From ThiruviNNagar to NaimisAraNyam
VaibhavaM of His Holiness The 43rd Pattam Azhagiya Singar sadagopan.org
T FROMVIRAJATO S T C RIMAD HE RAUMATIC ONTENTS D HIVYA A ZHAGIYASINGAR S D ORROW By Oppiliappan kOil Sri Varadachari SathakOpan Varadachari SathakOpan kOilSri By Oppiliappan V.N. VedanthaDesikan By SriU.Ve Krishnamachariar Nadadur Purisai By SriU.Ve Vidwan Villivalam By SriU.Ve
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OF N ’ S AIMIS D IVYA A RA C N HARITHAM YAM 1
P. N.KrishnamachariarSwami
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sadagopan.org sadagopan.org 2 go empty handed? No. Guhantakes go honey fi handed? empty and Ramawhohadvanquish tomeetLord Guhan goes happy. Azhagiyasingar how wecanmakeSri Thisis what issincerity. withdevoti this event celebrate Should wenot saddened verymuchdue to myhelplessnessfor wasthe Thisday day. golden this for looking rich andpoorwouldcelebrateonthisoccasion Azhagiyasingar’s thirunakshatiram)celebrated were thoughts Various (S S RI RI V U.V AN S E ATHA V IDWAN K OPA Swan< seve ytINÔ< sklgu[inix< vIrr¸vIqoe zQairm! . V NyStaTman< n&is M not being able tocelebrate in agrandmanner. not beingable S ed the throne and reached Ganges. Did he ed thethroneandreached Ganges.Didhe AHADESIKAN M ORROW sh to Lord Rama. These were items that wereitems sh toLordRama.These UTT ) S would be Karthigai Pooradam (Sri (Sri Pooradam would beKarthigai WAMI : 45 , S TH IROMANI AND CURRENT , C HINGELPUT PONTIFF sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Parivinil thazhiiyaennil kaadal theridarak Amainda Ullathanbinaal devotion.SriRamane because ofhis would beaccessibletoanytribalinthefore grief. This unexpected news prompted meto news prompted unexpected grief. This ableto have adars Not being Paramapadam. Iwastake On thebirthdayofSriAzhagiyasingar, also? Azhagiyasingar Sri of opinion the not this Is bhakti. pure is iswhat this opinion Lord Rama’s toLordPadmanabhabrought, Shenbaga Maalai whencomparedtoahaughty prin (divine nectar) thanamudam out ofloveismuchsweeter outofdevotionarising offered Any smallthing பாிவினில் தழியியஎன்னில்பவ அ தி ம் சீர்த்தன்ேற உள்ளதன்பினால் அைமந்தகாதல்ெதாிதரக்ெகாணர்ந்தஎன்றால் Sri Azhagiyasingar was portrayed as“Gnanabhaska wasportrayed Azhagiyasingar Sri darkness. worse thanthe much is sorrow this! This by aloofness into plunged me lord! you unmatched Oh theworld, whomeasured One set.OhlordofThiruvinnagar! asifthesunhad king died forfewyea exceptionally After rulingthekingdom follows: isas this paasuram meaning of thalaivi in “Pirivattrada is found This song ேவாரரேசய ளாய் இ ளாய்வந் கின்றத்ேத ேபாரரேச ெயம்விசும்பரேசஎம்ைமனீத் வஞ்சித்த ஞாயி ,பாரள்ந்த பாரரெசாத் மைறந் ெசலீ இக்கழிந்த சீரரசாண் தன்ெசங்ேகால்சிலநாள் Vorarase arulaai Irulai vandurukindrathe Irulaivandurukindrathe Vorarase arulaai Vanjitha Yemmaineethu Per araseYemvisumbarase nyayiru,Paaralanda maraindathu Pararasothu Seerarasaandu ThanSengolSi English Thestanza(in situation. present the myheartreminding captured who hadinformedme.Astanzafromthiruvirutham I wouldnot Paripalanakaimkaryam. Srichoorna Pavithram emmanorkkum uriyan|| uriyan|| emmanorkkum Pavithram la NaalSeliIkkazhinda as well as Tamil) is as follows: asTamil)isfollows: as well ver forgets this. Histhiruvullamwas forgetsthis. ver ித்திரம் எம்மேனார்க்கும்உாி ம் konarnda enral amizhdinum seertha anre! seertha enralamizhdinum konarnda 4 Maalaipozhudu Kandu irangal” thurai. The actual The irangal” thurai. Kandu Maalaipozhudu st. Though asimplegift,theywerepriceless st. go to Madurantakam fo go toMadurantakam an oftheantimathirumeniwasadded n abacktohearthenewsofhisascendance for 100 golden coins to show his richness. In hisrichness. show coinsto for 100golden have had this bhagyam if not for the person not fortheperson hadthisbhagyamif have ce offering 1 muzham (a measuring unit) of of unit) (ameasuring 1 muzham offering ce rs withoutswayingfromlawandorder,the rar” and “ArivuKadiravan”. His reign in the inthe rar” and“ArivuKadiravan”. Hisreign your deceit. Please don’t separate me like me like Pleasedon’tseparate yourdeceit. r participating in the participating inthe r happened if they had listened towell-wishers. happened iftheyhadlistened independen consort wasduetotheir “unlimited andhis thirumagan of SriChakravarthi resents thatthesufferings SriBhattar hate thisquality. and henceleadsto rootcause wasthe independence unlimited His sufferings, For allthese health. diminishing theworldlypleasures, hadrenounced Sanyasi who Karmanusht leavetheir and wouldnot sorrow alike a sarcasticmanner(Vanjapugazhc in behavior bad deeds.Aretheseno when doing nor feelsad They wi andconscience. They loosetheirmorality peopleisreallygreat!Those areluckywhohavenoknowledgeaboutdharma! one ofthese identify which to by trying also. Hegetsconfused kind ofpeople Sadha”: Nowthepoetthinksofother JanaaPavaada Sahitaha! Jeevanthi Dhukham Such peoplestillliveinsorrow.“Sarvathraiyeva such aflawlesspersonality. would vilify world who There arestilllotofsinnersinthis sankalpam? Is itnotforhis for others? it Thiruvallur. Didhedo waterat3:00a.m.in in thecold took bath seehowhe didwenot ofMargazhi, wintery month the “Praathurbhava Dyanthranaha”:-Evenin desires.material byhating senses his tofollowgo easy It isnot ratherthanaspiringforhealthandwealth. discipline would follow the world Manyin saninaha” - “SantahaSachcharithodayavyadisciplined. Hewasveryhighlyself world. this departure from in hisearly resulting ofhealth deterioration say thatthissinceritycaused his wrong to understood whenwelooklife. Itisnot intohis can be thekarmanushtamams observing toHimalaya Kanyakumari from sancharam tohis also owing fame, but name andfamewhereasourSriAzhagiyasingar werecalled“SarvabhoumarOur Poorvacharyars greatAcharyaPurushas. of such the loss world dueto was “IrulaaiVandurugindrathe” Azhagiyasingar! SriMalolantobless done otherthanpraying passed away Azhagiyasingar whoruledlikeaSun, dayscannotbeeven in those was accomplished mutt wasbrief.Eveninsuchashortspan,therunglorifiedmanner.Whatever od habits. On od habits. s. His sincerity in s. Hissincerity e will control e willcontrol 5 was called “Sarvabhoumar” notonlyduetohis was called “Sarvabhoumar” t great people? The poet praises these people’s people’s praisesthese Thepoet great people? t done by another in several hundredyears.Sri byanotherinseveral done hi ani). Mahans would treat happiness and and ani).Mahanswouldtreathappiness hi ” because of capturing theworldwiththeir ” becauseof ce”. He laments that this would not have ce”. He have laments that thiswouldnot ll neither feel happy while doing good deeds ll neitherfeelhappywhiledoinggood us with such more noble souls like Sri morenoblesoulslikeSri us withsuch mentioned to depict the bad omen for the badomenforthe mentioned todepictthe to heaven by deceiving us. What else can be deceivingus.Whatelsecanbe to heavenby Sri Azhagiyasingar did notcareabouthis did SriAzhagiyasingar anams for the sake of comfort life. Being a a sakeofcomfort life.Being anams forthe “At Ganges” “At Ganges” sadagopan.org sadagopan.org had no rights to ignore his health. Changing the health.Changing his toignore had norights thatdeva thisargument putforth Azhagiyasingar Cansuchasuccesso good deeds. his successor by his feltasifhebought Azhagiyasingar HenceSrimad disciples. the for isagreatboon Butthis achievement. asan this toconsider used selected by him. TheseniorAzhagiyasingar was Srimad43rdAzhagiyasingar was gonewhen His worry thekaimkaryamsthathavebeenundertaken. order tocontinue themuttin afitpersontoadorn times, that he shouldselect over many toponder used Azhagiyasingar Srimad 42nd abov used thefirstverseof sorrow”, isthemeaningofab tr weshouldswiftly body dies our gooddeeds!Beforethe has beenattaineddueto “This body YaavathnaVidyate|| Paaram Thvara Praapthu Dhukhodadeha Mahata PunyapanyenaKreethayeyamkAyanowsthatvaya| careofhishealth. alsotake must one that imperative is it him convince to tried pontiff senior health.The totheir attention to give sanyasis dispassionate for it isgood thatif replied health. TheJuniorpontiff once that told him pontiffand junior the health of the about used toenquire Mutt.Theseniorpontiff Ahobila Sri in the and 43rd)weretogether occurr ofanincidentwhich I amreminded Now present an Adhikaranam in SriBhashya andthe inSriBhashya present anAdhikaranam theMalolaVidvatSadasatDuring th Rishikesh SriAzhagiyasingar showedhisaf the sameway, the wo wereknownto Sowlabhyam andSowseelyam charac good simplicity and Sri Azhagiyasingar’s matva ka SwamiDrohiti Tam Kalow kaarthayugamDharme portrays thesameidea: sooner, becauseheisactingagains this earth who Azhagiyasingar, Sri likeour great mahans a malevolent qualityare long made tolive by ispunished toharmanybody never intends the impactkaligood What canwedo?Dueto his diminishing health. us to Itmakes to discourses? hear thesweet We wouldstillhaveoursevaihappened? ofthe Iftheseni Azhagiyasingar statedhisviews. lihi darshitumichchati|| lihi darshitumichchati|| e sloka to convey his intention. e slokatoconveyhis Yonushtathumiheyichchati| y to swim across the ocean of the ocean y toswimacross ove stanza.Theseniorpontiff ove 6 life. As per Kaliyun kedum Kandu Konmin!, Konmin!, Kandu life.Asper Kaliyun kedum resent this “independence” quality which led to led which quality “independence” this resent t the will of kalipurushan. The following rule The following kalipurushan. t thewillof fection toapoorandsmall personlikeme. people aretestedseverely.Even forthosewho Sri 43rd Azhagiyasingar! Would we not be able Wouldwenotbeable 43rdAzhagiyasingar! Sri or pontiff had been alive, would this have beenalive,wouldthishave pontiffhad or ed when the two Sri Azhagiyasingars (i.e 42nd Azhagiyasingars ed whenthetwoSri same was blessed by Srimad Azhagiyasingar. I Azhagiyasingar. same wasblessedbySrimad Kalipurushan. Only those who lie and have Kalipurushan. Onlythosewholieandhave preaches krutayuga dharma is made to leave made krutayugadharma is preaches “thvaya” into “maya” in “thvaya” into is year, I had requested Sri Azhagiyasingar to is year,IhadrequestedSri Azhagiyasingar ter were his invaluable assets. Lord Rama’s werehisinvaluableassets.LordRama’s ter the junior pontiff must also take care of his ril must take care of the health because he health becausehe careofthe ril musttake r beboughtbygiving rld owing to his affection to the Guhan. In In Guhan. rld owingtohisaffectionthe “42nd Jeeyar” the first sentence, Sri thefirstsentence, gold coins? Srimad gold coins? Srimad sorrow that has grieved us cannot be erased! grieveduscannotbeerased! sorrow thathas the However heavena day beforehis thirunakshatiram. himtograce hadasked the Nityasooris theirvi himtograce torequest for manypeople his sancharam,atthetimeof Every year,during which usually eternalbliss me the given ofhissa paramapadam irrespective ascended to Nrusimha:”- mePradathou “Mukthanubhootimiha to writeafewwords. me prompted by hisseparation him.Thesorrowcaused praise not alive,Icould When hewas Sastram opportunity tolearnAdyatma the I had showered having for Sowlabhyam say abouthis lastbles my would be not realizethatthis did is experienced only in Moksha”. isexperiencedonlyin 7 sing received from Sri Azhagiyasingar. WhatcanI Sri from sing received his bliss on such a humble soul like me? me? soul like ahumble on such bliss his his thirunakshatira mahotsavam, it is a custom is a it mahotsavam, his thirunakshatira llage by his presence. It seems thatthisyear, presence. It byhis llage ying, “In this dark world, SriNrusimhan has darkworld,SriNrusimhan “Inthis ying, under the holy feet of Sri Azhagiyasingar. ofSriAzhagiyasingar. holyfeet the under It is not apparent why Sri Azhagiyasingar whySriAzhagiyasingar apparent It isnot sadagopan.org sadagopan.org he did Sri Bhashya Kaalakshepam under the feet the Kaalakshepamunder Bhashya he didSri Lakshminarasi done toSri was PanchaSamaskaram Iti”,heledahappymarriedlife. “DarahaPitruKruta namedSo Neduntheru (nearKumbakonam) Sastras.Hisparentspe Veda-Prabandha-Kavya wasdo Upanayanam forSriLakshminarasimhan tobeoffe would preparehugequantityoffood playing withGod’sidolsalongwi great affect withvery up brought family, hewas verybrig itself,hewas childhood In his parents. month intheSaarvari Karthigai year (1901). th wife, on second Thiruvenkatachariar andhis to SriU.Ve was born Srimad Azhagiyasingar (P S RIMAD OORVASRAMA S RI U.V A ZHAGIYASINGAR E “40th Sri Azhagiya Singar” Singar” “40th SriAzhagiya G P RANDSON URISAI th other children. Toenthusethekidfurther,hisparents th otherchildren. N ADADUR 8 OF S BY He was named Sri Lakshminarasimhan by his He was by named SriLakshminarasimhan his RIMAD e auspicious day of Puradam Constellation of of Constellation Puradam of day auspicious e rformed panigrahanam to a StriRatnam from from a StriRatnam to rformed panigrahanam ht (athitejasvi). As the eldest son of a wealthy of awealthy the eldestson ht (athitejasvi).As ion. Even in his childhood he spent his time time his hespent his childhood ion. Evenin Paruthipattu Vangipuram Devanarvilagam Devanarvilagam Vangipuram Paruthipattu of Srimad 40th Azhagiyasingar. When Srimad Srimad When Azhagiyasingar. 40th of Srimad red to the God with which hewasplaying. red totheGodwithwhich ’ ne during his garbhashtamam. He learnt He hisgarbhashtamam. ne during K mhan by Srimad 40th Azhagiyasingar. Also, 40thAzhagiyasingar. bySrimad mhan S u Ranganayaki. Inaccordancewith u Ranganayaki. D RISHNAMACHARIAR 42 IVYA ND A C ZHAGIYASINGAR HARITHAM ) by strictly adhering to the sastras.Everyday the by strictlyadheringto abidebythesastraic to students He advisedthe SwayamAcharathe YasmAth ThasmAdAcharyaUchyathe| Hi SaastrarthanAachareStApayathyapi| Aachinoti alsowon studentsbut affection tohis didheshower Notonly whoattendedthesediscourses. was amongoneofthedisciples yeoman servicetoSriAhobilaMu heperformeda days, period. Duringthese 42ndAzhagiyasingar’s Mutt during Ahobila Sri pe some for Mutt) Ahobila Sri of deity presiding opportunity thedivine had Lakshminarasimhan Mata Acharyan inthelineageofSriAhobila hadordain Srimad41stAzhagiyasingar disciple, feet ofSrimad41stAzhagiyasingar.Admiring theauspicious under Bharanyasam underwent Lakshminarasimhan granthas. Sri kalakshepa Srimad paramapadam, ascended 40th Azhagiyasingar “41st and 42nd Sri Azhagiya Singars” Singars” Azhagiya Sri “41st and42nd tt by performing kaalakshepams on various veda granthas. I tt byperformingkaalakshepamsonvariousvedagranthas. a placeintheirhearts.Accordingto a 9 , aftercompleting the the intelligence, bhaktiandVairagyamofhis intelligence, the ed in his mind, that he deserved of becoming thathedeservedofbecoming mind, inhis ed injunctions and stood as an example to them stoodasanexample to injunctionsand them riod of time. He was also Asthana Vidwan of He wasalsoAsthana riod oftime. forMalolan(the to performthiruvaradhanam m. During the reign of this pontiff, Sri the reignofthispontiff,Sri m. During 41st Azhagiyasingar taught him the other other the him taught Azhagiyasingar 41st morning karmanushtanams morning karmanushtanams sadagopan.org sadagopan.org yathradhaanam and started for hisdigVijayam.Th yathradhaanam and VeeraRaghavan. OnPanguni 9th,Sunday1953 Azhagiyasingar stayedfor afewdaysatthir dhotiswe and Silkclothing Mahadesikan. splendo wasdonewithpompand Pattabishekam manner. Varusham).Srimad42ndAzhagi month, Nandana adorne Azhagiyasingar Sishyas. Srimad42nd Azhagiyasi theyounger senior Azhagiyasingar, Alavandar andSriRama Sri that oneiswatching hr Acharya-Sishya the wanted toshow Sri Malolan perfor andthetwoazhagiyasingars Azhagiyasingar, Azhagi wipe hissin,ifheseestheyounger discourse to hearthe senior pontiffwashappy fi the kaalakshepam senior pontiffperformed didallthethreekaalath Srimad Azhagiyasingar Sri U.Ve PuthangottamSwami and other Mahans Van SatakopaSriV he waschristenedas“Sri Vikr Feb 9,1951,Friday,thaimaasam, peetam on Though bornwithasilverspoon,SriSwamireno 1951 OnFeb8, Sweekaram. divine callforAsrama of Sr invoking theblessings will beas agreat ifcommitting blunder. Remi should not disobey this niyamanam of Acharyan. If mangal Lakshminarasimhan did peetam. WhenSri calledSriLakshmina Injimedu Azhagiyasingar thalarndennaan,Iniunaduvaayulag Manimaamai Sri AhobilaMutt.SrimadAzhagiyasingarpr daybyday,Srimad42n dwindling health With his A was conductedverynicely. he Azhagiyasingar’s the Srimad42nd sadas. Since the schoolrespectively. of teachers andstudents conducted swami.He U.Ve Thirukoshtiyur Sri asthepr pontiff,hewasappointed of the42nd SiromaniinThiruVai He wasaNyaya-Mimamsa thotta kaimkaryam. on his when reminiscing Periyazhwar my heartas heremainsin Eventoday, forThiruvaradhanam. flowers and thiruthuzai forplucking thoratu he would go tothe and prathurAubhasanam, DORNING THE SAFFRON ROBES i Malolan and Acharyan, Sri La i MalolanandAcharyan,Sri : 10 eeraRaghava Satakopa Yathindra Mahadesikan”. eeraRaghava SatakopaYathindra uvallur and performed mangalasaasanam to Sri mangalasaasanam toSri uvallur andperformed rst and the younger would then continue. The The wouldthencontinue. theyounger rst and d thirunaadu on Mar 13, 1953 (Friday, Maasi on Mar13,1953(Friday, d thirunaadu incipal of Madurantakam Sanskrit School, after after School, Sanskrit ofMadurantakam incipal of the junior. One would forget his hunger and and hishunger of thejunior.Onewouldforget garden with a Kudalai made of bamboo and garden witha and Kudalai madeofbamboo ngar would perform Pancha Samaskarams to Samaskarams Pancha wouldperform ngar iruvaradhanams with absolute dedication. The withabsolute iruvaradhanams He was a Adyakshar (Judge)ofvarious vidvat HewasaAdyakshar yasingar showing his respect to the senior tothesenior respect his yasingar showing unced all the material desires and adorned the allthe unced material desiresandadornedthe nujar together. Getting the niyamanam of the ofthe niyamanam the Getting nujar together. at 6:30a.m., Srimad 43rd Azhagiyasingar did at 6:30a.m.,Srimad 43rdAzhagiyasingar nded of many verses of Bhagavad Gita and uthi Varsham. As he was born in ThiruEvvul, As hewasborninThiruEvvul, Varsham. uthi yaru Sanskrit College. As per the niyamanam College.Aspertheniyamanam yaru Sanskrit ayed toSriMalolaninvoking“Sayalodu Vedantha and Ahnika Kaalakshepam to the the to Kaalakshepam Ahnika Vedantha and re distributedonthiseve.Srimad43rd ur for Sri VeeraRaghava SataKopa Yathindra SataKopaYathindra forSriVeeraRaghava ur Jeevasratham wasperformedatThiruvallur. , alth was deteriorating, Malola Vidavat Sadas Sadas MalolaVidavat wasdeteriorating, alth e first sankalpa Mahotsawam was done at Sri wasdoneatSri e firstsankalpaMahotsawam appreciated this. From then on, the younger From thenon,theyounger appreciated this. rasimhan for adorning the next acharya the nextacharya rasimhan foradorning d determined to initiate the next pontiff for for pontiff thenext toinitiate d determined udayam to the world. It would be fit to say to say fit would be udayam totheworld.It this divine command is not heeded, then it then not heeded, is command divine this yasingar’s was kaimkaryam done ina great ming the discourse. Itwouldappearasif discourse. ming the il innadisil veipaarai naadaaye”. Srimad il innadisilveipaarainaadaaye”.Srimad asasanam to Sri Malolan, hefeltthat Sri Malolan, asasanam to kshminarasimhan accepted the the kshminarasimhan accepted “Naadi naan vandun thiruvadi adainthen! Naimisaranyathul enthai”, adainthen! vandunthiruvadi “Naadi naan Uponpr divya desam. Naimisaranyam as107th From then onwards,mangalasaas he performed நா நான்வந் ன்தி வ யைடந்ேதன் ைநமிசாரண்ய ெளந்தாய் ேவண்ேடன் மைனவாழ்க்ைக dasa puranams to Rishis andTapasvisatSr dasa puranamstoRishis have grantedSriVa the lordalsoseemedto “Venden mana Vaazhkaiyai! Vinnagar Meyavane” Vaazhkaiyai!Vinnagar “Venden mana as inthepasuram toThiruv accordance withhismangalasaasanam seemed as puranams everyday,it Ashta-Dasa Havi deteriorating fromNov18,1957onwards. year’sSrimadAzhagiyasingar that observing Duringthe Delhi andKurukshetram. and visited year’s sankalpamahotsavam.Aftercompletingthe andre Narayanan Sri Badri mangalasaasanam to did heleftforBadri and Verysoon, Perumal. Periya to thirumanjanam peformed Pushkaram. Hyderabad, Bombay, tour toMadras, andpr again, aftervisiting N. India).Once touring hedeterminedto theAdiSethuSnanam, During welcomedandprayed to Thiruvangur Kochi and Rajyam, Malayala Desam,ThiruvangurSamast healsotouredtoMysore Pradesh, inAndhra sancharam completinghis After Ahobilam. “Azhagiya SingarinMadurai” ைய விண்ணகர்ேமயவேன 11 ikuntam. Soothapuranikar had taught the Ashta Ashta hadtaughtthe Soothapuranikar ikuntam. aying tothelordatNaimisaranyamwith hanam and TamilNadu. The kings of Mysore, Mysore, of kings The andTamilNadu. hanam anams to 106 DivyaDe anams to ng immersed in the Azhwar SriSukthisand intheAzhwar ng immersed if he chose Naimisaranyam onpurpose.In he choseNaimisaranyam if i Naimisaranyam. It seemed as if Srimad Srimad Naimisaranyam. Itseemed as if i innagar perumal, he took to Sanyasa Asrama Asrama hetooktoSanyasa innagar perumal, have GangaSnanam(implicitreferencefor year of1957,Naimisaranyamwaschosenfor ’s thirunakshatiram. His health started started health His ’s thirunakshatiram. aying to the lord of thiruvallur, hestartedhis thiruvallur, lordof the aying to Srimad Azhagiyasingar andSriMalolan. SrimadAzhagiyasingar From there, he took bath in Haridwar and hetookbathinHaridwar From there, turned back to Rishikesh toobserve that sankalpa, he owed to return to Thiruvallur sankalpa, heowedtoreturnThiruvallur sam and proceeded to proceeded sam and sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Srinivasa Desikachariar brothe youngest poorvasrama Azaghiyasingar’s Sri Dukhitaha”. MrushamBhavati “VyasaneshuManushyanam be grievedasquotedby Sri their grief?Notonly How canwereconcile son. oldadopted mother,wifeand15year aged wasleftbehindbyhis he In hispoorvasramam, Purana Pravachanams. todoni wished Azhagiyasingar Kaimkaryam for Thirupullamboothangudi and Kaimkaryam forThirupullamboothangudi at Sadhacharam. Healso opened Patasalais preach SrimadAzhagiyasingar sancharams, vigrahas installed themoolavarandutsavar Satakopa forSrimadAdivan Jeernodaranam Thiruvallur. AsmalltankwasalsobuiltinHrut After acceptingtheAsthanam,hebuiltbri S RIMAD A ZHAGIYASINGAR Swami, (M.A.B.L)”performedthe ’ S KAIMKARYAMS tyavaasam at this kshetram along kshetram tyavaasam atthis “Hruthapanasini” 12 : ndavanam for Srimad 42ndAzhagiyasingarat for ndavanam ed people to leave duracharam and follow follow ed peopletoleaveduracharam and Yathindra Mahadesikan’s Brindavanam and and Brindavanam Mahadesikan’s Yathindra Raghavan can console them but he himself will himselfwill he but console them Raghavan can at Thirunarayanapuram, Melkote. During his During Melkote. Thirunarayanapuram, at hapanasini (tank of Thiruvallur). He performed Heperformed ofThiruvallur). (tank hapanasini r “Sri U.Ve Vidwan Vedantha Siromani P.S Siromani “SriU.VeVidwanVedantha r various places in India. He did Gopura HedidGopura placesinIndia. various Thiruvennainallur temples. At Cuddapah, AtCuddapah, Thiruvennainallur temples. last rites at Naimisaranyam. with the tapasvis to hear the the hear to tapasvis the with Source: 1957, SriNrusimhaPriya. Source: 1957, Rajagopalachariar Swamiashissuccessor. Ahobil these kaimkaryams,heappointeda forSriMa performed pallakku kaimkaryamwere plates, udrin Nachiyars atThiruvallur.Golden the renovationofThiruvallurtemple.Stonestud Thiruvah Thiruvallur,Thirupathi, at Ahobilam, Vaanamaamalai, andthirukoshtiyur “Adhivan Sathakopan at Melkote” , Ahobila mutt was built. He Ahobila muttwasbuilt. , 13 i, SangaDaarai,Padma a Mutt’sAsthanaVidwanSriU.VeMukkur indrapuram and Thirukudanthai. He initiated Heinitiated Thirukudanthai. and indrapuram ded kondais were atth ded kondais lolan. A new elephant was bought. Aboveall lolan. Anewelephantwasbought. also renovated Ahobila Mutts Mutts Ahobila also renovated Daarai, doobakaal, and doobakaal, Daarai, e completionstagefor sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Birth: common folk todayhow strenuousallthese common folk for Itisverydifficult would besummoned. outside swamisfrom veryorthodox of pollution, malememb Ifany amust. dailyis Thiru-aradhanam househadaminiat facilities. The SriOppiliappan. Varadaraja of Kanchiand jewellerytoSriMalolan. SriVenkat precious ofKanchi,Thiruvinnaga services totheshrines Affluence: asthebelovedson. hero wasborn Then hemarriedRukminifromPoundarikapuram, a of daughter thegrand had married He Pontiff. 27th daughtertothe one Srirangamma, adoptedsonof The father,itmaybenotedhere,isthe Lakshminarasimhan. amale not go!OnPooradamstaritself, the festivit andhecouldattend was fordelivery ave SriVenkatachariar, on KarthikaiUtharadam. ofSri Thirunakshatram of imminent celebration theMath from near Papanasam.Themessenger thethrone.TheMalolaanddeit over presiding Lakshminarasimha was born on Kartikai - wasbornonKartikai Lakshminarasimha His mother, grandmother and forefathers and forefathers Hismother,grandmother S RI V AN S ATAKOPA FROM VIRAJA TO VIRAJA VIRAJA TO VIRAJA FROM S S RI RI ure shrine having many gold deities, Azhvars, andAcharyas, deities,Azhvars, manygold ure shrinehaving B U.V V RIEF EERARAGHAVA E V L 14 EDANTHA IFE customs would be. Young Lakshmi-Narasimhan YoungLakshmi-Narasimhan customs wouldbe. B H The house was itself a big mansion with all The housewasitselfabigmansion baby was born. He was fittingly named named fittingly Hewas wasborn. baby acharya was conducting many services to Sri many servicestoSri wasconducting acharya Y had come to Devanarvilagam to announce the the toannounce hadcometoDevanarvilagam the 30th Pontiff and had remained issueless. Pontiff andhad the30th y only if circumstances allowed. No, he could y onlyifcircumstancesallowed.No,he ies were enshrined in Nrisimhapuram village village ies wereenshrinedinNrisimhapuram the Ahobila Math.ThenwasnoJeeyar the Ahobila It wasaperiod,veryunusual,inthehistory of occasion arose). delectable reference tothisriverwheneveran this greatlyrelish Swami would Viraja; The is wateredbyViraja,a VI 3.2.ofThiruvoymozh on Verse is.Eeducommentary Thiruvinnagar shrinethat to theBhooloka-Vaikunta praise asThirunattaru,ie.Viraja,appropriate used to theSwami (which Nattaru of banks andsoonthe Darbha grass,coconutgroves pond, ofgarden, vastareas with building Thehouseisapalatial Sannidhi. Oppiliappan east of Vilagam, acoupleoffurlongs 1901. Theplaceisahamletcalled Devanar- r, Thiruvellore etc. They had also presented r, Thiruvelloreetc.Theyhadalsopresented ISTORY Athippattu Azhagiyasingar (the 34th Pontiff) (the34thPontiff) Athippattu Azhagiyasingar ry affluent landlord, explained that his wife wife ry affluentlandlord,explainedthathis Pooradam in PlavayearPooradam correspondingto er was not in a position to do it for reasons for er wasnotinapositionto doit Y D nearby village. Itistothisladythat our were affluent and performed admirable admirable were affluentandperformed ATHINDRA ESIKAN OF M AHADESIKAN replica of the Divine Divine ofthe replica i saysthattheplace Veeraraghava Yateendra Mahadesikan’, by reason of the venue being Thiruvellore. Hebecame byreasonofthevenuebeingThiruvellore. Veeraraghava Yateendra Mahadesikan’, Hewasdecoratedwiththename‘Sri twoyears, boththeAcharyasstayedtogether. For about Swami) Injimedu (Sri The 42ndAzhagiyasingar giving! when hehadinabundance!Never had hispalmacceptedanymoneyorgift;heknewonly his styleoflife,exceptthatthesaffronrobe So much was said only to emphasize that his ta to-day was-itremains His house much? had. Whyso participan were enough - there with recitations house, heusedtocelebra routine. Inhisown shrineforSandhyaandworship Thiruvinnagar tothe again, going forstudy theafternoon 1 p.m.taking atabout guestsatlunch the suitable Oupasana, early,performing Rising discipline. Even Janaka-like Rishi. as ahouseholder,he Neve cost. runthefamily athis and instruction used tocome,stay village, manydisciples instruction with always enjoyedBhagavad-Vishyam He SriBhashya. over mastery teachers toacquire many couldhelp whenhe College, Sanskrit Madhurantakam Math.Thenhetookoverasthe Principalofthe ofAhobila Asthana Vidwan Taking toSannyasa: also. special literature allother spare timehemastered his 41st. During later, ofthe at thefeet,first,of kalakshepa his Vedanta- preludeto college.Itisanecessary Thiruvaiyaru For afewyears,Lakshmi-Nrisimh many yearslater,theeditor examinations,he pass Siromani brother wasfullytrainedinNyayaandVedantato (This Uppili alias Srinivasadesika too,named younger brother act! Withhis ofcessation! moment without a relish, with How? Fully, festivals. Lord’s for the Shrine and Sevakala (Divyaprabandhareci in participate wouldunfailingly And he too. prabandha Divya- thewhole neededdegree; Veda tothe mastered training: Spiritual Alavandar toruleandgovern! nearMadras,withlandsandestate Paruthipattu Na fromVangipurathu The familyisdescended years old! grew withhisownplay-idols.Thatis,hestar Initial training was from the father. He father.He fromthe was training Initial When he was recognized as a great scholar, he was duly appointed as the as the hewasdulyappointed greatscholar, asa hewasrecognized When of Sri Nrishimha Priya). Priya). of SriNrishimha the 40th Azhagiyasingar and, Azhagiyasingar the40th was an M.A., B.L.,and was for tation) at the Oppiliappan tation) atthe Oppiliappan Piously, enjoyingthewhole a studied Nyaya Siromaniat a studiedNyaya 15 was adopted! He had never touched money even even He hadnevertouchedmoney was adopted! te all Thirunakshatrams of Azhvars and Acharyas andAcharyas ofAzhvars te allThirunakshatrams was detached, unassuming, and devoted to strict was anddevotedtostrict detached, unassuming, ted the Lord’sworshipevenwhenhewasthree in one of the houses in his estate, undergo his estate,undergo in oneofthehouses king tosanyasaprobablymadenodifference Kaalakshepa, Thiru-aradhanaandthenhosting ts at home! Even Adhyayana - utsavam can be -utsavamcanbe Adhyayana ts athome!Even r imaginable in any other case! Truly he was a case! Trulyhewasa r imaginableinanyother s. In other words, Lakshmi Nrisimha was like Nrisimha Lakshmi Inotherwords, s. conferred on him the sanyasa on 09.02.1951. him thesanyasa on09.02.1951. on conferred mbi, trulyso.Thefamilyhada base at Eedu. Apart from that, when hewasatthe that, when Eedu.Apartfrom returning at9p.m.forlightsupperwashis also - a veritable shrine in pristine purity! inpristinepurity! also-averitableshrine sadagopan.org sadagopan.org This is his favourite Nama-sankeertana. Nama-sankeertana. Thisishisfavourite Nara “Lakshminarasimha! him, to Acharyas, Fortunateweare tothinkof -spokena sogentle neverwasone disciplined, Never wasonecalledto asceticlifefromsuch were whentheyheard! living voice andverymu reign, veryeventful,inspiring sages, congregation of of venue the permanent mortal coil,very easilyat (24.11.1 short notice he that note But toanyone. offence ismeant No itself! this world Phala heexperiencedin he referredto!MerelytheenjoymentofAr ve here, meMokshanubhava granted (Nrisimha has would changethefourthfootas Our Swami Thirumalai. of attheabodeofSrinivasa him Mokshanubhave DayaaSatak in (100 in ‘Naathaparam; says Desika voiceofge mild his mellifluent, and unaffected on thelap, ofLakshmi and theglance Padukas his and regardforeverydeityintheMandapam.Fo blissful so lookathis times would of theolden devoted -likehisfather-totheLordatThiruvin Ifhewascrazily hewasbornwiththis. Indeed, would beunique. Archanubhava And his the Math. the 43rdPontiffof “Thirumangai Mannan” “Thirumangai simha! Sri Narasimha!” simha! Sri did notliketodilutethelevelofachara. Samasrayana, Bharanyasa andKaalakshepaHe Samasrayana, duties! Th 108shrines. one ofthe etc.all in theafternoon,Adhyayana-utsava as in then aradhana, thentheAbhigamana, his Dhanurmasa watch Aradhana. IntheMargazhimonth,oneshould accessoriesfor additional it. Heacquiredmany believe seeitto -oneshould beunique routine would daily inthepalanquin.His in thetraditionalmanner hadmostlyomitted!Hetraveled Thirumangaimannan including the Malainaduthat, somehow, allthepossibleAzhvar. Hehadworshipped 105shrines al worship allDivyadesas, to fascination agreat hedeveloped Divyaprabandha, were reformed.Byvirtue manydisciples wasthat kindly. Theresult being very As anAcharya,hewas uncompromising evenwhen 16 957) in Naimisaranya, another divyadesa andalso 957) inNaimisaranya, “Muktasubhootim iha me pradadou Nrisimhah”! ihamepradadouNrisimhah”! “Muktasubhootim praise his glory and to celebrate his centenary! his centenary! tocelebrate praise hisgloryand nd strict in personal conduct as this gem among among as thisgem in personalconduct nd strict nagar, he was similarly mad after Malola. Rishis hewassimilarlymadafterMalola.Rishis nagar, adhana service at Malola-sannidhi! Upaga and Upaga atMalola-sannidhi! service adhana ch touching - even as his spoken words in the in the words spoken ashis -even touching ch r Malola, whosebeauty r with envy.Hewouldhavespecialaffection ul was born in a holy divyadesa and he left off the andhe leftoffthe holy divyadesa in a born was ntleness, he had a novel significance. Swami Swami anovelsignificance. hehad ntleness, where most puranas were born! Very short puranas wereborn!Veryshort where most royalty,neverwasone so learnedand am), helookedforward would all find delectable interpretation from from interpretation wouldallfinddelectable ry definitely). What is the Mokshanubhava WhatistheMokshanubhava ry definitely). of his deep devotion to most like Thirumangai likeThirumangai most is, inadditionto the and the significance of and thesignificance to Dayadevi to grant HH the Jeeyar known as the DevanArviLakam J HH theJeeyarknownas theDevanArviLakam on aSuklaThrithIyaiday. afewdays of stay,HHtheJeeya Desam. After mont yearKaarthikai inaHEviLambhi Desikan arrived therevered43rd Jeeyar ofAhobila recited Here, SoothaPurANikar forest here. the Dh of andworship penance their fit for that is itselfinto a ballandlandedtoshow Thuppul) rolled Yore. great Maharishisof penance groveof onthebanks SriHarilakshmi divine consort, DevarAjanandHis forLord MangaLaasAsanam Mannanperformed Here, Thirumangai forest itselfiswo and SaaLagrAmam ThiruBadari, Thiruppirithi, of DhivyaDesams HimAlayan the atripto wenton Thirumangai Periya Thirumozhi, of presented Himself (PeethakavAdaipPirAnAr,who After celebratingthegloriesof Periya Thirumozhi. celebrated dhivya dEsam NaimisAraNyam isthe rshipped asBhagavAn. T B Y HE O PPILIAPPAN D HIVYA “Thiruvellur VeeraraghavaPerumal” AshtAksharam whichhereceived the 18 PurANams for the benefit of the MahaRishis.Here the of 18 PurANams forthebenefit the D K O IL ESAM S 17 RI Matam, HHSriVeerarAghavaYathIndhraMahA V r of revered memory ascended paramapadham r of ascendedparamapadham reveredmemory This is where the sacred grass (Dharbham / grass (Dharbham thesacred is where This OF ARAD of Gomudhi river. This was thecelebrated river. This of Gomudhi arrived at NaimisAraNyam, where the whole wherethewhole NaimisAraNyam, arrived at h for the MangaLAsAsanam of this Dhivya ofthis h fortheMangaLAsAsanam ivya Dampathis. The Lord isin the formof a eeyar was visiting NaimisAraNYam as the as the NaimisAraNYam eeyar wasvisiting Himself as Brahma Guru)inthefirstdecad Himselfas N by Sri Thirumangai AzhwAr early in his earlyinhis AzhwAr by SriThirumangai the Maharishis that it is the sacred grove grove is thesacred it that theMaharishis A CH AIMIS A RI S A A RA T as UpadEsamfromtheLord HAKOPAN N YAM sadagopan.org sadagopan.org Desikan gets immense Saanthi and goes onto descri onto Saanthiandgoes getsimmense Desikan 20slOkam these After composingandpresenting SamsAra Bheethi. his regarding ThiruvAimozhi of his Namm Swamy atNaimisAraNyamand experienced is Sahasram ofPaadhukA The 31stchapter RanganAthA (viz).,SwamyNammAzhwAr. to payhoma atSrirangam night of a portion (chapters) inSwamyDe There are32paddhathis S arrived at the sacredfeetofGeethAchAryanat the arrived at After NaimisArANyam,Kaliyan traveled to great humilityexpresses of these summarizethemeanings adiyEn would ThiruvadiyadainthEn”. passage fromKaliyan’sPeriyaThirumozhi havepost Mani VaradarAjan and Srimans Varadhan worth deepreflectionbyusall. next postin inthe “NaimisAraNyattthuLenthAi” theMangaLAsAs adiyEn wouldsummarize paasur withthe daily recital.Thesetenbegin Kramam includesthetenpaasuramsofKali nithyAnusandhAna Matamsannidhi Ahobila links,Sri those of Because NaimisArANyam. thereisasannidhifo NaimisArANyam. Today, earth forco MahA Desikanleftthis Yathindhra HHSr body. human reachable byanyonewith byAzhwArsareThiruppA sung dhivya desams the108 among two dhivyadesams Theremaining yAthrAs. his Desamduring 106th Dhivya isnoprospect there has truenirvEdham, the 33subordinatef of asone is recognized the Lord’sgrace.TheexperienceNirvEdham le of hi disparages The BhakthanexperiencingnirvEdham Moksha Su leadingto anubhavam of Bhagavadh- time chasingafterephemeralsensor over wasted Thismind NirvEdham. of essence ofhisfeelings on theEm of Thirumangai The tenpaasurams MokshayishyAmi MaaSucha:”. “Sarva DharmAnparithyajyaMaamEkam Sara WAMY D ESIKAN ’ S P AADHUK his gratitude to the Lord for His anugraham. to theLordforHisanugraham. his gratitude A S AHASRAM of climbing further on the spiritual ladder. thespiritual of climbingfurtheron 18 eeling states in Bhagavath anubhavam.Unlessone in Bhagavath states eeling am “VaaNilAmuRuval siRu nudha perumthOL”. siRunudha am “VaaNilAmuRuval AhObilam, ThiruvENkatam, ThiruveLLUrand AhObilam,ThiruvENkatam, AS yan for on theEmperumAnofNaimisAraNyam the ThiruvallikkENi KshEth the ThiruvallikkENi i VaNN SatakOpa Sri VeerarAghava SatakOpa VeerarAghava SatakOpa SatakOpa Sri i VaNN perumAn of NaimisAraNyam are the distilled are ofNaimisAraNyam the distilled perumAn A y pleasures instead of the lasting aanandham instead ofthelasting pleasures y mpletion of his 108 dhivya desa vijayam from desavijayam 108 dhivya his of mpletion a clear echo of NirvEdham that Kaliyan thatKaliyan a clearecho ofNirvEdham kham via prapatthi or Bhakthi Yogam routes. or BhakthiYogam kham viaprapatthi Paasuram 1.6.9: “Naanudait tavatthAL Paasuram1.6.9:“NaanudaittavatthAL Rkkadal and Sri VaikuNTam, whichare not Rkkadal andSriVaikuNTam, s capturing his mood of NirvEdham, Swamy s Swamy capturing hismood ofNirvEdham, g. Theseare beautiful Nam Vraja,ahamthvAsarvaPaapEbhyO r this great AchAryan of Ahobila Matam at at r thisgreatAchAryanofAhobilaMatam ge to the dhivya Mani Paadhukais of Sri Sri of ManiPaadhukais ge tothedhivya beautiful10paasurams,whereKaliyanwith C sikan’s master piece composed in one small sikan’s master piece small composed inone ana anubhavam of Kaliyan of the ofKaliyanthe ana anubhavam ads to the next stage, ShAnthi. NirvEdham set is associated with despondency, disgust set isassociatedwithdespondency, ed today their informative comments on a informative commentsona today their ed ONTEXT be the Phalan (fruits) of his salutations of salutations of his (fruits) be thePhalan AzhwAr articulated in the many sections sections the many in AzhwAr articulated mself or herself over lost time and seeks time andseeks herself overlost mself or FOR N IRV E paasurams ofKaliyan DHAM ram, who said to us: whosaid ram, rescue of His Bhakthan. His Bhakthan. rescue of N thatAartha EmperumAnhears Sarva rakshaka cross th the Lordto of receive theprotection from thepowe resulting SamsAric experiences with poin common experienceofnirvEdham.The Desikan’s AzhwAr inthepaasuramslinkedwiththeir Kavi Madhura NammAzhwAr, bySwamy phrases used the of some highlight AdiyEn will Joy. tranquility(Shaanthi)and immense Paadhukaiswith the Lord’s NirvEdha NirvEdha bhilapravEsai: dhurADya dhUyE Padhaavani! paddhathi: dhvirasana prabhalAntharAyair- 2. dowArika 31.9 NammAzhwAr Paadhukai, Swamy Lord’s Desi Swamy no match.(Here have paapams, which Moksham. Heistheembodiment and the OnewhograntsBhogam or name isMukundhan Your Lord’s Oh MotherPaadhukE! (M NirvEdha madhIyAth kilbhishathO kim vaaparamkimapi Paddhathi: nihnuvAnAth karuNAmapi 1. MaatharMukundha nirvEdham: D. SwamyDesikan’s 31.6 ----1.6 ThOL-- perum 2. VaaNilAmuRuvalsiRunuthal 1.1 Thirumozhi: --Periya Vaadi VarunthinEn 1. VaadinEn C. Kaliyan’sNirvEdham: -- munnaleAm madavAraiyum nambinEn nannporuLtannayum piRar nambinEn nirvEdham: B. MadhuraKaviAzwAr’s 2. Mayak-kootthAVanmanA--Thiruvaimozhi:8.2 ku 1. uNNinilAviyaeiyvarAl Swamy A. SelectedExamplesof EANING ): mai theeRRi--Thiruvaimozhi:7.1 theeRRi--Thiruvaimozhi:7.1 mai NammAzhwAr’s NirvEdha Paasurams: NirvEdhaPaasurams: NammAzhwAr’s of KaruNai. Even His limitless DayA is hidden by my , alonecancometohishelp). 19 nirvEdhams and complime and nirvEdhams e ocean of SamsAram and reach the other side. side. ofSamsAramandreachtheother e ocean aadham of His BhakthAs and rushes to the to of HisBhakthAsandrushes aadham r of the five Indriyams. Their prayer isto Theirprayer five Indriyams. r ofthe kan hints that it is only the krupai of the ofthe isonlythekrupai it that hints kan t in all their statements is their disgust disgust their is statements in alltheir t nt themwithSwamy sadagopan.org sadagopan.org This is KalyAna Uthsava season at Oppiliappan atOppiliappan season is KalyAnaUthsava This starts thispostingwithanantha kO Scholarshipand Dayaa anushtAnam, VairAgyam, Koilandwasdevo village nexttoOppiliappan memory willalwaysbegreen as ayoungboy.His most compassionat to hissacredmemory.This is dEsam,wheretheLord thisdhivya padham from HH the44t mentioned that Earlier, adiyEnhas NaimisAraNya dhivyadEsam. on mannan Thirumangai will summ posting,adiyEn In theconcluding purushArtham. ofprap thepractise maargamthru Nivrutthi ourway buttosymbolize the netofSamsAram, expressedtheirNi andAchAryALs Our AzhwArs maargam (SamsAricway). in thepravrutthi exit route(nivrutthimaargam)awayfromthese sufferingsandyetwekeeponenduringthem.Wedonotseekthe enhance oursorrowsand immensely.Wedono andsuffer wives, property children, our with bonds our‘unbreakable’ through net ofSamsAram the in up We arecaught ( NirvEdha SanATA 4. acchEdhyayA--krupayA Paddhathi: of theLordandseekingHim enjoyment 31.11 actsas which karmavisEsham, PrArabdha from these resulting There isnosukham immensely bychasingafterthingstoplease Tamas) andamdistractedfromthetruepur Rajas, (Sathvam, three guNams by the is bound adiyEn ofancientkarmaas, power Due tothe (M NirvEdha 3. “VyAmuhayathAm--pumarthE” paddhati: a lot. suffered housesand enteredthose unbearable poverty,adiyEn 31.10 are protectedbyservantsknownfortheirhars myrepeatedactsofen saddened over adiyEn is (M MEANING EANING EANING ): ): ): ti praNAmams to his sacred feet. to hissacred ti praNAmams as UpAyam and recognizing Him UpEyam). andrecognizingHim as UpAyam 20 Bhagavath anubhava VirOdhi (enemy to the tothe Bhagavath anubhavaVirOdhi(enemy tiring chases. The SamsAra Ruchilastsfrom SamsAra tiring chases.The my wife, children and other samsAric entities. entities. samsAric andother wife, children my ushArtham; adiyEn gets deluded and suffers andsuffers adiyEngetsdeluded ushArtham; e Jeeyar blessed adiyEn with SamAsrayaNam Jeeyarblessed adiyEnwithSamAsrayaNam e Koil (Iyppasi SravaNam). Our family’s annual annual Our family’s SravaNam). (Iyppasi Koil arize the meanings of the tenpaasuramsof of arize themeanings h Jeeyar of Ahobila Matam ascended parama parama Ahobila Matamascended h Jeeyarof sufferings and keep ourselvesdeeplyinvolved sufferings and t recognize that the SamsAric bonds can only t recognizethattheSamsAricbondscanonly tering the house of the evil rich, whose gates tering thehouseofevilrich,whosegates atthi or Bhakthi yOgam to attain parama rvEdham not because they were caught up in notbecausetheywerecaughtupin rvEdham h behavior. Because of my suffering from from h behavior.Becauseofmysuffering ted to Lord Oppiliappan all his life. His allhislife.His ted toLordOppiliappan Vana Roopi. adiyEn dedicates this posting posting this adiyEndedicates VanaRoopi. for adiyEn. He also hails from the small Healsohailsfromthe foradiyEn. of lifeandtohelpus follow thepathof for his sishyAs were exemplary. AdiyEn wereexemplary.AdiyEn for hissishyAs Uthsavam. Thirumanjana PadmaVe Nov 14.adiyEn’ssisterSow. noon on Thir dhivya dampathi’s day afterthe VidAyERRI are inTamilNaaduwelcomedto of youwho oftheLordwill ofThirumanjanam kaimkaryam paripoorNa kaimkaryam inastate where even a phalan.He seeks such for of theVirOdhis the banishment for a SaraNAgathanandprays Jeevan’s andStatesbefitting the Places, Times Kaala-SarvaavasthOchitha -sarvavidhaKaimka inever one Lord, whoisthemostenjoyable Sa is SarvaSwami,who his AzhwAr addresses ananya and (utterhelplessness) aakinchanyam andstateshis vanam ofNaimisArANyam ofthe Mannanstandsin the middle Thirumangai phalan andtheobstacles/enemiesfo of arthapanchakam(IsvaraSvaroo meanings except theLord).Itisalsoarevealingexample lowliness, whichispartoftheexperienceanan meanslowlinessorunfitness.Nikars Nikarsham anubhavam. innirvEdha steeped anusandhAnam are nikarsha These tenpaasurams archives. inBhakthi hisarticle youto adiyEnrefers Thirumozhi. in hisinimitablemannerasapartoftheon cove has ofSimhapuri Madhavakkannan Our Sri N AIMIS A RA N YA P AASURAMS “Oppiliappan Dhivya Dampathis” DhivyaDampathis” “Oppiliappan r realization of that Moksham). of thatMoksham). r realization 21 pam, Jeeva Svaroopam, MokshOpAyam, Moksha Moksha Jeeva Svaroopam,MokshOpAyam, pam, going series on Thriumangai Mannan’s Periya seriesonThriumangai going y way). AzhwAr requests the Sarva-dEsa- Sarva Sarva Sarva-dEsa- the y way).AzhwArrequests gathithvam and performs saraNAgathi. saraNAgathi. performs gathithvam and rva-prAkaara, Niradhisaya BhOgyan (Supreme BhOgyan(Supreme rva-prAkaara, Niradhisaya svaroopam), which is the svaroopa prApthi for for prApthi whichisthesvaroopa svaroopam), of“Vyakthaarthapanchakam”.Itexplainsthe the trace of sva-rakshaNa bharam (thought bharam(thought thetraceofsva-rakshaNa red earlier the Paasurams of NaimisArANyam NaimisArANyam of Paasurams earlierthe red ryam (Nithya Kaimkarya praapthifitforall ryam (NithyaKaimkarya take place on Tuesday, November 14. Those 14.Those take placeonTuesday, November ya gathithvam (havingnoonelsetoprotect ya gathithvam ukkalyANam. Theuthsavamwillstartat12 ukkalyANam. join in this Thirumanajna uthsavamonthe joininthis eraraghavan willrepresentallofusatthe ha anusandhAnamisadeclarationofthat sadagopan.org sadagopan.org enjoying thebrightmoon-like smiles,beautifu (1) Oh EmperumAn presidingoverNaimisAraNya T prior to His ascent to Sri Vaikunta Sri ascent to His prior to Jeeyar toad MahA Desikan,the43rd YathIndhra paramparaiAchAryan, HHSri VeerarAghava humble samarpanamstoadiyEn’sSamAsrayaNa of the series in part is theconcluding This ten paasurams the meaningsof posting,adiyEnwillsummarize concluding the nextand the In mud. samsAric wallow inthe a upAyam aredeludedaboutthe of us,who a MahAthmA.Thirumangaiandother at all.Heis Naimis the byThirumangaiin The sinslisted adainthEn). feet due Lord’s sacred kaimkaryam atthe he states that he answered and prayers are panchaka- sampannaSaraNAgathi at thesacredfeetof isdone samarpaNam onesel ofprotecting in charge that oneis HE S UMMARY OF THE M EANINGS “Lord Devarajan NaimisaraNyam” “Lord Devarajan m from NaimisAraNya dhivya dEsam. dhivya NaimisAraNya m from of Thirumangai on NaimisAraNYam. on NaimisAraNYam. of Thirumangai (SaraNAgathi performed with its five parts). Thirumangai’s itsfive Thirumangai’s parts). with performed (SaraNAgathi OF THE 22 NaimisAraNyam postings. Th AraNya Paasurams were not accumulated byhim werenotaccumulated Paasurams AraNya nd upEyam (means and goal) and continue to upEyam (meansandgoal)continueto nd f) is destroyed and the Aathma-rakshA bhara bhara Aathma-rakshA and the isdestroyed f) Sri Lakshmi NaarAyaNan. Thisistheanga- SriLakshmiNaarAyaNan. P is now blessed with the Bhaagyam of Nithya Nithya now blessedwiththeBhaagyamof is to His grace (naanudaittavatthAl thiruvadi l smallforeheads,bigbamboo likeshoulders l AASURAMS orn the Great AchArya Peetam of Sri Matam Matam Sri Peetam of AchArya orn theGreat great souls refer to them only for the benefit the refer tothemonlyfor great souls m! adiyEn has spent my days devoted to to my daysdevoted has spent m! adiyEn ese postings are my are my postings ese adiyEn has realized that You adiyEn hasrealizedthat AdiyEn wasbereftofJn~Anam andvivekamabou himsaitothejanthus the my dogsandenjoyed with wenton animalhuntsintheforest others.adiyEn inactsthatenraged instead engaged adiyEnwasone,whodidnotfocus (6) OhLord! adainthEn). Thiruvadi naan (Nadunki calamities to avertthose feet andrushedtoYoursacred Ishuddered ofYamadharman, hands ofthefearsomeservants sins. NowthatadiyEn action andtheresulting chased themaway withharshwords.adiyEndidno ahandfulof give them meto door andbegged my to people came and hungry Whenpoor (5)Oh DeavarAjaPerumALofNaimisAraNyam! sacred feetfor fast aspossibletoYour sins. Intimidated againsttheir punishment over Narakam, wheretheyare askedharshly to liveshere miserable peopleattheendoftheir ;these and property wives andgoafter theneighbor’s fragrant hair their wiveswith of sides adiyEn hasreflecteduponthelotof those,wholeavethe (4) OhPrabhuofNaimisArANyam! Thiruvadi adainthEn). vanthun me (NaathanE that awaited arrived atYourholyfeetinhasteand have pe andhavenow upAyam astheunfailing yourThiruvadi Lord!adiyEnchosethen shudder. Oh Raajan of Yamadharma hands oftheservants atthe me awaiting treatment theterrible adiyEnremembered ways. Suddenly, despicable of lust thefire With houses. on arampag games went these in sustained losses (3) OhLordofNaimisAraNyam!adiyEnengage adainthEn). Thiruvadi oneand feetasthe Yoursacred have sought moola manthram,adiyEnhasca of Your anugraham on th time my wasted and pleasures endlessly You, amomentabout and didnotthinkevenfor worshipping thewellshaped, bejeweledfeeta (2) OhLordofNaimisAraNyam!MaayAvi!ad at Yourlotusfeet. adainthEn!) Thiruvadi vanthun ofSaraNAgathi(naaNinEn, performance the through puNyams) sacredf atYour hasarrived of life.AdiyEn (ephemeralpleasures)and pursuit ofsiRRinbham the illnessofsamsArai of cured and havebeen now adiyEnunderstands manthram, ashtAkshara (most desiredfruitsofmylife).Afterr of youngwomen;adiyEn and theprettybreasts propelling me, adiyEn chased beautiful women and served them in in servedthem chased beautifulwomenand me,adiyEn propelling are the commander (Lord) of Yamadharman himself and that You thatYou himself and of Yamadharman (Lord) the commander are protection (NambanE Vanthun Thiruvadi adainthEn). adainthEn). Thiruvadi Vanthun protection (NambanE 23 eceiving upadEsam fromyouonYoursacred eceiving upadEsam eet and gotten rid of all my vinais (paapams and and vinais (paapams ofallmy gotten rid eet and are lassoedbytheYamakinkaraasandtakento rformed SaraNAgathi to banish the terrible fate theterrible tobanish SaraNAgathi rformed embrace redhot copperstatues ofwomenas only refuge (vaanOr nalam purinthu irainjum irainjum refuge(vaanOrnalampurinthu only rice toovercometheirpangsofhunger,adiyEn understood the treatment awaiting me atthe me understoodthetreatmentawaiting nd the bewitching eyesofthebeautiful ladies nd thebewitching c temptations. adiyEn got disgusted with the with adiyEn disgusted the got c temptations. (the beasts of the forest) through killing them. them. killing through of theforest) beasts (the who isDharmaSvaroopi.adiyEnchasedthese my mind on performing auspicious deeds and deeds on performingauspicious my mind such a lot befalling me, adiyEn has rushed as such alotbefallingme,adiyEnhasrushedas is earth further and further. Now, with the the further andfurther.Now,with is earth considered them as my parama prayOjanm my them as considered t theconsequencesofmy actions.Nowthat as aresultoftheseactionsandbeganto d in gambling and to compensate for the forthe d ingamblingandtocompensate have turnedaway nowfrommyearlierway iyEn hasfoolishlyspent(wasted)mydays t thinkatthattimeaboutthecruelty of my e at nights to steal e atnights the worthlessness of my erstwhile pursuits the worthlessness ofmyerstwhile pursuits st asidetheseactiviti monies from stranger’s stranger’s monies from es as worthless and es asworthless sadagopan.org sadagopan.org following hiscomman whohasordered of KaliPurushan, commands of the cannotsurviveanymoretheconsequences (8) OhDeavarAjaPerumALE!adiyEn adainthEn). VanthunThiruvadi (VaanavA, DhAnavarkkuyenRumnanjanE, rakshaNam Please providemethe devotees! against allsamsArici sacred feetasprotection andspeech(Manas,V mind, body through my the dangersawaitingmethereforperformingav in a state of panicaris state in a now sacredfeet your notleaveadiyEn’smind!adiyEnhasapproached Whodoes (7) OhLord, SaraNAgathi. andperformed adainthEn) vanthunn Thiruvadi nectar, IhaveruntoYourlotusfeetandgotte are themostpowerfulDayaaMurthy,whochur Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SathakOpan SathakOpan VaradAchAri Daasan, OppiliappanKoil Saranam, ThiruvadigaLE Srimath AzhagiyaSingar lives here. endoftheir atthe (Nithya VibhUthi) on thisearth(HisleelAvibhUthi)andlive reflect of Kaliyanand paasurams devotion the those whoinvoketheLordofNaim (10) Thus ills. formeaboutsamsAric feet, therearenomorefears anddeaths.NowthatadiyEnhasbeenbl births theoneandonlyme are that YourThiruvadis openings withnine (body) leaves thiscottage hair. When adiyEn of theroof coveredby and ofbones by thepillars supported walls offlesh Ocean!adiyEnhasunde at themilky AdhisEshan Sri Deviseated of Deva! OhLord (9) OhDEvAthi adainthEn). Thiruvadi (paadhamE them (paasurams)asSamarpaNam Now, adiyEn gunams. hailing YourananthakalyANa sweetpaasurams composed andhave Indriyams of my hasshakenthegrip Manthram and adiyEnis an antidote, (Moksha VirOdhis).As d rigorouslyandaregoadingmeto ing from the fear of landing in th in oflanding fear the from ing 24 forever with the nithyasUris in Sri Vaikuntam inSriVaikuntam nithyasUris withthe forever , adiyEn had consoled myself with the thought myself withthethought hadconsoled , adiyEn lls. Oh LordwhodestroystheenemiesofYour on their deep meanings would enjoybhOgams meanings would on theirdeep n rid of the fear of Yama lOkam (naadi naan n ridofthefearYamalOkam(naadinaan ans (upAyam) for escapingfromthecyclesof ans (upAyam) my panchEndhriyams to torture me. They are totortureme.They my panchEndhriyams essed withthebhAgyamtoreachYour sacred ned themilkyoceantoblessdEvAswith reflecting on the meanings of Your Moola Moola Your of themeanings on reflecting paravi naann paNinthu, naavinAl vanthu unn paravi naann vanthuunn paNinthu, naavinAl aak and Kaayam), adiyEn has sought Your aak andKaayam),adiyEnhassought idly thedeedsprohibitedbyYourSaasthrAs isAraNyam in their hearts andrecitewith intheir isAraNyam on the Lotus flower! Oh Lord who rests on Lordwho Lotus flower!Oh onthe against the consequences of all my sins. ofallmy consequences against the rstood this body as being made up of the of the madeup body asbeing rstood this has arrived at Your sacred feet to offer to offer sacred feet hasarrivedatYour e ancient narakam. Fullycognizant of narakam. e ancient accumulate a huge bundle of sins sins of bundle huge a accumulate