ThiruppANAzhwAr AvathAra Dinam SRI: SrI NaarAyaNa Yatheendhra MahA DesikAya Nama: Dear BhakthAs : Today , adiyEn will cover slOkams 9 to 11 . SlOkam 9 ************** 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 ************** 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 **************** 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 ) . 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