Sri Vegaa Sethu Stotram -- Part 3

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Verse 5 : Oupacchandasikam Metre

 

chaturaanana saptha tanthu gopthA

saritham Vegavatheemasou nirundhan I

Paripushayathi mangaLaani pumsAm

bhagavaan bhakthimataam Yathokthakaaree II

 

(meaning ) : Here at this Divya desam , the Lord

stood as a divine dam to arrest the furious flow of

Saraswathi in the form of a river and saved the Yajnam

of Brahma . When his Bhaktha (Thirumazhisai AzhwAr )

commanded Him to roll up his bed of Adisesha and

accompany him , He did so ; afterwards , when the Azhwar

requested Him to return to His divya Desam and spread his bed

back again to rest there , he did obey the instructions of the Azhwaar

and earned therefore the name " Sonna VaNNam Seytha

PerumAL / YathoktakAri " . This Lord of ThiruvehhA blesses

all those , who worship Him at His divya desam with devotion .

 

Verse 6 : Vasantha Tilakaa metre

 

SrimAn pitAmaha vadhU paricharyamANa:

Setheh bhujanga sayaneh sa mahAbhujanga : I

pratyAdisanthi bhava samcharaNam prajAnAm

bhakthAnuganthuriha yasya gatAgatAni II

 

In this Divya Desam , the humbled Sraswathi Devi

is seen at the foot of the resting Lord (Vishnu Sethu )

with folded hands. She has a pose that suggests her

readiness to serve her father-in-law in a chastened mood.

Swami Desikan also uses a pun(sledai ) on the word Bhujanga

in this verse . The two meanings are : (1) the Lord resting on a snake

(Adi Seshan ) as Bhujanga Sayanan (2) One who has intense

desire for those devoted to Him such as the Gopis of

Brindavanam and Azhwaars like Thirumozhisai .

 

At this Divya desam , the Lord with His consort receives the

Kaimkaryam of Saraswathi and protects His devotees in many ways.

Those devotees , who meditate and reflect upon the comings

and goings ( gathaagathaani ) of the Lord at the request

of Thirumazhisai Azhwaar here would be blessed fully

to be saved from the terrors of Samsaaraa.

His attitude as he rests on his serpent bed

seems to be like that of a intensely desirous one , who wants

to associate with similar minded bhakthaas , who have intense

desire for Him .

 

**** BHUJANGA AND OTHER SAYANAMS OF THE LORD

 

Incidentally , the Bhujanga Sayana Sevai at this Divya

Desam is one of the 8 sayana poses that we have the

Darsanam of the Lord in Archa form at the 27 divya Desams.

 

The Bhujanga Sayanam has been chosen by the Lord in

the following 20 Divya Desams :

 

1. Thiruvehha 2. Thiruvananthapuram 3. Srirangam

4. Thiru Anbil 5. Thiru Aadhanoor 6. Thiru YeVuuL

7. Thirukkarambanur 8.Thiru Kabisthalam 9. Thirukkoshtiyur

10 . ThirukkoLur 11. Thirucchirupuliyur 12. Thiru Terriambalam

13. Thiruppaarkadal ( Apraakrutham ) 14.Thiruppirithi (Jyoshi mutt)

15. ThiruppuLingudi 16. ThirupuLLam Bhoothamgudi

17. Thiruppernagar 18. Thiruvaataaru 19. ThiruveLLiIangudi

 

The other Sayana Kshetrams and the types of sayanam are :

 

1. Bhoga Sayanam/ Tillai Thirucchitrakootam

2. Maanikka sayanam / Thiruneermalai

3. Vata Patra sayanam / Srivilliputthur

4.Veera sayanam / Thiru IndaLUr

5. UdyOga sayanam/ Thirukkudanthai

6. Darba Sayanam / ThirupullaaNi

7.Sthala Sayanm / Thirukkadanmallai .

 

When the 108 Divya Desam CD --ROM project gets

completed , the Bahkthaas would have a chance to

see all the 8 sayanams at one place .