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19. Sarasaram V1 Sincere Thanks To: 1. The Editor-in-Chief of SrI hayagrivan eBooks - "SrI nrusimha seva rasikan" Oppiliappan Koil SrI Varadachari SaThakopan Swamy - for kindly hosting this title in his eBooks series 2. Mannargudi SrI Srinivasan Narayanan Swamy for proof reading 3. Sri N.Santhanakrishnan (http://www.thiruvarangam.com) for all pictures relating to the divyadesams of SrIrangam, Thiruvellarai, Thiru Anbil, ThirunAngur kshetrams and Thirukarambanur, except where otherwise indicated. sadagopan.org 4. Nedumtheru SrI Mukund SrInivasan, SrI Murali BhaTTar, SrI Ramakrishna Deekshitulu, SrI Diwakar Kannan, www.pbase.com, SrI Srikanth Veeraraghavan, SrI Achutharaman, SrI Prabhu and SrI Lakshminarasimhan Sridhar for all other images. 5. Sou R. Chitralekha for providing beautiful artwork for the eBook 6. Smt Jayashree Muralidharan for eBook assembly C O N T E N T S Introduction - Editors Note 1 Author's Introduction 9 The Importance of Thirumantra 15 The Eminence of Thirumantra 25 The Arrangement of Syllables in the Thirumantra 51 The Significance of the ‘a’ in PraNava 71 The Significance of the ‘u’ in PraNava 110 sadagopan.org The Significance of the ‘m’ in PraNava 119 The Significance of ‘namah’ 145 The Significance of ‘nArAyaNanAya’ 193 The Meaning of the Thirumanthiram as a Whole 265 Bibliography 282 sadagopan.org NamperumAl - SrIrangam . ïI>. INTRODUCTORY NOTE by Oppiliappan Koil SrI VaradAchAri Sadagopan Swamy NigamAnta MahA Desikan's vAtsalyam for us, the samsAris, led to the creation of many Sri sUktis dealing with the sacred Rahasyatrayams rooted in authentic PramANams. The most elaborate Sri sUkti of Swamy Desikan is Srimad Rahasya traya sAram dealing with the extensive coverage of the three sadagopan.org Rahasyams -- mUla mantram, dvayam and carama SlOkam -- for our upAya-phala pUrti. Swamy Desikan pointed out the importance of the SadAcAryans as Jn~Amruta varshis to instruct us on the profound meanings of the sarasa Rahasyatrayams for our ujjeevanam. The attainment of rahasyatraya vivekam as hrudaya grAhyam by us of limited intellect has been made possible by Swamy Desikan through number of Chillarai rahasyams: PradAna Satakam, Rahasyatraya cuLakam, Rahasya navaneetam, Rahasya mAtrukA, Rahasya Padavee, Rahasya hrdayam, Rahasya sandeSam, rahasya sandeSa vivaraNam, sAra sangraham, sAra sAram and VirOdha ParihAram. Among these Sri sUktis, Srimad RahasyatrayasAram has become one of the four (Grantha Catushtyam) recommended for Kaalakshepam under the sacred feet of a SadAcAryan. The other three in the list of Grantha Catushtyam are Sri BhAshyam, Bhagavad RaamAnujA's GeetA BhAshyam and Thirkkurukai PirAn PiLLaan’s Bhagavad Vishayam. Other special Sri sUktis relating to rahasya trayams and particularly in defense of nyAsam/bhara samarpaNam (SaraNAgati) are nikshEpa rakshA, SaraNAgati deepika and nyAsa trayams. We are all blessed to have these as our Kula dhanams to illumine our path to the Supreme abode of Sriman NarAyaNan at 1 the end of this deha yAtrai and serve the divya dampatis there and enjoy ParipUrNa BrahmAnandam with them. All these Sri sUktis on Rahasya trayam and Prapatti Maargam have been housed in one of the three web sites: Sundarasimham.org, Ahobilavalli.org and Srihayagrivan.org. Swamy Desikan composed His magnum opus of Srimad RahasyatrayasAram (SRT) towards the end of His deha yAtra and imbued it with his masterly insights. Prior to engaging in the task of constructing SRT, Swamy Desikan blessed us with a magnificent Sri sUkti known as sAra sAram, which deals at length with the sArArthams on the three rahasyams that a Mumukshu (one desiring Moksham) should know. Even after completing sAra sAram and other chillarai rahasyams culminating in the creation of the grand SRT, Swamy Desikan had some concerns about the doubts that may arise in the minds of Sri VaishNavAs about the important doctrines discussed in SRT. He created therefore the Sri sUkti of VirOdha ParihAram as His very last Sri sUkti to answer 108 doubts that may arise in the minds of a serious sishyan, who has undergone Kaalakshepam of SRT. Our most merciful AcAryan, Swamy Desikan posed there 108 questions relating to these three rahasyams and answered them with the help of Saastrams and yukti vAdam. Among the 108 doubts sadagopan.org included in the VirOdha ParihAram, 80 deal with mUla mantram, ten each deal with dvayam and carama slOkam respectively and the remaining eight cover general doubts covering more than one rahasyam. The chillarai rahasyam of sAra sAram has exclusive focus on the three rahasyams like VirOdha ParihAram. The sandehams (doubts) arising in sishyAs's mind after Kaalkshepams on sAra sAram and SRT can be removed and samAdhAnam (reconciliation) obtained by going through VirOdha ParihAram. One benefits from a deep study of all the Sri sUktis of Swamy Desikan on Rahasyatrayams, be they small or big, because this great AcAryan instructs us about the many fine points about the three rahasyams following the traditional upadesams of His purvAcAryAs. Here, we will be studying sAra sAram. In adiyEn's opinion, sAra sAram is a wonderful summary of the three elaborate 2 adhikArams in SRT about mUla Mantram, dvayam and carama slOkam. sAra sAram explains the sArAmsam (quintessence) of the three rahasyams and helps a mumukshu to gain clarity about the visesha arthams of the rahasyatrayams. After gaining clarity from Kaalakshepams at the holy feet of a SadAcAryan, the sishyan should pursue studies of other vishayams related to the rahasyatrayams. Without that clarity, rest of the studies will be futile. These texts are to be studied repeatedly so that one who practices the Japas like ashtaksharam should be conscious of the significance of each aksharam while doing the japa. adiyEn felt that Sri HaygrIvan series of e-books focusing on the Sri sUktis by or about Swamy Desikan will be enriched by the addition of a monograph on sAra sAram to go with the earlier e-books on Srimad Rahasyatraya sAram, sadagopan.org VirOdha ParihAram and other chillarai rahasyams archived in the Sundara Simham and Ahobilavalli series. Sriman Anbil Srinivasan Swamy, who has performed Kaalakshepam on sampradAya granthams with Sri BhAshya SimhAsanAdhipati, U.Ve. VillUr KaruNAkarAcchAr Swamy, kindly accepted my invitation to assemble a new book on the upadesams on the rich meanings of the three rahasya mantrAs as covered by Swamy Desikan in sAra sAram. Admittedly, it is not an easy task since sAra sAram contains enormous number of quotations of PramANams and AzhwAr pAsurams; further, there are 14 important Tamil verses composed by Swamy Desikan Himself. Some rare passages from Swamy ParAsara Bhattar's Sanskrit drama, the Lakshmi KalyANa is quoted here. It is a challenge to translate all of the texts in MaNipravALam, Tamil and Sanskrit into English, while being faithful to the original scholarly Text of Swamy Desikan. With extraordinary focus, dedication and AcArya Bhakti, Sri Anbil SrinivAsan Swamy has succeeded in bringing us closer to the original Sri sUkti of Swamy Desikan. We are grateful for his efforts to help the Astika community to enjoy the quintessence of RahasyArthams. This e-book in the first in the series of three e-books of Sriman Anbil 3 SrinivAsan on sAra sAram. This first volume covers the first of the three rahasyams, mUla Mantram. The second and the third volumes will cover Swamy Desikan's teachings on dvayam and carama SlOkam. Sriman Anbil SrinivAsan Swami is a retired Executive of Dhoordharshan, India and lives in New Delhi. He is a Tamil scholar, who has translated some of the Sanskrit Sri sUktis of Swamy Desikan. We congratulate him on the meticulous and informed way in which he has translated the original MaNipravALam text of Swamy Desikan and captured the essence of Swamy Desikan’s illustrious teachings for our benefit. Swamy Desikan tiruvadigaLe SaraNam dAsan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan sadagopan.org 4 . ïI>. ïIramjym! SrI rAma jayam SrI: SrImate SrI lakshmInrsimha parabrahmane namah SrImate rAmAnujAya namah SrImate nigamAnta mahAdeSikAya namah SrImad AdivaN SaThakopa Yateendra mahAdeSikAya namah SrImate SrIvaN SaThakopa SrI vedanta deSika Yateendra mahAdeSikAya namah SrImate SrI lakshmInrsimha divyapAdukAsevaka SrI vaN SaThakopa sadagopan.org SrI nArAyana Yateendra mahAdesikAya namah sfvami EtSik[f `Rqicfecyft sar sarmf (cilflAr rhsfygfkqf) Mtlf pakmf (tiRmnftfratikarmff) Swamy Desikan's sArAsAram (Chillarai RahasyangaL) Volume -1 (Consisting of Chapter 1 - TirumantrAdhikAram) 5 sadagopan.org Swami Desikan -Melkote (Thanks: SrI Achutharaman) 6 t[iy[f Taniyan ïIman! ve»qnawayR> kivtaikRkesrI, vedaNtacayRvyaeR me siÚxÄa< sda ùid. SrImAn vEnkaTanAthAryah kavitArkika kEsarI | vEdAntAcAryavaryO mE sannidhattAm sadA hrdee || ramanujdyapaÇ< }anvEraGy_aU;[m!, sadagopan.org ïImÖe»qnawayR< vNde vedaNtdeizkm!. rAmAnuja dayApAtram jn~AnavairAgya-bhooshaNam | SrImad-vEnkaTanAthAryam vandE vEdAntadESikam || cIera[fB T\pfp<lf tiREvgfkdMAdya[f paera[fbcf eca[f[ pzemaziy<qf – Oera[fB taE[ `AmyaEta tar]iyilf vazfvaafkfK vaE[bpf Epamqv<mf vazfv<. seeronRu thooppul thiruvEnkaTamudaiyAn pAronRac conna pazhamozhiyuL – OronRu thanE amaiyAthO dhAraNiyil vAzhvArkku vAnERap pOmaLavum vAzhvu. 7 8 SrIrangam Periya Koil sadagopan.org SrI: sfvami EtSik[f `Rqicfecyft sar sarmf Swamy Desikan's sArAsAram ƒ INTRODUCTION This work of SwAmi Desikan bears the title, 'SrI sAra sAram' meaning the essence of the essence. The first 'sAra', indicates the three rahasya-mantras, which together form the essence of the spiritual knowledge, very essential for one's salvation. This
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