi that Swami Sri Desikan
performed at the sacred feet of Kanchi VaradarAjan . The topics covered are :
(1) The method of performing nyAsam or Bhara SamarpaNam (2) the five
limbs of nyAsam (3) the method of enacting sAthvika thyAgam (4) his
prayer to the Lord for moksham at the end of his life on His earth (5) his
prayer for the blessings of service to the Lord during his life on His earth
(6) his appeal for the Lord's grace for tolerating any sins committed
during his days as a prapannA .
Swami Sri Desikan elaborated further the glories of the doctrines of nyAsam
in his other granthams such as Sri nyAsa vimsathi , Sri nyAsa tilakam ,
SaraNAgathi deepikai , Adaikkala patthu , mummaNik kovai , Anjali vaibhavam ,
Abhaya pradhana sAram , Rahasya sikhAmaNi and in his magnum opus , Srimadh
Rahasya Traya Saaram . The significance of nyAsa dasakam however is due to the
clarity and brevity with which our AchAryan summarized in just ten slokAs ,
the essence of nyAsam or bhara samarpaNam .
SlOkam 1
aham madhrakshaNabharO madhrakshaNa palam tathA | na mama
SripathErevEthyAthmAnam nikshipEth bhudha: || A viveki ( one with
disrininating intellect ) should surrender at the Lord's feet his AthmA
(svarUpa samarpaNam ) , the responsibilities for his protection ( Bhara
samarpaNam ) and the fruits of that protection ( pala samarpaNam ) . He should
performbhara nyAsam in this manner and understand that his AthmA ,protection
and the fruits of such protection does not belong tohim , but only to Sriman
NaarAyaNan.
SlOkam 2
nyasyAmakinchana: Sriman anukUlOanyavarjitha: | viswasa
prArthanApUrvam AthmarakshAbharam thvayi || Oh my Master !
Sriman-NaarAyanA ! I surrender at Your lotus feet the total responsibilities
for my protection . I have no other means . I will perform only the duties
that please You ( AnukUlya sankalpam ). I will not transgress the codes of
conduct prescribed by You in Your sAstrAs ( PrAthikUlya varjanam ) . I am
totally unfit for pursuit of any paths of deliverance ; hence I stand before
You with utter humility about my helplessness ( kArpaNyam ) . I have total and
enduring faith in Your coming to my protection ( MahA visvAsam ) and I entrust
my protection entirely to you with this prayerful appeal ( Gopthruva VaraNam )
. Here Swami Sri Desikan performs prapatthi with its five limbs .
SlOkam 3
SwAmI svasEsham svavasam svabharathvEna nirbharam | svadhattha
svadhiyA svArtham svasmin nyasyathi mAm svayam || Srima NaarAyaNan is the
supreme Lord of all . As His bonded servant , I am completely under His
control . He blessed me with the knowledge about Himself out of His own
accord. He has accepted me as His responsibility for protection. He has thus
removed all my worries about my protection with that gift of knowledge. The
fruits of my protection belong entirely to Him . He frees me from any
connection to the fruits resulting from His protection out of His own free
will and accepts me .
In this slOkam , Swami Sri Desikan refers to his performance of Saathvika
thyAgam constituted by its three parts : (1) Karthruva thyAgam (2) mamathA
thyAgam (3) pala thyAgam .
SlOkam 4
Sriman abheeshta Varada tvAmasmi saraNam gatha: | yEdhaddEhAvasAnE
mAm tvadh paadham prApaya svayam || Oh my Lord who is always with Your
consort ! Oh Master who is hailed as Varadhan because of Your disposition to
grant all the boons that Your devotees ask for ! I have now performed bhara
nyAsam at Your sacred feet . Please grant me the boon of reaching Sri
Vaikuntam at the end of my stay on this earth and perform nithya kaimkaryam
there for You .
SlOkam 5
tvacchsEshathvE sthiradhiyam tvath prApthyEka prayOjanam | nishiddha
kAmyarahitham kuru mAm nithya kinkaram || Oh VaradarAjA ! I am a prapannan
at Your holy feet. I am firm of thought about my status as Your servant . That
thought will never leave me. My mind is not seeking any fruits other than the
enjoyment of Your limitless auspicious attributes. Please bless me not to
engage in any acts forbidden by Your sAsthrAs . Please grant me the boon of
uninterrupted service to you , while on Your earth . All of this will not
happen without Your dayA . Please bless me !
SlOkam 6
dEvi bhUshaNa hEthyAdhi jushtasya bhagavamsthava | nithyam
niraparAdhEshu kaimkaryEshu niyunkshva mAm || Oh my Lord ! You are served
endearingly by Your beloved consorts. Your AbharaNams and Ayudhams serve You
by association with Your auspicious body . I am deeply desirous of performing
eternal service to You , who is accompanied by Your dEvis , weapons and
AbharaNams . Please therefore bless me with the duties that are dear to Your
heart and accept them .
SlOkam 7
mAm madheeyam cha nikilam chEthanAchEthanAthmakam |
svakaimkaryOpakaraNam Varadha sveekuru svayam || Oh Lord VaradarAjA !
Please accept out of the fullness of Your heart myself , all that is mine and
my kaimkaryam . Please make me an instrument of Your kaimkaryam and have the
services to You done by Yourself through me. In this effort , please use all
that is " mine" ( my wife , my children , my house , my garden and all other
property ) . I have nothing left to do , nor even the power to place any thing
at Your disposal since they - my Self , my worldly properties-- are already
Yours .
SlOkam 8
tvadEka rakshyasya mama tvamEva KaruNAkara | na pravarthaya pApAni
pravrutthAni nivarthaya || Oh Lord VaradhA , the ocean of Mercy ! There is
no one except You to protect me. Please grant me the boon not to commit
anymore sins . Please also destroy out of Your limitless compassion all the
sins that I have accumulated so far .
SlOkam 9
akruthyAnAm cha karaNam kruthyAnAm varjanam cha mE | kshamasva
nikhilam dEva PraNathArthihara prabhO || Oh VaradarAjA known for
destroying the samsAric sufferings of Your dear devotees! Your power has no
limits. You are capable of executing whatever You desire. I have transgressed
the injunctions of Your sAsthrAs; I have abandoned the karmAs prescribed by
You in those sAsthrAs . Please forgive all of these trespasses of mine and
protect me . The power of Your pardon alone can destroy my sins .
SlOkam 10
SrimAn niyatha panchAngam madhrakshaNa bharArpaNam | acheekarath
svayam svasmin athOhamiha nirbhara : || Oh Lord VaradarAjA always in the
company of PerundEvi ThAyAr ! YOU have YOURSELF executed the bhara nyAsam for
me at Your sacred feet . You have completed my prapatthi in its entirety with
its five limbs . You have accepted now the responsibilities for my protection
. I am therefore freed of any worries about my protection and lead my life as
a prapannA with peace and tranquility .
With this slOkam , Swami Sri Desikan brought to a conclusion , the sAthvika
thyAgam that he commenced in the third slOkam of nyAsa dasakam
Subhamasthu
kavithArkika simhAya kalyANa guNasAlinE | SrimathE VenkatEsAya
vEdhAntha guravE nama: || Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan
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