SrI UpakAra Sangraham -- III (20)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (20)

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niryANa adikAram

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Section - 10: SrI NammAzhvAr reveals all these so far described, in the first

verse of his work, Thiruviruttham.

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Sub-section: 4 - The Main Message of this verse

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After showing the six messages that one gets from the AzhvAr’s first verse,

SwAmi Desikan, reveals the main message of the verse in a nutshell:

purushOttama-vidyai-yil conna sarvAdhikkyatthai udaiyanAna Sriyah-pati,

jagadupakrutimartyam, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ ityAdikaLiR conna thannudaiya

divya-avatAra-prakAra-tthai, ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’ enRu thodangi thAn

aRivitthapadiyE aRinthArkkellAm, adhikAra-anuguNa-upAya-poorti-yaip

paNNikkodutthu, ith dEham viTTAl ini oru piRavi vENdAthapadi sva-prApti-yaik

kodukkum enkiRa ivvupakAram ippATTukku pradhAna-tAtparya vizhayamAkiRathu.

The main purport of this verse is the favour the Lord does to the jIvas, to

enable them to attain Him, the ultimate goal.

We shall now study SwAmi Desikan’s words in detail:

“purushOttamavidyai-yil conna sarvAdhikkyatthai udaiyanAna Sriyah-pati†–

The Lord, Who is the Consort of Lakshmee, holds the sovereign control over

everything, as stated in the purushOttama-vidya. PurushOttama Vidya is the 15th

Chapter of the Bhagavdgita. In this chapter, the Lord (SrI KrishNa) has spoken

that He exercises sovereign control over the destructible and the indestructible

entities; all the jIvas – both the bound souls and the free souls; that He is

the Supreme Person, (PurushOttama); His greatness is His being the opposite to

all that is evil and His remaining the sole seat of all auspicious qualities. He

is of a different kind from both the types of jIvas – those who are bound in

the prakruti which is non-sentient matter; and those jIvas who have no

connection with the prakruti. He pervades these jIvas, sustains them and

exercises sovereignty over them. He has been declared as the PurushOttama

(Supreme Person) in the vEdas, smritis, itihAsas and purANas. A jIva attains

mOksha by acquiring knowledge about

this PurushOttama and by adopting the means to attain Him.

‘jagadupakrutimartyam’, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ ityAdikaLiR conna

thannudaiya†–

SwAmi Desikan quotes from two SlOkas of SrI VishNu PurANa. The first one,

‘jagadupakrutimartyam’ is part of the Sloka (5-30-81) –

“sakalabhuvana-sootir-moortir-alpAlpa sookshmAvidita

sakala vEdyair-j~nAyatE yasya na anyaih /

tamajamakrutam-eeSam SASvatam svEcchayainam

jagadupakruti-marttyam kO vijEtum samarthah //â€

(Only those, who have well studied all the scriptures that have to be learnt,

will be able to know, and none else, the Lord as the source of the creation of

all the worlds and as of very subtle nature; He is eternal without being born;

He is the Sovereign Controller of everything. He takes incarnation as a human

being by His own will to help the people of the world. Who is capable of winning

Him?)

In this, we take note of the statement that He incarnates as a human being to

help the world.

The second quote, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ is also from SrI VishNu PurANa:

“jagatAmupakArAya na sA karmanimittajA /

cEshTA tasyApramEyasya vyApinya-vyAhatAtmikA //†(6-7-72)

(The Lord’s birth is not due to any karma of His; He appears only for the good

of the world. He is beyond our knowledge; His actions are under any body’s

control.)

SwAmi Desikan continues:

“thannudaiya divya-avatAra-prakAra-tthai, ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’ enRu

thodangi thAn aRivitthapadiyE aRinthArkkellAm adhikAr-anuguNa-upAya-poorti-yaip

paNNikkodutthu†–

The Lord is born only for the good of the world. Such of His divine incarnation

is announced by the Lord himself in the Bhagavadgita in the fourth Chapter in

five SlOkas, beginning ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’, which we have studied

earlier in detail.

The Lord helps all those, who are aware of Him through the scriptures, to

complete the means adopted by them in accordance with their state and stage of

birth.

“ith-dEham viTTAl ini oru piRavi vENdAthapadi sva-prApti-yaik kodukkum enkiRa

ivvupakAram ippATTukku pradhAna-tAtparya vizhayamAkiRathu.†--

They will attain Him, after leaving their present bodies so that there is no

need for another birth in this world (samsAra).

This favour of the Lord is the most prominent message of this verse of the

AzhvAr, concludes SwAmi Desikan.

 

(To continue)

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SrI UpakAra Sangraham - III (20)

--

niryANa adikAram

--

Section - 10: SrI NammAzhvAr reveals all these so far described, in the

first verse of his work, Thiruviruttham.

----

Sub-section: 4 - The Main Message of this verse

----

After showing the six messages that one gets from the AzhvAr’s first

verse, SwAmi Desikan, reveals the main message of the verse in a nutshell:

purushOttama-vidyai-yil conna sarvAdhikkyatthai udaiyanAna Sriyah-pati,

jagadupakrutimartyam, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ ityAdikaLiR conna thannudaiya

divya-avatAra-prakAra-tthai, ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’ enRu thodangi thAn

aRivitthapadiyE aRinthArkkellAm, adhikAra-anuguNa-upAya-poorti-yaip

paNNikkodutthu, ith dEham viTTAl ini oru piRavi vENdAthapadi sva-prApti-yaik

kodukkum enkiRa ivvupakAram ippATTukku pradhAna-tAtparya vizhayamAkiRathu.

The main purport of this verse is the favour the Lord does to the jIvas, to

enable them to attain Him, the ultimate goal.

We shall now study SwAmi Desikan’s words in detail:

“purushOttamavidyai-yil conna sarvAdhikkyatthai udaiyanAna Sriyah-pati†–

The Lord, Who is the Consort of Lakshmee, holds the sovereign control over

everything, as stated in the purushOttama-vidya. PurushOttama Vidya is the

15th Chapter of the Bhagavdgita. In this chapter, the Lord (SrI KrishNa) has

spoken that He exercises sovereign control over the destructible and the

indestructible entities; all the jIvas – both the bound souls and the free

souls; that He is the Supreme Person, (PurushOttama); His greatness is His

being the opposite to all that is evil and His remaining the sole seat of

all auspicious qualities. He is of a different kind from both the types of

jIvas – those who are bound in the prakruti which is non-sentient matter;

and those jIvas who have no connection with the prakruti. He pervades these

jIvas, sustains them and exercises sovereignty over them. He has been

declared as the PurushOttama (Supreme Person) in the vEdas, smritis,

itihAsas and purANas. A jIva attains mOksha by acquiring knowledge about

this PurushOttama and by adopting the means to attain Him.

‘jagadupakrutimartyam’, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ ityAdikaLiR conna

thannudaiya†–

SwAmi Desikan quotes from two SlOkas of SrI VishNu PurANa. The first one,

‘jagadupakrutimartyam’ is part of the Sloka (5-30-81) –

“sakalabhuvana-sootir-moortir-alpAlpa sookshmAvidita

sakala vEdyair-j~nAyatE yasya na anyaih /

tamajamakrutam-eeSam SASvatam svEcchayainam

jagadupakruti-marttyam kO vijEtum samarthah //â€

(Only those, who have well studied all the scriptures that have to be

learnt, will be able to know, and none else, the Lord as the source of the

creation of all the worlds and as of very subtle nature; He is eternal

without being born; He is the Sovereign Controller of everything. He takes

incarnation as a human being by His own will to help the people of the

world. Who is capable of winning Him?)

In this, we take note of the statement that He incarnates as a human being

to help the world.

The second quote, ‘jagatAm upakArAya’ is also from SrI VishNu PurANa:

“jagatAmupakArAya na sA karmanimittajA /

cEshTA tasyApramEyasya vyApinya-vyAhatAtmikA //†(6-7-72)

(The Lord’s birth is not due to any karma of His; He appears only for the

good of the world. He is beyond our knowledge; His actions are under any

body’s control.)

SwAmi Desikan continues:

“thannudaiya divya-avatAra-prakAra-tthai, ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’ enRu

thodangi thAn aRivitthapadiyE aRinthArkkellAm

adhikAr-anuguNa-upAya-poorti-yaip paNNikkodutthu†–

The Lord is born only for the good of the world. Such of His divine

incarnation is announced by the Lord himself in the Bhagavadgita in the

fourth Chapter in five SlOkas, beginning ‘bahooni mE vyateetAni’, which we

have studied earlier in detail.

The Lord helps all those, who are aware of Him through the scriptures, to

complete the means adopted by them in accordance with their state and stage

of birth.

“ith-dEham viTTAl ini oru piRavi vENdAthapadi sva-prApti-yaik kodukkum

enkiRa ivvupakAram ippATTukku pradhAna-tAtparya vizhayamAkiRathu.†--

They will attain Him, after leaving their present bodies so that there is no

need for another birth in this world (samsAra).

This favour of the Lord is the most prominent message of this verse of the

AzhvAr, concludes SwAmi Desikan.

 

(To continue)

dAsan

Anbil S.SrInivAsan

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