Sri VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham : Part III (SlOkams 17-29)

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(17)dhADeeshu thE vihagarAja mrugAdhirAja

nAgAdhirAja gajarAja hayAdhirAjA:

svasvAdhikAra mahimAthikam arThayanthE

Sri VenkatAchalapathE tava suprabhAtham

 

Oh ThiruvEnkatanAthA ! When You go around

the rAja Veedhis of Your dhivya desam , You

move around in Garuda gathi (Nadai), Simha gathi,

Sarpa Gathi, Gaja gathi or asva gathi .Garudan,

Simham , Adhi Seshan , IrAvadham ( Indran's

white elephant)and Ucchaisravas ( Indran's

white horse) recognize that they have a lot to

learn from You, their Lord , with respect to perfection

of their gathis ; they are standing outside your

sannidhi at this time of dawn to seek Your blessings

for clues on the perfection of their gathis to serve

You better . Please arise and fulfil their wishes.

May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !

 

(Comments) : The word "dhADeeshu" has also been intrepreted

as Yuddha-Yathrai instead of travel around the raaja

Veedhis during the uthsavams. According to this

intrepretation , Garudan and others are said

to seek a larger share in the kaimkaryam to the Lord as

He sets out for His yuddham with asurAs to protect

His bhakthAs.

 

(18)SuryEndhu Bhouma Bhudha Vaakpathi kaavya souri

svarbhAnu Kethu dhivishath parishath pradhAnA:

tvaddh daasa charamAvadhi dhAsa dhAsa:

Sri VenkatachalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham

 

OH Lord of Thirumalai ! The Nava Grahams ( Sun, Moon,

AngArakan ,Bhudhan ,Guru, Sukran, Sani , Raahu

and Kethu) are quite capable of wielding their power

even over the DEvAs .They however control themselves ,

when it comes to Your bhakthAs and become the servant

of the servant of the servant of Your dAsAs so

that they can please You and thus receive Your

anugrahams .They are now standing in front of

Your sannidhi to receive Your blessings after

practising CharamAvathi Daasyam to Your bhakthAs .

Oh VenkatEsA ! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !

 

(19)tvath paadha dhULi bharitha spurithOtthamAngA:

svargApavarga nirapEksha nijAntharangA:

kalpAgama aakalanayA aakulathAm labanthE

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava suprabhAtham

 

Sooryan and the other navagrahmas are adhikAra

purushAs ( appointees of the Lord with specific

time limits to execute their designated functions ).

Even if they wanted to get Moksha Siddhi right away ,

they can not give up their responsibilities until

the end of the Kalpam. Therefore , they perform

kaimkaryams to Your BhakthAs and through that

Kaimkaryam receive Your anugraham , place the

sacred dust from Your feet on their heads and

are in a state of bliss rejecting svargam and

Moksham. They are afraid of the onset of the next

kalpam , since they will lose this exalted status .

Oh VenkatEsA ! Please arise and remove their

worries. May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !

 

(20)tvadh-gOpurAgra sikharANi nirIkshamAnA:

svargApavarga padhavIm paramAm srayantha:

marthyA manushyabhuvanE mathimAsrayanthE

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham

 

Those blessed human beings , who complete

the different Yaj~nAs to reach svargam and

those who follow Bhakthi or Prapatthi route

to gain Moksha siddhi are prepared to give up

those hard earned riches , when they ,by accident ,

have the darsanam of Your Gopurams ; after that

darsanam , they wish to return to earth to be

near You. Oh Lord of Seven Hills ! Please awaken

and bless these rare ones , who are waiting at

Your door step.May this be an auspicious dawn

to Thee!

 

(21)Sri BhUmi Naayaka! dayAdhiguNAmrutha aBhdhE !

dEvAdhidEva JagadhEka SaraNya mUrthE !

Srimann Anantha GaruDhaadhibir archithAngrE !

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham

 

Oh Lord of Sri DEvi and Bhumi PirAtti! Oh the Ocean

of DayA and other KalyANa GunAs!Oh ImayOr TalaivA

(DevAdhidEvA)!Oh the sole refuge of the entire Universe!

Srimann! Oh auspicious One , whose feet are

worshipped with affection by AdhisEshan , Garudan

and other Nithya Sooris! Please awaken . May this

be an auspicous dawn to Thee!

 

(Comments); This is a prayer for the Lord to

appear before the Nithya Sooris with His ubhaya

NaacchiyArs and bless them all.

 

(22)Sri PadhmanAbha! PurushOtthama! VaasudEva!

Vaikunta ! Maadhava! JanArdhana! ChakrapANE !

Srivatsa chihna ! SaraNAgatha PaarijAtha!

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham

 

Oh PadmanAbhA! PurushOtthamA! Oh VaasudEvA!

Oh VaikuntanAthA ! Oh Moksha dhAyakA ! Oh

JanArdhanA removing the rebirths of chEthanams!

Oh disc-wielding ChakrapANi !Oh Lord Srivatsan

with the mole of Srivathsam on Your chest!

Oh wish-granting PaarijAtha tree to those

who perform SaraNAgathi to You! Oh VenkatEsA !

May this be an auspicious dawn to Thee!

 

(23)kandharpa-darpa-Hara Sundara dhivyamUrthE !

kaanthA-kuchAmbhuruha-kutmala-lOladhrushtE

KalyANa-nirmala-guNakara dhivyakeerthe !

Sri VenaktAchalapathE! Tava SuprabhAtham

 

Oh Lord , who chases away the arrogance of Manmathan

with respect to his beauty ! Oh Lord with fond glances

directed at the lotus bud like breasts of MahA Lakshmi!

Oh treasure house of all auspicious and blemish-free

guNAs ! Oh Lord of enduring divine fame! May this be

an auspicious dawn to Thee!

 

(Comment): Oh Lord of Venkatam ! Your divine consort

engaged in the enjoyment of Your extraordinary beauty

would not let You get up from Your sleep. You enjoying

the beauty of Your divine consort's feminine charms

will not get up either. Inspite of these distractions,

You should think of keeping all of Your KalyANa guNams

in mind and awaken and bless Your BhakthAs as Bhaktha-

Vathsalan .

 

(24)MeenAkruthE ! kamaDa! Kola! Nrusimha! VarNin!

SvAmin ! parasvaTha tapOdhana! Raamachandra !

SeshAmsa Raama ! Yadhunandhana! kalki Roopa !

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava suprabhAtham

 

Oh DasAvathAra Roopi! As the supreme Lord of

this Universe , You descended from Srivaikuntam

to take on the nine avathArams so far and are going

to take the tenth incarnation as Kalki later. Your

avatharaNams (descent to earth) are to save

the world from unrighteousness and to show

the sanmArgam to the aasthikAs . It is only

proper that the owner protects His property .

Oh Lord of such auspicious aatributes ! Please

awaken and provide succor to Your BhakthAs

awaiting Your grace at the entrance of Your door.

May this be an auspicious dawn for Thee !

 

(25)yElA lavanga ghanasAra Sugandhi theertham

dhivyam viyath sarithi hEmagatEshu poorNam

dhruthvAdhya Vaidhika sikhAmaNaya: prahrushtA:

thishtanthi VenkatapathE ! Tava SuprabhAtham

 

The joyous Brahmins adept in Vedic rituals are standing

in front of Your sannidhi with golden vessels full

of AakAsa GangA theertham scented appropriately

with a mixture of cardamoms, cloves ,cinnamon

barks and green camphor to be used in Your daily

Thirumanjanam (sacred bath).Oh Lord ! Please

awaken and bless them . May this dawn be an

auspicious one to Thee!

 

(Commnets): Even today , ThOzappars belonging to

the vamsam of Thirumalai Nampi bring AakAsa GangA

theertham for the Lord's sacred abolutions along

with parimaLam .They receive the first theertham

at the Lord's ghOshtis.

 

(26)BhAsvan udhEthi vikachAni sarOruhANi

sampUrayanthi ninadhai: kakubhO vihangA:

SrivaishNavAs-sathatham arThitha mangalAsthE

dhAmaasrayanthi tava Venkata! SuprabhAtham

 

Oh Lord Of Venkatam ! The Sun has risen. The Lotuses

have bloomed. The birds are chirping about and raising

a lot of noises .The Sri VaishNava ghOshti that always

seek auspiciousness for You through their

mangaLAsAsanams are patiently waiting at

Your sannidhi for You to awake from Your sleep.

It is not fair for You to continue with Your

sleep befitting Your role as Bhaktha Sulabhan

and Natha-Satyan .Please wake up.May this dawn

be an auspicous one for Thee!

 

(Comments) The movements of birds and the blossoming of

the Lotus in the early morning time (soon after Sunrise)

are described by ANDAL in Her ThiruppAvai Paasurams

( PuLLum chilampina kANN , Keesu keesenRengum

AanaicchAtthAn --, UngaL puzhakkadai thOttatthu

vaaviyuLL , senkazhuneer Vaai nehinzhtu--).

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezucchi

Paasurams also seem to have inspired Sri ANNA

in constructing this slOkam .

 

(27)BrahmAdhaya: suravarA: samaharshayasthE

Santha: Sananthana mukhA: tava yOgivaryA:

DhAmanthikE tava hi mangala vasthu hasthA:

Sri VenkatAchalapathE! tava SuprabhAtham

 

Oh Lord of Thirumalai! The great Ones like

BrahmA , Honored Maharishis and MahA Yogis

like Sanandana are waiting at Your forecourt

with auspicious items like Mirror et al in

their hands for Your SuprabhAdha Kaimkaryam.

Please awaken ! May this dawn be an ausicious

one for Thee!

 

(Comments): This slOkam is a direct echo

of the paasages from eigth paasuram of

ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezucchi

(-- Maanidhi KapilaiyoNN KaNNADi mudalA,

EmperumAn paDikkamalam KaaNDarkku

YerpanavAyina koNDu nann munivar

Thumburu Naaradhar puhanthanar ivarO--).

 

(28) LakshmInivAsa! Niravadhya guNaikasindhO!

SamsAra Saagara SamuttharaNaika sEthO !

VedAntha Vedhya nija Vaibhava Bhaktha bhOgya!

Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! Tava SuprabhAtham

 

This is a moving NaamArchanaa for the Lord

of Thirumalai : Oh abode of MahA LakshmI !

Oh the ocean house of all blemishless ,

auspicious attributes ! Oh the bridge to

cross the ocean of SamsAram ! Oh Supreme

One , whose glories are truly understood

and sung by Upanishads ! Oh Lord , who

thrives on the enjoyment of His bhakthAs!

Oh Lord of VenkatAchalam ! May this dawn

be an auspicious one for Thee!

 

(29) Ittham VrushAchchala pathE: iha SuprabhAtham

yE maanavA: prathi-dhinam paDithum pravrutthA:

thEshAm PrabhAthasamayE smruthirangabhAjAm

Praj~nAm pararTha sulabhAm paramAm prasUthE

 

Oh VrushAchalapathi ! Those humans , who recite

daily with bhakthi , this SuprabhAtham of Yours in

the early morning are blessed indeed . Anyone who

thinks about these blessed BhagyavAns will attain

true knowledge about Your Tatthvam effortlessly

and gain MOksha siddhi.

 

Concluding Observations:

 

Sri PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram ANNA followed

his Acharyan's niyamanam and composed this

beautiful SuprabhAdham for eternity to enjoy

and benefit from. This Sri Sookthi has 29 slOkams

just like Thiruppaavai without its Phalasruthi

Paasuram ( Vangak kadal kadaintha--). ThiruppAvai

can be considered as a SuprabhAtham to Lord KrishNA

by ANDAL in one sense. In this brilliant and moving

SuprabhAtham of ANNA , ThoNdardippodi AzhwAr's

Bhakthi-laden Paasuram pasages from ThiruppaLLIyezuchci

are also heard. AdiYen is grateful to the Lord of

Thirumalai for blessing me to write on this

important Sri Sookthi.

 

Subhamasthu,

Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan, OppilA-appan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan