Sri DEvarAja Panchakam of DhoddyaachArya (MahAchAryA): Part IV: SlOkams 4 & 5(Final Part).

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Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

 

Dear Sri VaradarAja BhakthAs:

 

In the Fourth slOkam , DoddhAchAryar salutes the kaimkaryam

of GarudhAzhwAn in establishing Lord VaradarAjan as

the Supreme Lord ( Parathva NirNayam )as PeriyAzhwAr

did at PaaNDyan King's court many centuries before him .

No wonder one of the names of this AchAryan is MahAchAryaa .

The fourth slOkam takes this form :

 

kEchith tatthva visOdhanE Pasupathou paaramyam aahu: parE

vyAjahru: KamalAsanE nayavidhOpyanyE Harou Saadharam

ithyEvam chala chEthasAm tanubhruthAm paadharavindham HarE:

Tath sandharsayathIva samprathi nruNAm Thaarkshya:SruthInAm nidhi:

 

(Extended Meaning): Many who are engaged in establishing

the Supermacy among the Gods confuse others because of

their ignorance about Sriman NaarAyaNa tatthvams

and because of their agitated and wavering minds .

Some of them hold the view that Rudran is paratatthvam

by emotionally choosing selected pramANams and thereby

confuse others.

 

Some others argue that Brahmaa is that Supreme

Lord. Other than these confused ones declaring

that Rudran or BrahmA is the Para Dhaivam ,

those who know the SaasthrAs and Veda pramANams

clearly comprehend the Para Tatthvam of Sriman

NaarAyaNa-Varadhan and describe to other seekers

with conviction about the Lordship of Sri Varadhan

over BrahmA (His son) and Rudran ( His grandson )

in the spirit of Thirumazhisai AzhwAr's Naanmukhan

ThiruvandhAthi.

 

GarudaazhwAn for His part holds the sacred feet

of that Supreme Lord of Varadhan in His extended palms

and invites the jeevans , which take many births ,

to see for themselves the redeeming lotus feet of

the Lord as Sarva Rakshakan and Sarva Sakthan.

This way , Garudhan helps immensely to testify about

the Para tatthva NirNayam arrived at by the Saadhus .

The Garuda Sevai at Kaanchi is thus very pertinent

for reminding us about the Parathvam (Supermacy) of

Varahda-NaarAyanan .

 

SlOKam 5 of Sri DeavarAja Panchakam :

 

prathyak Gopura sammukhE dhinamukhE PakshIndhra SamvAhitham

nruthyath chAmara gOrakam nrupamacch chathra dhvayeebhAsuram

saanandham dhvija maNDalam Vidhatham sannAha chinhAravai:

kaantham puNya kruthO bhajanthi Varadham KanchyAm thrithiyOthsavE

 

(meaning): The place is VishNu Kaanchi. The time is the early

morning hours of the third day of the Lord's VaikAsi BrahmOthsavam.

The Lord of Hasthi Giri firmly establishes His feet pressed by

Garudhan in latter's extended palms . At that time , the two

fans on both sides of the Lord move gently like dancing buds;

the two white umbrellas of sizable proportions flutter over

the Lord's Thirumudi.Lord VaradarAjan shines with matchless

beauty and blesses the assembled BhakthAs with His sevai

during that early morning hour. The asuspicious sounds of

Thirucchinnam announcing the start of the procession of Sriman

NaarAyaNa-Varadhan along the main streets of Kaanchi is heard.

The assembly of kaimakrya ParALs performing Veda and dhivya-

prabhndha paarAyaNam are looked at by Varadhan with great

affection.Such a wonderful scene of Garuda Sevai at Kaanchi

is witnessed only by great bhAgyasAlis.

 

Thus DoddhAchArya concluded the mental visualization

of the previous year's Garuda Seavis witnessed by him

and regretted about his misfortune in not being at

Kanchi that year to have the joy of enjoying the Lord's

Garuda Sevai as in previous years. The Parama KaaruNika ,

Bhaktha Vathsala PeraruLALa PerumAL commanded His archakas

to cover His presence with the umbreallas and took off to

ChOLa Simha Puram to bless DoddhAchArya MahA Desikan

with His sEvai as Garuda Vaahanan . Then He returned to

His erstwhile position at the entrance of the western

gOpuram and continued with His activities for that

year's GarudOthsavam day .He flew back on Garudan 's

shoulders in great haste through the streets of Kaanchi

as if He is on His mission to rescue GajEndran and stopped

in between at YathOkthakAri Sannidhi, Ashtabhujam and

hastened to Thuppul to honor Swamy Desikan on this day.

 

Lord VaradarAjan recognizes always the magnificent

contributions of Swamy Desikan to advance the goals of

Sri Bahgavath RaamAnuja SampradhAyam . Through koil maryAdhais

at ThUppul on His uthsavam days , Lord VaradarAjan recognizes

the magnificent contributions of the AchArya paramparai.

 

A splendid scholastic account of VaradarAja Tattvam

in the 32 chapters of Rahasya Thraya Saaram has been

presented by Varadha GuNAmrutha-Varshi R. SrinivAsa-

Varadha TatAchAr Swamy of Kaanchi as a part of

the specail release on November 26, 2000 ( Vikrama

Kaarthikai Anusham ) , which was the 428th anniversary of

KoTi Kanya dhAnam , Sri Lakshmi KumAra Taata Desikan,

the Sri Kaaryam of Lord VaradarAja PerumAL.

 

On the November 26, 2001 asmath AchAryan ,

HH the 45th Azhagiya Singar , Sri MalOla PaadhukA

Sevaka Sri NaarAyaNa Yathindhra Maha Desikan

will be celebrating His 75th birth day and

the tenth anniversary of His ascension to

AchArya Peetam at the ancient seat of Ahobila

Matam created by Lord Lakshmi Nrusimhan Himself

some six hundered years ago .

 

adiyEn places this series of postings at

the sacred feet of asmath AchAryan and

would like to conclude this series with

the tributes to NrusimhAvathAram by Swamy

Desikan and Swamy KurEsar in their Sri Sookthis :

 

Bhakthasya DhAnava shishO: paripAlanAya

BhadrAm Nrusimha guhanAm adhijagmushE

sthampaika varjam adhunApi Kareesa! noonam

ThrailOkyam yEthath akhilam Narasimha Garbham

-- Sri VaradarAja PanchAsath : SlOkam

 

yadhaparAdha sahasram ajasrajam

Thvayi SaraNYa ! HiraNya upAvahath

Varadha! tEna chiram thvam avikriya:

vikruthim arbhaga nirbhajanAdhakA:

--Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: SlOkam 68

 

Narasimha-tanutara-agouNi samasamaya

samudhbhava cha bhaktha gira:

sthambE cha sambhavasthE

pisunayathi parEsathAm Varahda!

--Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: slOkam 71

 

" KaalE na: Karisaila KrishNa Jaladha:

kAnkshAdhikam varshathi"

 

Sri VaradarAja ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan