KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: Part X: SlOkam 2 (SrivathsAngAcchAr Swamy's rich commentary)

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Dear Sri VaradarAja BhakthAs:

 

The second slOkam containing the DEvarAja

Manthram is:

 

Srinidhim apAram arTinAm

arTiTArtha paridhAna DhIkshitham

SarvabhUtha hrudhayam DayAnidhim

DevarAjam adhirAjam aasrayE

 

The prayer here is eight fold :

 

1. Srinidhim aasrayE

2. Srinidhim DevarAjam aasrayE

3. arTinAm apAram nidhim aasrayE

4. arTithArTa paridhAna dhIkshitham aasrayE

5. SarvabhUtha suhrutham aasrayE

6. DayA nidhim aasraye

7. AdhirAjam aasrayE

8. DevarAjam aasrayE

 

Now, we will summarize the brilliant insights

given by SrivatsAngAcchAr Swamy to these eight fold

salutations:

 

1. Srinidhim aasrayE : He is the treasure for

Sri Devi Herself as saluted by Thirumangai in

his Paasuram : "Thruvukkum ThiruvAhiya SelvA "

(Periya Thirumozhi : 7-7-1).

 

2. Thirumangai is saluting ThErazhundhUr Aaamuriviappan

in the above paasuram , but he has Lord VaradarAjan in

mind. The ThirunAmam after " Thiruvukkum ThiruvAhiya

SelvA " reveals it . Thirumangai's complete mangaLAsAsanam is:

" Thiruvukkum ThiruvAhiya SelvA ! DhaivatthukkarasE !"

Dhaivam stands for DevAs ." Dhaivatthukku arasu " ,

the emperor of DevAs (DevarAjan ) is none other than

Kanchi DevapperumAL or ThEpperumAL. KurEsar has this

Thirumangi paaasuram passage in mind , when he salutes

VararAjan as " Srinidhim DevarAjam ".

 

3."arTinAm apAram nidhim " : SrivatsAngAcchAr (SVS) Swamy

cites another Paasuram of Swamy NammAzhwAr ( ThiruvAimozhi:

6-7-11) in this context . Swamy NammAzhwAr's reference to

ThirukkOLUr PerumAl , " Vaittha Maa nidhiyAm MadhusUdhananai"

has the echo for " apAram Nidhim ". ApAram is Maa Nidhi or

immeasurable/limitless nidhi. For those , who approach

Lord VararAjan ( arTinAm ) , He is "apAra Nidhi".

 

4. arTitha arTa paridhAna DhIkshitham : For those who

seek His anugraham , He grants all that they seek of

Him . As ALavanthAr pointed out in his famous slOkam

that Lord VaradarAjan's profound grace makes a deaf

one hear, the lame one run and the dumb one speak.

With Lord Varadhan's grace , DevEndhran regained his

kingdom ; KubEran became the Lord of wealth ;king

KaarthaveeryArjunan became a mighty emperor; Janaka

MahArAjan gained Moksha Siddhi.He is thus Sakala Phala-

pradhan .He has vowed and has taken the DhIkshai(DhIkshithan)

to grant the many boons requested of Him .He is thus

the arTa pradhAna DhIkshithan.

 

5. SarvabhUtha Suhrudham aasrayE: KurEsar has

in mind the GitA SlOkam based on an expansion

of the SvEtaasvatAra Upanishad passage :

 

" Sarvasya saraNam Suhrudh " ," Suhrudham sarvabhUthAnAm

Jn~AthvA mAm Saanthimrucchiathi" .

 

6.DayAnidhim aasrayE: The Tamil equivalent for DayAnidhi

is "PEraruLALap PerumAL ". Swamy NammazhwAr salutes

Him as " AruLAzhi ammAnaik KaNDakkAl " ( TVM: 1-4-6).

Kaliyan refers to this DayA Nidhi in his PTM :9.5.10:

" ThirumAmaLaip PeRRum yenn nenjaham kOil koNDa

PeraruLALan ".

 

Swamy Desikan refers to all these naamams in his

Hasthigiri MahAthmyam , when he addresses the poets:

 

"vanmin ! Pulaveer ! AruLALap PerumAL yenRum ,

AruLAzhi AmmAn yenRum , ThirumAmahaLaip PeRRum

yen nenjakam koil koNDa peraruLALan yenRum viyappa

viruthUthumpadi KARAI PURANDA KARUNAIKKADALAI

yevvaNNam pEsuveer ? Ithenna paankE ? ".

 

7.DevarAjam aasrayE : KurEsar has Swamy NammazhwAr's

mangaLAsAsanams: "ayarvaRum AmararkaL adhipathi"(TVM:1.1.1)

and "imayOr talaivA " ( Thiruviruttham: paasuram 1).

Swamy Desikan later endorsed that view in UpakAra

Sangraham , where he pointed out: " PraTama sathakE

Veekshya varadham " ( Swamy NammazhwAr visualized

Varadhan in the First centum of his ThiruvAimozhi).

 

8.AdhirAjam aasrayE: AdhirAja Sabdham according to

SVS Swamy refers to the PradhAna ( chief) dEvathai

of a Yaj~nam . He was the One, who received the havis

in BrahmA's Yaj~nam on top of Hasthigiri . "dhviradha

sikhari seemnA sadhmavAn PadhmayOnE: , Thuraga savana

vEdhyAm ShyAmaLO HavyavAha:/Sri VaradarAja PanchAsath:1).

He was AdhirAjan in the BrahmA's asvamEdha Yaagam .

As sarva Yaj~na BhOkthA , He appeared in His shyAmala

roopam and directly received the havis instead of

through Agni , whose antharyAmi He is.

 

Thus this DevarAja manthra SlOkam contains a wealth

of information about Lord VaradarAjan and His Vaibhavam.

 

KurEsar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil varadAchAri SatakOpan