A recent happening at ThiruvahIndhrapuram

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Last Saturday , there was a moving samarpaNam to Lord DevanAthA

(Moolavar ) . A beautiful Mutthangi was presented to

Lord DevanAthan by Sriamthi Padma VeerarAghavan of Oppiliappan

Koil on behalf of her parents. Kaimkarya Sri Padma Veeraraghavan

collected the funds for the creation of the Mutthangi ( Velvet

vasthram stitched with intricate patterns of pearls ) for the tall

PerumAl of ThiruvahIndhrapuram .The funds were donated by

various BhakthAs of Chennai , when Srimathi Padma VeerarAghavan

sang GodhA sthuthi and Desika Prabhandham verses on invitation

at the homes of BhakthAs in Chennai . Individual donations

ranged from 100 rupees to 1,000 Rupees. In six months , the needed

sum was collected. A famous craftsman by the Name of

Sri KrishNAji , who has created Mutthangis for Lord Oppiliappan ,

Lord RanganAthan , Lord SrinivAsan of Thirumalai and Lord VaradarAjan

of Kaanchi designed the Mutthangi for Lord DevanAthA

saluted by Swamy Desikan in the 50 exquisite slOkams of

Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath.

 

In this special dhivya Desam , where Swamy Desikan spent

fourty plus years of his eventful life , originated his

great sthOthra granthams (Sri DeavanAyaka PanchAsath ,

Sri HayagrIva sthOthram ,Sri Gopaala Vimsathi ,

Sri Raghuveera Gadhyam, Sri Garuda panchAsath ),

the Tamil Sri Sookthis ( MummaNikkOvai, Nava MaNi Maalai,

Parama Padha Bhangam ), Prakrutha sthOthram (Sri Achyutha

Sathakam ) were born.

 

HH the revered Jeeyar of Ahobhila Matam , adiyEn's

revered AchAryan , Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA Desikan

spent his last ChAthurmAsyam at this Dhivya Desam

and had the daily mangaLAsAsanam of Lord DevanAthan,

HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr , Swami HayagrIvan and other

ArchA Murthys that Swamy Desikan saluted.Detailed

description of Lord DevanAthan and His dhivya dEsams

has been assembled with reverence by Sri Mani VaradarAjan

in the Sri VaishNavA Home Pages under the temples

section ( http://www.ramanuja.org/SV/temples/tiruvahindrapuram/

index.html/ Please refer to them for further details.

 

Here at this dhivya dEsam with the sacred foot prints of

Thirumangai and Swamy Desikan , adiyEn is thrilled to

mention that my sister Sou.Padma VeerarAghavan was blessed to

lead the efforts to present the Mutthangi for the Moolavar,

Lord DevanAthan .

 

The eighty five year old BrahamachAri, Sri Ramaswami

Bhattar steeped in VaikAnasa Aagama kramam accepted

the SamarpaNam on behalf of the Lord and performed

the Archanai in his melodious voice blessed with

the gift of karnAtic music . The dhivya naamAs fell

at the Lord's feet as PushpAnjalis (Naama KusumAnjalis)

as different raaga dEvathAs . The Lord accepted this

samarpaNam by his children with affection and adorned

the new vasthram on His ThirumEni saluted by Swami Desikan

as the abode of all Tatthvams and Aayudhams :

 

tatthvAni Yaani chithachith pravibhAgavanthi

thrayyantha vruddha gaNithAni sithAsithAni

dheevyanthi thAnyahipuranthara dhAma nAtha

dhivyAsthra BhUshaNathayA thava vigrahEsmin

---Sri Deva Naayaka PanchAsath: SlOkam 13

 

(meaning ): Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA ! Learned people say

that the chEthana and achEthana tatthvams divide into

twenty five divisions ( Pancha bhUthams, Pancha TanmAthrais,

Five JnanEndhriyAs, Five KarmEndhriyams , Manas,

AhankAram, MahAnn , Prakruthi and Jeevan). Among these

25 tatthvams ,some are self-luminous. All these are

present on Your dhivya ThirumEni as weapons ( Aayudhams)

and Jewelery (AabharaNams).

 

Here , the commentators have identified Jeevan

with Kousthubha rathnam , Prakruthi with Srivathsam

(the divine mole), the pancha BhUthams and the pancha

tanmaathrais with the flowers of VanamAlai , the Mace

KoumEthaki with mahath tatthvam , the AhankAram with

the divine bow Saarngam and the conch, Paanchajanyam ,

Manas with Sudarshanam ,the ten Indhriyams with the arrows ,

Jn~Anam with the sword, Nandhakam and ajn~Anam with

the arrow case .

 

Swamy Desikan goes on to describe the PoorNa Soundharyam

of Lord DevanAthan this way:

 

bhUshAyudahiradhigatham nijakAnthihEthO:

bhutham priyAbhiranimEsha vilOchaNAbhi:

PRATHYANGA POORNA SUSHUMAASUBHAGAM VAPUSTHE

DhrushtvA dhrusou ViBhudhanAtha na thrupyathO mE

---Sri Deava Naayaka PanchAsath: SlOkam 14

 

(Meaning): Oh DevanAthA ! Every limb of Your dhivya

ThirumEni is steeped in soundharyam. Therefore , it is

impossible to fully describe Your beauty. The aabharaNams

are not going to add anything new to the natural beauty

of Yours. There is no gain to You by Your weapons , since

the whole world is already under Your soverign rule.

Therefore , the AabharaNams and the Aayudhams join Your

celestial body to add lustre and beauty to themselves.

Your Devis are drinking Your dhivya Soundharyam and

do not even wish to close their eye lids for a second in

that delectable experience . AdiyEn's eyes immersed

in the flood of Your soundharyam continue to enjoy

that matchless beauty without any satiation .

 

At the end of the mangaLAsAsanam by Sri Raamaswamy

Bhattar , the Lord has commanded the assembled BhakthAs

to offer a VajrAngi for the Uthsavar through archaka

Mukham .

 

May the Natha Sathya PerumAl presiding over the tongues of

our AchAryALs ( asmath gurUNAm jihvA simhAsanE labdha

Prathishtan) bless every one involved with this and other

future Kaimkaryams dear to Lord DevanAthan and Swamy

Desikan .

 

NamO NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan