Dear BhakthAs:
It is my pleasure to follow up on my earlier
brief announcement
about the most recent release (Feb 2004)
of the English monograph on
Swamy VedAntha Desikan's magnum opus , "SrImad
Rahasya
Thraya Saaram " by Dr.NSA Swamy..
The Kaimkaryam of Dr.NSA Swamy to educate , enlighten and inform
SrI VaishNavAs has spread over many decades. His
likhitha kaimkaryam
has covered many topics ranging from Upanishads to
anushtAnam . He has written
in number of languages to reach out to his diverse
target audiences. Many are indebted to
him for the care with which he has assembled these
many scholarly monographs .
The most recent among his scholarly monographs is
about Swamy Desikan's sacred
text revered as " SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram "
written in MaNipravALam text .
There are five vyAkhyAnams for the grand text of
Swamy Desikan by our poorvAchAryAs.
Dr.NSA Swamy has gone through all of them many
times in his one on one kaalakshEpams .
In this mopnograph , Dr.NSA Swamy has condensed and
presented the essence of
the above commentaries in English for the benefit
of all in general and for those , who could
not access the original text or commentaries in
Tamil or MaNipravAlam (Mixture of Tamil and
Sanskrit) in particular . This is a great and
timely service especailly to the youngeer generation
of SrI VaishNavAs , who are thirsting to know more
about our PoorvAchArya granthams.
SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram focuses on the inner
meanings of the three rahsyams
that are taught by a SadAchAryan to a discerning
Sishyan in private .These three rahasyams
are :
(1) Moola Manthram or AshtAksharam ( the manthram
with of SrIman NaarAyaNa
with 8 aksharams/syllables) .
The condensed meaning of Moola Manthram is : SrIman
NaarAyaNan is the protector
of all (Sarva Rakshakan). He is eternal and is
always accompanied by His PirAtti.
He is the One , who blesses all janthus with
Jn~Anam and makes them travel in
auspicious paths. He has anantha kalyANa guNams and
has a dhivya ThirumEni.
He is the Creator of all sentients and insentients
existing in this prapancham .
He is both means and the end for the chEthanams. He
is the aadharam for all
and stands as antharyAmi inside them all through
anupravEsam.
Jeevan is the embodiment of Jn~Anam . Jeevan's
attribute is Jn~Anam .
Jeevan is of atomic size . Jeevan is
different from Iswaran and achEthanam.
This Jeevan is the eternal/bonded servant of the
dhivya dampathis. Jeevan is not
master of anything or anybody and stays
attracted to SrIman NaarAyaNan.Jeevan
has no svatantram of its own.This Jeevan vows with
all these features to perform
uninterrupted Kaimkaryam to SrIman
NaarAyaNan.
2) The dhvaya manthram has 25 syllables and is an
elaboration of the UpAyam
and Phalan , which are covered succinctly by Moola
Manthram . Since it elaborates on
both the means ( upAyam ) and Fruits ( Phalan )
arising from the obeservance of
that upAyam , it is named as the Dhvaya
manthram.
The integrated meaning of Dhvayam is: adiyEn
performs prapathti with its five angams
as an incompetent one , who is unable to
practise other upAyams . adiyEn performs this
aathma samarpaNam without worries about my
protection or interest in the phalans
of that aathma samarpaNam. SrIman NaarAyaNan is
Sarva Swamy and the insatiable
nectar , who is enjoyable by every one. He is never
ever separated from His divine
consort, MahA Lakshmi .adiyEn performs this
prapatthi for gaining paripoorNa
nithya kaimakryam to the dhivya dampathis at all
places , times and states
after removal of all obstacles that stood in the
way of nithya kaimkaryam and
enjoying paripoorNa BrahmAnandham at Their Supreme
Abode.
3) Charama SlOkam , the third rahasyam has
32 syllables and was given to us
by GithAchAryan using Arjuna as a vyAjam.Here
GithAchAryan instructs & assures us :
Oh ChEthanam ! Your Jn~Anam and sakthi are trivial .You live for a
precious
little time on this earth. You chafe at the delay
in gaining MOksha sukham.
You are inacapable of understanding or putting
in to practise other upAyams
for Moksham like Bhakthi Yogam , which yield phalan
in a delayed manner .
Do not roam in the path leading to such upAyams. I
am easy of reach to
every one. I am the refuge for the beings of all
the worlds . I have the power to
protect all. Choose Me alone as your
protection.Perform prapatthi at my feet
with its five angams. Once you do that , You
become the object of protection
by Me. There is nothing else for you to do
.You will become very dear to Me .
My affection for You is limitless. There is no
limit to my independence . The phalan
of protecting you belongs to Me. For My act
of protecting you, My sankalpam alone
is my help. The kinds of enemies for Your
deliverance are multifarious.You can not
get rid of them by yourself even if you try.I will
destroy them to their roots.They
will not follow you anymore, when I am done with
them. I will make you equal to Me
in the enjoyemnt of my wealth and bhOgams .I will
be joyous in blessing you with
paripoorNa BrahmAnandham resulting from nithya
kaimakryam to Me at
My Supreme Abode of SrI Vaikuntam .
The prominent features of SrImad Rahasya
Thraya Saaram are (1) Focus on
the doctrines to be known by one aspiring for
Moksham ( Tatthva, Hitha and PurushArTam)
(2) Emphasis on Prapatthi as an " independent and
efficacious means for Moksha".
(3) provision of the inner meanings of the three
rahasyams (4) the descriptions of
the lakshaNams of one , who has done prapatthi ,
his svaroopam , prakAram and
ways to conduct himself /herself after performing
prapatthi .
With superb insights gained from many years of
KaalakshEpam , Dr.NSA Swamy has
distilled the essence of SrImad Rahasya Thraya
Saaram in 400 pages of text in
a lucid and absorbing manner.Dr.NSA Swamy
has taken us on an enthralling journey
to demonstrate how Swamy Desikan has successfully
expounded and established
the doctirne of Prapatthi on infallible and firm
grounds based on the PramANams from
VedAs , Upanishads , Smruthis SaasthrAs ,
PurANAs , aagamAs and AazhwAr's
dhivya prabhandhams. Dr. NSA Swamy points out
that Srimad Rahasya Thraya
Saaram is "a landmark in the history of SrI
VaishNava philosophy , as it is an original
and authentic expostion of the essentials of
VedAntha , as related to Saadhana...
Swamy Desikan deals with topics that were not
covered clearly in earlier Sri Sookthis
(viz)., the nature and scope of Prapatthi , the
difference between Prapatthi and Bhakthi
yOgams , the accessories of Prapatthi , the
yogyathai (fitness) for performing Prapatthi ,
the mode of performance of Prapatthi , the conduct
of a Prapanna after prapatthi
and answers to the objections on Prapatthi ".
Dr.NSA Swamy has appended a separate section on highlights of NikshEpa RakshA
at the end of this
monograph and summarizes the arguments advanced
by Swamy
Desikan against the prima facie
view objecting to the efficacy of
Prapatthi as
" a distinct and different means for gaining MOksha". The poorva pakshins
raised nine objections against Prapatthi .
Swamy Desikan refuted successfully
all these prima facie objections with suitable
pramANams and established once
and for all that Prapatthi is a direct and
independent means for Moksham. Later
Swamy Desikan out of His infinite compassion for us
blessed us with a sequel to
SrImad Rahasya Thraya Saaram revered as "VirOdha
ParihAram " , where he
answered any doubts that may arise from a study of
his Masterly treatise on
the Rahasya Thrayams.
We are indeed fortunate to have the benefits of the
outstanding monograph of
VedAntha VidvAn, Dr.NSA Swamy . This monograph should be in the private
libraries of all aspirants for Moksham .
Copies of this modestly priced monograph (250
Rupees ) can be obtianed from
Swamy himself or by sending e-mail to his KumArar ,
Sri A.Narasimhan
( ananth@xxxxxxxxxxx ) . Dr.NSa Swamy's
address is:
VedAntha VidvAn Dr. N.S. Anantha Rangachar
# 780 , 5th Main Road
Vijayanagar , Bangalore 560 040
(Phone ): 338-3755
After completing this masterly monograph on one of
the Grantha ChAthushtayam ,
Dr.NSA Swamy has moved on to complete yet
another monograph on the meanings
and commentary on "BrahadhAraNyaka Upanishad "
manthrams following the text of
Upanishad BhAshyakArar , SrI Ranga RaamAnuja Muni .
Please join in supporting
the costs for printing and releasing the
VisishtAdhvaithic Commentary on this
major upanishad used extensively by AchArya
RaamAnuja in His SrI BhAshyam.
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
New York , USA
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