Vaikasi 08
Vaikasi 08
Vaikasi 08
JAYANTHI SPECIAL
taic[mf SARVADARI - VAIKASI
DARSANAM : 1
SEVAI : 5
As I was driving to the office this morning, I was saying Yahthira Sapthathi
because we are nearing the Thiru Nakshthram of Yathi Rajan. Suddenly a question
occurred to me as to what “Thaniyan” Swami Desikan considers dearest to Him. It is
different subject as to whether there can be Thaniyan for Swami Desikan, if we
believe that He is Thiru Venkata Mudiyan. It is different subject and I will come
to that later. I have seen Thaniyan only for Aazwaars and Acharyas and not for
Srimad Narayana . My reasoning for my belief that “Ramanuja Daya Patram…”
is the Thaniyan that Swami Desikan’s Kamala Hridayam likes most as below:
It was Srimad Narayanan’s sankalpam that He took avatar as Thri Venkata
Mudiyan as a prelude to the Kalki Avtaar. This is accepted by all. It was like a
interim relief (to the Jagath) as we know in our commercial language. He was
immensely pleased with the Upakaram of Srimad Ramanuja and wanted to do a “kai
maaru”. He took avatar as Swami Desikan and composed the Yathi Raja saptati
which He could not have done as Srimad Narayanan. This is also known to all
Vaishnavas of our sampradayam. Now here is where my reasoning starts to justify
why Swami Desikan likes the Thaniyan “ Ramanuja Dayapatram”
Srimad Narayanan also wanted to be known as His adiyar’s Bhaktan which He
could not achieve as Srimad Narayanan. It was a strange desire (which I am
unqualified to comment) but who am I question Him. He is Jagad Kaaranam and
Jagad Rakshakan. He was looking for the Thaniyan which would fulfill this desire of
His. Then come to the Thaniyan Ramanuja Daya Patram, which was exactly what he
wanted to be known as. What humility in Srimad Narayanan that he took this
circuitous route to get this title ie be a daya Patram of His bhaktan. We have seen
titles as Kripa Sagaram, Veera, satha vrata, Asahaya Soora, sahasranama but have
we seen a title that describes as a Bhakta’s Daya Patram? That He chose to get this
Title as Swami Desikan is matter of pride to all the followers of our sampradayam. Is
this another aspect of the Avatara rahasyam of Desikan? There is another version
to this title. Sri Rama moved by the devotion of Lakshmana wanted to see how he
could reverse the role. Ramanuja is Lakshmana’s avatar. Little wonder that the
Thaniyan stayed as the most prominent among the several of Swami Desikan.
Lastly the Thaniyan was offered by Kumar Varadan who is the Maru Avataram
of Lord Varadan. It was like Srimad Narayanan Himself dictating the Thaniyan to
Himself. What more proof do we need that this is Thaniyan He liked most?
Sri Nammazhvar is an incarnation of Visvaksena and was born in the year 3102 BC
on a Pournami day in the month of Vaikasi, in what is now Alvartirunakari (also
known as Tirukkurugur) His name means "our own alvar" (alvar means "one
immersed in God"). He was born 43 days after Sri Krishna left the World to Vaikunta
after his Avatara. Nammazhwar is said to have lamented upon his fate,
for, had he born a few days earlier in dwapara yugam
then he would have had the bhagyam of seeing
Kannan directly during his manifestation on the
Earth as Lord Krishna. His other names are
Sadaari, Paraankusun, Maaran, Vakulaaa Baranan,
Kurugaiyar-kone. Kurugai Piran
His father’s name is Kaari, a farmer of
Thirukkurugur on the banks of Tamraparani river and his
mother Udaya nangai is from Thiruvan paricharam in Kerala.
Sri Nammazhvar when he was born did not open his eyes or his mouth to eat
and never cried like other newborn baby. Because he was “very different” from other
children, his parents named him as “Maran” meaning “different”.
His parents prayed to Lord Adhinathan, the Perumal of
Thirukkurugur and left the child in a cradle under a tamarind
tree. It is believed that the tree is an incarnation of
Adishesha, the Serpent on which the Lord Narayan is sleeping
in Milky Ocean.Nammazhvar stayed in the same state for 16
years. He enjoyed the divine ecstasy of Sri Krishna. He was
waiting for a good sishya to do Upadesam.
During that time, in a nearby village called Thirukkolur
there was an elderly Brahmin saint called Madhurakavi.He
went on a pilgrimage to North India and while he was in
Ayodhya, he saw a bright light shining in the far south. He was
delighted and followed the light and finally reached where Nammazwar was sitting.
Seeing the brilliance of Nammazhvar Madhurakavi prostrated and requested him to
accept him as disciple. Although Madhurakavi was very much older than
Nammazhvar, he did not hesitate to accept Sri Nammazhvar as his Guru.
'Alwar' in Tamil means 'one who is immersed'.
Since these saints were always immersed in the Lord
and His qualities, they were called Alwars.
Nammazhvar started reciting divine poems
and Madhurakavi wrote them on Palm Leaves. His
contribution of four works (numbering 1298
hymns) to the four thousand of the 4000
Divyaprabandam includes the entire fourth
thousand and part of the third thousand, these
works are;
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Sri S. Govindarajan Swami, Advocate, Srirangam
Courtesy : Srirangasri
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In every yuga, Sriman Narayana takes an Avatar to propagate the doctrine of
surrender or SaraNAgathi, out of extreme compassion
towards the millions of suffering human beings, so
that they could offer SaraNAgathi to Him and attain
salvation or “mOksha”.
In the VarAha Avatar, He gave us the VarAha charama
slOka:
stithE manasi sukhasthE sareerE sethi yO nara:
DhAtusAmyE sthithE smartha visvarupam cha
mAm ajAm/
ThAsas tham mriyamANAnAm thu kAshTa
pAshANa sannibAm
Aham smarAmi madbhaktham nayAmi
paramAm gathim//
“There are various reasons for the appellation “srImAn” to SwAmi Desika’s name in
his Tanian “SrImAn vEnkaTanAthArya: kavi thArkika kEsari”. We highlight six of
these here.
1. The word “SrImAn” reminds us of the line in TirumAlai pAsuram 11 -
“karuvilE tiru iLAdeer kALattaik kazhiikkinrirE’. You are the one who had this
“karuvilE thiru”. By the grace of the Lord even when you were in your mother’s
womb, as “GanTAvatAra”, you were great in
chanting the name of the Lord. The word
“SrImAn” is fully justified here.
2. AchArya vEnkaTanAtha, when
barely 5 years of age, received the
blessings of the greatest of Srivaishnava
AachAryas (AachArya anugraham) of those
days in the illustrious heirarchy of AchAryas
after the great RAmAnuja. VAtsay Varad
guru, popularly known as NaDAdur ammAL
foresaw the greatness which awaited the
young child and blessed him thus-
“prathishTApitha vEdAntha: pratikshiptha bahir mathah: /
BhooyAsvai vidhyamAnyastvam bhoori kalyANA bhAjanam” //
3. BhAshyakAra had a tough time in the Gurukula system under the AchArya,
“YAdhavaprakAsa”, to put down the rising pride of Advaita, by his own power and
removed the wrong interpretations of the Srutis. But, for Swami Desikan, ther had
been no hurdles nor problems in his learning (vidyAgrahaNam) but
learned various vidyAs (nAnAvidha vidhyA0, was initiated
into the Hayagriva mantra by GaruDAzhwAr himself. In
the 32nd SlOka of Hayagriva StOtra, Desika uses the
word “amlAn”, the unfading splendor, compassion and
love of the Lord made the AchArya great and thus he
became “SrImAn”.
4. The other great contribution of Swami Desika
was the “Sri BAshay pravachanam” which was the prime
command (prathama AajnA0 of the preceptor, for as
many as 30 times within his 20 years of age.
”trimsatvAram srAvitha SAreeraka BhAshya”. He is really
a ”SrImAn”
5. Swami Desika wrote the Grantha “DramiDOpanishad tAtparya RatnAvaLI”
which is a “Divya Prabandha Sri” (divine work), paying great tribute to the earlier
AchAryas, NammAzhwAr, NAthamuni and others with exact meaning and
interpretations for wisemen who are
interested in serving the Lord. Thus,
Swami Desika is a “SrImAn”.
6. The great AachArya Desikan with
the idea of protecting the purity of
“RAmAnuja Darsana” erected strong
barricades in the name of “rakshAs”
namely “GitArtha sangraha”, “Rahasya
rakshA”, “nikshEpa rakshA”, ”pAncharAtra
rakshA”, and “Satcharita rakshA”. Thus, he
guarded the five great granthas
from interpolations and textual variations
by the later people handling the same. Thus, he is “SrImAn”.
About the Temple: This Divyadesam is said to be one of the famous Divyadesam
next to Sri Varadharajar Temple. This Divyadesam is found in Big Kanchipuram and
is closely situated near to Sri Kamakshi Amman Temple.
When his head was stamped by Emperumaan's feet, he could not get the dharshan
of Thirivikraman. So, he prayed for his great Ulagalandha dharshan. Since, he could
not be given the Thirivikraman darshan, the Parumal
gave his seva as Aadhiseshan (Ooragathaan) which can
be seen next to Ulagalandha Perumal.
Mangalasasanam:
Pushkarani:
Naaga Theertham.
Sesha Theertham.
The king of Kosala province was Nagnajit. He was pious and follower of vedic
injunctions and ritualistic ceremonies. He had a most beautiful daughter known as
Satyaa or Naagnajitii. The king Nagnajit wanted to give his daughter in marriage to a
person who could defeat seven strong stalwart bulls maintained by him. The seven
bulls were very strong and could hardly
bear the smell of any prince and
hence many princes tried their luck
but in vain.
This news spread all over the
country and Sri Krishna heard this and
went to King of Kosala for Satyaa.
When Satyaa came to know that Sri
Krishna Himself has come for her, she
was very happy and pleased that the
husband of Lakshmiji had so kindly
came there to accept her, for she had
long time cherished to obtain her
desired husband, Sri Krishna. She
began to pray to Krishna mentally that, “ I do not know how the Supreme Lord can
be pleased with me. He is the master and Lord of everyone. Lord Shiva, Lord
Brahma including Lakshmi thayaar pay their respectful obeisances unto to the lotus
feet of the Lord. The Lord decends to this earth in different incarnations to fullfill the
desire of His devotees. He is so exalted and great that I do not know how to satisfy
Him.” She knew that Lord will only be pleased by a humble service attitude under
the direction of the spiritual master i.e Achariyan.
King Nagnajit paid his humble obeisances at the Lord’s lotus feet, for he knew
that He was the Supreme God Sriman Narayanan and begged at His feet as an
insignificant soul to satisfy Him.
Sri Krishna was pleased at the reception of the king and said that a kshatriya
should not ask anything from any one by vedic injunctions and that He was asking
king’s daughter Satyaa without fulfilling the condition of defeating the seven bulls.
After hearing this King Nagnajit said, “My dear Lord, You are the reserviour of
all pleasure, all opulences and all qualities. The Goddess Lakshmi , always resides on
your chest. Under these circumstances, who can be a better
husband for my daughter? Both my daughter and I
have always prayed for this opportunity. You are the
chief of Yadu dynasty and chief of all heroes.
I am sure you will bring the seven bulls
under control without any difficulty, while no other
princes could. Krishna! If you will kindly bridle the
seven bulls and bring them under controll, then
undoubtedly You will be selected as the desired
husband of my daughter, Satyaa”.
After hearing the condition of the king
Nagnajit, Krishna immediately divided Himself into
seven Krishna’s and each one of Them immediately
caught hold of a bull and bridled its nose, thus bringing it
under controll , all the seven at the same time, as if it were a
plaything. This act of dividing /expanding Himself to seven was to show about His
unlimited forms of expansions though he married many wives. He could associate
with each and every wife by His expansions at the same time. King Nagnajit became
very much astonished and with great pleasure immediately gave Satyaa to Sri
Krishna . Sri Krishna accepted Satyaa as His wife with a marriage ceremony of great
pomp and drove to Dwarka happily and peacefully after defeating all the other
princes who fought with Him in envy on the way to Dwarka. All glories to His leelas.
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