Dear BhakthAs:

We Have covered sofar the following Desika Prabhandhams :

1.Amrutha Ranjani (39 Paasurams)
2. AdhikAra Sangraham ( 56 Paasurams)
3. Amrutha SvAdhini (37 Paasurams)
4. Parama Padha SOpAnam ( 21 Paasurams)
5. Paramatha Bhangam ( 54 Paasurams)
6. Mey-viratha Maanmiyam ( 29 Paasurams)
7. Adaikkala Patthu ( 11 Paasurams)
8. Aruttha Panchakam ( 11 Paasurams)

Above add up to a total of 258 Paasurams.

The rest of the TWELVE Desika Prabhandhams to be covered
yet are:

1. SrI VaishNava Dinasari ( 10 Paasurams)
2. Thirucchinna Maalai ( 11 Paasurams)
3. Panniru-nAmam ( 13 Paasuram)
4. Thirumanthira Churukku ( 10 Paasurams)
5. Dhvaya Churukku ( 12 Paasurams)
6. Charama SlOka Churukku ( 11 Paasurams )
7. GeethArttha Sangirham ( 21 Paasuram)
8. MummaNikkOvai ( 10 Paasuram)
9. Nava MaNi Maalai ( 10 Paasuram)
10. Prabhandha Saaram ( 18 Paasurams)
11. AhAra Niyamam ( 21 Paasurams)
12. PiLLai AndhAthi ( 20 Paasurams)

These twelve Prabhandhams between themselves
house 167 Paasurams .

Today we will start with SrI VaishNava Dinasari dealing with
the daily anushtAnams of SrI VaishNavAs. SaasthrAs state
that a Sri VaishNavan's day has to be split in to five time units
and each of these time units should focus on one of the assigned
anushtAnams.These five prescribed anushtAnams are:

1. Abhigamanam: Prayer and Prapatthi anushtAnam ,
where the Lord is beseeched to bless the Saadhakan with
uninterrupted kaimkaryams to Him throughout the day .This
is very important anushtAnam for a SanyAsi .

2. UPAADHAANAM : There are two aspects to UpAdhAnam:
(a) Assembly of saamagriyaas (material) for Bhagavadh
AarAdhanam (b) cleansification of mind through kaalkshEpam of
the Sri Sookthis of AzhwArs and AchAryAs, since a clean mind
is essential for performing AarAdhanam for Sriman NaarAyaNa.

3. IJYAI erformance of the ThiruvArAdhanam for Sriman
NaarAyaNa according to the procedures laid out by
PaacncharAthra aagamam and ahnika granthams.

4. SVAADHYAAYAM : Familiarization of VedAntha BhAgams
through study and reflection .

5. YOGAM : DhyAnam of Sriman NaarAyaNa's sacred feet
and observance of sleep with the meditation that one's head
is resting on the sacred feet of Sriman NaarAyaNa.

In this Prabhandham , Swamy Desikan makes
the PanchakAla kriyAs as vishayams about
Lord VaradarAjan . He uses two Paasurams
for each of the five divisions to describe
the activites during the day of a SrI VaishNavan .

The whole Prabhnadham has been set in
the simpler Kali Viruttham(metre) . Perhaps ,
Swamy Desikan chose this viruttam(metre) for
chasing away the Kali dhOsham through the five
kinds of prescribed anushtAnams for the day of
a Sri VaishNavan.

SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan