Sri Bhumi Devi MaaNikka Kondai kaimkaryam: Final Appeal

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Dear Members of the Bhakthi Group :

 

The date is now set for the initiation of the Ruby

crown ( Mangayarkarasi Kondai ) Kaimkaryam for

Sri Bhumi Devi at Oppilaippan Koil . As described

in the earlier posting , this AabharaNam for Sri Bhumi

Devi uthsavar will be created in the style of the one that

worn by Sri AanDAL of Srivilliputthur. We seek Sri Bhumi Devi's

blessings for the succesful completion of this sacred task .

May I request you to join in this noble and auspicious

Kaimkaryam and receive the blessings of the Divya Dampathis .

It is our hope to complete the task prior to Iyppasi SravaNam

and present the new Kondai to Bhumi Devi on the day of Her

ThirukkalyANam ( November 7 , 1997 ).

 

Any amount sent to me as SamarpaNam will be matched by me .

I will forward the collected amount to the " GodhA PriyA committee ",

which is going to complete this auspicious task . The committe is

headquartered in West Mambalam , Chennai . My address is :

 

V.Sadagopan, Apt 6B-1 , Scarborough manor , Scarborough , NY

( Telephone : 914-762-6690 ; Fax : 914-923-1103 ) .

 

The date for sankalpam and start of this kaimkaryam is

set for July 16 , 97 , the day of the birth of the month of

Aadi . In this year saluted as Isvara Samvathsaram ,

Aadi Maasam in particular is revered for many reasons :

 

(1) The first of Aadi is the beginning of the DakshiNAyaNa

PuNya Kaalam (2) The first of Aadi is the birth day of

Sri Naatha MunigaL without whom , we could not have had

the blessings of NaalAyira Divya Prabhandham to cherish .

(3 )Sri AandAL incarnated in this month under a TuLasi

plant in the Nandavanam of PeriyAzhwAr at Srivilliputthur

on an Aadi Pooram day (4) the PathinettAm Perukku is

on Aadi 23 ( August 8 ) .

 

Thus for number of reasons , the /Mithuna Kataka Maasa

dinam chosen ( July 16 ) is a subha Muhoortham for the prayerful

initiation of this Kaimkaryam for our Mother , Bhumi Devi .

 

The nakshthram is Anusham or AnurAdhA , a constellation

recommended for starting work on new AabharaNam ,

new dress by the Jyothisha saasthrams ( Vide : Slokam 861

of RPS , where Swami Desikan describes the presentation of

Noothana vasthram to Bhumi Devi by the PaadhukhAs through

the weaving of their colorful rays ) .

 

The sankalpam for the initiation ceremony is as follows :

 

Hari: Om tath , Sri Govinda Govinda Asya Sri Bahgavatha :

MahA purushasya Sri VishNOragyayA pravarthamAnasya

adhya brahmaNa : dvidheeyaparArthE Sri Svetha VarAha

kalpE vaivasvatha manvanthrE Kali yughE prathamE paadhE ,

Jambhu dhveepE , Bharatha VarshE , Bharatha KandE ,

sakAbhdhE mErOr dakshinE PaarsvE , asmin varthamAnE

vyAvahArikhE PrabhavAdhi Sashti samvathsarANAm madhyE

ISVARA naama samvathsarE , uttarAyaNE greeshma ruthou

mithuna maasE suklapakshE , sowmya vaasara , AnurAdhA

Nakshthra YukthAyAm , Sri VishNu yoga Sri VishNu karaNa

Subha Yoga , Subha KaraNa , yevamguNa visishtAyAm asyAm

EKAADASYAAM puNya tithou , Sri Bahgavadh Aj~nya , Sri Bhagavadh

preethyartham , Sri Bhumi DEvi MaaNikka KireetAkhyam

kaimkaryam Sri AakAsa Nagara KshEthre , SuddhAnandha

VimAna chAyAyAm , Sri Bhumi DEvi Sametha SravaNa

VenkatEsa Swami Sannidhou karishyE .

 

Any amount from you ( $10 to $100 ) is most welcome to

meet the modest target of $2,000 to add to the existing funds

and to complete this kaimkaryam .

 

I will conclude this posting/appeal with the 29th slokam of Bhu

Sthuthi by Swami Desikan :

 

thrANApisandhi subhagEapi sadhA MukundhE

samsAra tantra vahnEna viLambhamAnE I

Raksha Vidhou tanubruthAm anagAnukampA

Matha: svayam vithanushE mahatheem ApEkshAm II

 

( Meaning ) : O Bhumi Devi , the Mother of the Universe !

Your Lord has indeed the protector of all jeeva raasis .

Hence , it is easy to approach Him . Inspite of it ,

He does not rush to the help of chEthanAs . Why ? He has the

responsibility to uphold and enforce the rules of the world as

its emperor . Therefore , He waits for an UpAyam /VyAjam to

come to the rescue of the Jeevans . Therefore, there is an understandable

time delay in His response. During that tortuous time of waiting , Your

matchless compassion for the suffering jeevans flows without

let. You by Yourself undertake a vow ( sankalpam ) to protect

the Jeevans . You bless the Jeevans to take the initiative of

an UpAyam and thereby unite them with Your Lord , who is waiting

to bless them with Moksham .

 

Sri KrishNArpaNamasthu .

Sri Bhumi Devi Sametha Sri VaikunTa Nagareesan

ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam .

Oppiliappan Kovil VaradAchAri Sadagopan