Vedanta Yojana

CHAPTER 35 OF 51 · 1 MIN READ

A Brief Insight to Visishtadvaita Philosophy

Swami Deshikan's Return to Kanchipuram

After composing Hayagriva Stotram, Swami Deshikan composed various other stotrams, such as Garuḍa Panchashath, a fifty-shloka treatise on Lord Garuḍa, Devanaayaka Panchashath, a fifty-shloka treatise on Devanatha Perumāl, and Vaikuntanaayaki Thaayar, Achyutha Shathakam, a hundred-verse stotram dealing with various ideas of philosophy. Swami Deskian has written Achyutha Shathakam using Naayika Bhavam. Naayika Bhaavam is the process of writing where one imagines oneself as a woman who is in love with the Lord.

Swami Deshikan composed the above stotrams and various other magnificent pieces before returning to Kanchipuram. On the way to Kanchipuram, Swami Deshikan first made a stop at Tirukkovilur. At Tirukkovilur, he composed Dehaleesa Sthuthi. Dehaleesa Sthuthi is a stotram in praise of Trivikrama Perumāl, the presiding deity of this nadu naadu Divyadesam as seen through the eyes of the mudhal azhwars, namely Poigai Āzhwār, Bhoothaazhwar, and Pei Āzhwār.

Upon returning to Kanchipuram, Swami Deshikan composed Nyasa Dashakam, a ten-verse stotram on the doctrines of prapatti. Another magnum opus composed by Swami Deshikan is the Artha Panchakam.

The Artha Panchakam is a set of 11 Pāsurams dedicated to Sri Varadaraja Perumāl of Kanchipuram. The 11 Pāsurams are assigned to two each of the five doctrines or truths of the Artha Panchakam.

The five doctrines discussed  are as follows:

1. The Svarūpam of Parabrahman.

2. The Svarūpam of the jeevaathma.

3. The obstacles that prevent us from reaching Paramapadam

4. The means to moksham: Bhakti and Prapatti

5. The supreme goal of Bhagavat Anubhavam