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Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!!

Today at Thuppul, in the evening Swamy Deshika enjoys the Chandra prabha
vAhanam.

Let us enjoy the supremacy of Deshika chandrama by comparing him to the
celestial moon.

[Verse]

Bedecks the moon with charm, the celestial skies and waters so dense
Parroting the Sun's gleam but, assailable yet to the vile and fraudulent
Thy are the erudite moon that knows not to wane, unknown to debacles
Untouched by blemishes, unassailed by the vicious and vile alike, arise
Oh Deshika chandrama! Arise with luster in the waters of my heart

The celestial moon decks the vast sky and the oceans with its gait and
beauty. It gives out the gleam of the Sun falling on it but remains
assailable to the advents of the vile rahu and kethu. The moon has lots of
scars on its face and perennially goes through the process of waning and
waxing except on a full moon day. Oh Deshika! You are indeed the erudite
moon complete with knowledge that remains steadfast at all times and never
wanes. You are indeed the master who knows no defeat, who is never touched
by impurity of any sort and is never assailed by influences similar to that
of rahu and kethu. Your beautiful smiling face with cool glances of daya is
so resplendent with Brahma tejas that it never wanes and looks like a full
moon without any scar. It is Nitya pushkalam and definitely looks like the
consummation of the penance of all the three worlds. Oh Deshika chandrama!
Arise with luster in the waters of my heart to free my soul with the
blemishes of my past deeds.

In this verse our Swamy is compared to the moon and Bhagavad Ramanuja to the
Sun. It is established here as to how they surpass their celestial
counterparts. Sri Nayanaracharya celebrates the same purport in his
Prarthanashtakam wherein he says -

jayati shrutichUDAryaH shrImAnadbhutachaMdramAH |
sakalA yatra hi kalAH nirmalA nityapuShkalAH ||

The celestial moon is beautiful indeed and it reflects the gleam of the Sun
falling upon it, decorating the vast skies and the deep oceans. Our Swamy is
similarly the resplendent moon that is reiterating the gleam of the Sun who
is here none other than Bhagavad Ramanuja. With this gleam of knowledge our
Swamy shows with clarity as to what lies in the vast sky of the Vedas and
the deep oceans of Vedantha. 

The celestial moon though illuminated by the Sun, is assailable yet to the
vicious influences of rahu and kethu. Our Swamy whose mind is illuminated by
Ramanuja has in fact reversed the trend by trouncing on the vile rahu
mimamsa, which is Advaitha and the fraudulent kethu mimamsa, which is
nirishvara poorva mimamsa.

Except on a full moon day the moon is ever in the cycle of waning and
waxing. It does not remain steadfast. Our Swamy due to his immense brahma
jnaanam remains steadfast ever and knows not to wane. He remains Nitya
pushkalam. Our Swamy has known not any debacles and is replete with sixty
four kalais while the moon is replete with sixteen kalais alone. The moon
has lots of scars on its face while our Swamy's resplendent face remains
unblemished forever.

The clouds in the sky often dim the luster of the moon, sometimes making it
invisible. No cloud of ajnanam can ever stand its presence in front of our
Swamy. His glories shine forth with the luster of a thousand suns. The moon
appears to be gulped in by the waters of the ocean, while our Swamy by just
a scratch of his nail had once cleansed the entire city of Kanchi with pure
water jetting out of a pillar. There is no body of water in this universe
that can drown the greatness of our Swamy. 

The moon with its power raises the ocean with waves and tides. Our Swamy
with the power of his knowledge raises waves of enlightenment in the hearts
and minds of seekers who approach his feet for their redemption. The realms
lit by the celestial moon with its shine are beautiful indeed but remain so
only while the moon stays. The minds lit by our Deshika remain resplendent
for eternity with no fall in its luster, as this is the luster of knowledge
that is perennial.

Oh Deshika chandrama! Arise with this luster in the waters of my heart to
make me see the parrot * next to me.

* The parrot here is Paramatman Sriman Narayana.

mangaLam dEshikEndrAya mahanIya guNAya cha 
chakravarththi tanUjAya sArvabhaumAya mangalam

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!
vEdAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!



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