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SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Dear BhakthAs :

First SlOkam of Sri Achyutha Sathakam 
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namatha ThridasAnAm NaaTam Sathyam sTira jyOthi:
Garudanadhee taDa tamAlam Ahindhranagara oushadhaachalaika gajEndhra:

(Meaning): SarvEswaran , the Lord of every one including Brahma and 
Rudran with the name of DhaivanAyakan is roaming majestically 
in the forests of  Oushadha Giri like a matchless male elephant . 
He appears as a pacchilai tree (TamAlam ) that grows on 
the banks of the nearby Garuda nadhee . He is like a powerful 
medicine for the disease of SamsArama and cooling balm 
for  the eyes  of those , who see Him . The lustre from His thirumeni 
mingles with the brilliance of His jewels in an ever resplendent 
manner. He will never abandon anyone , who sought His protection .
He has taken on the name of " adiyavarkku Meyyan or Natha Sathyan /
Daasa Sathyan " to assure that He will bless His adiyArs with the Phalans
arising from His sankalpam .May You all prostrate before this Dhaiva
Naayakan to destroy Your samsaric afflictions !

(Comments ) :   The key message from Swamy Desikan here is : 
" Achyutham namatha ". As a logician par excellence , Swamy 
Desikan states his case as to why we should worship the Lord of
Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

Swamy States  Five reasons why we he is asking us to prostrate before 
the  matchless Lord of ThirvEndhipuram  . After completing the composition
of the Beautiful 50 slOkams eulogizing Lord Deva Naayaka in "Deva Naayaka 
PanchAsath " , Swamy Desikan instructs us  to prostrate before the mighty Lord 
for the following five reasons :

1. He is "Daasa Sathyan or DaasAnAm Sathyan ".He is true to His devotees.
He is within easy reach of His devotees ( Bhaktha Sulabhan , Bhaktha Vathsalan).
He is unattainable to those , who show enimity to Him (Dhushta Dhurlabhan) .
Thirumangai Mannan describes this dhivya dEsam of DevanAthan as 
" adiyavarkku MeyyanAhiya Dhaiva Naayakan idam ". "adiyavarkku meyyan"
has the literal translation of " Daasa Sathyan " . When we prostrate before Him
as Daasa Sathyan , there is nothing for us to doubt about His anugraham .

2. He is " Achyuthan " . Avan kaivida MaattAn .He is One , whose karaavalampanam
is doubtless .He is steadfast and single minded about protecting His devotees ,
when they are in distress and cry out for His intervention .  He never slips 
from His exalted and incomparable position  . There is nothing superior to 
that position as Sarva Loka SaraNyan . There is no going back or back tracking 
once  He is approached as SaraNAgatha Rakshakan . He is Prapanna Jana
RakshaNa Dheekshithan . He has taken this eternal vow ( Nithya vrathee) 
to come to the help of those , who sought Him out as their sole protector .
The Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram " is incapable of slipping down in 
any manner or measure . This name means not only one that never 
fails or slips , but also One that never allows His adherents to fall or slip ".
This is Achyutha Tattvam behind the naming of this Sathakam as
Achyutha Sathakam . 

3. He is "sTira JyOthis" and "anaga JyOthis". He is a steady , unflickering ,
undiminishable JyOthi( lustre or effulgence) . He is the power behind all
the other JyOthis of the world and without Him , they can not shine : Tasya
BhAsA Sarvam idham vibhAthi ". Sri D.Ramaswamy IyengAr compares Him
to a DehaLi dheepam , which stays in the corridor between the front portion of 
the house and the interior ( dEhaLee JyOthi). He is also like a lamp 
shining on the top of the hill of Oushadha Giri for all to see and worship.

This sTira JyOthi is the eternal JyOthi referred to in ChAndhOgya Upanishad 
III.13.7 :
" atha yadat ata: parO dhivO JyOthi: dheepyatE " . Reference here is to 
the JyOthi , "which shines above this heaven , higher than all , highest than
every thing  , in the highest realms ( worlds) beyond which there are no other
worlds " . That is the JyOthir maya Brahman that is the sTira JyOthi at 
Thiruvaheendhra Puram . Brahman has been decribed as Sathya , Jn~Ana , 
Aanandha (Bliss )  , Ananta ( not confined to space or time or any other 
entity ) , hEya guNa rahithan ( Free from any blemishes ) , BhUtha Yoni
( the source of the Universe) , AadhAra ( The support for the Universe) ,
antaryAmi (inner controller ) , Purusha or the Supreme Personal God 
finally as JyOthis ( Supreme Light or radiance ) . This is the Supreme 
Personal God in the form of sTira JyOthis that lights the way across the 74 
steps that lead up to the Oushadha Giri , where that Jyothis has its abode .    

4. He is like a TamAla tree with "an ever-growing and never Fading lustre".
This TamAla tree has a dark greenish hue and has medicinal value . This 
Tamala tree known as Dhaiva Naayakan has the property of being 
the never-failing medicine for the disease of SamsAram .

5. He is the OushadAchala " BhEshajam " and "Bhishak" . He is the fail-proof 
medicine for the " incurable " disease of SamsAram ( asAdhya Bhava rOgasya 
bhEshajam ) and He is also the Physician , who is an unquestioned authority 
in the diagnosis  and the treatment of the SamsAric disease . He is the 
embodiment 
of the oushadham on Oushadhaachalam (Mountain of Oushadhams/Sanjeevi Giri ) . 

These then are the five reasons for Swamy Desikan to request us with  the 
unusual
choice of the word : "namatha" . 

Sri D.Ramaswamy (DR) IyengAr has  a different point of view about the meaning 
for " namatha " . He speculates that Swamy Desikan chose this word deliberately 
instead of the usual " vandhE " or " PrapadhyE " or "Paathu Maam " . By 
choosing 
"namatha" , Sri  DR IyengAr  suggests that Swamy Desikan has chosen Swamy 
NammAzhwAr's mode of communication , when He is in distress as ParAnkusa 
Naayaki and sends the birds and bees to worship and pray for him before the 
Lord 
on His behalf and secure the Lord's grace and unite "her " with "her " Lord  .  
This view is intriguing but adiyEn is more comfortable with the view that
intreprets "namatha" as an exhortation by an AchArya (Swamy Desikan) 
for us to prostrate before Dhaiva Naayakan and perform SaraNAgathy .

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 




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