Sri KomaLavalli SamEtha Sri Amudhan's samprOkshaNa Uthsavam: Part 2-- PrAtha: sandhyA vandhanam

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Dear BhakthAs of the Divya dampathis of Thirukkudanthai :

 

These three postings celebrating our ThAyAr

will serve as an introduction to the amrutham

that we anticipate from the pen of Dr.V.N.VedanthA Desikan

on Sri KomaLA DhaNdakam to be realized through the intercession

and persuasive powers of our dear Sri MuraLi Rangaswamy .

 

Our sincere thanks to Sri Rangaswamy for this mahOpakAram .

In this sadhas of great VidvAns adorned by Sri VeLukkudi

KrishNan and others , adiyEn seeks their indulgence for my

feeble attempt to offer salutations to our Mother in my

limited , lisping way .May this sadhas accept these

offerings with adiyEn's sathsangha PraNAmams .

 

The darsana / dhyAna SoubhAgyam of our ThAyAr

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Her dhyAna SlOkam salutes Her as Sakala Bhuvana

MaathA , SaagarAdhIsa Jaatha, PraNamath avana KaamA

and BhAskara KshEthra DhAmA in the first half of the dhyAna

slOkam .In the second half , the dhyAnam focusses

on Her auspicious attributes as sakalitha Bhaya

moolA , Saarnga DhnvAnukoolA , pravimala Mukha BimbhA

and as KomaLAmbhA .

 

As we stand before Her in Her sannidhi , the waves

of Aanandham flow over us and engulf us. Our AchAryA's

Sri Sookthis on our ThAyAr echo in our ears as our

eyes feast on Her SubhAsrayam and Her DivyAbharaNams .

Her Abhaya , DhAna Hasthams mesmerize us through

the assurances given by our Sakala Bhuvana MaathA .

 

Sri AaLavandhAr was the prathama pradarsakar of Sri Devi's

Vaibhavam through the quintessential ChathusslOki ,

which was commented upon by Sarvaj~na Saarvabhouma AacchAn

PiLLai and Sarva Tantra Svathanthrar , Swami Desikan

to bring out the VisEshArthams .Such is the glory

of the Mahimai of Sri KomaLAmbhA , who is SaakshAth

MahA Lakshmi Herself Celebrated by ChathusslOki

of AaLavandhAr , Sri Sthavam of KurEsar , Sri GuNa-

Rathna KOsam of Bhattar , SaraNAgathi Gadhyam of

Sri RaamAnujA and the Sri Sthuthi of Swami Desikan .

 

The connection between Sri KomaLAmbha of Thirukkudanthai

and Sri RanganAyaki of Srirangam has been made clear from

Sri RangarAjan's posting on the separation of the two

VimAnams with their "contents"( PraNavAkruthi VimAnam of

Srirangam and Vaidhikha VimAnam of Thriukkudanthai

from the Moola VimAnam at Srirangam and the arrival of

Sri AarAvamudhan at BhAskara KshEthram to fulfill

the wishes of Hema Maharishi , the foster father of

Sri KomaLavalli ThAyAr .Similarities between Sri RanganAyaki

and Sri KomaLavalli and the eulogies on the former

applying to the latter at Thirukkudanthai is therefore

understandable .

 

AlavandhAr performed AchArya Vandhanams in the his

sthOthra Rathnam and celebrated Sriman NaarAyaNan

and asked " Ka: Sri Sriya: ? Ka: parama satthva

SamAsraya: ? Ka: PuNdarIka Nayana: ? Ka: PurushOtthama:?".

Next he went on to compose ChathusslOki , where

he declared that PurushOtthaman as sarvaj~nan and

Sarva Sakthan can not fully comprehend His Consort's

Mahimai :

 

yasyAsthE mahimAnAm aathmana iva tvadh VallabhOpi Prabhu:

naalam maathum iyathyA niravadhim nithyAnukoolam svatha:

 

(Meaning ) : Oh Isvari of all the worlds ! Oh PrANa

Vallabhai of the Lord ! Even the omnipotent and omniscient

Lord of Yours can not succeed in fully comprehending

Your limitless glories , natural and pervasive

affection ( svabhAvika SarvathA priyathvam )for

Your children and Your nithya BhOgyathvam .

 

In the first slOkam of the ChathusslOki , AalavandhAr

comes back to the PurushOtthama aspect of the Lord

( KaanthasthE PurushOtthama:) and goes on to conclude,

" SririthyEva cha naama thE Bhagavathi BhrUma:

Katham thvAm Vayam ? ". AlavandhAr states here

that PurushOtthaman is her Lord , Adhi Seshan

is both the bed and seat for her , Veda SvarUpi

Garudan is her transport , the Moola prakruthi

is the curtain that enchants the world , BrahmA and

IndrA et al and their respective consorts are the Daasa

and Daasi vargams for Her . Your name is Sri Devi .

How can we even begin to praise You" asks AaLavandhAr .

 

KurEsar followed the lead shown by AalavandhAr

and chimed in : " Devi Tvan mahimAvathir na HariNA

naapi tvayA jn~AyathE ". KurEsar also composed first

the four sthavms including Sri Vaikunta Sthavam and then

completd his five sthavams with the Sri Sthavam to extoll

the glories of MahA Lakshmi .Similarly , ParAsara Bhattar

composed Sri RangarAja Sthavam first and then had

the fitting finale by composing Sri GuNarathna KOsam

on Sri RanganAyaki.

 

AalavandhAr points out that the anugraham of

our ThAyAr ( Aravindha lOchana mana: KaanthA

prasAdhAthruthE karhichith na SambhAvyathe )

nothing ( Iha lOka BhOgam , Kaivalya BhOgam

or Parama Padha BhOgam ) can be realized .

 

AalaVandhAr concludes his ChathusslOki

with a mighty and fitting tribute to MahA Lakshmi :

 

SaanthAnantha mahA vibhUthi paramam yath Brahma roopam harE:

Mootham Brahma tathOpi tathpriyataram ROOPAM YADHATHYADHBHUTHAM

yAnyaani yathaa sukham viharathO roopANi sarvAni thaani

aahus svarianrUpa roopa vibhavair GaaDOpagUDAni thE

-- Sri CahthusslOki : SlOkam 4

 

In an earlier posting , adiyEn has discussed

the AakAra Thrya sampannA aspects of MahA Lakshmi .

Here two AakArams of this KomaLAnghi are praised

by AaLavandhAr. The UpAyathvam and UpEyathvam of the Lord

and Her own roles in these two AakArams are celebrated here .

During the UpAyathvam of the Lord , She performs

PurushakAra Kruthyam ( Intercession for us ) and

does not leave her lord until He accepts her persistent

pleas ; during the UpEyathvam , She stays together with Him

without leaving Him for even a second to bless us

with BhOgyAdisayam of the nithya sEshi dampathis.

Thus , she does not part with the Lord at

Sarva DEsa , Sarva Kaala , SarvAvasthais.

This Piratti confers on her Lord , the name of

SrinivAsan ( AhalahillEn iRayum yenRalarmEl

Mangai Urai Maarbhan ).

 

This MahA Lakshmi with the thirunaamam of

Komalavalli (p)resides at BhAskara KshEthram .

Our Lord referred to Her as " ananyA hi mayA

SitA BhaaskarEna PrabhA yathA " and KomaLavalli

(SitA ) referred to Her husband as " ananyA

RaaghavENaaham BhAskarENa PrabhA yathA " .

Swami Desikan in his turn saluted the parama VyOma

BhAskara Taatvam of the Lord associated

forever with the prabhai of SitA Devi

at the very beginning of Sri Raghu Veera gadhyam :

 

"PrabhAvAn SeethayA dEvyA Parama VyOma Bhaaskara: ".

 

The parama VyOma ( ParamAkAsam /Sri Vaikuntam )

Bhaaskaran at Thirukkudanthai BhAskara

KshEthram is AarAvamudhan . His inseparable

Prabhai (lustre )is KomaLaavlli ThAyaar .

 

We will continue with our maadhyAhnika

SandhAvandhanam in our next posting .

 

Sri Komalavalli Naayakhyai nama:

Sri BhAskara KshEthra DhAmnyai nama:

AdiyEn , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan