Srivacanabhusanam, the magnum opus with its authentic commentary exhaustively elucidates the intrinsic means and teachings of the three Rahasya Mantras of Tirumantra, Dvaya Mantra and Caramasloka. The book explicitly condenses the metaphysical and theological doctrines of the Alvars; dialectical views of Vedantic order; devotional attitudes of Itihasa-puranas; and the socio-cultural and linguistic textures of indigenous literature of the Tamil Country.
This polemic work factually elaborate the following religious themes with panoramic outlook: 1. Theo-philosophy behind Goddess Sri Laksmi and her intermediate status between the Lord and devotee as purusakara; and the countless aesthetic qualities of Lord Sriman Narayana as the means as well as the end in itself for the mukti, the liberation, 2. Prapatti, the complete surrender to the Lord for his redemptive grace, where it never considers the limitations like time and place, ceremonial procedure, eligibility but with the object only, i.e., to whom one has to perform it to fulfill his cherished desire; and the necessary qualifications to follow the destined means 3. Routines of the prapanna and the necessities to perform the kainkarya 'service' to the Lord. 4. Characteristic features and the pleasing conduct between the good teacher and that of the good disciple: and the subject matters along with the ways to be taught by the former to the latter. 5. Innate nature of the Lord's nirhetukakripa. 'causeless grace' within which he without any restrictions and expectations helps his devotees for their final emancipation. 6. Need of acaryabhimana as the simplest means to attain paramapada, the abode of the Lord.
Apart form these, the esoteric text with its scientific treatments towards Universal Brotherhood with the cosmopolitan societal perspectives, within which, all kinds of differences among the individuals and nations would be nullified in the name of God, which in long run makes the humanity as the Unique Global Spiritual Community.
Contents
Foreword
Preface
1. Introduction
2. Short History of the Author of the Text
3. Short Notes on Manavalamamuni, the Commentator
4. Verses in Praise of the Text (Taniyankal)
5. Preface (Uraipayiram) Graciously Afford by Manavalamamuni
6. Prologue (Payiram) :
The Authoritative texts to Specify the Subject matter of Veda and among them one is more Important (Sutras)
I. THE GREATNESS OF PURUSAKARA AND UPAYA :
1. The Subject-matter Conveyed in the Epics-Sri Ramayana and Sri Mahabharata (Sutras)
2. Explanation of the Characteristic Features of Purusakara (Sutras)
3. Purusakara as Expounded in Sri Mahabharata (Sutras)
4. Explanation of the Greatness of Purusakara as well as Upaya (Sutras)
5. Errors committed by Arjuna (Sutras) :
i. Reason for the Lord Krsna not to kill the Pandavas; assuming as Messenger to the Court of Dhrtarastra; and took in-charge as Charioteer to Arjuna (Sutras)
II. MEANS (UPAYA) :
1. Lack of Disciplinary Observances Like Place, Time, etc. to Prapatti (Sutras)
2. Concurrence of the Subject where to Perform the Prapatti and it is the Arcavatara 'Incarnation in the form of Holy Idols in the Temples to Perform Prayer Upon them'; and the Greatness of Arcavatara (Sutras)
3. Three Kinds of Authorities to Perform Prapatti Upon the Arcavatara and their Differentiated Qualities with Proper Testimony (Sutras)
4. When Devotional Attitude Reaches Certain Stage, the Prapatti may Collapse, Whereas There is Different Ways of Performing the Upaya (Sutras)
5. The Defect When Assuming Prapatti as Upaya (Sutras)
6. The Nature of Prapatti : and God Alone is the Subject Matter to the Upaya (Sutras)
III. ORDER OF THE RELIGIOUS PRACTICES TO THE AUTHORITIES WHO PERFORM PRAPATTI :
1. Necessary Qualifications for the Authorities who Perform Prapatti (Sutras)
2. Stating that, Since the Activities o Pillai Tirunaraiyur Araiyar are the Outcome of the Inseparable Attachment with the Lord and they Should Not be Reproachable (Sutras)
3. Prapanna Should Not Follow Karma, Jnana and bakti as Upayas and the Defects of them (Sutras)
4. Absence of Defects as in the Other Updyas and the Qualifications of Prapatti (Sutras)
5. Not the Svagata but Paragatasvlkdra alone will be the Upaya (Sutras)
6. Superiority of Paragatasvikara (Sutras)
7. God Accepts the Soul through Purusakara (Sutras)
8. Specialities of the Result for the Expectation of the Purusakara by the Lord as well as the Soul (Sutras)
9. Necessities of the Purusakara for the Three Kinds of Authorities (Sutras)
10. Erroneousness of the Independent Sesatva as Well as Pdratantrya (Sutras)
11. Affection of the Lord upon the Holy Sarira of the Jnanis Who Know the Realities (Sutras)
12. Even Thinking to Protect by Himself Would Cause Destruction (Sutras)
13. Harshness of Ahankara (Sutras)
14. Harshness of the Sensuality towards the Ladies (Sutras)
15. Harshness of the Bhuguviichlbhicdra (Sutras)
16. Not the Higher or Lower Births Stand as the Reason for Moksa but the Presence or Absence of the Relationship with the Lord (Sutras)
17. The Devotees of the Higher Castes who Possess the Relationship with the Other Devotees of the Lower Castes who in Turn also Possess the Relation with the Lord; and These Devotees of the Lower Castes are Superior than that of the Higher Castes (Sutras)
18. With the Relationship of these Kinds of Bhagavatas Only the Two Defects, Which are Possessed by the Higher Castes Could be Eliminated and the Testimony for the Same (Sutras)
19. The Greatness Of Bhagavatas (Sutras)
20. The Specialties of the Status after Elimination of the Rags, Which are Acquired by out of the Lord's Grace (Sutras)
21. The Reasons for the Superiors to Hate the Higher Caste Births and the Reason to Desire to take Births in the Lower Castes (Sutras)
22. The Daily Routines of the Propane (Sutras)
23. The Reason for the Benediction upon the Lord who Creates and Protects us (Sutras)
24. Expressing Benediction is the Established Line of Conduct (Sutras)
25. Regarding the Benediction, the Status of the Alvars ad that of Periyalvar among them (Sutras)
26. Benedictive Prayer upon the Lord Would be Appropriate with the Essential Nature of the Soul (Sutras)
27. The Well-Disposed and their Nature (Sutras)
28. The ill-Disposed and the Specialities of their Nature (Sutras)
29. Though the Subject Matters Related to the Lord are Against the Essential Nature of the Soul and they are Tough to Relinquish (Sutras)
30. The Explanation of the Subject Matters which are Referred to at the end of the (Sutras)
31. Way to Understand Kainkarya, its Kinds, the Place where to Perform it, how it is Emerging out, etc. (Sutras)
32. The Four States before the State of Kainkarya; the four Categories Such as Ajnanas for the Prapanna to get the Enlightenment of the Soul in the Specific Status; the Reason for the Elimination of the Four Categories Such as Ajnanas; and the First Cause for the Origin of the Categories (Sutras)
33. There is four Qualities of Prapanna; as Such there is also four Qualities to the Lord; and the Fruits of the Qualities (Sutras)
34. Four Kinds of Prohibited Things, their Explanations and Natures (Sutras)
IV. THE PRESCRIBED FITNESS OF A GOOD ACARYA WHO FOLLOWS THE SIDDHOPAYA :
1. Characteristic Features of Good Acarya (Sutras)
2. He becomes Good Acarya who Teaches the Tirumantra (Sutras)
3. The Reasons for the Lack of Fullness to the Acarya who Teaches the other Mantras (Sutras)
4. Characteristic Features of a Good Disciple (Sutras)
5. Code of Conduct between Good Acarya and Good Disciple (Sutras)
6. Abstinence of the Things by the Disciple for the Sake of Pleasure of his Acarya (Sutras)
7. The Disciple Should Show the Remembrance and Gratitude of favour upon his Acarya (Sutras)
8. Mentioning of the Evil Qualities in the Mind (Sutras)
9. Faithlessness of the Lord as well as his Devotees; the Questions and Answers Regarding the Same; Lack of Time to Think about them and the Reasons for the Same (Sutras)
10. The Aspirant Should Think about the Faults of others as his own and the Reason for the Same (Sutras)
11. One Should be Revealed of the Faults Committed upon himself to the Lord as well as his Fellow Bhagavatas and the Reasons for the Same (Sutras)
12. One Should have Patience and Pleasure upon the Opponents who Committed Faults towards him (Sutras)
V. THE GLORY OF THE LORD'S SPONTANEOUS GRACE :
1. The Lord out of his Independency without Considering any Reasons Accepts the Souls Through his Supreme Grace (Sutras)
2. The Series of Efforts taken by the Lord for the Sake of the upliftment of the Soul (Sutras)
3. The Nature of Ignorant who is aceepted by the Lord through his Causeless Grace and the Attachment of the Knowledgeables (Sutras)
4. The Tradition for the Acceptance through Causeless Grace (Sutras)
5. Creation of the Lord and Emerging of Incidental Activities, etc (Sutras)
6. Acceptance Through the Causeless Grace as Expressed in the (Sutras)
7. The Wise Utterances of the Alvars about the Acceptance of the Lord through Causeless Grace, The Hesitations Among them and their Removal of the Hesitations (Sutras)
8. The Reason for Cetana's Lake of Aversion toward the Lord and the Turning the Face Towards the Soul by the Lord are due to the Grace of him only (Sutras)
9. The Subject Matters are Left to Discuss due to the Fear Upon Diffuseness (Sutras)
10. By Thinking about the Causeless Grace of the Lord, the Cetana may be Free from Worries (Sutras)
11. Contemplation of the Knowledgeable upon the Acceptance of the Lord through Causeless Grace (Sutras)
12. Like the Fruits of the Karma, the Fruit of the Grace also Should be Nullified out of Experience; and Nobody Could Restrict the Flow of Causeless Grace (Sutras)
13. Until the Attainment of Moksa, the Fear and Fearlessness will Continue along with the Existence of the Soul (Sutras)
14. The Reason for fear and Fearlessness (Sutras)
VI. INVESTIGATION UPON THE STATUS OF THE SOLE MEANS :
1. There would not be Repetition of Fear and Fearlessness to the Disciple who Obtained the Acaryabhimana (Sutras)
2. The Testimony to Assert that the Dcaryabhimdna as the Updya (Sutras)
3. The Tradition for Acaryabhimana (Sutras)
4. Explanation of the Three Steps (Sutras)
5. The Proper Means to the Proper Updya (Sutras)
6. Rareness to Obtain the Status of the Final Ground of the Sole Means (Sutras)
7. Upaya Should be in Appropriation with Upeya; if not there wouldn't be in Appropriation between them (Sutras)
8. The Greatness of acarya (Sutras)
9. If there is Absence of Relationship with the Acarya, though there is Soul Qualities, there wouldn't be any Fruits; and Due to the Absence of the Relation, there is Chance for the Angry of the Lord (Sutras)
10. If there is Absence of the Relationship with the Acarya it is Hard to Obtain the Relationship with the Lord (Sutras)
11. Necessities of the Relationship with the Bhdgavata to Obtain that of the Acarya (Sutras)
12. There is no other Upaya except the Acarybhimana for the Emancipation; and the Testimony for the Fact (Sutras)
13. The Definite Stand, that, the Dcdrydhhimdna alone the Proper Upaya to Obtain the Supreme State of Moksa (Sutras)
14. The Fruits of the Knowledge and Conduct of the Cetana who Follows the Acaryabhimana as the Sole Means (Sutras)
15. The Cetana who Follows the Acaryabhimana should not have Sexual Contact with other's wife as well as Specifically Even with his wife (Sutras)
16. The Status to be Obtained by the Disciple for the Absence of the Destruction of his Essential Nature of the Soul (Sutras)
17. Necessities of three, Such as the Indomitable Desire to be Possessed by him (Sutras)
18. The Testimony for the Svagata and Paragata Svikaras of the Subject Matter Related with Acarya (Sutras)
19. The Disciple who are Eligible for Accaryabhimana (Sutras)
20. The Series of Fruits which are Produced out of Acaryabhimana (Sutras)
Appendix :
Original Sutras