Marghazhi Month : Day 3 ********************************* Sri: Dear BhakthAs of Thiruvaheendhrapuram Achyuthan: Let us study 5 more slOkams ( 21- 25) today . SlOkam 21 ************** ithi sarvEshAm samAna: SathyasTithO Daasa sathya sadhaa paripoorNa: kaTam vahasi pakshapAtham PaaNDava-- PramukhEshu prEshaNamapi sahamAna: (Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ):DaasaSathya ! Being thus impartial towards one and all , always taking Thy stand in truth , and ever full and complete , why and how dost thou evince partiality towards PaNDavAs and their like , putting up with being sent on errands ? (Comments ): In the previous slOkam , Swamy Desikan observed : Achyuthan is One who has no partiality and treats every one equally . Here Swamy Desikan asks : You are Daasa Sthyan . You are Samadarsi . There is nothing that You wish that You can not get (avAptha samastha Kaaman) . You are ParipoorNan . Even with all these celebrated Vaibhavams , the PaaNDavAs sent You as their messenger to the court of DhuryOdhanan .You became a charioteer to Arjunan . You performed the duties as PaaNDava dhUthan and PaarTa-Saarathy with patience and happiness . It appears that You have been partial here to the PaaNDavAs. How can we understand Your projecting Yourself as an impartial One , who treats every one equal ? How do You explain this ? The answer is true to His words as Natha Sathyan . He tried to intervene and avoid the Yuddham but the heartless KouravAs would not concede even an area the size of a pin head to the PaaNDavAs and wanted to keep all the Iswaryams that they gained illicitly through gambling . The Lord had also promised to correct the injustices done to Dhroupadhy in the court of KouravAs . He offered Himself without weapons to both KouravAs and PaaNDavAs . KouravAs rejected that offer and chose the armies of the Lord from DhvArakai . Arjuna opted for the Lord without weapons . The Lord treated them as equal . Our Lord also had His promise to BhUmi DEvi to reduce the burden of carrying many dushtAs like DuryOdhana and his supporters . He delivered that promise as Natha Sathyan to His Devi as well . SlOkam 22 **************** vishamE KarmamargE vipariskhalathAm vihvalitha karaNAnAm NaaTa nikhilAmanya: nAsthy Thvannathasathya hasthAlamBha: ( Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ): My Lord ! Natha Sathya ! To all those , who fumble in the course of pursuing karma-mArga and having staggering and trembling faculties , there is no one but Thee to extend a helping hand . (Comments): Here Swamy Desikan salutes the Lord as Aapath BhAndhavan and salutes the Lord as the One , who comes to the rescue of those following the ardous steps of Karma Yogam . During their upAsanA , the SaadhakAs choosing Karma Yoga ( and Jn~Ana , Bhakthi yOgAs as well ) experience difficulties that make them grieve and shudder . They get disillusioned . During those times none but the Lord comes to their rescue by giving His helping hand to lift them out of their miseries . " His is the only help available and possible ". " VishamE Karma MaargE " refers to the mysterious ( Vichithram) and tough Karma Maargam that requires enormous discipline to control the mind , body and speech . As one falters during the pursuit of Karma yOgam , one is overcome with sorrow arising from lack of progress towards the goal . The indhriyams of the Saadhaka weaken and tremble ( vipariskhalathAm vihvalitha KaraNAnAm nikhilAnAm ) . There is no helping hand to lift them out of their despondency except the Lord ( Thvath anyA: hastha AalamBha: na asthi ). SlOkam 23 ************** Jn ~Anasya kOavishya: Achyutha KaruNaastava kO dhUrasTitha: sakthE: kOathibhara: tasmAth khalu upAyas-ThvamEva svayam siddha: (Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ): Achyutha! Which object is beyond Thy comprehension ? Who is there beyond the reach of Thy Mercy ? Which load is too heavy for Thy sakthi ( prowess) ? None . ( Comments ): Oh AchyuthA ! Thou art Omniscient , Omnipotent and the most compassionate . You are Sarvaj~nan , whose Jn~Anam grasps every thing and sees all vasthus at the same time as Sarva Sakthan . Your matchless KaaruNyam is like a flood that reaches out to all , wherever they are . There is no one outside its reach . There is no burden that You can not bear as an omnipotent Lord . Therefore, You become the true SiddhOpAya ("Svayam siddha upAyam") . Siddha means complete in itself , perfect , ever existing , never failing and always at hand . This quality of the Lord is SvabhAvikam ( innate and inherent) . UpAyam means of liberation to gain Moksham . SiidhOpAyam is the UpAyam that exists even before we engage in the practise of SaadhyOpAyams like Bhakthi and Prapatthi Yogams . There are Karma , Jn~Ana , Bhakthi Yogams as well as Prapatthi Yogam . The Lord is the One (SiddhOpAyan) , who grants the fruits of all these Yogams ( UpAya anushtAnam /SaadhyOpAyams ) . SlOkam 24 ************** sankalpa-karNadhAra: Kinkara-sathya bhavasAgarE athigabheerE anagasthvam khalu pOtha AathmAnam krupA sameeraNEna prayuktha: Daasa-Sathya ! Thou art a faultless (efficent) ship for men , plying in the very deep ocean of SamsAra , having Thy will as the pilot and Thy KaruNaa as the wafting/propelling wind . ( Comments): Achyuthan is the safe and strong ship plying in the dangerous ocean of SamsAram . His will (sanklapam ) is the pilot of the ship . His unfailing Sahaja KaaruNyam is the one that wafts the ship across the SamsAric ocean . In the 38th slOkam of DayA Sathakam , Swamy Desikan reminds us of the Lord serving as the safe boat to ferry us across the terrible ocean of SamsAram : " Thvam bhava jaladhi gathAnAm pOthapAthree bhavithreee ". SlOkam 25 **************** Achyutha na dhadhathi mOksham Isvara bhAvEna bhAvithA ithara surA: rAthrim parivarthayithum laksham-AlEkhya dinakaraNAmapi na kshamam (Meaning according to D.R.Swamy ) : Achyutha! Other dEvAs regarded as IswarAs can not grant Moksham . Even a batch of pictures of the Sun are incompetent to do away with the night (drive away the darkness). ( Comments): For the Jeevan , which desires Moksha siddhi , the one and only God who can grant this boon is Achyutha NaarAyaNan . No other gods have the power to grant Moksham to Mumukshus . No other god by Himself or groups of gods as a collective assembly can confer the boon of Moksham . Their claim to be Moksham grantors is like thousands of pictures of the Sun drawn by an artist failing to confer warmth on earth . The real Sun alone can give warmth to the land . Similarly , Sriman NaarAyaNan alone can assure Moksham and not any one else . Swamy Desikan has already referred to His uniqueness in the 22nd slOkam of Achyutha Sathakam ( Thvattha: nAnyOasthi hasthAlamBha: ) and elaborates here that central doctrine associated with our Lord . Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Join modern day disciples reach the disfigured and poor with hope and healing http://us.click.yahoo.com/lMct6A/Vp3LAA/i1hLAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> 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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