Nirvedham
From the Bhakti List Archives
• January 26, 1997
Dear Members of the Bhakthi Group : Sri KrishNa Kalale's posting on his meeting with his Acharya , the present Jeeyar of Ahobila Mutt was indeed a moving one. The follow ups on that posting from Sri Vijay Srinivasan and Sri Sudarshan relating to Nirvedam brought the memories of Saint ThyagarajA and Swami Desikan as great BhakthAs going through this SanchAri Bahvam known as Nirvedam during their SadhaNAs . Swami Desikan in his Sri Ranganatha PadhukhA sahasram has devoted the entire 31st Paddhathi to the subject of Nirvedham and has named this Paddhathi as Nirvedha Paddhathi .This is the penultimate Paddhathi . Until now , he was enjoying the Maanasa SaakshAthkAram of the PadhukhAs and thier anantha KlayANa guNAs . That ended suddenly and Swami Desikan cried aloud in the Nirveda Paddhathi just as NammazhwAr (SatAri Suri ) cried aloud , when the Maanasa Samslesham with the Lord came to an end ; similar is the experience of Thirumangai as ParakAla Naayaki in the ThirupullaNi paasurams. In the Oppiliappan Paasurams , Thirumangai cries about his SamsAric sorrows and begs the Lord in a state of Nirvedham : AandAi unai kANpathOr aruLenukku ArulithyEl , vendEn manai vazhkaiyai ViNNahar mEyavanE " .This bhaktha sanchAri Bahvam (moods ) of despondency , dejection and desolation is a stage in one's SadhAnA with the help of a SadAcharyan. Let me list the sanchAri BhavAs of a BhakthA as per Dr. V.Raghavan : 1.Autsukhyam (Longing) for the Lord's /AcharyA's sannidhi (Constant company ) ; Darsanam ( Seeing Him and getting His KataakshAnugraham ) ; Kirtana ( Eulogising Him ) ; SravaNA ( Listening to His glory ) ; SambhAshaNA ( Conversing with Him ) ; SevanA ( Serving Him ). 2. NirvedhA ( Dejection/Despondency on not being able to have any one of the above blessings ) 3. Atma GarhaNa & NaichyAnusandhAna ( Self-depreciation and recounting of one's short comings ).The example is provided by Saint Thyagaraja in his Gowlai pancha ratnam ( Dudukugala ) . 4. Amarsha , Rosa, RoshOkthi ( Anger , Remonstrance and grievance at the Lord for notresponding to appeals ). 5. VitarkA ( Doubt , Cogitation ) 6. SraddhA , ViswAsA ( Faith and assurance of help to be received from the Lord ) 7. NarmA ( Playful liberty with the Lord through praise, prayer or remonstrance ) 8. Sva-Yogya -KathanA ( Statement of one's claims and Qualifications for receiving the Lord's mercy ) 9. Bhaktha SodhanA ( Trails and tribulations experienced ) 10 . Manasa SambhodhnA ( exhortation to the mind ) 11. MangaLAsAsanA ( Pronouncing blessing on the Lord out of affection and devotion like PeriyAzhwAr "s Pallaandu and St.ThyagarAja's Bhairavi Krithi , Raksha PettarE ) 12. Kruthaj~natA ( Expression of gratitude for the conferral of the fruits of Prapatthi . The example is that of another Bhairavi Krithi of St. ThyagaraajA entitled yEnAdi nOmu palamu ). Daasyam , Archanam are considered as the Bhakthi PrakaarAs . The higher states of Bhakthi like Tanmayathvam or Taadaatmya Sakthi ( Feeling of oneness with the Lord ) is the highest state of Bhagavadh Anubhavam that the AzhwArs experienced and poured out in their Paasurams for our benefit. Autsukhyam and Nirvedham are indeed the first two steps in this well travelled road of the BhakthAs with SadhAcharya Anugraham . V.Sadagopan
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