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ThiruppANAzhwAr AvathAra Dinam

SRI:

SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Dear BhakthAs :

Today , adiyEn will cover slOkams 9 to 11 . 

SlOkam 9
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karOshi na kriyasE kEnApi sTApayasi na samsTApyasE ananya sTitha:
harasi nikhilam na hriyasE Aheendhra-nagrEndhra anaga-jyOthi: sphuran

(Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ): Oh Lord of Ahindranagaram ! 
Thou shinest as a faultless effulgence (Knowledge) by Thyself 
without any outside help . Thou dost create every thing but Thou art 
not created by any one . Thou dost protect  but are not protected by
any one else . Thou dost destroy , but art indestructible .

(Comments): Oh Lord of Thiruvaheendhrapuram ! Oh Lord with unchanging
sankalpa-maya jyOthi (effulgence ) ! No one is powerful enough to alter Your 
sankalpam (will) . All deeds of Yours are empowered by Your sankalpam . 

You bear everything in this universe but nothing supports You as Your
AadhAram .You create the entire universe with Your sankalpam but no one 
can be identified as Your creator . With the power of Your sankalpam , 
You protect all the entities of this universe but no one protects You .
Your sankalpa Balam destroys the world during PraLayam but You can
not be destroyed by anyone. Thus You carry out Your duties of Creation,
Protection , destruction and bearing of the Universe and its beings 
with the majestic power of Your sankalpam without assistance from any one .
It is for these reasons , You are saluted as the Para Devathai (Supreme One).

(Additional Observations) : In the previous slOkam , the svaroopam ( essential
nature ) and the svabhAvam ( inherent property )of the Supreme Being ( the 
ultimate
God-head)  was " postulated " in the Upanishadic language . In this slOkam , 
the svaroopam and svabhAvam of the Achyutha Para Brahman is recast 
in terms of the Brahma Soothram ( Jagath VyApArathvam ) . 

Sri D.R. Swamy points out that the MangaLa slOkam of Brahma Soothram 
(akhila bhuvana janma sTEma-bhangAdhi leelE ) and the soothram 1.1.2 
( JanmAdhyasya yatha: )  repostulate what Upanishads (Taittiriyam III.1
and ChAndhOgyam VI.ii.1 and 3) state . Here , the Upanishads and the Brahma
Soothram ( 1.1.2) deal with the svabhAvam and svaroopam of Brahman as
Omniscient , Omnipotent , Dayaa-Nidhi from whom proceeds the origin ,
sustenance and dissolution of the multitudinous and multi-faceted 
entities of the world .

It has been pointed out that Swamy Desikan goes one step beyond as 
NigamAntha MahA Desikan . He accepts the Lord as the Creator , protector
and the destroyer of all the entities of the world ( Tava anaga JyOthi:
sphuran nikhilam karOthi , sTApayathi , harathi) ; Swamy Desikan adds 
that He does it all without any external help ( ananya sTitha: karOthi ,
sTApayathi , harathy ) . He does it all by Himself and that is the uniqueness
of this "anaga jyOthi " ( unchanging sanklapa JyOthi of the Supreme Being,
Aheendhra Nagara NaaTan) .       

SlOkam 10
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aNU pramithasya api Achyuta Sakthis-tava sakala-dhAraNAdhi prabhUthA
tEna PrathivasthupoorNa: srUyasE  aprathihatha nija-sTithi: sarvagatha:

(Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ) : Achyuta ! Even while Thou art contained 
in an atom , Thy prowess in regard to supporting all objects is immense . Hence 
,
Thou art proclaimed by the VedAs as One having untrammeled existence 
(everywhere) and spreading Thyself everywhere , fully manifest Thyself in
each and every object .

( Comments): Oh Lord Dhaiva Naayaka , who does not abandon any one ,
who sought Your protection ! You enter into atomic sized vasthus and pervade
them . You are the indweller in all objects of every size . There is no place , 
where
You are absent . While You are inside the atomic-sized or gigantic-sized 
vasthus ,
You display Your power to bear them and direct them . You thus display Your
fullness (PoorNathvam) in all objects . Vedam salutes You therefore as 
Prathi-vasthu
PoorNan . There are no obstacles for Your pervasion of all objects. You are 
the indweller of them all and pervade them outside as well . You surround them 
(vyApthi) inside and outside .  

( Additional Observations ) :  The " Prathi-Vasthu PoorNathvam " of the Supreme
Being is emphasized in this slOkam . He is even inside the tiniest atom and
still retains His capacity to protect and direct every thing . Thus He retains 
His
PoorNathvam in the tiniest or largest objects and is saluted by the Sruthis 
as Prathi-Vasthu PoorNan . He stays in every vasthu and everywhere as 
ParipoorNan ( OmkArAthmaka Iswara tatthvam ) . Sruthis therefore eulogize 
Him as " Pathim VisvasyAthmEswaram " and " yEsha SarvabhUtha antharAthmA 
apahathapApmA dhivyO Deva yEkO NaarAyaNa: " .  The Saanthi mantram of 
IsAvAsya Upanishad invokes this ParipoorNa Tatthvam of the Lord by 
invoking it (PoorNam)  SEVEN times :

"Om PoorNamadha: PoorNamidham PoorNAth PoorNamudhachyathE
  PoorNasya PoorNamAdhAya PoorNamEvAvaSishyathE "   

SlOkam 11
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sakalAnAm dharaNa niyamana SwAmithva niyama samsTitha: sarvatanu:
SrUyasE Achyuta sarva: svayam darSitha kArya-kAraNathva karBhura:

(Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ) : Achyutha ! Thou doth always support 
and sustain every time , doth command them (into action) and doth stand out
as their overlord . By having everything and everyone as Thy body , Thou dost 
demonstrate that  Thou art both cause and effect mixed together . Therefore,
the VedAs refer to You as all (Sarva: ).

(Comments): Oh Achyuta ! You bear all the objects of the universe (i-e) with 
Your
svaroopam , You make the vasthus retain their svaroopams .You direct and
command all the vasthus while staying as their indweller . You stay as their 
Lord (SwAmi) (i-e) You accept through Your Lordship all the phalans from
their actions as Your own . These three aspects -- supporting , commanding
and staying as the Master -- stay with You always. As a result , all the 
vasthus 
become  Your body (Sareeram) and You stay as their AathmA . You accept
the gross objects (SthUla vasthus) as Your Sareeram and become the cause
(  the Kaarya PoruLkaL) . You use sookshma vathus (subtle objects) as sareeram 
and become kaaraNa PoruL .Therefore all the sabdhams describing 
the entire SthUla and Sookshma vasthus only denote You . Therefore Vedas 
recite that " YOU ARE EVERY THING " . 

(Additional Observations) : The PradhAna Paritantram ( the central doctrine)
of VisishtAdhvaitham (Viz) ., the body-soul relationship between the world 
and the Lord is referred to here .  This cardinal doctrine and the implications 
of this relationship has been referred through the salutation of Lord 
DevanAthan 
as "Sarva Tanu" ( One who has got the individual souls and the inert matter as 
His body ) .The sentients and the insentients are His body(Tanu/Sareeram) and 
He is their antharAthmaa/indweller . He is their AadhAram ( Support) , NiyAmyan
( Commander ) and Seshi ( Master) . The Chetanams and achEtanams forming 
the Lord's body are the AadhEyam ( Supported) , NiyAmya ( one that is 
commanded) 
and Seshan ( servant , one who exists for the benefit/enjoyment of the Seshi) .

The first half of the slOkam focuses on this cardinal doctrine :

sakalAnAm dharaNa-niyamana-swAmithva niyama samsTitha: sarva tanu:   

Our Lord is responsible for dharaNam ( supporting) , Niymanam ( directing )
and Swamithvam ( Lordship) . He never slips from this sTaanam as Achyuthan 
( niyama samsTithan) and has all of the sentients and insentients as His body
( Sarvatanu: ) .

The second half of the slOkam focuses on another cardinal doctrine of 
VisishtAdhvaitham:

SrUyasE Achyuta sarva: svayam darsitha Kaarya-KaaraNathva karBhura:  

Here reference is made to the VedAs saluting the Lord as the Cause and 
the Effect ( KaaraNam and Kaaryam ) . Thus He covers all and is "Sarvan " .
He has gross objects as His body and becomes Kaarya Vasthu ; He has
subtle vasthus as His body as well and becomes KaaraNa Vasthu. 
All the sabdhams describing the entire range of vasthus thus refer 
to Achyuthan . Therefore , the VedAs salute Him : " Tath Sarvam 
Thvamasi " ( Thou art every thing ) .
   
Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 



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