[sv-poetry] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XXV: Twenty Second SlOkam
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• April 29, 2002
SrI: Dear BhakthAs: We just got past the 10 Laks stage of assembly of funds for Uninterrupted NithyArAdhanam to Swamy Desikan and SrI DhIpa PrakAsa DampathigaL at ThUppul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya dEsam with your help . Thank you all! We just need another 5 Laks of Rupees to complete this kaimkaryam . adiyEn appeals to every one of you to help with whatever you can to reach Kaimakrya Poorthi. adiyEn appeals to You all with folded hands to support this kaimkaryam as much as you can. Today , adiyEn will cover the Twenty Second slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan focuses on the SaalamBana yOgam practised by mahAthmAs of pure and pious minds (aathmavantha:) and the fruits that they gain from such dhyAnam about the Lord's SubhAsrayam (MangaLa ThirumEni accessible by SaalaBana yOgam)): PadhmAbhirAma vadhanEkshaNa pANi-paadham dhivyAyudhAbharana maalya vilEpanam ThvAm yOgEna NaaTa subhAsrayam Aathmavantha: saalamBanEna parichinthya na yAnthi thrupthim --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 22 (meaning): Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Oh my Master! Those with pious minds meditate on Your subhAsrayam ( mangaLa ThirumEni with its beautiful limbs , divine weapons and AabharaNams ) with ease through SaalamBana yOgam. They experience the nectar of Your dhivya ThirumEni and do not get satiated. They thirst for more and more of that divine experience of You as AparyApthAmruthan. Additional Comments: ********************* In the previous slOkam , Swamy Desikan referred to the yOgis percieving the Lord through both Saviklapaka and nirvikalpaka SamAdhi ( Santha: sTira-dhAraNA: SamAdhi yugaLEna ThvAm vilOkayanthi). In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan describes how the yOgis of pure mind (aathmavantha:) meditate on the Lord of MangaLa ThirumEni through SaalamBana yOgam . There are two kinds of yOgam : SaalamBanam and nirAlamBanam. ThirumEni dhyAnam is SaalamBanam . Lambhanam means hanging on to or dependent upon . These yOgis depend on the dhyAnam about the lotus soft countenance (Padhma- abhirAma Vadhanam) , the eyes that are beautiful like just-blossomed lotus ( Padhma abhirAma IkshaNam) , lotus-like hands and feet ( Padhma abhirAma PaaNi- Paadham). Such progressive dhyAnam on the Lord's mind-stealing beauty (chittAbhahAram) of limbs are like steps on the ladders to the first plateau of aananadhAnubhavam. Next the yOgis reflect upon the dhivya aayudhams and aabharaNams , garlands decorating the Lord ( TuLasi, VanamAlai Vijayanthi) and reach the next plateau of bliss . The fragrance of the divine sandal paste (vilEpanam)smeared on the Lord's chest takes them to the next step of nectarine experience of SubhAsrayam of the Lord and recognize Him as insatiable nectar ( AparyApthAmruthan). They reflect on the deeper tatthvams behind the Lord's Aayudhams and Aabharanams. The practise of SaalamBana yOgam is what ThiruppANar engaged in and that flowed out in the form of the Dhivya Prabhandham of "AmalanAdhi Piran ", where He enjoyed the beauty of Lord RanganAthA's ThirumEni from Thiruvadi to Thirumudi. Swamy Desikan composed SrI Bhagavath DhyAna sOpAnam in the same way. The best of the enjoyment of the Lord's ThirumEni through SaalamBana Yogam by Swamy Desikan is recorded in SrI DevanATa PanchAsath.The poorNa soundharyam of Lord DevanAtan's ThirumEni at ThiruvahIndhrapuram is celebrated from slOkams 14 to 45 . Here again Swamy Desikan states that the experience of the SarvAnga Soundharyam of the Lord makes his eyes want more and more of that delectable experience ( Prathyanga Poorna sushumA subhagam tE vapu: dhrushtvA mE dhrusou na thrupthayantha:). Yogic practise of SaalamBana dhyAnam expands to recognize many tatthvams assoicated with His ThirumEni and the weapons as well a sthe Abharanams found on that ThirumEni . For instance , it is not only the beauty of the limbs of the Lord that they enjoy , but they also recognize that those limbs created the entire universe as visualized in Purusha Sooktham. Further , the yOgis meditate on the divine weapons and AabharaNams beautified by the Lord and reflect on the Tatthvams behind them ( SrI Deva Naayaka PanchAsath:slOkam 13): tathtvAni yaani chidhachith pravibhagavanthi thrayyantha vruddha gaNithAni sithAsithAni dheevyanthi taani Ahipurandhara dhAma NaaTa dhivyAsthra bhUshaNatayA Tava vigrahEsmin (meaning): The AchAryAs have enumerated the tatthvams associated with ChEthanam and achEthanm as twenty five. Some of them are self-luminous and the others are not. These 25 tatthvams are : pancha bhUthams, pancha TanmAthrais, five Jn~Endhriyams , five karmEndhriyams, Manas , ahankAram , MahAn, Prakruthi and Jeevan. Some of these 25 tatthvams shine on Your SubhAsraya ThirumEni as Your divine weapons and divine AabharaNams . In our siddhAntham , Jeevan is considered as the Kousthubha gem on the Lord's chest; Prakruthi is the divine mole, SrIvathsam; the five BhUthams and the five tanmAthrais are the flowers of the never fading VanamAlai, Vaijayanthi; the MahAn tathtvam is the mace, KoumEdhaki; the ahankArams take the form of the bow , Saarangam and the conch, Paanchajanyam; manas is the disc, Sudharsanam; the ten Indhriyams are the arrows inside the quiver; the sword nandakam is the Jn~Ana tatthvam and ajn~Anam is the quiver . In this Twenty second slOkam of SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai, Swamy Desikan refers to the direct and extended anubhavam of the yOgis engaged in SaalamBana dhyAnam of the Lord's ThirumEni , His beauty-drenched limbs, the dhivyAyudhams and DhivyAbharanams and connects them to deep tatthvams assoicate with Chith and achith .Swamy Desikan concludes that the yOgis engaged in the nectarine anubhavam of SaalamBana yOgam/dhyAnam never ever get satiated by that enjoyment and thirst for more (ThvAM saalamBana yOgEna parichinthya thrupthim na yaanthi). SrI Maragathavalli SamEtha SrI DhIpaprakAsAya nama; Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan/V.Sadagopan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Stock for $4 and no minimums. 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