Thanja Paragthiyai Thantharulvon Vaazhiye

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Thanja Paragathiyai ThantharulvOn VaazhiyE
? Sri S. Govindarajan Swami, Advocate, Srirangam
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In every yuga, Sriman Narayana takes an Avatar to propagate the doctrine of surrender or SaraNAgathi, out of extreme compassion towards the millions of suffering human beings, so that they could offer SaraNAgathi to Him and attain salvation or ?mOksha?.


In the VarAha Avatar, He gave us the VarAha charama slOka:
stithE manasi sukhasthE sareerE sethi yO nara:
DhAtusAmyE sthithE smartha visvarupam cha mAm ajAm/
ThAsas tham mriyamANAnAm thu kAshTa pAshANa sannibAm
Aham smarAmi madbhaktham nayAmi paramAm gathim//


In the Rama Avatara, He gave Abhaya pradhanam:
Sakrudeva prapannAya thavAsmi ithi cha uchyathe/
Abhayam sarva bhuthebyO yethath vrutham mama//


In Krishna Avatar, He gave the Srimad Bhagavad Geetha Charamaslokam:
Sarva dharmAn parityajya Mam ekam saraNam vraja/
Aham thvA sarva pApebhyO mOkshayishyAmi MAa Sucha://

For the salvation of suffering humanity, the Lord took 10 Avataras (Dasa avtAras). Again, He appeared as Azhvar Saints (abhinava Dasa avatAra) and later as AchAryas in the Kaliyuga.

One such AvatAra is Swami Desika. He is an AvatAra Purusha ? the incarnation of Lord SrinivAsa. As in previous AvatAras, Swami Desikan as the incarnation of the Lord propagated only the SaraNAgathi tattva. He declares SaraNAgathi as the only mode of salvation for the suffering humanity.

SaraNAgathi, as we all know, can be understood only when one knows the three aspects Tattva, Hita and Purushartha.

Tattva deals with Sriman Narayana as the Para Tattva, the human beings (jeevAtmas) and insentient things (achEtanas) being His body (sareera), the inter-relation between them , the Lord as the Supreme master and they as His servitors.

Hita is the mode of salvation ? Bhakti or Prapatti aka SaraNAgathi. Swami Desika stresses the importance of SaraNAgathi as the only means to attain ?mOksha? surely and easily.

PurushArtham is the ?phala? or the fruits of our saraNAgathi. Swami Desika traces the PurushArtham from Bhagavad kainkaryam right upto AchArya and ultimately to BhAgavatha kainkaryam.

In his magnum opus, the Srimad Rahasya Traya SAra, Swami Desika has dealt in extenso with Tattva, Hita and Purushartha and the interaction thereof with the Rahasya mantras of Ashtakshara, Dvaya and Charamasloka leading in effect and essence to SaraNAgathi.

In his other important Rahasya granthas called ?Sillarai Rahasyangal? also he has dealt extensively with the Prapatti SAstra. Again, in his monumental works ?The StOtras?, ?Sri PAduka Sahasram?, TAtparya Chandrika, DramidOpanishad TAtparya RatnAvaLi, Adhikarana SArAvaLi etc. he has meticulously incorporated the SaraNAgathi Tattva in a variety of ways to suit the tastes and levels of understanding of people of different mental calibres.

In all his numerous works and in all his Upanyasams to his several sishyas. His sole mission in life was to inculcate unequivocally the yearning for SaraNAgathi as the only means for salvation.

So, it is most appropriate to remember him as ?Thanja Paragathiyai thandarulvOn? and prostrate before him singing his VAzhi ThirunAmam ?
? Thanja paragathiyai thandarulvOn vAzhiyE?