ashtAksharam & dvayam - 4
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• July 14, 1998
Sri: Srimate Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Para Brahmane Namaha Srimate Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Divya pAdukA sevaka Srivan shatakopa - Sri NArAyana Yateendra MahAdesikAya namaha Dear Sri Ram GopalswAmy & other bhaktAs of Sriman NArAyanA , Namo NArAyanA . kindly accept adiyen's pranAmams . ---cont-- Dvaya mantram : This mantram has two lines . Both these lines appear in the Katavalli portion of vedAs , but separated by few passages . Thus, these two lines doesn^Ã’t appear together in vedAs . But it is enjoined as fit to be meditated on with the two lines together . This katavalli portion & other pramAnAs glorifies Dvayam that a single utterance of this mantrA by a believer preceded by a knowledge of its meanings as a whole will secure moksham . The imports of Dvayam become very clear in the nyAsa vidyA prescribed by Upanishads . The illustrios AchAryA nadAdUr ammAL in Prapanna pArijAtam , points out the Taittriya Upanishad mantram starting with "vasuranya :" which enjoins nyAsA (prapatti) together with its modulus - operandi . Dvayam & prapatti ( nyAsam ie. SaranAgati ) are highly inter related & is evident from the pramAnAs as well as from the esoteric meanings arising out of Dvayam . Sri Prashna SamhitA ( pAncarAtrA) discusses in length about the number of syllables in Dvaya mantrA etc ( number of letters , sentences , their order etc ) . Thus , Dvayam is a tAntrIka mantrA based on sruthi . Ahirbudhnya samhitA also explains about Dvayam while extensively naratting about prapatti , its angAs , angI ,how it is to be performed ie. Its modulus operandi . Sriman NArAyanA Himself extols the glories of Dvayam , the AchAryA who initiates this most sacred mantrA & prescribes prapatti to all the jIvAtmAs in the SAtyaki tantram : " After prostrating before the guru , this sacred mantrA ( literally : the king of mantrAs ) should be learnt. The guru is himself the Supreme Brahman ; the guru is himself the great upAyA ; the guru is himself the great vidyA ie. Form of meditation ; the guru is himself the sacred siddhopAyA ; the guru is himself the mokshA ; the guru is himself the great wealth of jn~AnA and bhakti because he initiates ( one ) into the mantrA , the guru is most venerable . This mantrA does not require any suitability or any auspicious position of the stars for its initiation nor any purity attainable from baths in holy waters . Nor does it require for its successful initiation any japam , homam , daily repetition and the like . First , one should prostrate in full before the guru three times and touch his feet with one^Ã’s head (*) and receive the mantra like a poor man expecting a hidden treasure Having thus received the mantrA , one should seek refuge ( prapatti) under Me . ** By this mantrA alone should one surrender one's self to me **. He who has done so becomes one who has done what one ought to do " . (*) : One can't easily touch the lotus feet of a sadAchAryA . One should have great qualification first of all . One should humbly get the permission from the AchAryA before touching his feet. It needs lot of strict anushtAnams & purity in body & mind before one can even possibly think of requesting AchAryA for this . Adiyen feels that the above declaration by Sriman NArAyanA is the pinnacle of all His merciful deeds . Anyway , He has been telling this in His varAha , RAmA & Krishna avatArams apart from revealing vedAs etc .The path is prescribed . The most merciful AchAryAs are ever waiting to uplift & save us. Only thing left is our desire in the right direction . Dvayam is considered to be even superior to ashtAksharam in the sense that UpAyA & UpeyA are made amply clear , with distinct lines by Dvayam whereas in ashtAksharam it is present in a concise form . The glories of ashtAksharam & dvayam are boundless . Their esoteric meanings mark the topmost knowledge & whomsoever understands them by the mercy of a sadAchAryA is the most fortunate one . It is adiyen's humble request to bhaktAs that whenever they go to India , they should certainly get the most invaluable upadesam on the meanings of these sacred mantrams along with the charama slokam from a sadAchAryA apart from getting samAsrayanam & prapatti performed . All the pramAnams quoted in this posting are invariably taken from the grantha far supreme - the unparalleled one , containing the ocean of insatiable nectar delineating all the things a mumukshu needs to know ( tattvA , hitA & purushArthA ) , presented in such a commanding authority through pramAnAs & logic , which once heard would vanish all the sufferings & turmoils undergone by a jIvAtmA & make it have the unshakable faith on the saving grace of the most merciful Lord Sriman NArAyanA , thereby perform prapatti & attain prapatti nishtA with the impeccable jn`Anam obtained from this granthA completely controlling all its actions , thereby engaging completely in Bhagavad & BhAgavatha kainkaryam for the pleasure of Divya Dampati with no more burdens to be worried about . The grantha is none other than "Srimad Rahasya Traya sAram " the magnum opus of the most illustrious AchAryA - kavitArkika simha ubhaya vedAntAchArya sarvatantra svatantra thoopul piLLai alias VenkatanAthA ( SwAmi VedAnta Desikan ) , the ghantA avatArA of ThiruvengadamudayAn. Adiyen would like to conclude this posting with due salutations of Sri NayanAchAryA ( KumAra vadarAchAryA ) to our dearmost SwAmi Desikan , as in PiLLai andAdhi : " The Lotus Feet of the Thooppul chief , Will they adorn our heads and bend them ? Will our eyes be ever moistened With droplets of joyous tears ? Ye men of this wide open world ? Will our future hells be quashed ? Will we ever hope to taste The bliss of Sri Vaikuntam in this life ? " (2) " My sins ! Off you go and lodge elsewhere No more can you tarry at my place . No more will I bear your overtures And succumb to your temptations . For my mind and heart are ever filled With thoughts of Thooppul^Ã’s purest soul Who followed the teachings of RAmAnujA No fear have I in this transient world " (7) " Help me please to shake off the inevitable Twin - fruits of good and evil deeds . O shinning chief of Thooppul race ! Bereft of support I stand before you And I know not about my morrows . Help me then to grasp the meaning Of the Most Sacred Eight - Syllable Word Which leads to steady & intense devotion " (15) Srimate NigamAntha MahA DesikAya Namaha Namo NArAyanA adiyen anantha padmanAbha dAsan sarva sri krishnArpanamastu
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