The 100th dasakam of Sri NaarayaNIyam : SlOkams 1-5

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

This is the dasakam that is the crowning glory

of Sri NaarayaNIyam .It deals with the divine darsanam of

Lord Krishnan of GuruvAyUr as Sri VaikuntanAthan .

 

In the last dasakam , Sri Bhattadhiri performed SaraNAgathi

at the feet of the Lord with the lines : " SarvOthkrushtAm

abhIshtAm --chittham haranthIm Moorthim thE samsrayEham ".

 

After that Self-surrender , Sri Bhattadhiri thought about

Sri SukhAchAryAL's anugraham that empowered King Parikshith

to experience the blissful darsanam of Sri VaikuNTam

and the Lord presiding over that Sri VaikuNTam .As Sri

Bhattadhiri lifted his head to write the 1024th

slOkam , he saw right inside the Sanctum-Sanctorium

of Sri GuruvAyUrappan , the Sri VaikuNTa Darsanam with

Sri GuruvAyurappan giving the darsanam as Sri VaikuNTanAthan .

Sri Bhattshiri was overcome with joy and began to describe

the scene that he saw in front of him with the first

slOkam of this dasakam ," agrE pasyAmi thEjO--".

 

Sri Bhattadhiri wished to write this sthuthi of Sri GuruvAyurappan

with 1024 slOkams inview of the sacred manthram of Gayathri

having 24 aksharams . When he reached the 1023rd slOkam ( the last one

of the 99th dasakam ) , he was blessed with the Sri VaikuNTa

darsanam of Sriman NaarAyaNan and he composed the rest of

the slOkams of the 100th dasakam as a description of

the Sri VaikuNTam scenes and the splendour of the Lord there .

 

Slokam 100.1: Visulaization of Sri VaikuNTam

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agrE pasyAmi thEjO niBhidatara kalayAvalI lObhanIyam

peeyUshAplAvithOham tadhanu tadutarE divya KaisOra vEsham

taaruNyArambha ramyam parama sukharasA svAdharOmAnjithAngai-

rAvItham Naaradhadhyai: vilasathu upanishadh SundarI maNDalaisccha

 

(Meaning): Oh GuruvAyurappA ! I see in your sannidhi

a bright blue thEjas(effulgence) having the hue of KaasAmpoo

(KalAya Flower) pushpa cluster .I am now immersed in that deep

nectarine experience . Next I see in the middle of that blue

effulgence , a beautiful child at the beginning of youth and

surrounded by admirers like Sage NaaradhA with joyous horripulation

and the various Upanishads in the form of lovely ladies singing

Your praise .

 

SlOkam 100.2:The description of the KesabhAram and the forehead

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Now , Sri Bhattadhiri focuses on the beautiful KoNDai

(KaLaapam )of the Lord and His lovely forehead :

 

neelAbham kunchithAgram ghanamamalataram samyatham chArubhanghyA

rathnOtthamsAbhirAmam valayithamudhayacchandhrakai: pincchajAlai:

mandhArasrangniveetham tava pruthukaBarIbhAramAlOkayEaham

snighdha svEthO urdhva PuNDramapi cha sulalitham phAlaBhAlEndhuveeThim

 

(Meaning): Oh GuruvAyUrappA !I see and enjoy Your black and

dense kEsa BhAram ( trove of tresses) which has the curly waves

in front of Your forehead(Kaaka Paksham ).These tresses are held

together in a special fold and are decorated with peacock feathers

and many gem-studded AabharaNams .These tresses are also surrounded

by a garland made of MandhAra Flowers . Just below those tresses ,

I see Your beautiful , broad forehead resembling that of

Baala chandran . On that forehead , I see the bright

Urdhva PuNDram .

 

SlOkam 100.3: Prayer to the Lord to protect him as the helpless one

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hrudhyam pUrNAnukampArNava mrudhulaharI chanchala bhrUvilAsai-

rAneelasnighdha pakshmAvali parilasitham nEthrayugmam VibhO thE

AndhracchAyam visAlAruNa kamala dhalAkAramAmugdhathAram

kAruNyAlOkaleelA sisiritha bhuvanam kshipyathAm mayyanAThE

 

(Meaning ): Oh GuruvAyurappA ! The movement of Your eye brows

as they saunter here and there are like the movements of the waves

of an ocean of Mercy .The long and dark hairs covering those

dynamic eye brows shine in splendor. Under those eye brows are

Your lotus red , long eyes with their black pupils , which

through their playful glances filled with mercy cool the hearts

of the beings of Your world. May those auspicious glances of

Yours fall on me (the orphan ), who has no one to protect me .

 

Sri BhakthAs of GuruvAyUrappan state that the Lord was surprised,

when Sri Bhattadhiri described himself as an "anAThai". They

say that Lord GuruvAyUrappan uttered aloud then that Sri Bhattadhiri,

who composed more than 1,000 slOkams on Him is no anATai and that He

will stand by him and protect him always.

 

SlOkam 100.4 : The prayer to enjoy the Lord's auspicious Face

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utthungOllAsi nAsam HarimaNImukhura prOllasadhgaNDapAli-

vyAlOlath karNa paasAnjitha makaramaNI kuNDala dhvanthva dhIpram

unmeelath dhantha pankthi spuradharuNataracchAya BimBhAdharAntha:

preethi prasyandhi mandhasmitha madhurataram vakthram udhbhAsathAm mE

 

(Meaning ): Oh GuruvAyUrappA ! Your face shines with an aquiline

nose , emerald mirror-like cheek regions . The rathna KuNDalams

in the form of Makarams dangling from Your ears are reflected

in the mirror-like surface of Your cheeks .Your two lips shine

in their redness like the ripe BhimbhA fruit ( kOvaip Pazham)

and those lips sport a gentle smile arising out of Your happy

state of mind.May that beautiful face with such beauty marks

appear before my mind always !

 

SlOkam 100.5:Prayer to hear the vENu ghAnam of the Lord

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bhAhu dhvandhvEna rathnOjjvala valayabhruthA sONapANi pravALE

nOpAttham vENunAlIm prasrutha nakha mayUkhAngulI sangasAram

kruthvA vakthrAravindhE sumadhura vikasath rAgam udhbhAvyamAnai:

sabdha brahmAmruthaissthvam sisiritha bhuvanai: sinjja mE karNa veeThim

 

(Meaning ): Oh GuruvAyUrappA ! Here Sri Bhattadhiri prays for the boon

of hearing the Lord's divine vENu ghAnam . The Lord being Bhaktha-

parAdhInan obliged and for a whole muhUrtham , the Sannidhi was

filled with the divine vENu ghAnam of the Lord .

 

Sri Bhattdhiri's prayer took this form : Oh GuruvAyUrappA !

Your hands have the wrists adorning gem-studded golden bangles .

Your palms of the hands are like the red shoots of a tender

bud. Your hands are shining with the Kaanthi of the nails

of the fingers holding Your divine flute generating the divine

music in different rAgAs . may the nectar-like music emanating

from Your flute flood my ear passages and sanctify them .

 

V.Sadagopan