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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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