NOTE: Readers having difficulty in reading the text may need to change their encoding to UTF-8. ------------- srI: SrI sAra sAram â I (49) -- I â ThirumantrAdhikAram -- The Significance of ânArAyaNanAyaâ --- SwAmi Desikan now explains how the word. ânArAyaNaâ contains in brief the ideas expressed in the Upanishad: âânaraâ Sabda-tthilE SOdhaka-vAkya-arthamum, ânAraâ Sabda-tthilE kArNa-vAkya-arthamum, âayanaâ Sabda-tthilE upAsana-vAkya-arthamm samgruhItam.â â There are three types of statements in the Upanishads. They are: 1) âSOdhaka-vAkyasâ â statements of determinative nature; 2) âkAraNa vAkyasâ â statements revealing the cause; 3) âupAsana-vAkyasâ â statements indicating the means to attain the goal. 1) The first type of Upanishad statements help clear the doubts that may arise in our mind as to whether the Lord Who is the cause of everything would have the defects of the effects. Here, the word, ânArAyaNaâ, contains the component word, ânaraâ. We have seen that ânaraâ means the sentient being which does not decay. Hence, this word contains the message of the determining statements of the Upanishads. 2) The second type of Upanishad statements explains that the Lord is cause of the world. These are known as âcausal statementsâ. The word, ânAraâ, a component of ânArAyaNaâ, indicates that everything appeared from the Lord, ânaraâ. Hence, He is the cause of everything in world. So, the word, ânAraâ contains the message of the causal statements of the Upanishads. 3) The third type of Upanishad statements shows that the Lord is the means of attaining âmOkshaâ. The word, âayanaâ indicates the Lord as the means of attaining the âmOkshaâ. Thus, ânArAyaNaâ is the epitome of the Upanishad statements. A question may arise: The syllable âaâ in the praNava, the ânaraâ and the âayanaâ seem to repeatedly refer to the Lord only. What is the need to refer to the Lord three times? SwAmi Desikan answers this question: âISvaranukku prathama-aksharatthilE rakshakatvAdikaLum ânaraâ SabdatthilE nityatvAdikaLum, âayanaâ Sabdatthil AdhAratvAdi-kaLum thORRukaiyAlE ivai moonRukkm prayOjana bhEdam uNDu.â â SwAmi Deikan says that the purpose of referring to the Lord three times through the syllable, âaâ in the praNava, and in the component words of ânaraâ and âayanaâ is different. The syllable âaâ reveals that the Lord is the protector of all; the word, ânaraâ, reveals the fact that He is eternal without any trace of decay; and the word, âayanaâ extols that He remains a support of all. Hence, the purpose is different in each case. Similarly, the purpose of referring to the jIva in the mantra is different, says Swami Desikan: âippaDi truteeya-aksharAdikaLilE jeevanukku cEtanatva-nityatva-vyApyatvAdi-kaL thORRukaiyAlE ivaiyum saprayOjanangaL.â â The third syllable, âmâ, in the praNava and the words, ânaraâ and âayanaâ, serve different purposes. The third syllable, âmâ, of the praNava informs us that the jIva is consciousness itself and has it as the quality too; the word ânaraâ indicates the un-decaying nature of the jIva; and the word, âayanaâ reveals that the jIva remains a place for the Lord to enter and mix with him. Thus, it is clear that these have different purposes. (To continue) dAsan anbil S.SrinivAsan ----------------- Share files, take polls, and make new friends - all under one roof. Go to http://in.promos.yahoo.com/groups/ ------------------------------------ Oppiliappan Koil Varadachari Sadagopan http://www.sadagopan.org Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:Oppiliappan-digest@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx mailto:Oppiliappan-fullfeatured@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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