SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Swamy
AlavanthAr :
The 22nd slOkam is another
profound slOkam , where
He performs His SaraNAgathy
at the lotus feet of the Lord .
na dharmanishtOsmi , na
chAthmavEdhee ,
na
bhakthimAmsthvaccharaNAravindhE
akinchanO-ananyagathi:
SaraNya !
Thvath-pAdhamoolam SaraNam
PrapadhyE
adiyEn will cover both the
commentaries of PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai
and the KaalkshEpam of HH
Srimath Srirangam PeriyANDavan on
April 24 on this slOkam
following Swamy Desikan's insightful
VyAkyAnam
. adiyEn will
take up PeriyavAcchAn PiLLai's
commentary first
.
Meanings
of the Padhams ( Pada Urai) of the 22nd SlOkam:
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SaraNya = Oh Lord most
appropriate for performing one's SaraNAgathy !
Dharmanishta: na asmi =
adiyEn is not rooted in Karma yOgam .
AathmavEdhee cha na asmi =
adiyEn does not possess aathma Jn~Anam
either (i-e) ., adiyEn is not
proficient in Jn~Ana Yogam .
Thvath CharaNa
aravindhE bhakthimAn na asthi = adiyEn does not
possess
Bhakthi at your lotus
feet . adiyen is inept in practising Bhakthi yOgam .
akinchana: = adiyEn
does not have any means(upAyam) for seeking Moksham .
ananya gathi : = adiyEn has
no one to claim as my protector .
Thvath Paadhamoolam yE
prapath = adiyEn has chosen
Your Lotus feet as the
object of my protection .
AvathArikai( Introductory
Comments) :
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Swamy AlavanthAr describes
his fitness
(adhikAram ) for SaraNAgathy
and performs
his celebrated
prapatthi anushtAnam here . In the earlier slOkams ,
"thvAm seela "
( 15th slOkam )
and Ullangitha ( 16th slOkam ) , Swamy AlavanthAr
referred to
dhushprakruthis (
those with dhurAchArams) not being able to comprehend
the Lord's vaibhavam and that
Sathprakruthis (
Sath GuNa sampannAs) alone
would be able to
understand and celebrate His glorious KalyANa guNams .
In the 21st ( previous)
slOkam , " NamO namO: " , Swamy AlavanthAr described
the required state
of mind of a PrApthaa ( one who arrives before
the Lord ,
the Praapyan) ; that
PrAptha should understand his nija svaroopam
as a
Paratantran ( liege of the Lord in every way or one has no Svatantram
or
one who
has set aside himself and all his belongings for samarpaNam to
the SarvasmAth Paran alone)
for realizing successful SaraNagathy . One who
thinks that he is a
Svatantran and is in control of himself and his activities
will
not advance far in his
efforts of SaraNAgathy anushtAanm . The Successful
SaraNAgathy is not realized
by one's own sakthi ( "sva-sakthi koNDu aasrayikkum
vishayam alla
") ; it will
succeed only when such an anushtAnam is preceded by
aakinchanyam ( approaching as
a helpless one without any recourse or UpAyam;
that aakinchanyam leads
one to a state of utter humility to perform Prapatthi ) .
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Detailed VyAkyAnam :" na
dharmanishtOsmi " : adiyEn can not
claim to be a dhArmikan ; adiyEn can not
identify myself as a naasthikan either.
adiyEn does not have the nishtai ( strenous effort) to hold on to
Your sacred feet
for
my deliverance
from this cruel samsAric tApams . adiyEn conducts myself
in a way that
deludes others to think that adiyEn is a
dhArmikan
engaged in the practise of
Karma yOgam . adiyEn is mesmerized to think
that adiyEn will have
deliverance inspite of my imperfect observance of
Karma yOgam . adiyEn does not
have the dedication( tapas) to stay
steadfastly
with the
activities that will facilitate me to attain Your sacred feet
.
" na cha aathmavEdhi" :
adiyEn is not proficient in Jn~Anan yOgam
.
adiyEn has
not practised karma yOgam well to destroy my sins to qualify for
aathma yaathAthmya
darsana jn~ana yOga soubhAgayam . adiyEn does not
hence
qualify to claim
myself as a Jn~Ani dear to You ( Geethai: 7-19) who
attains
You after efforts in many
successive janmAs and recognizes You as his
sarvam :
bahUnAm
janmanAmanthe Jn~AnavAn mAmm prapadhyathE
VaasudEva; saravamithi sa
mahAthmaa sudhurlabha:
That kind of Jn~Anam has
escaped me. adiyEn is devoid of the power of
such Jn~Ana yOga siddhi
to reach Your sacred feet . adiyEn has no
JanmAnthara SamskArams
that would have granted me Jn~Ana yOgam .
ThvaccharaNAravindhE na bhakthimAn : adiyEn does not
possess the firm and
unceasing bhakthi ( anavaratha bhakthi) for Your
most sacred and
delectable feet ( niradhisaya
bhOgyam) . Bhakthi yOgam
has Karma and Jn~Ana
yOgams as angams . It is no surprise that adiyEn
is deficient in the
anushtAnam of bhakthi yOgam because adiyEn is
seriously
deficient in both karma
and Jn~Ana yOgams .
akinchana : adiyEn is without any means (UpAyam) to gain You as
my rakshakan . adiyEn does
not have the compassion ( anutApam) that
results from the possession
of the aathma guNams . adiyEn is severely
deficient in possessing these
required aathma guNams .
ananyagathi: AdiyEn has no
other recourse except You . Puhal
aRRavan .
SaraNya !
: Oh Lord ! You are the
SaraNa-varanaarhan for those akinchanaas .
You are the only recourse for
those , who have no means to protect themselves .
Thvath Paadhamoolam
SaraNam prapadhyE : adiyEn seeks
the lotus feet of Yours
celebrated for their soulabhyam (ease of
access) and
perform my Prapatthi for
banishing all the enemies ( VirOdhi Nivrutthi)
against
the realization of nithya
Kaimakrya Siddhi in Your Supreme abode .
Through this slOkam ,
Swamy AlavanthAr focused on his adhikAri svaroopam
and engaged in
SaraNAgathy prayOgam .
Next , adiyEn
will cover the VyAkyAnam of Swamy Desikan on this slOkam
as
intrepreted by HH Srimath
Srirangam Andavan .
HH
Srimath Srirangam Andavan blessed us with a lucid commentary
for this slOkam from Swamy Desikan's
SthOthra Rathna BhAshyam .
it was a most enjoyable upanyAsam that
covered the fine points that
Swamy Desikan commented upon regarding
SaraNAgathy Saasthram .
Swamy AlavanthAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
SadagOpan
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