Pomona Sri RanganAthA Temple MahA samprOkshaNam: Sri Sudarsanar Sannidhi

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Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today adiyEn will cover the Vaibhavam of Sri

SudarshanAzhwAr. This will be the Fifth sannidhi

to be covered among the Eight sannidhis at Lord

RanganAthA's temple at Pomona , NY.

 

The Sudarshana Moorthis at Sri ChakrapANi Temple at

Thirukkudanthai,Srirangam and Kaanchipuram are

very powerful Ones. Typically , the Sudarshana Archais

have either 8 hands or 16 hands holding the various

weapons . Most of the time , Sudarshana archai have

Lord Narasimhan at its back.

 

The Pomona Temple Sudarshana BhagavAn (http://www.ranganAtha.org)

is one of the most beautiful vigraham with 8 hands and giving

us His dhivya sevai as Sudarshana-Narasimhan. The beauty of both

Sudarshanar and Yoga Narasimha Moorthy seated on Adhi Seshan is

incredibly beautiful. Swamy Desikan's KaamAsikAshtakam salutes

this Yoga Narasimhan. Swamy Desikan performed SaraNAgathi to this

Yoga Narasimhan at the dhivya dEsam of Thirukkadikai :

 

Thvayi rakshathi rakshakai: kimanyai:?

thvayichArakshathi rakshakai: kimanyai:?

ithi niscchitha dhee: srayAmi nithyam

NruharE VegavathI taDAsrayam ThvAm

-- KaamAsikAshtakam: slOkam 8

 

(Meaning by Dr.V.N.Vedantha DEsikan): Oh Lord NarasimhA!

If You are out to protect one, why other protectors?

And if You are not to grant protection to one, then

what is the use of other protectors? This is my firm

conclusion as a result of which I seek Your refuge at

the VeLukkai shrine on Vegavathi banks.

 

Salutations for Sudharsana BhagavAn(Jaya Jaya Sri Sudarshana!)

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adiyEn has translated the powerful SudarshanAshtakam of

Swamy Desikan with tremendous Maanthric power in 1995

soon after joining the Bhakthi List as a member . It is

a joy to recite this lilting sthuthi by Swamy Desikan .

The URL for adiyEn's posting on SudarshanAshtakam is:

httl//www.ramanuja.org/sv/acharyas/desika/stotras/sudarsana.html

 

adiyEn has also translated and commented on Sri Sudarsana

Kavacham , which is important to Sudarsana UpAsakAs. The URL

for this posting is:

http://www.ramanuja.org/bhakti/archives/oct96/0040.html

 

ShOdasaayudha StOtram of Swamy Desikan

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During Swamy Desikan's time , there was a Visha Jvaram

at the dhivya desam of Thirupputkkuzhi . People were

suffering immensely. Out of his mercy for them , Swamy

Desikan composed ShOdasAyudha StOtram eulogizing Sudarshana

BhagavAN holding 16 wepons in His sixteen hands( Eight hands

on each side of His Body) . That rare form of Sudarshanar

responded to Swamy Desikan's prayer immediately and banished

the poisonous fever from the dhivya desam.The Visha Jwaram

was no match for the powerful weapons of Sudarshana BhagavAn

invoked by Swamy Desikan on behalf of the helpless people.

 

This StOtram is in an unusual form . Swamy Desikan's

invocation is in the form of second person.Swamy says:

" May He (Sudrasanan) protect You!" in these slOkams .

 

The first of the 19 slOkams of ShOdasAyudha StOtram

refers to the sixteen aayudhams (weapons) adorned by

Sudarsana BhagavAn :

 

Sva-sankalpa kalA-kalpai:-aayudhai:-AayudhEsavara:

jushta: shOdasAbhir-dhivyair-jushathAm Va; para: PumAn

--First slOkam of ShOdasAyudha StOtram

 

(meaning): SaasthrAs say that Sriman NaarAyaNan's

sanklapam(divine will) alone took the form of SudarsanAzhwAn.

The small part of the sankalpam of Sudarshana BhagavAN

transformed itself further into the sixteen weapons .

May that ChakrarAjan ( Sudarshanan) served by these Sixteen

aayudhams respond to your prayers for relief from

the poisonous fever!

 

adiyEn will cover the other slOkams of Sri ShOdasAyutha

Stotram in a separate mail later. As a quick summary ,

Sudarshana BhagavAN has the following 16 weapons in

His 16 hnads:

 

(1)Chakram (2)Parasu/Mazhu/a type of axe (3)Lance /Kuntha:

(4)Dhandam (5)Ankusam or goad (6) Sathamukhaagni (7)Sword

(8) Spear (9)Paanjajanyam/Sankham (10)Bow (11)Noose/Paasam

(12)Plough (13)Vajram (14)Mace/Gadhai (15)Pestle/Ulakkai and

(16)Soolam .

 

adiyEn concudes this posting with the 18th slOkam of ShOdasAyudha

StOtram , where Swamy Desikan salutes the SudarshanAzhwAn as

the source of all types of weaponry in the world and prays

for Sudarshanan's protection:

 

asthra-grAmasya kruthsnasya prasoothim yamm praachakshathE

sOavyAth SudarshanO visvam Aaudhai: ShOdasAyudha:

 

At the Sannidhi of Sudarshana-Narasimhan , please recite

SudarsanAshtakam , ShOdasAyudha SthOthram and KaamasIkAshtakam

for freedom from all samsaric afflictions and dhivya Jn~Anam.

 

May there be many Sudarsana Homams in front of the Sannidhi

for Lord Sudarshana at Pomona , NY.

 

Namo SudarshanAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan