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NyAsa Dasakam and SaraNagathi NyAsa DasakamandSaraNagathi Meanings andDetailedCommentaries Brief meaningsandcomments Introduction

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SlOkam 10 SlOkam 9 SlOkam 8 SlOkam 7 SlOkam 6 SlOkam 5 SlOkam 4 SlOkam 3 C O N T E N T S (Contd...) NTS(Contd...) C ONTE 59 55 52 50 49 47 45 43 40 comprising thisshortsthOthragran comprising sacredfeetofKa performed atthe with isassociated Sri nyAsadasakam forSrimanNaarAyaNan ThiruvArAdhanam recitenyAsa dasakamat VaishNavAs principles ofnyAsamandtheme Because of theimportanceofthiswo subject ofnyAsamconsists oftenve Oneofthemostsubstantiveandshortsthuthion Prapatthi. nyAsam or Swami SriDesikanhasblesseduswith I NTRODUCTION ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ during hisdaysasaprapannan. His appealfortheLord’s gracefo His earth His prayerfortheblessingsofservic earth His prayertotheLord formOkshamattheendof his lifeonHis The methodofenactingsAthvikathyAgam The fivelimbs ofnyAsam The methodofperformingnyAsamorBhara SamarpaNam

ïImte ingmaNtmhadeiskay nm> ïImte ingmaNtmhadeiskaynm> . ïI>. tham coversthefollowingtopics: thod ofperformancenyAsam, the Prapatthi that Swami Sri Desikan thePrapatthithatSwamiSriDesikan 1 rses and is known as nyAsa dasakam. rses andisknownasnyAsadasakam. nchi VaradarAjan. ThetenslOkams many granthams onthedoctrinesof many granthams rk asthedistilledessenceof theirhomesduringdaily . r toleratinganysinscommitted e totheLordduringhislifeon Sri

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nirbharam sva-datta sva-dhiyA svAr sva-dhiyA nirbharam sva-datta actions andtheirbenefits.( time referringtoBhagavAnbeingtheow The prefix “ 3. Weshould realizethat 2. is notwewhoperformanyact and notlookatthebenefitsasbelongingto us.Thisiscalled We should dedicatethebenefitsof result ofouracts,butthatBhagavAn.Thisiscalled sva ” appears nine times in slOkam 3 which conveys this idea, each ninetimesinslOkam3whichconveysthisidea, ” appears thebenefitsaccruingfromouractsarenot swAmin sva-SeshI sva-vaSam sva-bharatvEna sva-bharatvEna swAmin sva-SeshIsva-vaSam by ourselves.Thisiscalled tham svasmin nyasyati mAm svayam tham svasminnyasyatimAm 9 ner ofeverything wedo,includingthe any of our actions also to BhagavAn, any ofouractionsalsotoBhagavAn, mamatA tyAgam. kartRtva tyAgam phala tyAgam. ). ).

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life oftheprapannainthisworld. performance ofuninterruptedkainkaryam ( and directedtowardsbenefit fortheself ( prAptyeka prayOjanam Seshatve sthiradhiyam The prapannapraysforthefirmness of spendshistimeinbhagav and sAstras, should guide him thatduri The prapannapraystoBhagavAn so that he does not in S Your earth.Allofthis willnothappe sAsthrAs. Pleasegrantme Pleaseblessmenottoen attributes. not seekinganyfruitsotherthantheen servant.That about mystatusasYour atYourholyfeet.Iamfirmofthought Oh VaradarAjA!Iamaprapannan RI N.K tvat sEshatvE sthira dhiyam tvat prAptyEka prayOjanam| sthiradhiyamtvatprAptyEka tvat sEshatvE RISHNAMACHARI nishiddha kAmyarahitamkurumAmnityakinkaram || TvCDe;Tve iSwr ixy< ini;Ï kaMyriht

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org sinful act, and forgiveness fo sinful act,andforgiveness theLordshouldensurethat prays that The prapanna entrusts toBhagavAnthe S allthesinsthatIhaveaccumulatedsofar. out ofYourlimitlesscompassion me. Pleasegrantmetheboonnottoco Oh LordVaradhA,theoceanof Mercy! RI N.K RISHNAMACHARI tvat yEkarakshyasyamamatvamEvakaruNAkara| na pravartayapApAnipravruttAninivartaya|| Tvdek rúySymmTvmevké[akr, n àvtRypapainàv&ÄaininvtRy. ’ S C OMMENTS r anysinscommittedthusfar. S S S L L L O O O : KAM KAM KAM 14 mmit any more sins. Please also destroy mmit anymoresins.Pleasealsodestroy There isnooneexcept Youtoprotect theprapannadoesnotindulgeinany responsibility forhis protection,and 8 8 8

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org S tranquility. worries aboutmyprotectionandlead lifeasaprapannA withpeaceand now theresponsibilitiesformyprot initsentiretywi completed myPrapatthi YOURSELF executedthebhara nyAsamfo Oh LordVaradarAjAalwa that hecommenced inthethird slOkam ofnyAsadasakam. brough With thisslOkam,SwamyDesikan samsArA. indeed unitedwithHiminSri Vaikunth prapanna whohasthussurrenderedhimself toHiscareandprotection,is Dampathis. Attheendofthislife, restofhislifetothe devotes the responsibility forhisprotectioncomp prapatti following thefiveangasof Having thusbeen blessed bytheLord RI N.K RISHNAMACHARI SrImAn niyatapanchAngam madrakshaNabharArpaNam | acheekarat svayamsvasminatOhamihanirbhara:|| AcIkrt! Svy. srImatE vEnkaTesAya vEdAntaguravEnama: kavitArkikasimhAya kalyaaNaguNasAlinE | kavitArkikasimhAya ïIman! inytpÂa¼. vedaNtgurve ïImte ve»qezay ’ S ys inthecompanyofPe C OMMENTS S S S L L L O O O kLya[gu[zailne, KAM KAM KAM : 16 letely totheLord.ThePrapannathen ection. Iam therefore freed ofany , the prapanna has surrendered the , theprapannahassurrendered it isBhagavAnwh bliss ofkaimkaryamtotheDhivya t to a conclusion, the sAtvika tyAgam tyAgam t toaconclusion,thesAtvika to dobhara-nyAsamatHisfeetby am, andisrelieved ofthecycle th its five limbs.Youhaveacceptedth itsfive 10 10 10 r meatYoursacredfeet.You have

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Swamy Desikan to illustrate how our great AchAryA blessed us again and again Swamy Desikantoillustrate howourgreatAchAryAblessedus againand NyAsa Dasakam.Iwill trytointerlace extend thecommentary foramoredeta NyAsa Dasakam.Iwillelaborateon Swamy Desikantomakereferencethem ofNammA Dr. V.N.Vcitesthepaasurams with thetitleofAazhwArThiruvuLLam. commentary madebyDr.V.N.Vedantha Desikan(VNV)inhisbrilliantwork Vankipuram NavaneethamSrirAmaDesikAchar Swamyandtheadditional I willfollow thecommentarytraditiones ofKanchIpuram. (pEraruLALan) his performance ofPrapatthiatth This sacredgranthamwascomposedby understand theprocedurerelatedtoan He hasblesseduswithmanyother the teninspired andinspirin Any discussiononthesubjectofSaraNa exquisite fragrance divine! Swamy Desikan hasch of thewordsthat NammAzhwAr's paasuramsandtheneedto We reciteitdailybecauseof itste essence of thedoctrineofSaraNaagathi. perspective, ourmostmercifulAchAry the SaraNaagathi literature.Fromth dasakam. Thismagnificent workhasten beautiful summaryofSaraNaagathiis The subject of SaraNaagathi is a vast one. One of the most moving and N N N Y Y Y A A A SA SA SA D D D ASAKAM ASAKAM ASAKAM g verses of Swamy Desikan. g versesofSwamyDesikan.

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Among thesevenangamsof VidhyAs suchasSadhVidhya,Dahara ashtAnga yOgam.TheupAsanamcanbe the sevenangamsofBhakth PrathyAhAram, PrANaayAmam, Aasanam, /Prapa Bhakthi/upAsanam andPrapatthi appropriate upAyam(means)togain enjoyable sukhamofmOkshamasthe the knowledgeable chEtanan willchoos All thepleasuresofworldareephe totheDhivyaDampathis. kaimkaryam an listening torareSaamaghAnams singing anddancingjoyouslywithfello archirAdhi mArgamandperformingKaim of allkarmas throughPrapatthi,as this worldreflectingonth Here, Swamy Desikandescribeswithjoy irukkinROm vidhiyinAlE pErinbam peruhanALUm,meeLAtha pa thOtthirankaL paadiyAdik-kELAtha pooNDu, thOLAthamaamaNikku th “ mALAtha vinai anaitthum mALa nAmm pOy, vaanERi malar mahaLAr anbu nAmm pOy,vaanERimalarmahaLAr vinaianaitthummALa mALAtha ♦ ♦ ♦ MaayUram and Bhadram. Thesearedi MaayUram andBhadram. Veeram,gOmukham, are: Svasthikam,Paadhmam, The Aasanams AarAdhanamfortheLord. of scriptures,pleasantdisposition, Niyamam consistsofpenance, purity people’s possessions. notstealing,desiring other sathyam, toahimsai, Yamam refers ” e life to be at Sri Vai Bhakthi yOgam: i yOgam.WiththeangiofSamAdhi,thisbecomes Vidhyai, VaisvAnaraVidhyaietal. 21 mOkshasukham.TheseupAyamsare zha maRayingeethamkEttuk-kidayAtha meral andtingedwithsorrowhence pEradimaik-kanbu peRROmmedhiniyil pEradimaik-kanbu cending toParamaPadhamthrough cending w mukthaJeevansandnithyaSooris, desirable PurushArthamandseekthe dhanam. upAsanam is yamam,niyamam, dhanam. upAsanamis d enjoying eternal andblemishless karyams thereforthedivinecouple, oNDu pooNDu, thozhuthuhanthu his status after Prapatthi waiting in his statusafterPrapatthiwaitingin e onlyeverlastingandthemost DhAraNai andDhyAnam.Theseare throughavarietyofupanishadic

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org qualifications forchoosing nyAsamare: Itguarantees need anthimasmruthi. varaNam) andtheangiofBharanyAsam varjanam,Kaar sankalpam, PrAthikoolya nyAsa vidhyai: andhastobe (KshaNa karthavyam) yOgam thatisopentoall(Sarvaad eligible topracticethisdifficultBhak practice Bhakthi yOgam forMokshasiddhi.Therefore, thosewho arenot Lotof (anthimasmruthi). last moment before itfructifies. BhakthiyOgam ne It hastobepracticedaslongonega karma yOgam.Itcanonlybepracticed This BhakthiyOgamhasto in being meditateduponandstaying to gobeyondtheconceptionof , theangiforaboveseven ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Kumbhakam forspecifiedtimes). controlledbrea PrANAyaamam is ParamAthma. theuninterruptedmedi dhyAnam is of theLordand DhAraNai isthefirmholdingofth and Pruthveetatthvamsaddupto24tatthvams). fiveJn~Anaindh KarmEndhriyams, seythal) the24tatthvams(PanchaBh isthebhAvanai(gestu PratyAharam This is shadanga yOgam. It be engagedinaftergain doneonlyonce(Sakrudh). that stateofnirvikalpaSamAdhi. Jeevan meditating and the ParamAthman andtheParamAthman Jeevan meditating thi yOgam resort to the easier Prapatthi thi yOgamresorttotheeasierPrapatthi hikAram) andtakesonlyalimited time hikAram) 22 Moksham attheendofthislife.The by Brahmins, KshathriyAs and VaisyAs. by Brahmins,KshathriyAsandVaisyAs. angams of AshtAnga Bhakthi yOgam is angams ofAshtAngaBhakthiyOgamis SakthiandJn~Anamareneededto eds remembranceof theLordat ins thePhalan.Itwilltakealongtime paNyam, MahA viswaasam, gOptrutva gOptrutva paNyam, MahAviswaasam, . Prapatthi ornyAsavidhyaidoesnot Prapatthi . riyams, manas, ahankAram, mahath riyams, manas,ahankAram,mahath e manas (mind) atthedivinebody e manas(mind) re) that one unites (layam adaya re) thatoneunites(layamadaya tation ofthesvaroopamtation ofthe thing (rEchakam, Poorakam, thing (rEchakam,Poorakam, Uthams, five tanmAthrais, five Uthams, fivetanmAthrais, has five angams (Aanukoolya has fiveangams(Aanukoolya ing Jn~Anasiddhithrough KaarpaNyam saashtrams. against Bhagavath prAthikoolya varjanam: pledge todoallthatpleasesthe niscchaya:, Aanukoolyamithipr bhagavathvapu:,at bhUthAni sarvANi well asSarvabhUthamssincelatteraretheLord’sbody( Aanukoolya Sankalpam: Let usnowexaminethe five angams ofPrapatthi. Moksham. Therefore,theychose thero Saasthra anumathybutcouldnotbrook andAchAryaRaamAnuja ha AaLavanthAr Theremaybeth yOgam successfully. that onedoes nothave, thereare fifteen When wehavepermutations andcombin assailed by five doubts (Panchaa samkhAs) about the Lord coming to our our theLordcomingto about (Panchaa samkhAs) fivedoubts assailed by Mahaa ViswAsam: intervention areexpressions ofkrupaN humility, fallingatHisfeetseeking help,crying outbeseeching His angam ofPrapatthi.StandingbeforeLord (nothavinganymeans) ananyagathithvam Iswaran issarvasakthan.Aakinchany desired phalanofMoksham.Recognition ♦ ♦ ♦ ♦ Lack ofpower(sakthi)toengageinupAsanam(BhakthiyOgam) Lack ofpatiencetowait Lack oftherequiredJaathiorGuNamand Lack ofJn~Anam is themindsetofnothaving It is the firm belief in Lord The conductance of one to be anukoolan to Iswaran as The conductanceofonetobeanukoolanIswaran This isthepledgenottodo anythingthatwouldbe fortheMokshaPhalan. Oktham sarvabhUthAnukoolathA Lord by following His sAsthrams. Lord byfollowingHissAsthrams. 23 hastadhAnukoolyam mEkaaryamithyEva a vrutthi (display of KaarpaNyam). of KaarpaNyam). a vrutthi(display ute ofPrapatthioverBhakthiyOgam. that the chEtanan is alpa sakthan andthat thechEtananisalpasakthan ations among the above four criteria theabovefourcriteria ations among am (utter lackofresources)and am (utter areessentialqualificationsforthis disqualifications toengageinBhakthi disqualifications d theneededsakthi,Jn~Anamand in a state of utter helplessness and ofutterhelplessnessand inastate ose likeSriNaathamuni,Swamy the delay ingainingthePhalanof anyprotectorforgainingthe ’s unfailingprotection. One is ). Thisisthe carAcarANi

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org angi: ane gOptrutva varaNamis requestasapr blesses themusingthat step towardsHimandseeksHisraksha ofthisprecio grantor indiscriminate bliss ofMokshamwithoutthemrequestingforit,Hewillbeconsideredasan our Lordweretograntallandsund fromti stuck inthemudofsamsAaram the mostmercifulLord,Heexpectsth tantram: 17.80).EvenifSrimanNaraya SamsAratantra vAhithvAthra “ remember alwaysis: gOptrutva varaNamisaMokshaVirOdhi Moksham andbeimmersedinSamsAr the blessingsofprotection(RakshAp Ifonedoes KaaruNeekan andrakshakan. withtherakshakan conviction that gOptrutva VaraNam: successful Prapatthiwillnotberealized. viswAsam innyAsatilakaSlOkam.If rescue and SwamyDesikanhasprovided Bhakthi yOgam, whichis recognized as asPhala orSa yOgam andisalsoknown nyAsam) attheSarvaSEshi’ssacredThiruvadikaL. PrapatthiisashaDanga (Bhara weplacetheburdenofourprotection Master (Paaratantryam), rakshaNam. Witha deep sense ofservit sambhandham withourownrakshaNam that weareHisunconditionalservants of ourrakshaNamatthesacredfeet SamarpaNam). SaraNaagathy, andBhara The angiforthesefive angams Prayer totheLordthatHesh Sarvajn~Oapi hiViSvEsa:sadhaaKaaruNikOapisann, ssential angam of Prapatthi. ssential angamofPrapatthi. kshApEkshAm pratheekshathE us boon.OncetheChEtanam takesone 24 EkshA), one will loose savroopa Praptha Praptha EkshA), onewillloosesavroopa e requestfrom thechEthanam,whichis adhya Bhakthiincontrast toupAsanam/ ry including Mahaa Paapis the greatest including MahaaPaapisthegreatest ry (sEsha bhUthAs)andthatwehave no me immemorial, for its rakshaNam. If me immemorial,foritsrakshaNam. these five doubtsarenotbanished, IswaranisSakthan,Samarthan, notbeseech theLordandrequestfor nan isOmniscient,Omnipotentand five samAdhAnams to growourMahA five samAdhAnamsto upAya Bhakthi.During SaraNaagathy The thought whileplacing theburden etext to come totheirrescue.Thusetext tocome a Saagaram. Thenonobservanceof a Saagaram. ude totheLordasouroneandonly in Desikadarsanam theSupreme Lord (SarvaSEshi)is Nam, Herushes towardsthemand is Aathma NikshEpam (Prapatthi, (Prapatthi, NikshEpam is Aathma or thephalanarisingfromthat ould becomethechEtanan’s . Thethoughtto ” (Lakshmi S (1) moving decadisaclassicalex PerumAl inthe“ nORRanOnpilEn” Thiruv RakshA BharasamarpaNamat (shaDanga) Swamy NammAzhwAr(prapannaSanthAna PuNDareekAksha rakshamaamSaraNAgatam day: “ toDhwarakANaathanis saraNaagathy atthedifferentcantos.Dhroupadhi’sit housesmanySaraNaagathys isknow gadhyam. SrimathRaamAyaNam is thePrapatthiperformedbyAchArya AchAryAs. Thegreatest oneand themost movingaswell asthe elaborate one instances ofSaraNaagathyperformed IthihAsams andPurANamsaswell I Sucha:). yOgam andgrantsusHisprotection asksusnottoworryanymore(Maa inplace anushtAnam, theLordstands yOgam. SwamyNammAzhwAr didnotch explicitly withSesahthva Jn~Anaman ananya gathithvam, aakinchanyam ar akinchanO ananyagathis-SaraNyatv dharma nishtOsminachAthmavEdhi,na SthOthra Rathnamwithanechoof asaktha state).SwamyAaLavanthAr linked tothe angamofK statement fromSwamy NammAzhwArbefo soonyan”. adiyEnisanaakinchanyan,wh orJn~AnayOga nishtais.adiyEn THIHAASA ARA

“nORRa nONpilEn, nuNNaRivilEn”(TVM: 5.7.1): N AAGATHY Sankha cakragadA-paaNEdv - PURAANA :

aarpaNyam, which arises from Aakinchanyam (helpless, aarpaNyam, whicharisesfromAakinchanyam AND ample of Shadanga Prapatthi: ample ofShadangaPrapatthi:

DHIVYA Swamy NammAzhwAr’s declaration: SwamyNammAzhwAr’sdeclaration: 25 at paadhamolamSaraNamprapadyE” at is a“KarmaYogaJn~Ana yOgadhiupAya ile havingtheSEshathva Jn~Anam. This as dhivyaPrabhandhamsarefullof e covered by Swamy AaLavanthAr n asSaraNaagathySaasthrambecause

a memorableone thatwerecite every RaamAnujA through His SaraNaagathy RaamAnujA throughHisSaraNaagathy d Hisunfitnessto practice Bhakthi by the devAs, humans, AzhwArsand by thedevAs,humans, of thedifficulttopracticeBhakthi bhakthimAn tvaccharaNAravindhe, bhakthimAntvaccharaNAravindhe, observes the KaarpaNyam in His observes theKaarpaNyamin Ai Mozhi (5.7). The passages of this Ai Mozhi(5.7).Thepassagesof oose BhakthiyOgam fornumberof the sacred feet of VaanamAmalai thesacredfeetofVaanamAmalai PRABHANDHAM Kootasthar) has performed Saanga Kootasthar) hasperformedSaanga re theLordofVaanamaamalaiis ”. ArakAnilayAcyuta, Govinda IdonothavetheKarma

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (3) being observedhere. Prapatthi isMahaaViswAsamintheLord VirOdhis) anddeclareshisMahAVisw Conch andChakramreadytobattlewi Aasritha virOdhinirasanan).AzhwArse enemies ofthosewhosoughtHisrefu NammAzhwAr expressesHisdeepfaithin (2) ♦ ♦ ♦ reasons: boon of nithya kaimkaryam(nyAsam) isbeingobserved here.OhLo at Your sacred feet. Please(6) “YenthAi!aruLAyuyyumARenakkE”(TVM: 5.7.9): grant it to me. If this observed here. sankalpm andPrAthikoolyavarjanam.Tw ruchi Svaroopa Jn~AnamandKaimkarya (4, 5) practicedhere. gOptrutva varaNamis delay andblessadiyEn.Here Youmust Srivaramangalam (VaanamAmalai)! reach youbymeansotherthandire withering awayduetotheintense love KaarpaNyam. IhaveMahAviswAsaminYo

kaimkaryam atSriVaikuntamthru His intenselonging(Aathuram)toga toundertakethetardyBhakthiyOgam, His impatience His respectfortheVarNAsrama “tamiyEnkku aruLAyE”(TVM:5.7.2): “Ilankai seRRaammAnE,Sankhu

“yennai poruLAkki adimai koNDAi”(TVM:5.7.3): “yennai poruLAkkiadimai is the Lord is beseeched Lordisbeseeched is the dharmams (Jaathi, Kulam), (Jaathi, dharmams the fasterphalan-yieldingroute. 26 ChakkaratthAi” (TVM:5.7.2): o otherangamsofPrapatthiarebeing es the Lord adorning His weapons of es theLordadorningHisweaponsof forYouandmydisqualificationsto Asam in theLord;anotherangiof Asam in adiyEn isaKrupaNanexpressingHis rd ofSrIvaramangai! Ilongforthe ge (asinthecase in theLord’sanugrahamfornithya as SaraNaagathaRakshakan.Thatis u asadiyEn’srakshaNam.adiyEnis theLordasdestroyer ofthe th his internalenemies(Moksha ct self-surrender.OhLordof in recognition of my Aanukoolya in recognition ofmyAanukoolya cometoadiyEn’srescuewithout endearingly. Theangiof OhLord!Yougaveme The angi ofPrapatthi ofVibhIshaNa: Swamy http://www.sundarasimham.org/ebooks/Adaikkalappathu.pdf named adaikkalappatthu.TheUR nyAsa dasakan.SwamyDesikanfollowed it blessed uswithtenslOkamsonthe Desikan wasinspiredbythisupadEsam reflectuponbyusalways!Swamy movingslOkamto at Srivaramangai.A ofSwamy Thus endstheSaraNaagathy already Yours? with TuLasi garland thatsoulisalreadyYours. gratitude, on Your Crown!enlightenment. IfI weretoplacemy What can I surrenderme my goal. to You What that“You taught me that I must cling to Your feet as an upAya. This upAya will is take return not shallyenathAvium unathE I render to YoupaadhamE SaraNAhat-tanthozhinth for having hastheAathmanikshEpaNamitselfasPaasuram theangi:“ helped me in this VaradarAjan. Both SriSookthiswere were tobeviewedasgOptrutvavaraNam,the5 ”. ParAsara Bhattar’s interpre ”. ParAsaraBhattar’s about Swamy Desikan’s Aathma SamarpaNam to Lord about SwamyDesikan’sAathmaSamarpaNamtoLord L for adaikkalappatthu is: L foradaikkalappatthu 27 Oh Lord DhaivanAyaka of Srivaramangai Srivaramangai of Oh LordDhaivanAyaka Ay, unakkOrkaimmARunAnonilEn of Swamy NammAzhwAr on nyAsam and SwamyNammAzhwAronnyAsam of method as toobserveNyAsamknown

NammAzhwAr with all its five angams angams NammAzhwAr withallitsfive soul at Your disposal as a kind of soul atYourdisposalasakind with a matching Tamil Prabhandham withamatchingTamilPrabhandham th angamofPrapatthi,thenext tation of this Paasuram is: is: tation ofthisPaasuram

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org (anusandhAnam) withoutanyshredofdoubt that, (anusandhAnam) and RakshaNaphalamatthelotu thatonehasto Swamy Desikanstates SaraNaagathi intoitsthreeparts: person performPrapatthi?SwamyDesi desirous ofseekingMokshamthroughth atthesacredhitha andpurushArthams discriminating intellect;suchaperson Here Swamy Desikanpointsoutthepr paadham of thisslOkamse paadham of The tersestatement of thesethree an Thefruitthatresultsfromprotecti 3. The total responsibilitytoprotectme 2. TheLordistheownerofhisorhe 1. 3. PhalasamarpaNam 2. bharaSamarpaNam 1. svarUpaSamarpaNam SamarpaNam Ihavenorighttoclaimanyofthatfruit/ Lord alone. I havenorole toplayinthatresponsibility/ entity giftedwithsvathanthram/ aham madrakshaNabharOmadr na mamaSrIpatErEvEtyAtmAnamnikshipEtbudha:|| n mmïIptereveTyaTman. . Ah< mÔ][Érae mÔ][)l

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phala D at theveryoutsetofnyAsadasakam. perform Prapatthitogainthesupreme ( viveki (budhah)shouldsurrenderhisaathmAatthelotusfeet ofthe Lord perform PrapatthiaccordingtoourAchAryA samarpaNam is madrakshaNaphalamSripatereva,namama” bharam, tathA entirely controlledthe secondpaadhamofslOkamwithdeclaration: bySwamy Desikancompletesthethoughtbe the Lord and not by me is the way to I am now cleared of my mix up about indeed aretheowner ofthisaathmA.Yo Yours andpretendthatIamgivingto at Yourfeet,IamcommittingaathmApahAr property ofYoursismine.When that Ihadmixedupthings Whatatragedy happening! MyaathmAhasbeenYoursfrom timeimmemorial. have pervadedmysoul(aathmA)and Here NammAzhwArengagesinadialog ThiruvAimozhi 2.3.4:yenathAviyaar the textofSwamyDesikan: ofNammAzhwArascontextfor Dr. VNVcitesthefollowingtwopaasurams arethuscarriedout”. samarpaNam Aathma-sam His williscarriedout. protection andthefruitofhisprotecti personmust “A refinedanddiscerning Sripatereva itibudhahaatmAnamnikshipet R . V SamarpaNam), tathA mad rakshaNaphalamnamama tathA mad ED A NTHA D ESIKAN mad rakshaNabhara:namama

TRANSLATES andhadthedeludedthinki I saynow thatIam surrendering ? yaanAr?thanthaneekondAkkinayE!

arpaNam, bhara-SamarpaNam andPhala- arpaNam, THIS the ownershipof aathmA. HowcanI 29 on astheLord’s.TheyareallHISand boon of Moksham says SwamyDesikan boon ofMokshamsays surrenderhimself--hisaathmA, (phalaSamarpaNam). u are the Lord of me and the aathmA. u aretheLordofme andtheaathmA. with SaraNyan.Hesays:OLord!You You whatismine).Oh,My Lord! You preside there.This isanancient

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org dasakam. These thoughts arecapturedbySwamy SamarpaNam. Kulapathihis senseofjoyovertheactSvarUpa Thus poursoutour aathmA. Whatagreatfortunethatbefe the GithA, property andyouseemtoberecallingwith greathappiness yourstatementin transaction, whereYouhavegainedan the enjoyment ofYour loftylotus feet. ofmine.Isoldyoumyaathm transaction samarpaNam. OhGreat benefactor! Youha attained specialeffulgence (jyOthi) accepted myaathmA,whichhasalwaysbe paramOpakAram. OhLord!Whatisha unconditional saleofittoYou.It one thing.Mycherishedpossessionis forYo enjoyment. HowcanIrepayYou mood ofblissfuljoy,hesays:Youha Here theAzhwAris supremely elated --- tamiyanenPeriyavappanE! ThiruvAimozhi 8.1.10: SecondPaadham: This to theLordasHisproperty. that hehas nothoughtwhatsoeveronre statement thereafter: whatsoever onit. Hesays: theaathmA belongstoth asserts that thathewillsurrender andsubmission hisaathmAtotheLordandalone AzhwArpoints Earlier inthispaasuram, repay Youforhelping meoutofmyconfusion? “j~nAni thu aathmA yeva matham”. “j~nAnithuaathmAyevamatham”. “inimeeLvathu yenpathu uNdO?” “YenathAvi tanthuozhindhen”. is SvarUpa samarpaNam at its best. is SvarUpasamarpaNamatits 30 ve grantedThyfeet is mygestureofgratitudeforYour as aresultofacceptingmysvarUpa Yennyuirai aRavilaiseythanansOthi!-- You arenow beamingwithjoyover this after svarUpa samarpaNam. In that In aftersvarUpasamarpaNam. upperhand.Youhavegotbackyour A (svarUpam). ThepricepaidbyYouisA (svarUpam). claiming whathehasjustsurrendered ll me thru this SvarUpa samarpaNam? ll methruthisSvarUpasamarpaNam? myaathmA.Inowmakeaclean, out to the Lord in a mood of utter outtotheLordinamoodofutter e Lordtotallyandhehasnoclaims ppening toYounowthathave ur mahOpakAram?Thereishowever Desikan inhisfirstslOkam ofnyAsa en Yourproperty?Youseemtohave ve paidverylittleinthiscommercial You are considering me as Your You areconsideringmeas Your AzhwAr states here exclusively formy He makesa 1. S full importofdhvayamantram. of therule;maynothavetoleranc though, inthecurrentdaysituationmo comprehension oftheesoteric ofthis to guideus.Suchadedicationisin self istotallyeffaced.WeexistforHi After this sacredevent, fromthenon two gowithit,say,asthesecondary orancillaries. (namely AathmanikshEpaandbhara-nyAsa ofone’s Bhara samarpaNam(dedication preceptor asasacredritual,wefulfill Though atthetimeofBharanyAsam all isfortheLord”. result toSriya:Pathi.Heoughtdevelo dedicate hisAathma(hisself),pr thee whohasassimilated A wiseman, bhara samarpaNamEva pradhAnam; it pradhAnam; bhara samarpaNamEva nikshipEt) havetobepresentedsamarpaNam, totheLord( Aathma the three,Aaathmasvaroopam, person ofthetatthvams at thesacredfeetofLord.Onewh thephalanarisin burden ofrakshaaand ofSvaroopam, (SamarpaNams RakshAbharasamarpaNam angi --Aathma indicate Through thefirstslOkam,itis E XPLANATORY RI B H . Amongthethree principal A SHYA

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Highlights of additional commentaries: Highlights ofadditional FROM A D S (tatthvaj~nan) A R CCH .V.N. V A R ’ S C harasccha tadhavayava bhUtham). harasccha tadhavayava ED 31 OMMENTS the five components and stress only the the fivecomponents andstressonly m, notforus.Wehaveanewphilosophy st personscannotfollowtheexactness otection-burden, and his BharanyAsA’s andhisBharanyAsA’s otection-burden, , everything isforthe Lord.TheOwn e tothedegreeofcomprehending the the spirit of dhvaya mantram. The the spiritofdhvayamantram. ssence ofPrapatthiphilosophy,hasto g from the rakshaa--have tobeplaced g fromtherakshaa--have mantram is apreludetoPrapatthi – mantramis A or Prapatthi-throughacompetent or p a spirit that “it is not forme”,“that p aspiritthat“itisnot d that the threeco d thatthe rakshaNam (BharanyAsam)andphala rakshaNam o doesitthiswayisaknowledgeable NTHA relating toPrapatthiSaasthram.All however isBharaSamarpanam protection burden),thetwoothers phala nikshEpaalso)gowithit.The D : ESIKAN : trayamapi bhagavati bhagavati trayamapi nstituents ofthe (tatra

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Lakshmi Visishtan isthePra Lakshmi Visishtan Visishtan(Lord wi Lakshmi samarpaNams, iscalledBhara Prapatthi Therefore from thestate ofAakinchanyamandAnayagathithvam however adominantstateinPrapatthi yOga one whodesiresMoksham(Mumukshu). is andPhalasamarpaNam samarpaNam SamarpaNam andPhala Svaroopam ofangihasthreeparts: The first slOkamcoversthesvaroop 3. S protection (nirbharam,nirbhayam)bythePrapannan. and finalslOkamexplainsthestate anushtAnam(utthar after SaraNaagathy the Prapatthimantram.InnextfiveslOkam covers thephalasamarpaNamdealtwith dealingwith KaaNDam) mantram (prathama In thisDasakam,thefirstthreeslOkam 2. S RI RI S G OP AILA A LA T T ATACH AT A CH A R A ’ S R C ’ S thi sambhandhi(upEyam). C OMMENTS OMMENTS : SvaroopaSamarpaNam,RakshaaBhara 32

: common foralltheVidhyAschosenby of freedom fromworriesabouthis in the utthara KaaNDam of dhvayam, intheuttharaKaaNDamofdhvayam, a Kruthyam) are described. The tenth a Kruthyam)aredescribed.Thetenth s address the first section of dhvaya firstsectionofdhvaya s addressthe am of the angi of Prapatthi. The am oftheangiPrapatthi. th Lakshmi)istheupAyam.Thesame . Among these three, Svaroopa . Amongthesethree,Svaroopa SamarpaNam. Inallthesethree RakshaBharaSamarpaNamhas SaraNaagathy.ThefourthslOkam s (5to9)theactsbeperformed m (nyAsaVidhyai)becauseitarises (upAyAnthara asakthi) (upAyAnthara .

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org refers tohisvowperform alwa AanukUlya sankalpam angAs. ThesefiveangAsare: PeraruLALan. ThisistheSaastraicway this slOkamfirstandthenperforms Swamy Desikanbrilliantlyweavesinth bharamtvayinyasyAmi|| Atma rakshA SrIman! anukUla:anyavarjita:akin ANVAYA the feet of theSarvalOkaSaraNyan reminds theLordthat hehaslaid theto unambiguously, “ ThAyAr aswellthiswayandperfor ofKancheepuramas VaradarAjan In thesecondslOkamofnyAsada 5. gOptrutva varaNam MahA VisvAsamand 4. 3. KaarpaNyam 2. PrAthikUlya varjanam 1. aanukUlya Sankalpam

KRAMAM viswasa prArthanA pUrvamAtmarakshAbharamtvayi|| viswasa prArthanA nyasyAmyakincana: SrIman : Sriman! aatma rakshA bharam tvayi nyasyAmi Sriman! aatmarakshAbharamtvayi NySyaMyikÂn> ïImn! ivñas àawRnapUv¡AaTmr]aÉr, . Thefull slOkam isasfollows: KAM KAM KAM 34 sakam, Swamy Desikan addresses Sri SwamyDesikanaddressesSri sakam, e fiveangAsofBh to performSaraNaagathiwithitsfive tal responsibilityofhisprotectionat SaraNaagathi attheholyfeet of ms his SaraNaagathi. Hestates ms hisSaraNaagathi. anukUlOanyavarjita: | as indhvayamandsalutesPerundevi 2 2 2

anukUla: ” inthisslOkam.This ara SamarpaNamin ”. Swamy Desikan SwamyDesikan ”. this verse. Thus thepanchaanga bharanyAsamis SaraNaagathi with the statement, “ withth After observingSaraNaagathi SaraNaagathi in this slOkam. prayer. Thewords,“ gOptrutva varaNam protect thesaraNaagathanwithoutfail. thetotalandunshakable is visvAsam fa MahA VisvAsam sthothra rathnaslOkam(slOkam22) Bhakthi yOgametal.Thisstateisin reachtheLordsuchas has noskillsorpowertopracticeanyupAyams a stateofmeeknessandhumilityarisin KaarpaNyam will notengageinactsthat PrAtikUlya varjanamrelatestothevow PrAthikUlya varjanam is connectedto is hintedby thewords“ tvat paadamoolamsaraNamprapadyE|| na dharmanishThOasmi nacaaatmavEdi na bhaktimaantvatcaraNaaravindE| is therequest oftherakshaNam ofonewithahumble prArthanA pUrvam TvtpadmUl zr{y zr{y AikÂnae=nNygit> cause displeasuretotheLord. theword“ Aatma rakshAbharamtvayinyasyAmi 35 akinchana: practicedbySwamy Desikanthrough e abovefiveangAs,Swamyperforms g fromtheclearrecognitionthatone ” connectto thefift voked by ALavandhAr inhisfamous voked byALavandhAr ith inthethoughtthatLordwill of oneperformingPrapatthithathe visvAsa ” in this verse. KaarpaNyam is ” inthisverse. KaarpaNyamis anya varjita: ” inthis slOkam.Maha h limb (angA) of h limb(angA)of ” intheverse. ”.

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org dharma nishtai, aathma aathma dharma nishtai, de (YaamunAcchaaryA) rathnam, ALavandhAr Swamy Desikan’swholelifewasdevote http://www.sundarasimham.or is The fullcommentaryonadaikkalappatthu akinchanathvam andananyagathithvamrespectively. echoes inTamilofthetenslOkams of ofadaikkalapp The firsttwopaasurams capable ofgrantingthatboonMoksham. the fruitofone’seffortsandseekin elsewhereas saluted HisSvarUpam was SaraNaagathi. LordVaradarAjan presidingoverVaaraNasa compassion) thekAruNyaR Swamy addressesthus ALavandhAr’s sthOthra rathnam.Intheabovecited22 sthOthra ALavandhAr’s BhagavadhRaam housedin Prapatthi Bhakthi yOgam; akinchanyathvam acknowledgement ofhisdeficiency, Afterthat Prapatthi. above twoaretheviseshaadhikAramsof refe aakinchanyam andananyagathithvam Before thisLordofananthakalyANa mayam ( ( SvarUpam ofLordVaradarAjanaseternal( With theabovemovingsalutation,Sw nishpandhanandhathu mayambhavatha:SvarUpam susUkshmam param ). ), omnipresent ( ) andoftheform ananyagathithvam refers tothelackofskills sarvagatham j~nAnam andBhakthi atth g/ebooks/Adaikkalappatthu.pdf relates totheseeking relates Swamy performs his SaraNaagathi. Swamy performshisSaraNaagathi. ) andcapableofpenetratingeverywhere “ nithyam paramsarvagathamsusUkshmam guNams, SwamyDesikanfeelsacutelyhis 36 unalteredbliss( g Sriman NaarAyaNA alone as the one g SrimanNaarAyaNAaloneasthe amy Desikanrecognizes theBhagavath very deartoourAchAryan.Hehas AnujA’s SaraNaagathi Gadhyamand AnujA’s SaraNaagathi aasi (the embodimentofmercyand aasi (the ilam (Hasthi Giri) and performs his Giri)andperformshis ilam (Hasthi nyAsa dasakam in Sanskrit deal with deal nyAsa dasakaminSanskrit d toadvancingthe atthu ofSwamyDesikan,whichare rred to by ALavandhAr earlier.The rred tobyALavandhAr availableonthefollowingURL: nithyam scribes himselfasone bereftof to follow the upAyams such asto followtheupAyamssuch ”.

), superior toalltattvams ), superior e Lord’slotusfeet. He nd slOkam of SthOthra slOkamofSthOthra nishpandhanandhathu of Mokshamaloneas key doctrineof

“upAyaaccha-----phalatara; chathurthAn---SaraNAsrayam ”. “upAyaaccha-----phalatara; in thiscontext: RaamAnujA andSwamyDesika to thePaancharAthrAtexts.NammA as aquickyielderofthefruitMoks ofSara The basisforthehoary tradition adiyEn unnadikkeezhamarnthupuhundhEnE” Moksham. Hehasno other succo Bhakthi yOgams. Heisleftwithonly is not qualified or he is unable to succeedNammAzhwAr in the practice states of Karma, here J~nana that or of all needs protection”. with lotusesgrowinginfert Lord seatedonyourmigh yOgA that leads to Moksham. That is why I have this dvarai or urgency. Oh my intensely passionatekind.Thisisnota the practiceofBhakthi yOgA.Mybh do indeedhaveBhakthiforYou,butit J~nAnA yOgA,whichareprecursors to “O Lord!Ihavenotgainedanydistin and criesout: NammAzhwAr addressesThOthAdhrinaatha Thondaradipodi AzhwAr). (nORRa nOnbilEn nuNNaRivilEn ofNamm VaanamAmalai paasuram 5.7.1) and Thondardippodi’s 25 5.7.1)andThondardippodi’s paasuram VaanamAmalai AlavandhArconsequence ofthese deficiencies. explains thereasonforhisSaraNaagathi in turn took his cues from NammAzhwAr (thiruvaimozhi - ty serpentaasanam atSriv ile paddyfields,takesmein n followedthistradition. r. Thereforeheconfesses, 37 ham is in the Lakshmi Tantram belonging ham isintheLakshmiTantram the four leading toMoksham,he the fouryOgAsleading PrapatthiyOgamto kind ofBhakthi resulting fromBhakthi is farfromthekindthatresults ction throughpracticeofkarmaaor Azhwar and ninkaNum batthanallEnof Azhwar andninkaNum akthi forYouisofarestlessand the development of Naagathi as the easy-to-practice and astheeasy-to-practice Naagathi at the Lord’s Sacred feet as a direct at theLord’sSacredfeetasadirect zhwAr, Naathamuni, ALavandhAr, ALavandhAr, zhwAr, Naathamuni, . n of VaanamAmalai in his paasuram n ofVaanamAmalaiinhispaasuram

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org succinctly: nyAsa is said to be anditsresult. AathmarakshaNam You– placingAathmaa, composedmy pleaatYourdoor“Pleaseprotect me of 5 co intent of saving my soul and in protecting Ihave transgression ofYourmandates. me. With that abidingsanction inYourmandates,i.e., faith, I place physically andmoneywiset Sriya: OhLordofLakshmi! Desikan says: This verseisalmostasimpleexpositi E on thefiveangAsandtwo This isthegreatnessofsecondsl pUrvAchAryAs ingeneralandSw adhikArams (Aakinchanyamandananyagath oneandall.Thefiveli upAyam for chapter revealedPrapatthiatHislotusf thought anddescribedthe pradham (quicktoyieldresults).Geet yOgams --firstanddiscar Lakshmi tantramenliststhethreeyO XPLANATORY 1. 4. 3. 2. Aakinchanyam: KarpaNyam. KarpaNyam. is hundredpercentefficacious. Ther mahaa Viswaasam: prAthikoolya Varjanam: iswhat mandates (SaasthrAs).That Aanukoolya Sankalpam: N OTES

BY D Destituteness; itsspecif A mammothfaiththat Hewi R ds theminfavorofPrapa . V.N.V oo. IamdecisivelyonYo three yOgams firstandth adhikArams ofSaraNaagathi. To abjuretotallywhatSaastrAscondemn. A solemnvowthatwe amy Desikaninparticular. ED 38 Okam of nyAsa dasakam since it focuses Okam ofnyAsadasakamsinceitfocuses mbs of Prapatthi an mbs ofPrapatthi A on, inSanskrit ofthePrapatti.Swamy SaastrAs. I have totally abandoned Ihavetotally SaastrAs. mponents. Allarespeltoutherevery hAchAryan followedthesamelineof NTHA Pathy!Iamadest a tremendousfaithinYouandYour ”. Withthis prelude,Isurrenderunto gams --karma,J~ eet asthefourthandmosteffective one meansbybeing“onHisside”. ithvam wereelaborateduponbyour e ought not to be an iota, a shade e oughtnottobean iota,ashade D ESIKAN tthi yOgam as seegra phala tthi yOgamasseegraphala ic confessionis called ur side,doingthingsYou ll save us;that Prapatthi : will obey theLord’s en inthevery last itute, intellectually, d thetwovisesha nana and Bhakthi nana andBhakthi

5. Lord thatHekindlyprotectus. goptrutva varaNam: Moksham. accomplished, thereisnothingthat of doubtonthis score.Once Verbal request in as many words, uttering tothe Verbal requestinasmanywords,uttering 39 this totalsurrenderhasbeen remainstobedone byusfor

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practice ofMokshadharma is anupAangamofPrapatthi.Saathvika This typeofutterance(anusandhAnam) C You keepall minewith You,carefullyanddiligently. became Yours. me andminemy safetyandprotec weakness andinabilitytobe rightly so,willedthatYoushouldYour Having conceived the scheme of weaning me to Your service, You, perhaps, and What istheretobecalledmyrole?None. OMMENTARIES 3. 2. OnehastoconsiderthatKarma 1. These arethethreepartsof performance ofaKarmaasbelonging phala thyAgam: should linkittotheLord practiced asprayOjanamforhimandiden thyAgam. The nextismamathA instead ofthinkingthatheisdoingit. : One shouldassociatethefruit arisingfromthe ms. Ithas threeparts: ms. ar theself-protection bymyself;tookcharge of Saathvika thyAgam. Saathvika thyAgam. 41 thyAgam hastobeobservedduringthe self carryalltheburden,readingmy is knownasSaathvikathyAgam,which is One shouldnotthinkofthekarma tion onYourshoulders.Myburden is done byBhagavAnthroughhim is done This iskarthruthvathyAgam. to theLordandnothimself. tify with it as his; instead he

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42 M Vaikuntam attheend ofthislifeonearth. Please grantmetheboon bhakthAsVaradhan becauseof Yourmunificence desire!Oh Lordwhoisneversepara adiyEn is performing SaraNaagathy at Your sacred feet. EANING : yEtat dEhAvasAnE mAm tvat pAdam prApaya svayam|| yEtat dEhAvasAnEmAmtvatpAdamprApaya SrIman abheeshTavaradatv @tÎehavsane ma, of nithyaKaimkaryamatYourlotusfeetinSrI ted fromPeriyaPirAtti!Oh Perundevi Thayaar S S S L L L O O O KAM KAM KAM 43 in granting all the boons that Your in grantingalltheboonsthatYour Amasmi saraNam gata:| saraNam Amasmi 4 4 4

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org from thetraditional helpof AadhivAhikAs. propels him toaskforthedirectinvolvementofLordinsteadbenefiting Hi to ParmaPathambyLordVaradhan givers throughHisAchAryan.SwamyDesi sacred feetofSriPerumdEviSamEtha at Kaanchi(HasthiGiri),SwamyDesika secondPaadhamis the upAya varaNam; anuvAdhaSlOkam This isDhvayaMantra E XPLANATORY N OTES

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n performed the SaraNaagathy atthe n performedtheSaraNaagathy mself. HisdeeploveforVaradarAjan about the Phalam of Kaimkaryam. Here about thePhalamofKaimkaryam. NTHA Sri VaradarAjan,theemperorofboon . ThefirstPaadhamofthisslOkamis kan seekstheblessingsofbeingled D ESIKAN : May Ibealso keptofffromKaamyaritu mandates, say,byrendering anykarma, As long as I me! livegrant itto inservice toYou,enjoythiskindofcl this bodyVaikunta, toenjoyYourblissfulpresen of flesh,My sole aim from now on may ought to be to I reachmy Lord! never You here (at shrines) violateconviction thatIamYourservant,Se or in Sri I any have of Your surrendered untoYou shouldblessmetohavethesekaim You.without interruption.Thesewillnotbepo My mindadiyEn performsforYouwith this bo ought thekarmas prohibited by karmas and to kaamya fromperforming stayaway withYoursupport mental dispositionshould be wellme. adiyEndoesnotseekanyphalansex plantedremembers thatIamYoureternalservan inOh Lord!adiyEnisonewhohassought the M E after. XPLANATORY EANING tvat sEshatvE sthira dhiyam tvat prAptyEka prayOjanam| sthiradhiyamtvatprAptyEka tvat sEshatvE : nishiddha kAmyarahitamkurumAmnityakinkaram || N OTES TvCDe;Tve iSwr ixy< ini;Ï kaMyriht

BY D R . V.N.V S S S L L L TvTàaÞyeek àyaejnm!, O O O ED KAM ma< inTyik»rm!. KAM KAM 45 Your Saasthrams. The kaimkaryams that that Thekaimkaryams Your Saasthrams. sha, Daasaandperman A ose proximityandservicetoYou.Please tabooedandexplicitly prohibited! NTHA dy onearthshould continueforever als! (Thesewouldnot bringsinbynon- karya prApthis here karya prApthis ce, torenderallsortsofintimate ssible atallwithoutYouranugraham. t. Thisthoughtwill the refuge of Your feet. adiyEn cept enjoyingYou.adiyEnof this 5 5 5 D

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org service toYourpleasure.Pleasegrantthatstateofblissme. I mustgraduatetoastageofpermanent please bedeterredfromsuchkaamyakarmas. essential, norhelpful totheprogress of committal). They arenotmandatory.Ifno aththivaradar inninRa kOlam 46 thePrapannainhisroyalpath.Imay serf and servant to You, always doing serf andservant toYou, alwaysdoing t explicitlysinful,theyareneither

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Generis” (aprAkruta). All aredivine; noneisamaterialas Your chiefattendantssuch excellentjewelsandorname (Devis),Your servedbyavast You aresurroundedand Oh BhagavAn!Pleaseengage My Prayeris: E kaimkaryams deartoYourheart. ofaparAdhams.OhLord! admixture you ceaselessly.adiyEnlongstoperformkaimkaryamsforYouwithout shine on Youandgain theirbeauty.Your with great love.Your ThiruvAbharaNams XPLANATORY N OTES

BY D R . V.N.V asananta,Garuda,Vishva me inaservicefreefrom flaw,atYourdoor,when pin sevai ED 48 A weapons(Sankhu,Ch NTHA Please commandadiyEntoperform (Crown, kuNDalams, necklaces et al) (Crown,kuNDalams,necklacesetal) paraphernalia includingYourConsorts paraphernalia nts, YourdivineweaponslikeChakra, in thisworld.Everything is“sui D ESIKAN : ksEna etc.,andallelse.

akram etal)serve these, which areYours. without anexceptionoromission,a living ,mywifeandchildren,housean Oh Lord! It is not enough You accept my self. Whatever is mine , living or non- hastens toaddarider. Evidently theLordhadagreedtoSwamy E objects for Yourkaimkaryam. accept allthatbelongstome-children, and blessmetoperform thesekaimka as Oh VaradarAjA!PleaseuseadiyEn M XPLANATORY EANING : sva kaimkaryOpakaraNam varada sveekuru svayam|| varadasveekuru sva kaimkaryOpakaraNam mAm madeeyam canikhilam mAm madeeyam N OTES ma< mdIy

BY D R . V.N.V S S S L L L O O O ED KAM KAM KAM 49 A Your instrumentforkaimkaryams ryams byYouthroughme.should wife,house,fieldsandeverything-as NTHA cEtanAcEtanAtmakam| ll isYours.Yououghttotakeallof d thelike,myhouseholdarticles,all, Desikan’s plea. Now in this verse, he Desikan’s plea.Nowinthisverse,he 7 7 7 D

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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org to protect adiyEn. You shouldblessadiy adiyEn.You to protect Oh the Ocean ofMercy!Oh M EANING : tvat yEkarakshyasyamamatvamEvakaruNAkara| na pravartayapApAnipravruttAninivartaya|| Tvdek rúySymmTvmevké[akr, n àvtRypapainàv&ÄaininvtRy. Purappadu duringpavithrotsavam Lord VaradarAjA!Thereis S S S L L L O O O KAM KAM KAM 50 En not to engage in committing sinsEn nottoengagein committing 8 8 8

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non-existent byYour mere:‘sankalpa- You pleaseforgivethemandtreat In regardtosinsandof in myfolly.Yououghttoseethat can questionYou.YoupleasewardoffpossiblesinsthatIwouldperhapsincur Youareanall- submit aplainttoYou. “Oh Lord,ReservoirofMercy!Asapers E so far. from nowon.Youshouldalsodestroya XPLANATORY N OTES

BY D fences that I could have Icouldhave that fences R . V.N.V sErthi sEvai I donotincursuchsinsanymore. ED kshama’ i.e.,byYourpardoningthem! powerful Super-Power. 51 A ll the sins that adiyEn has accumulated ll thesinsthatadiyEnhasaccumulated NTHA as inoperative!Theybecomenegated, on surrendered unto You, I have to D ESIKAN committed prior toPrapatthi, committed prior : None there is who

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org commanded ustodowithoutfailure. Out commanded perf hasalsoabandoned You. adiyEn adiyEn hasperformed karmas,whichar Yourrefuge!Youarecapa You andseek Oh Lord of Kaanchi, who banishes the M EANING : akrutyAnAm cakaraNamkrutyAnAmvarjanammE| kshamasva nikhilam dEva praNatArtihara prabhO|| kshamasva nikhilamdEvapraNatArtihara Ak«Tyana< ckr[

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appeal to You as a Prapanna: appeal toYouasaPrapanna: griefs ofthosewho resorttoYouin You. Youareliterallyallpowerful.What is Youwhocreate,sustainandterminate this world.Allelseare subservientto You aretheLordofwhole universe E pardon allthesetrespasses. XPLANATORY . Whichever actisprohibited byth 1. circumstances. Youhavetokeep guard!Youalonecan helpme. circumstances. commandments, they oughtnotto N OTES

BY D R . V.N.V serthi sevai ED 53 A . You aretheunquestionableMaster.It Prapatthi.HenceImakeapertinent NTHA ismore,Youdiligentlyremove the e SaasthrAs,namely, Yourbookof becommittedby me underany D ESIKAN :

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org It is “krtiya akaraNE or Kritya varjana”. akaraNEorKrityavarjana”. It is“krtiya Acts prescribed,suchasSandhyA,Pitrukarmaetc,areamust.Weavoidthem! Doing them,aswedo,byoursi Note: 2. Whichever acts or rituals oughtto Whicheveractsorrituals 2. Acts tabooed(proscribed)likehimsai, free will(Sankalpa). ensure it.YoualonecanhelpmeYo perf permitted andencouraged,to nfulness, is“akrityakarma”. 54 be performedbyone,Ioughtto orm themproperly.Yououghtto u canaccomplish allbyYourmere untruth, etc.should bekeptoff. M aruLALan’s Thiruvadi. slOkam andcompleted theanushtAnam five angams.SwamyDesikanstartedwi ofone’srakshaNamtothe samarpaNam In thesecondslOkamofnyAsadasa stays inastateoftotalfreedom Hedid the burdenofprotectingadiyEn. angams itsfive the BharanyAsamwith The LordwhoisforeverwithPeriyaPi EANING : SrImAn niyatapanchAngam madrakshaNabharArpaNam | acheekarat svayamsvasminatOhamihanirbhara:|| AcIkrt! Svy. ïIman! inytpÂa¼

sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Hence Iam freefromallburdens. You gotitdoneYourself (What ismyroletherein?Perhaps none!). that itwascomplete,perfect,accompan protection, inthesocalledprocessof “Oh Lord Sriya: PathE! You Yourself took on Your head, the burden of my gift). - andtheAcharyahadkindly elevated (He shouldnotclaim“IhaveachievedPra is alsoamustforeveryPrapannatoday. victory-winning act.Thisspiritalways Prapatti isnoachievementwroughtbythe about rewardsforrecitingthestOtram.Bu This final(nigamana)slOkamisunusual. E XPLANATORY N OTES

BY D R . V.N.V Pari vEttaiVaradhan Ihavenofearhereafter”. ED 56 pervades Swami Desikan’s thinking. That Desikan’sthinking.That pervades Swami A NonamestampofDesika,noassurance BharanyAsa orPrapatti.You sawtoit NTHA ied by the essential five components. ied bytheessentialfivecomponents. himandcausedtoattainparty- patthi”. HeshouldfeelthattheLord sentient being;it isGod’sownkindly t thereisanexplic D ESIKAN

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3) S of anykind. protected), SwamyDesikanstatesthat performed. the end,Swamyused “Sriman”toin Swamy Desikanchosethewords, “aha such asAanukoolyasankalpametal. that theSaraNaagathy(angi)willnot SaraNaagathyas to theanushtAnamof indicate theLordwithMahaaLakshmi “SrIpathirEva” andinthefinalslOkam, In thefirstslOkamofnyAsadasakam, 2) S aftertheSaraNaagathy upAy immediately from any burden or fear weighing me down. All of this happenedmore karmas by Your grace to do in this regard and stay now inplaced a state of complete the freedom burden of protectionparasmin kalenirbhara:vigaLith at Your sacred“ feet, adiyEn is bereft of1) S any the five angams of Prapatthi areindi Prapatthi the fiveangamsof freedom from the burdens (nirbharathvam thyAagam usthatat stated. Healsoinstructed must be donebe invoked everystage(upAyaandupEyada to gainas “SrIman”toindicateLakshmiVaisis the as“Sriya:Pathi” (Lakshmi ViSishtan) At upakramam aham tvayinyasthabhara:,kartha RI RI RI S G B H OPALA AILA A Afterthe samarpaNamof the ra SHYA T

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