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Dear Sri Aravamudhan :

Yes , there are two types of Prapatthi :

1. Aartha Prapatthi
2. Dhruptha Prapatti

Both Swamy PiLLailOkAchArya ( Artha Panchaka
SrI Sookthi) and Swamy Desikan ( Srimath Rahasya Thraya
Saaram ) have elaborated on these two kinds of Prapatthi.

These categories yield the SAME Phalan of Sri Vaikunta Vaasam
and Nithya Kaimkaryam there .

The differences between them is derived from the intensity of  feeling and
the sense of urgency experienced  by the Prapannan  for attaining Moksham .

Some Prapannas cry out for immediate Moksham .They can not
brook any delay and seperation from Sriman NaarAyaNa . This RARE
type of Prapanna is Aarta Prapannan . Swamy MaNavALa MaamunikaL
was  one such Aarta Prapannar . His Aarti and sense of urgency
is  movingly enshrined in his Charama Prabhandham
( the last divine Sookthi in Tamil) appealing to AchArya RaamAnuja to
help him attain Parama Padham .

it has been my bhAgyam to create a web site for Swamy MaNavALa
Maamuni in 1999 , where in Sriman U.Ve.T.A. Srinivasan Swamy of
Kaanchipuram  at my request contributed a scholarly article on
Aaarti Prabhandham , a soulful cry of MaamunigaL :

http://www.mamunigal.freeservers.com/aarti.html

Aarthi means passionate despair , deep despondency ,
impatience to wait in this world as a Prapannan to reach
Sri Vaikuntam. It is not somebody's despair about temporary
disappointment in life or old age or ill health etc . It is a deep spiritual
experience that only the Jeevan , AchAryan and PerumAL
recognize . The Prapannan appeals to his or her AchAryan
for release from the obstruction of the physical body
that stands in the way of nithya kaimakryam at Sri Vaikuntam .
Not many have this type of intensity and urge . They as dhruptha
(Not Truptha) prapannAs , wait out until their body falls to depart
for Sri Vaikuntam via archirAdhi maargam . After prapatthi and until
their last moment , the dhruptha Prapannan performs prescribed
Bhagavath-BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam and waitd for the day , when
his alloted tim on this earth is up .

Two others noted for their Aarthy are :
the lady with no education , who supplied Milk and curd
for RaamAnuja . One day , she asked her AchAryan ,
whether he can help her leave her physical body
and leave for Sri Vaikuntam . AchArya RaamAnuja
accepted her aartha prapatthi and right in front of
the assembled people , she shed her mortal coils and
ascended the divine chariot of the VishNu dhUthAs
to travel to Sri Vaikuntam . The third example in more recent times
is that of an AchAryan of ParakAla Mutt , who was being pestered
by a local king about the truth of Aarhti Prapatthi . The AchAryan
demonstrated it using the king's doubt as a vyAjam to shed his
physical body and ascended to Sri Vaikuntam to join his AchAryan
and the dhivya dampathis . One can consider KurEsar's departure
from this world to the great regret of His AchAryan as one of
the instances of Aartha Prapathti . KurEsar asked Lord Ranganatha
directly for the boon of Aartha Prapatthi and was granted the request .

In seperate articles , I will cover the various ThiruvAimozhi Paasurams
about the two types of SaraNAgathi .

AchAryan , AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Oppiliappan KOil V . Sadagopan

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "cavallino_2003" <reach.suds@xxxxxxxxx>
To: <Oppiliappan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 6:26 AM
Subject: [Oppiliappan] Artha Prapatti


> Srimathe Ramanujaya Namah:
>
> Adiyen's understanding is that prapatti can be of two types. Thripta
> and Artha prapatti. While we see lots of adiyaars undergoing thripta
> prapatti at the lotus feet of emperuman Narayanan under the auspices of
> sadacharyas, we don't hear about anyone performing artha prapatti.
>
> Do any of the acharyas perform artha prapatti even to this day? If yes,
> what are the preconditions for one to request his acharya for the same?
>
> I would be most grateful to your esteemed selves if you could clarify
> this point to me.
>
> Sudharshana Dasan



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