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From: Sadagopan (sgopan_at_computer.net)
Date: Tue Jul 25 2000 - 11:19:53 PDT
Dear BhakthAs :
Sri Muralidhar Rangaswamy has some perceptive
insights on the significance of the two words chosen by
Swami Desikan in this slOkam ( yogam and dhrusyAm ).
I am sure that you will enjoy his excellent analysis.
V.Satakopan
>Sri:
>
>SrimatE Gopaladesika MahadesikAya Namaha,
>
>Dear Sriman Sadagopan Swamin,
>
>Thank you very much for your marvellously insightful summary from
>the Anubhavams of U.Ve. Sri Ramadesikachariar Swamin and
>U.Ve. Sri Seva Swami. It is most appropriate that this series
>gets underway as the 100th Tirunakshatram of U.Ve. Sri
>Ramadesikachariar Swami dawns on us. A special tadiaradhanai for
>this occassion has been arranged at Srimad Poundarikapuram Ashramam
>on July 30 (Adi Punarvasu Nakshatram).
>
>Kindly permit Adiyen some indulgence here. The term "Yoga dhrushyAm"
>deserves further examination. Yoga can mean attainment of something
>that one has lost or gaining something that one has never had. Both
>of these make sense in the context of a Baddha jivatma being
>inextricably bound to Samsara by the rope of Karma since
>(1)The baddha jivan has not secured release from the bondage of Karma
>(2) As a result of (1), the baddha jivan is steeped in an endless
> ocean of sin from which there is no reprieve. Consequently,
> the jivan has lost knowledge of its true identity, i.e., that
> the jivan is a sesha of Lord Narayana and that everything
> associated with the jivan is the rightful belonging of Lord
>Narayana.
>
>Godha Piratti united with Lord Narayana facilitates the yogam
>by means of which the Baddha jivan attains knowledge of its true
>identity and enables the Baddha jivan to cross the ocean of Samsara
>through the margam of SharaNagati.
>
>Godha Piratti is the personification of Kshama or forgiveness. She
>is saluted as the consort of Lord Narayana in the Purusha Sooktam
>Rk "HrIschathE lakshmIscha pathnyoU". The Sama Vedam benediction
>rendered during weddings is "Etath thava hrudayam hrudayam mama
>Etath mama hrudayam hrudayam thava", i.e., the Dampatis are in unison
>in the innermost desires of each other's hearts. In this context,
>the Lord and His consort exemplify this salutation in that everything
>that is dear to the Lord's heart is dear to His consort and vice
>versa. The innermost desire of Godha Piratti's heart is for the Lord
>to forgive all trangressions of Her children and to provide
>them with eternal bliss through Kaimkaryam for the Divine Couple at
>their command and for their pleasure. The Lord is fully aware of
>this desire and fully intends to comply with it. Accordingly, He
>performs the Yagam of SharaNagati, i.e., providing refuge to a
>desirous supplicant through the path of unconditional, total
>surrender. Bhumi Devi renders the Yaga shala fertile through her
>appeals to the Lord to forgive all sins committed by the supplicant.
>
>Consequently, the union between Andal and the Lord results in the
>Yogam of Moksham for a baddha jivatma through the margam of
>SharaNagati.
>
>The connection between Sri Ramanujacharya's prapatti to Thayar and
>Swami Desikan's PrapadyE Vakyams in the Sri Stuthi, Bhu Stuthi, and
>Godha Stuthi is special. The Desika Mangalam salutes Swami Desikan as
>"Sri bhashyakAra panthAnam atmanA darshitam punaha". This probably
>sheds light on how closely Swami Desikan followed the path of Sri
>Ramanujacharya
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>Namo Narayana,
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>SriMuralidhara Dasan
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>Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
>Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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