SrI:
Today is PurattAsi SravaNam . This
is the blessed day when
we celebrate the avathAram of Sri
VenkatEsa GhantAvathAran,
Sri NigamAntha Mahaa Desikan .adiyEn
thought of placing
the Chillarai Rahasyam of " Rahasya
Navaneetham " at
the Thiruvadi of ThiruvEngadamudayAn
as He enjoys
His BrahmOthsavam at Thirumala
.
Rahasya
Navaneetham
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Navaneetham is a
parama bhOgya vasthu for KaNNan .With this in mind ,
Swamy Desikan
churned the quintessential meanings of the three
rahasyams--
Thirumanthiram ,
Dhvayam and Charama SlOkam-- like churning for VeNNai
to create
Navaneetham and named this rahsya grantham as " Rahasya Navaneetham
".
This Sri Sookthi
starts with an AchArya Vandhanam :
utthi thihazhum urai moonRin mummUnRum
chittham uNarat-terivitthAr --mutthi
tarum
moola maRayin mudi sEr Muhil VaNNan
Seelam aRivAr silar
(Meaning)
: Our Lord , MokshadhAyaka Mukundan , has the most
beautiful
blue hue
of the rainy day cloud.He is the One celebrated in the Upanishads
,
which
appear at the end of the Vedams . The few AchAryAs , who comprehend
well
His
adhyAsccharya guNams have blessed us with their upadEsams on the
three
meanings
associated with the three rahasyams : Moola Mantram , Dhvayam
and
Charama
slOkam .
Swamy
Desikan salutes Sriman Narayanan as " Moksha DhAyakan ( Mutthi
tarum
Muhil
VaNNan). He is celebrated by VedAntham/Upanishads that shows us the path
to
Mukthi (
Mutthi tarum Moola MaRayin mudi sEr Muhil VaNNan) by developing Jn~Anam
about the
three tatthvams , hitham and PurushArTam .There are three essential meanings
for
each of the three rahasyams and they add upto nine meanings
altogether ( urai moonRin
mummUnRum) . The great AchAryAs , who are fully conversant
with the anantha kalyANa
guNams of
MOksham granting Mukundan have instructed us clearly about these
nine
meanings
of the three rahasyams .
What are
these nine essential Meanings for the three rahasyams
?
Thirumanthiram
*******************
For
Thirumanthiram/Moola Manthiram/AshtAkshari , which is sakala Veda Saaram
,
the
three menaings are: (1) Svaroopa SamarpaNam ( the placement of our
Svaroopam
as His
SEshabhUthan at His sacred feet , (2) Bhara SamarpaNam ( the samarpaNam of
the
burden of our protection at His Thiruvadi) and (3) Phala
SamarpaNam ( presentation of
the
fruits of that protection to Him ).
Dhvayam
************
The three meanings here are : (1) Our Lord
Sriman NarayaNan as the UpAyam( Means
for Moksham) , (2) Our Lord as the Phalan(
UpEyam , Goal) and (3) Removal of
the enemies that stood in the way of realizing this PurushArTam ( VirOdhi
ozhihai) .
Charama SlOkam
**********************
The three essential meanings here dealt
with are: (1) The anushtAnam ( sacred observance)
to be performed by the one desiring Moksham ( Mumukshu) , (2) the
act of the Lord for that
chEtanam seeking the Lord's protection thru
SaraNAgathy and (3) the conduct , the way
of life to be followed by the Prapannan
during his Post-Prapatthi period .
A Summary of the Nine Meanings of the three
rahasyams
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In a rich Tamil Paasuram , Swamy Desikan
summarizes these 9 Meanings :
yenakku uriyan yenathu bharam
yenn pER yennAthu
ivai anaitthum
iRai illaa iRaikku adaitthOm
Tanakku iNai onRu illAtha
ThirumAl Paadham
Saadhanamum
payanaum yenac-chalankaL theernthOm
unakku itham
yenRu oru Paahan uraitthathu uRROM
utthamanAm avan udhavi
yellAm kaNDOm
inikka varum avai kavara
vikanthOm SOkam
imayavarOdu onRuini
nAmirukkum naaLE
First Two Lines dealing with
Thirumanthiram
******************************************************
Yenakku uriyan = I am my own Master
yenathu bharam = the responsibility for my protection rests with me
.
yenn pERu = the phalan of that protection also belongs to me
.
yennAthu = not thinking in this wrong way
ivai anaitthum iRai illA
iRaikku adaitthOm = adiyEn placed the svaroopam
,
bharam
and Phalan at the sacred feet of our Matchless Lord
.
Third and the Fourth Lines dealing with
Dhvayam
************************************************************
Tanakku iNai onRu illAtha
ThriumAl Paadham = Convinced
that
the incomparable sacred
feet of the Lord alone
saadhanamum payanumena= as the UpAyam (Means) and Phalan( Fruit thereof)
salankaL theernthOm
= we stopped from engaging in the self-destructive
deeds.
The Fifth
and the Sixth lines dealing with Charama
SlOkam
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unakku itham yenRu = saying that this is the most important &
comforting upAyam
Ohr Paahan uraitthathu uRROM
= the matchless Charioter of Arjunan blessed
us
with His Charama slOkam and we performed SaraNAgathy at His
lotus feet .
utthamanAm Avan udhavi yellAm
kaNDOm = We as PrapannAs experience all
of
the
upAyams revealed to us by the Supreme Lord thru His charama slOkam
.
The Seventh and the Eighth lines of the
future happiness after SaraNAgathy
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inikka varum avai kavara
vihanthOm Sokam = we have banished all samsAric
sorrows by reflection on the
great joy to be conferred on us thru travel to
Sri Vaikuntam by archirAthi
maargam and enjoyment of ParipoorNa BrahmAnandham
there thru nithya ,
niravadhya kaimkaryam to the divine couple there .
imayavarODu onRu ini naamm
irukkum naaLE = in our post prapatthi days
on
earth , we rejoice over the
thought of our time here as being equivalent to
the nithya sooris ( eternally
liberated souls) serving the dhivya dampathis at
their ThirumaamaNi Mantapam
at Parama Padham .
In the two nigamana slOkams in Sanskrit ,
Swamy Desikan summarizes the purport
of the Sri Sookthi of Rahasya Navaneetham
and prays to ThiruvEnkatamudayAn
to confer Kaimkarya SrI for all PrapannAs ,
who comprehend and practise
the nine meanings of the three
rahasyams .
Nigamana SlOkam
1
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Guru-bhajana-nEthra-bhAjaa
maTitha-rahasyEna VenkatESEna
navaneetham-iva gruheetham
navakam idham nithyam aasvAdhyam
(Meaning): Sri VenkatEsa ( VedAntha
Desikan) used the churning rope
of AchArya vandhanam to bring out the
rahasya navaneetham from
the curd of three rahasyams.This is freshly
churned navaneetham and
the nine emanings constituting it will be a
delight forever to taste .
NIgamana SlOkam seeking Thirumalayappan's
anugraham on
PrapannAs
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Prasanitha-KalidhOshAm
prAjya-bhOgAnubhandhaa
samudhitha guNajAthAm
samyagAchAra yukthAm
Srithajana-BahumAnyAm
SrEyasee VenkaDAdhrou
Sriyam upachinu
nithyam SrinivAsa ThvamEva
(Meaning): Oh Lord of ThiruvEnkatam !
Please grow further and further
the Kaimkarya SrI of Your KaimkaryaparALs
at Thirumalai ! They should not be
affected by the misfortunes of Kali Yugam
.They should be filled with the blissful
anubhaavam of enjoying You .They should be
rich in sathguNams as the adiyArs
blessed to perform Kaimkaryam for You .They
should be blessed to have high
level of AachAram as servants of Yours
.They should cherish Your kaimkaryams
and protect that wealth of Kaimkaryam .You
must confer on these BhaagavathAs
all of these boons !
To be continued ,
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
,
Opiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan
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