2001 Swamy Desikan Thiunakshathra Kaimkaryam at ThiruvahIndrapuram

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SrimathE RaamAnujAya Nama:

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Swamy Desikan's 733rd Birthday will be celebrated

on September 28 , 2001 (Friday , PurattAsi SravaNam

and Sarva EkAdasi).That will be a glorious day for

us to thank Swamy Desikan for all the anugrahams

that he has showered on us thru his Sri Sookthis.

 

As always , the ghOshti reciting Swamy Desikan's

Sri Sokthams will be formidable at ThiruvahIndhrapuram

and the hill side of Oushada Giri will be resonating

with the auspicious Naadham of Swamy Desikan's SthOthrams.

 

AdiyEn wants to announce a major Kaimkaryam for this occasion ,

which will be in three steps :

 

1. Presentation of Nava MaNi Maalai to DevanAtha PerumAL

by Swamy Desikan ( Nava MaNi Maalai)on his birthday.

 

2. Presentation of three strand pearl necklace to

Sri HemAbhja Valli ThAyaar by Swamy Desikan

(MummaNikkOvai)on this day.

 

3. The grandest of them all is the construction and

SamarpaNam of a RathnAngi for the Uthsavar ,

DevanAtha PerumAL to complete the earlier kaimkaryam

of the SamarpaNam of the Mutthangi for the Moolavar.

Three years ago , many of you helped to construct such

a RathnAngi For Lord Oppiliappan Uthsavar( Sri Ponnappan).

 

AdiyEn invites all Swamy Desika BhakthAs now to join in these

three kaimakryams . The first two will take place during

the Sep 28 , PurattAsi SravaNam day at ThirvahIndrapuram .

 

The third Kaimkaryam will take some time and hopefully

be completed with Swamy Desikan's anugraham before His next

Thirunakshathram at the latest .

 

Why This focus on Lord DevanAthan ?

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The Lord of ThiruvahIndrapuram commanded Swamy Desikan

to compose NINE Prabhandhams , seven in Tamil and two

in Sanskrit.One of the Two " Sanskrit " SthOthrams was

really set in in praakrutham , the Kocchai BhAshai of

Sanskrit spoken by ladies and children .

 

These NINE SRI SOOKTHIS adorn LOrd DheivanAyakan's

beautiful neck and chest regions as NAVA MANI MAALAI.

 

One of the NINE Sri Sookthis is aptly entitled "NAVA MANI MAALAI" .

 

AdiyEn wishes to suggest that we should have a SamarpaNam of

a Navarathna Maalai made up of Emerald , Sapphire , Ruby ,

Pearl , PushparAgam , Vaidooryam , Vajram , Coral and one more

traditional stone that is used in Navarathna Rings and Necklaces.

 

*Ummidi Jewellers are ready to construct such a Navarthna Maalai

*for this special Occasion . adiyEn was going to cover the expenses.

*It occured to me however that number of Swamy Desika BhakthAs

*would like to join in this noble Kaimkaryam and should be welcomed.

*We need a total of 400$ and 8 BhakthAs are requested to come forward

*and join in this noble Kaimkaryam.AdiyEn is committing the first 50$.

* We need 7 more BhakthAs to complete the assembly of funds.

 

In Nava MaNi Maalai, Swamy Desikan addresses the Lord of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram as " Ayindhai Vaazhum Manju yenavE aruL

pozhiyum VaLLalE ! ninn vadivu azhagu maRavAthAr piRavAthArE".

He says: " Oh DevanAthA ! You are like the rain-laden cloud that

lives permanently at ThiruvahIndhrapuram and soaks all with the rain

of DayA . Those fortunate ones , who never forgot the beauty of

Your SubhAsraya ThirumEni will never be born again !

 

The significance of MUmmaNikkOvai

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In this Tamil Prabhandham on Lord DevanAthan of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram , Swamy Desikan housed 30 paasurams.

Due to our durbhAgyam , only Ten of the Thirty are available

to us. THESE 30 PAASURAMS CAN BE CONSIDERED AS THREE STRINGS OF

PEARLS WITH 10 PEARLS CONSTITUING EACH STRAND .

 

The MummaNikkOvai starts with the PurushakAra Prapatthi

to Sri HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr . Swamy Desikan compares Her

to a Rathna DhIpam that removes the darkness of Ajn~Anam

in us . She intercedes on our behalf with Her lord

and destroys our karmAs.

 

** THE SAMARPANAM PROPOSED HERE IS TO PRESENT FROM

SWAMY DESIKAN'S HANDS A THREE STRING PEARL NECKLACE

TO SRI HEMABHJAVALLI THAAYAR.**

 

The estimated cost is $300 . We need 6 BhakthAs , who

can join in this kaimkaryam to the most Merciful ThAyAr.

adiyEn considers it a BhAgyam to committ 50$ for this Kaimkaryam.

AdiyEn requests 5 more BhakthAs to come forward and close

this Kaimkaryam .Please come forward and recieve

the dhivya Dampathi's blessings.

 

The RathnAngi /VajrAngi Kaimkaryam

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This kaimkaryam will be most delightful to Swamy

Desikan . Both in Achyutha sathakam and Sri DevanAyaka

PanchAsath , Swamy Desikan eulogizes the Lord of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram in slOkams brimming with his

theevra Bhakthi . In Achyutha Sathakam , Swamy Desikan

transforms into a girl (VenkatanAyaki) and expresses

"his" exquisite love for the Lord as Her Husband , just

as ParakAla nad ParAnkusa Naayaki did through their paasurams.

In DEvanAyaka PanchAsath , Swamy Desikan loses his mind

over the dhivya Soundharyam of the Lord of Thiru Ayindhai

and proves DhaivanAyakan is the DevAthi Devan ( Para DEvathai).

 

adiyEn will translate and comment on the individual Paasurams

and slOkams of (1) Nava MaNi Maalai (2) MummaNikkOvai

(3) DevanAyaka PanchAsath and (4) Achyutha Sathakam in

that order.

 

AdiyEn requests all Swamy Desika BhakthAs and the devotees of

ThiruvahIndhrapuram Dhivya Dampathis to come forward and Join

in these three Kaimkaryams : (1) SamarpaNam of Nine Gem Necklace

for Lord DEvanAthan on Sep 28, 2001 (2) SamarpaNam of the three

Strand Pearl necklace on Friday, Sep 28 , 2001 for Sri HemAbhja Valli

/Senkamala Valli ThAyar from the hands of Swamy Desikan

and (3) Purchase of the Rubies for the initiation of the RathnAngi

Kaimkaryam for the Uthsavar. This will take 6 to 12 months.

 

The anticipated expenses are:

 

(1) Navarathna Maalai samarpaNam : $400

(2) MummaNikkOvai SamarpaNam: $300

(3) RathnAngi ( Ruby portion ): $500

 

The BhakthAs in India , USA and other Nations of the world

are requested to join in . Therefore the SamarpaNams can be

in Indian Rupees or US Dollars. Those who wish to donate

Gold for the base of the RathnAngi are also requested to

come forward.

 

The GodhA PriyA Committee of Chennai and Swamy Desikan

MukOllAsa Committee here would coordinate the project

in cooperation with the trustees and the Executive Officer

of ThiruvahIndhrapuram Temple .

 

At this time , adiyEn would like to recieve pledges from

BhakthAs , who wish to take part in this Noble Kaimkaryam.

Please let adiyEn know.

 

May Swamy Desikan's blessings be with You and Your

Families always !

 

Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan