[sv-poetry] Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana Kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XXXIX: Thirty Fifth SlOkam
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• June 3, 2002
SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Thirty Fifth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan salutes the glories of Bhaagavath asEshathvam : NaaTa Thvath-ishta-viniyOga-visEsha-siddham sEshathva-saaram-anapEkshya nijam GuNag~nyaa: BhakthEshu thE varaguNArnava Paaratantryaath dhAsyam bhajanthi vipaNI-vyavahAra-yOgyam --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 35 Meaning: ******** Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! Oh Vast Ocean of all auspicious attributes (Vara GuNArNava)! The chEthanAs are Your bonded servants (sEshAs). You are their undisputed Master and Lord(sEshi). It is but natural for You as the Master of property (Your servants) to command them to become the servants of Your dear BhaagavathAs. This is quite a natural development arising out of the relationship between true servants and their undisputed Master.Your servants are not content just with the serving of Your BhaagavathAs. They are overcome with the noble attributes of Your BhaagavathAs as they serve them and reach a stage in their relationship to sell themselves to those BhaagavathAs in the context of being their property. Your true servants( nija bhruthyAs) possess admirable auspicious attributes and are therefore recognized as "GuNaj~nA:".They understand the essence of their relationship (sEshathva Saaram ) to You as seshans and aim to please Your ThiruvuLLam always ( Thvath ishta viniyOga VisEsha siddham sEshathva saaram anubhavathi). Even this does not make them fulfilled , when they get a taste of serving Your BhaagavathAs dear to You . They get attracted to Your BhaagavathAs and become bound to them ( nijam sEshathva saaram anapEkshya thE BhakthEshu paaratantryAth dhaasyam bhajanthi). Swamy Desikan points out that their attitude of subservience to the Lord's BhAgavathAs make the servants of the Lord reach the highest state of dependency , where they enjoy being treated as a commercial property that could be readily bought and sold by the BhAgavathAs so that they can use them (sEshAs) as they please. That is the high quality of Daasyam ( servitude)that the sEshAs desire ( VipaNi vyavahAra dhAsyam Bhajanthi). Additional Comments (V.S): ************************** We hear the echo of this statement in one of PeriyAzhwAr's ThirukkOttiyUr Paasurams ( Periya Thirumozhi:4.4.10): " KesavA! PurudOtthamA! KiLarcchOthiyAi!KuraLA yenRu, pEsuvAr adiyArkaL yenthammai VIRKAVUM PERUVAARKALE " ( Those dear BhaagavathAs of the Lord , who recite with Joy the various names of the Lord have the right to buy and sell us as their property). Swamy Desikan states in PurushArTa KaashtAdhikAram that this is the ancient way designed by the Lord . He is immensely pleased with His BhakthAs worshipping His BhaagavathAs and He welcomes that even more than the devotion shown to Him by His BhakthAs.If Bhagavath Kaimkaryam is a lofty goal of life ( PurushArTam ), the boundary or yellai nilam for that Bhagavath Kaimkaryam is BhAgavatha Kaimkaryam. The PramANams cited by Swamy Desikan in this context are: 1. aaradhanAnAm sarvEshAm VishNOrArAdhanam Param Tasmath PARATARAM prOktham TadhiyArAdhanam PARAM ---PaadhmOtthAram: 29-81 (Among all kinds of worship , the worship offered to VishNu is the most lofty one. Even better than that is the aarAdhanam of His TadhiyAs or His BhaagavathAs). 2. TadhAsrayasyAsrayaNAth tasya tasya cha tasya tasya cha SamsEvAnnaraa lOkE pooyanthE sarva-paathakai: --Garuda PurANam , Sriranga MahAthmyam 8.91 ( Men are released from all kinds of sins by worshipping the Lord , His devotee and the devotee of that devotee and the devotee of the latter and down that chain of devotees of the Lord ). This is what ThiruppANAzhwar informs us in the very first Paasuram of his dhivya prabhandham: "AmalanAdhipirAn adiyArkku yennai aatpaduttha Vimalan " ( My sacred Lord , who made it possible for me to become the servant of His BhaagavathAs). Poushkara Samhithai classifies the entourage (ParivAram ) of the Lord as AapthAs and anApthAs ( dear ones and not so dear ones ). The AapthAs (vENDIyavar) are the Nithya Sooris ( eternally liberated ones ) , MukthAs ( those liberated souls , who gained that status thru the observance of Bhakthi or Prapatthi yOgam) and His BhaagavathAs ; the anaapthAs ( vENDAthavarkaL) are the SamsAri Jeevans devoid of Bhagavath Bhakthi and other karma VasyAs. Thus BhaagavathAs are grouped among the dearest ones of the Lord . In the concluding section of the PurushArTa-KaashtAdhikAram , Swamy Desikan extolls the greatness of the ParamaikAnthis , who consider the worldly wealth as insignificant as a blade of grass (ThruNam) ; they reject kaivalyam ( aathma saakshAth- kaaram ) or even the lofty status of Brahma (Brahma Padham) ; the ParamaikAnthi BhAgavathAs do not even ask the Lord for the boon of MokshAnugraham . They are parisuddhAs (the purest ones) and of the firmest of mind ( sTira dhiyA:)in their devotion to their Lord . They are compared to the Chaste wife , who never leaves her inner chambers (SuddhAntha SiddhanthnI) and is devoted only to her wedded husband. Swamy Desikan prays for becoming the daasan for the TadhiyAs of the Lord , the paramaikAnthis. Vedam aRintha Bhagavar viyakka viLangiya seer Naatan vahuttha vahai peRunAmm Avan nalladiyArkku aatharamikka adimai isainthu azhiyA marai nool neethi niRuttha nilai kulayA vahai ninRanamE (Meaning): We are the thankful inheritors of the sampradhAyam blessed to us by the Lord , whose radiant and auspicious attributes is the perennial object of adoration by His BhAgavathAs. We stay resolutely committed to the practise of the anushtAnam rooted in His eternal VedAs that command the devotional kaimkaryam to His BhAgavathAs as the boundary of Bhagavath kaimkaryam ( PurushArTa Kaashtai). SrImath Azhagiya Singar PaadhAngri rENu , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan (P.S): Dear BhakthAs: Please help with the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul VedAntha Desikan Sannidhi and the daily AarAdhanam for Swamy Desikan's home PerumAL and PirAtti , Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsan. 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