Sri DehaLIswatra Sthuthi -- Part 8( Slokam 5 )

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Dear Bhakthi group Members :

 

I will cover the fifth slokam of Sri DehaLIsa sthuthi

in this posting .

 

Fifth SlOkam

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chakrasya dhaitya dhanujAdhishu vAmabhavam

sankhasya chAsritha janEshvapi dakshiNathvam I

vyaktham pradarsayasi GopapurAdhirAja

vyathyasya nUnamanayO : kara samprayOgam II

 

(anvaya Kramam ) : GOpapuradhirAja ! daithya dhanuja

aadhishu chakrasya vaama bhavam , aasritha janEshu

sankhasya dakshiNathvam api cha anayO : kara

samprayOgam vyathyasya vyaktham pradarsayasi . noonam !

 

The key pasage here is "kara samprayOgam vyathyasya

vyaktham pradarsayasi " . Vyathyasya means altered .

 

( Meaning of the slOkam ) : O Supreme Lord of Gopapuri !

the adverse (punishing ) and fierce disposition of Your

ChakrAyudham ( Sudarsanam ) towards the evil-minded asurAs

and the partial as well as the protective aspects of Your

sankham (Paanchajanyam ) towards Your asritha janAs

is clearly demonstrated at Your divya desam through

the change in their traditional positions of Your hands .

Here You are adorning the chakram on Your left upper

hand and the sankham on the upper right hand in an

altered manner compared to Your traditional way .

 

Swami Desikan has extraordinary skills in using utprEkshA

or slEshA ( sledai or pun ) in his sthuthis . For example in

GodhA sthuthi ( verse 6 : sONAdharEpi ) and YathirAja

sapthathi (Verse 16: alUna pakshasya ) , we enjoy this

skill being displayed with great effect . Here , In this verse

of DehaLIsa sthuthi , Swami Desikan adroitly uses the double

meanings of the words , Vaamam and DakshiNam .

Vaamam means left side as well as fierce (unfavorable ) ;

dakshiNam refers to the right side as well as partial or

favorable disposition ( dAkshiNyam ) .

 

Since Chakram is fierce towards the asurAs and is seen

therefore on the left hand (vAma hastham ) ; sankham

is partial(dakshiNam ) to saraNAgathAs and hence it is

found on the dakshiNa hastham ( right hand ) of the Lord

in this divya desam , where He blessed Maha Bali . DehaLIsan

according to Swami Desikan demonstrates the nature of

the two aayudhams ( Sankham and Chakram ) by holding them

in the right (dakshiNam )and left ( vAmam ) hands respectively .

 

Thirumangai has hinted at the special alteration of the normal

positions of Chakram and Sankham on the Lord's hands here

indirectly in one of his ThirukkOvalUr paasuram( Periya Thirumozhi

2.10.9 ) : thU vadivil pArmahaL pUmangayOdu sudarAzhi

sankirupAl polinthu thOnra --- . Here Thirumangai refers to

sudarAzhi ( Chakram ) on the side of pArmahaL ( BhUmi dEvi )

and Sanku ( Paanchajanyam ) on the right side , where Sri devi

traditionaly stays . Thus the AzhwAr links "pArmahaLOdu SudarAzhi "

and " pUmangayOdu sanku " . Swami Desikan goes on to

explain why that reverse positioning of the Lord's aayudhams

on His hands relative to the traditional position of His

ubhaya NAcchiyArs is all about .

 

For a devout devotee , the child DhruvA , the Lord used the sankham

on His right hand ( DakshiNa hastham ) to touch the cheek of the child

lost in the meditation over Him and brought DhruvA back to consciousness

and to bless him with His darsanam . Here too at ThirukkOvalUr , dEhaLIsan

reminds the world about the significance of the two aayudhams

with respect to the righteous ones and those , who committ

Bhagavadh / BhagavathApachArams .

 

Swami Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan