108 Divya Desa ArchA mUrthy NaamArchanai

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

As the debate on the excellence of the different

ArchA mUrthys continues , I thought I will intersperse

the divya naamAs from Swami Desikan's Sri Sookthis

(primarily ) and compose a few songs and gadhyams

to offer my salutations . To those , who are knowledgable

in Sanskrit , please excuse any errors that creep in

during the samarpaNam of these naama kusumaanjalis .

 

These songs are part of the series on

Sri lakshmi Narasimhan , Sri Oppiliappan and

Sri HayagrIvan posted earlier .

 

The following krithi could be sung in Revagupthi

or BhouLai Raagam and salutes the SIX EmperumAns of

ThirumAlirum Solai ( Sundararaajan) ,Thiruvantha-

puram ( Sri PadmanAbhan ), Vada Mathurai ( Govardhana

GirIsan ) , ThirucchitthirakUtam ( GovindarAjan ),

ThUppul ( Deepa prakAsan ) and ThiruveLLUr

( VeerarAghavan ) .

 

Pallavi : SundararAjam sObhana ghAthram

VandEham PadmanAbham

 

Anupaalavi: navaneetha chOram YasOdhA bhaagyam

krupA saagaram Giridhara GopAlam

( VandEham SundararAjam )

 

CharaNam : GodhApriya GovindharAjam

nAdAchala Deepa PrakAsam

VeekshAraNya VeerarAghavam

SitApathim Subha charitham

( VandEham SundararAjam )

 

Notes : (1) SundararAjan of ThirumAlirumchOlai is

recognized as Azhagan or the most

beautiful and auspicous sObhana gAthran.

 

(2) GodhApriya Govindha Raajan refers to

the Kaimkaryams done by the GodhApriyaa

Committee of Chennai (viz)., RathnAngi ,

Mutthangi for Oppiliappan , MaaNuickka

KOndai , Emerald Parrot and Navarathna

Jata Kothsu for Bhumi Devi( October 11) ,

two Mutthu Kondais for ANDAL of SriVilliputthUr

and RaaNi Sevai for ANDAL at SrivilliputthUr

planned for samarpaNam on October 10 , 1998 .

The AbharaNams for Oppiliappan and Bhumi Devi

can be seen in the Home page for Sri Oppiliappan .

 

(3) NaadhAchala Deepa Prakasam refers to

the light (nanthA ViLakku ) that shines

(Sudarittu niRkum jYothi) on the hill

made of saptha svarams or Saama ghAnam .

 

(4) VeekshAraNyam is the KshEthra naamam

of ThiruveLLUr , where SaalihOthra

Maharishi did penance to have the blessings

of Veera Raaghavan .

 

Krithi 2 and 3 on Nadu Naattu Thiruppathis :

( ThiruvahIndrapuram DEavnAthan & ThirukkOvalUr

DehaLIsan )

 

Krithi 2 :ThiruvahIndrapuram DevanAthan ( Raagam : HinDOLam )

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Pallavi : Kinkara sathyam DevanAtham smarAmyaham

 

Anupallavi : AchyuthAnandha Govindham Sri-

Kaanchana Padma vallee nAtham (SmarAmyaham )

 

CharaNam : Lakshmi VasundarA SamvAhitha Paada Padmam

Vedantha DesikEna labdha charaNAravindham

SumanasAm Parama BhOgya AparyApthAmrutham

Divya VanamaalikA Kousthubha maNI dharam

(SmarAmyaham )

 

Notes:(1) The names of the ThriuvahIndrapura EmperumAn's names

are Achyuthan , Kinkara Sathyan , Natha Satyan ,

DevanAthan .

 

(2)His dEvi is HemAbhja Vallee ( Kanchana Padma Vallee )

 

(3)BhagavAn's feet are pressed gently by Lakshmi

and Bhumi Devi ( SamvAhitha Paada Padmam )

 

(4) He is the most enjoyable , insatiable amrutham

(Parama BhOgya AparyApthAmrutham ).Here salutation

to the Lord of Thirukkudanthai is also included

since Aaravamudhan is AapryApthAmuruthan .

 

Krithi 3: ThirukkOvalUr Aayan, Trivikraman , DehaLIsvaran

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(Raagam : KalyANa Vasantham )

 

Reference : earlier postings on Sri DehaLIsa Sthuthi

Of Swami Desikan in Bhakthi archives .

 

Pallavi: Gopapura Raajam Thrivikramam

Srikara VimAna priyam aasrayE

 

Anupallavi: dEhaLyathIsvaram PaNNAtata vaasinam

dAsa upamardha saham Bhaktha priyam

(AasrayE )

 

CharaNam : SarO BhUtha vEthALa Sooribhi:sevitham

KamalA NirapAyam thripathagA kAraNam

KaruNA mUrthim dheena anAtha Rakshakam

Parama NaarAyaNam OudhAryam kapta Vaamanam

( AasrayE )

 

Notes : (1) Gopapuram is one of the names for ThirukkOvalUr ,

where He is worshipped also as Aayan or the divine

Cowherd.

 

(2) His VimAnam is revered as Srikaram

 

(3) dEhaLIsan : One who appeared at the dEhaLi

or the in between space , rEzhi , which is

in between the door and the inner chambers .

 

(4) PaNNA tata Vaasinam : He has taken His

residence on the banks of PeNNai river .

 

(5) Upamardha Saham : One who put up with the

squeezing by the three AzhwArs at the narrow

space of a dEhaLi in ThirukkOvalUr .

 

(6) SarO BhUtha VethALa Suri: refer to the three

Azhwars , Poygai, BhUtham and pEy , who blessed

us with the first three thiruvandhAthis .

 

(7) KamalA nirapAyam = One who is never separated

from MahA LakshmI ; even in Vaamana avathAram

as a BrahmachAri , the Lord hid His consort

under the deer skin attached to His sacred thread .

 

(8) ThripathagA kaaraNam = The cause for the birth

of GangA , when BrahmA washed the rising feet of

the Lord as it shot past Sathya Lokam .

 

(9) Kapata Vaamanam = One who deceived MahA Bali

by assuming the vEsahm of a dwarf BrahmachAri

and asked 3 feet of earth as dhAnam and took

over all the thre worlds .

 

Subhamasthu , Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan