Sri KomaLavalli SamEtha Sri AarAvamudhan's SamprOkshaNa Uthsavam : Part 3 --MaadhyAnhika SandhyA vandhanam

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Dear BhakthAs : It is now Ucchik Kaalam at Thirukkudanthai.

Sri KurEsar arrives in front of Sri KOmalavalli ThAyAr and

salutes : "(Saa ) Sri: Svasthi dhisadhAth ( may that Periya

PirAtti of Sri AarAvamudhan conder on us all auspiciousness )!".

He explains as to who that Sri Devi (KomaLavalli ) is:

 

"yasyA Veekshya Mukham Tadhingitha

ParAdhInO vidhatthE akhilam "

 

Here KooratthAzhwAn points out that the Lord

follows the signs given by the brow of MahA LakshmI

and follows accordingly(ingitham therinthu athaip pOl

nadakkirAr ) to perform His various duties such

as Creation of the world and its protection .

Such is the power of Sri KomaLavalli over Her Lord .

 

KoorEsar recognizes our ThAyAr as " sakala Loka JananI "

and prays to be the object of the waves of Her side glances

( HeY LakshmI ! thE katAksha Veechi visruthE:

Lakshyam shyAma .Next , AzhwAn refers to Her

as the ocean of KalyANa GuNams ( tvath sadhguNa aRNO nidhou)

and states that those GuNams are beyond the access of

manas and Vaak ( mind and speech ).

 

The power of Her glances are next saluted by KurEsar.

He says that even the Lord of the universe , who is

His own Lord considers Himself blessed , when her

nectarine glances fall on Him ( JagannAtha: AathmEsvara:

NaarAyaNOpi tava EEkshaNAth svAthmAnam DHANYAM MANYATHE ).

 

KurEsar recognizes next that anything rich , beautiful ,

auspicious are all under Her control ( Yath Isvaryam

Soundharya laavaNyayO; yadhitham roopam , lOkE yaccha

hi MangaLam , Yath kimapi sath ithi uchyathE , Tath

sarvam Yath tvadhInamEva ). Now , KurEsar makes a

unique statement : Oh Supreme One ! MahA LakshmI !

Even Your husband does not comprehend the limits

of Your Mahimai. More wonderful than that is the fact

that You Yourself do not know the limits of Your

own greatness ! ".

 

We will conclude this section on the tributes paid by

KurEsar with his prayer and paraphrase it with a

tribute to Sri KomaLAmbhA :

 

Yasyaa: KatAksha veekshAkshaNa

laksham lakshithA mahEsAs shyu:I

Sri KomaLAmbhA saa maamapi

VeekshithAm Lakshmi : II

 

(meaning ): May Sri KomaLAmbhA , whose auspicious

glance , when it rests on any one for even a second

makes them the richest among the rich , rest Her

katAksham on me as well !

 

The Isvaryam that KurEsar asks for is the Isvaryam

of Kaimkarya Sampath and Kaimkarya Sri in the spirit

of " LakshmaNO Lakshmi Sampanna: ".

 

ParAsara Bhattar and Sri Devi

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Our KomaLavalli ThAyAr is the paDi ThANDA Pathni .

She is a MahA pathivrthai .She is the SitA of

Thirukkudanthai .

 

ParAsara Bhattar could have been visualized

as standing before MahA LakshmI and saluting

Her adhyAthbhutha Soundharyam as that belonging

to the stage of " Saisava-Yauvana-Vyathikaram "

( an adolescent girl , who is just at the junction of

childhood and Youth ). This MahA Lakshmi is

revered and saluted by Bhattar as BhagavathI

( ShAtguNya SampUrNai) and as " the treasure-house

of several perfections ".Her KshAnti ( forberance ) ,

AudhAryam ( generosity and magnanimity ) ,

DayA ( compassion/anukampA ) are saluted

in depth by Bhattar.

 

The precocious son of KurEsa raised by

MahA Lakshmi Herself pays special obesciance

to her sacred feet and dayA-laden eyes.

He says that her holy feet have renderd

the Upanishads fragrant and Her asuspicious

glances qualify the Lord as PundarIkAkshan ,

which is the LakshaNam of VishNu . By the power

of the glance of KomaLavalli , Her consort

attains the supreme state of PundarIkAkshan

with eyes as large as the lotus ( Tasya yathA

kapyAsam PunDarIkam evam akshiNi --ChAndhOgya

Upanishad passage made famous by AchArya RaamAnujA's

correct intrepretation ).

 

Our KomaLavalli and Her divyAbharaNams

( kanaka mEkalA , pearl necklaces ,Diamond

Taadankam/ThOdu, lalAtikam ( jewelery

on the forehead ) and ankle bells beautify

themselves by association with Her laavaNyam .

 

When it comes to visualizing Her kalyANa

GuNAs , Bhattar came up with the name of

SriguNarathna KOsam or the treasure house

of gem-like qualiites for his sthuthi . Such is

the Vaibhavam of Sri Komalavalli /Sri RanganAyaki/MahA Lakshmi .

At Thirukkudanthai , MahA lakshmi Manifested Herself

as Sri KomaLavalli , the divine consort of

Sri AarAvamudhan .Her ParArthyam (subordination

to her Lord ), Her karuNA , Vaathsalyam to her

children have no match and yet She is a shining

example of SamyukthAsrayaNam ( inseperable

like the Sun and its listre ). Out of Her infinite

compassion for Her children ( erring Jeevans ) ,

She acts as a mediator between the Jeevan and Her

Husband .Parasara Bhattar concludes the GuNa rathna

kOsam with a powerful statement that " MahA Lakshmi

(KomaLAmbhA/RanganAyaki) is the Mother , Father and

all that is dear to us and that one can be assured of

any Isvaryam , when Her grace is assured .".

 

May Our Mother , the divine consort of Sri AarAvamudhan

bless us all on this special day and confer us the blessings

of growing Kaimkarya Sri and Vinayam .

 

Sri KomaLavalli Naayikyai nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan