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SrI:

Vishu Mrugaseersha KrishNa Paksha DwAdasi, 
AnurAdhA Nakshathram

SrI VedAntha Desikaaya Nama:

Dear RasikAs of Swamy NammAzhwAr's ThiruvAimozhi:

The echo of the 22nd and the 28th slOkams of DTR
can be heard in the third slOkam of DS . 

Param nirvaishamyam sulabham aparAdha-prahasanam
suseelam svArAdham sarasa-bhajanam svArjava-guNam
susAdhmyassvAnandha-pradhanam anaga-visrANana Param
Mukundham nidhyAyan muniradhijagAvAdhya-SathakE (3)

The Ten guNams celebrated in each of the ten dasakams(10x10) 
of the First centum in support of the UpAyathvam of the Lord
( He serving as the means to attain Him )are covered in 
the Third SlOkam of DS. Those ten guNams are :

(1) Param (2) Nirvaishamyam (3) Sulabham (4) suseelam(souseelyam) 
(5)aparAdha prasahanam (6) svarAdham (7)Sarasa Bhajanam 
(8) svArjava GuNam (9) susAthmyassvAnanadhapradham and
(10) anaga-visrANanaparam .

For a clear understanding of these Ten guNams , one has to
refer to the Prabhandha Rakshai grantham of Sri VaikuntavAsi ,
Abhinava Desika UtthamUr Swamy :

Parathvam {ThiruvAimozhi(TVM):1.1}
**********************************
Swamy NammazhwAr proves the parathvam (Supermacy ) of
Sriman NaarAyaNan over all gods in the ten pasurams of TVM 1.1.
Let us look in detail as to how Swamy NammAzhwAr piles up
evidence after evidence to prove his point in the individual
ten paasurams of TVM 1.1. 

(TVM 1.1.1):His presence with incomparable , matchless
and infinite auspicious attributes (niradhisaya KalyANamAna
sarvatthudan koodi irukkai) is covered in this first paasuram .

(1.1.2): His presence as JnAnanadha Svaroopan (knowledge-Bliss 
consciousnes form) with sentients and insentients as a part of 
His sarIram (chEthanAchEthana VilakshaNa Svaroopam ).

(1.1.3): The possession of the Isvaryam of LeelA VibhUthi
(in this world as SriranganAthan ).

(1.1.4):The Lordship over the svaroopam of all sentients 
and insentients ( Sarvatthinudaya svaroopamum avanakku 
adhInamAhai).All of them are under His control.

(1.1.5): The Lordship over all Sthithi ( Creation
and existence: Samashti and Vyashti Srushti and 
rakshaakthvam of all that has been created by Him ).

(1.1.6) The Lordship over the activities (dharmams)of 
Pravrutthi ( efforts to gain Isvaryam and Svargam)
and nivrutthi(efforts to go away from Pravrutthi and
to engage in Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam to gain Moksham).

(1.1.7): Having ALL (sentients and insentients ) as
His body .

(1.1.8): Having Brahma-Rudraa et al as His body (SarIram).

(1.1.9): Having no other Gods equal or greater than Him.

(1.1.10): His pervasive presence in the miniutest of the minute
(aNORaNIyAn and MahathOr MahIyAN).

Thus Swamy NammAzhwAr established the Supermacy of 
Sriman NaarAyaNan in the first Thirumozhi(TVM )1.1.

The second GuNam celebrated by salutation: "Nirvaishamyam"
**********************************************************
Here , Swamy NammAzhwAr states that the Lord mingles 
with every one equally inspite of His Parathvam .
These doctrines practised by our Lord are given to us 
as upadEsams by AzhwAr .

TVM 1.2.1: Please leave the attachment to perishable things
and surrender Your Aathma ( His property ) to Him unconditionally.

1.2.2: Please examine the blemishes associated with 
worldly pleasures ( vishayams)and discard them.

1.2.3: Please discard moksha VirOdhis(obstacles to 
Moksham )like ego and possessiveness (ahankAra MamakArams).

1.2.4: There are no Phalans(fruits) to match the Phalan 
(gain ) of Isvaran (Sriman NaarAyanan).

1.2.5: Even Kaivalyam ( meditation on aathmaa free 
of karmAs) has to be abandoned as a less attractive 
objective .

1.2.6: EmperumAn is attached to every one ( paRRuLLavan).

1.2.7: Every one's wealth is under His control.

1.2.8: He has to be worshipped with Manas (mind) ,
Vaak (speech ) and body (MukkaraNankaL upAsikka vENum).

1.2.9: The fruits of such a worship with three KaraNams
are realized here .

1.2.10: The One to be worshipped (Sriman NaarAyaNan)
is the meaning of the most sacred Moola Manthram(AshtAksharam).

TVM : 1.3--Third GuNam: (Bhaktha) Sulabhan 
*******************************************
Here following ten guNams are celebrated in this third
Thirumozhi : His accesibilty to BhakthAs through His avathArams
(incarnations) , His undiminished glory even during His avathArams, 
where He mingles with His bhakthAs as RaamA and KrishNA , His distance
from those , who are His enemies and those who do not think of Him ,
Our need to comprehend His glories through His upadEsams
(Charama SlOkam et al), our need to understand His status 
as one of the Trinity ,while being clear about the fact 
that the Trinity are not equal or one and the same ,
the need to understand the above tatthvam about the trinity 
even at the very end of one's life , the importance of being
clear about His avathAra rahasyams and gaining comfort in 
the fact that even the most knowledgable people can be deluded 
by ignorance about His avathAra rahasyams. All of these ten 
points are covered in the third Thirumozhi through its ten paasurams.

TVM : 1.5: AparAdha Sahathvam ( Forgiving of all trespasses)
*************************************************************
The important GuNam to established here is the MahA GuNam of 
this centum (UpAyathvam ) is aparAdha sahathvam. If He does not 
have the compassion to overlook our frequent and endless trespasses,
it is difficult for Him to serve as our means to attain Him.
In this Thirumozhi , the GuNams of AchAryAs sent to the Lord 
--as various birds and Swamy NammAzhwAr's nenju-- as messengers
to unite the aathmA with Its Lord are saluted.

TVM : 1.6: Souseelyam:
**********************
Our Lord's Suseela guNam is saluted in every one of the Paasurams 
of 1.6. In one of the paasurams , Swamy NammazhwAr concedes that
the Lord accepts with relish even his own defective/imperfect worship.
In another paasuram, AzhwAr points out that His souseelyam
wins over even those who have the tendency to aim for lower
isvaryams(wealth) like Kaivalyam and blesses them instead 
with the supreme isvaryam of Moksham.

TVM 1.7: Sarasa BhOgya Bhajanam:
*********************************
Here, Swamy NammAzhwAr declares that the worship (bhajanam) of 
the Lord is most delectable (BhOgyam) even as the Bhakthan 
worships Him. There is no delayed result.

TVM 1.8: Aarjava GuNam 
***********************
Souseelyam , Soulabhyam were celebrated in TVM 1.6 and 1.2.
Here (in 1.8) ,the related guNam of Aarjavam is saluted.
Souseelyam is the GuNam of the Lord, where He descends down 
from His lofty position in Sri Vaikuntam and mingles as equal
with out thought about His exalted state . Soulabhyam is 
the guNam of providing ease of access to one and all 
and being happy about granting the boons that bhakthAs 
desire. Aarjavam is raising His BhakthAs to the plateau 
that they seek and enjoying their company there .He lets 
Himself driven by the wishes of the devotees and enjoys it. 
avathArams are occasions , where the aarjava guNam is 
most prominently displayed .

TVM: 1.9: SamslEsham with the Lord in all his limbs:
******************************************************
The Lord lets Swamy NammAzhwAr enjoy His presence in
every limb of his body .The bliss of union (samslEsham)
is blessed by the Lord to NammAzhwAr (Saathmikkumpadi
BhOgam aruLum GuNam )."Saathmikkai" means the step by step,
incremental enjoyment , which reaches a crescendo finally 
through the realization of the Lord's presence in all 
limbs. AzhwAr feels that he can not take in the union with
the Lord all at once . The Lord knows and is most accomodative
and lets the AzhwAr enjoy Him in incremental dosage just 
like feeding an infant in little morsels at a time so
it can digest the food (enjoyment of bhOgam )properly. 

TVM : 1.10: avyAja UdhAra Seelathvam:
*************************************
Since this centum deals with UpAyam (means to attain
Him through Him ) as the MahA GuNam ,the Lord's conferral
of grace without expecting anything in return becomes
the final message . His generosity and anugraha sankalpam
is spontaneous .

adiyEn will cover the Fourth slOkam in the next posting.

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 

P.S : Please help with the support for the conductance of
NithyArAdhanam for Swamy Desikan at His birth place, Thoopul.
Please contact me for details on this Kaimkaryam .Thank You all ! 








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