Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part VII: Fourth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Fourth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

describes the auspicious effect of the embrace of

Her Lord by SrI Maragatha-Valli ThAyAr :

 

PadmAkarAth upagathA parishasvajE ThvAm

vEgA-sarith-viharaNA KalasABdhi-KanyA

aahu: tadhA-prabhruthi dhIpa-sama-avabhAsam

aajanathO maragatha-prathimam vapusthE

 

(meaning): Oh ViLakkoLi PerumALE ! SrI Devi, who arose

out of the Milky Ocean wished to play on the banks of

the river Vegavathi ,where You are . Hence , She incarnated

in a lotus pond near Vegavathi river . Immediately after

incarnation there, She rose out of Her normal abode of

Lotus flower , rushed to Your side and embraced You tightly

and has been with You ever since . It was like the time ,

when She as SithA PirAtti embraced Her victorious Lord

after He destroyed the 14,000 Raakshasaas single handed .

She rewarded Her Lord with a tight embrace . Oh Lord!

Your beautiful ThirumEni is like a sparkling blue gem.

When Your Devi embraced You with great affection as

at DhaNDakAraNyam before , Your ThirumEni became radiant

like a powerful dhIpam .The bhakthAs ,who witnessed Your

special radiance gave You the name of DhIpa PrakAsan .

>From then on , You shine as the DhIpam and Your PirAtti

is the lustre of that DhIpam.

 

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Sri Devi is saluted here as Kalasa-aBDhi-KanyA ,

the daughter of the Milky Ocean , Her avathAra

Sthalam , when the Lord churned the milky ocean

for nectar. As Kaliyan salutes , the Lord executed

the project of churning for the nectar (aNNal seythu

alai kadal kadainthu). He brought out the nectar

singlehandedly and distributed it to the waiting dEvAs.

While the dEvAs were enjoying the plain nectar ,

Our Lord had a supreme enjoyment of " amuthil varum

PeNNamuthu " or the special nectar that arose out of

His churning efforts (i-e) MahA Lakshmi. She arose

out of the milky ocean and in a Svayamvaram that

followed , She chose the Lord as Her husband .

Swamy Desikan salutes Sri Maragatha Vlli ThAyAr

as "Kalasa-aBdhi-kanya" in this context.

 

When her Lord chose the banks of Vegavathi river

( ThirutthaNkA/Thoopul dhivya dEsam )for His residence

as Archai , She decided to join Him by incarnating on

the banks of the same river in a lotus pond and rushed

towards Her Lord with great affection ( Padhma aakarAth

upagathA). She wanted to join Him in His sports on

the sand dunes of the river Vegavathi (vEgA sarith viharaNA

ThvAm ParishashasvajE). She saw Her Lord there at ThirutthaNkA

on the banks of the river , rushed to His side and tightly

embraced Him (parishasvajE) . Her Lord's hue is by nature like

a Maragatha MaNi (pacchai maamalai pOl mEni) or dark Blue gem

( aajAnatha: thE Vapu: Maragatha Prathimam).The moment SrI Devi

embraced Him tightly , He beamed with joy and shone like a radiant

dhIpam . From then on , every one who were blessed to

see this dhivya aalinganam called the Lord DhIpa PrakAsan

and ThaayAr as Sri Maragatha Valli or One who is the divine

consort of that Maragatha MaNi Vilakku (dhIpam ) . She became

the oLi (lusre/radiance ) of that DhIpam from then on

( TadhA-prabhruthi dhIpa-sama -avabhAsam aahu:).

 

ThaayAr is saluted by Her Sahasara Naamam as

"(PraNavam) Tadh-dharma-dharmiNyai Nama:" .

She is His Saha-DharmiNi . She can not be without

Him even for a fraction of a second (ahalhillEn iRayum).

 

As ParAsara Bhattar pointed out in His LakshmI KalyANa

naatakam , She causes auspiciousness to Her Lord

(anya MangaLa KaaraNam ) . As She embraced Him ,

they became "ananyAdhIna KalyANam adhvandhvam

dhvandhvam " together. She is the Svaroopa Niroopa

Vaibhavam of the Lord.

 

SrI ParAsara Bhattar's slOkam hails Her Svaroopa NirUpaka

Vaibhavam and Her role play as the Dhivya MiTunam

(Divine couple):

 

ananyAdhIna KalyANam anya MangaLa KaaraNam

JagannidhAnam-adhvandhvam dhvandhvam vandhAmahE vayam

 

(meaning): Since PerumAL and PirAtti are yEka Tatthvam ,

their vaibhavam is not caused by any other. The dhivya

MiTunam are for showering anugraham on all, who approach

Them and surrender to Them. They are the cause of this universe

(ChEthanams and achEthanms: JagannidhAnam). adiyEn salutes

this incomparable Divine Couple.

 

She (Maragatha Valli )stays as His Nithya yOginI at ThirutthaNkA

as one could extrapolate from PoorvAchAryAL's commentary:

 

"Sarva purushArTAya SrayaNIyA SrI: SrEya: SrI: Saa

Asya Nithya yOginI " (She is to be approached for

all PurushArThams . She is the Sarva Phala dhAyini

in Her yEka sEshithva role .

 

In this fourth slOkam , Swamy Desikan chooses the word ,

"Parishasvaje" to describe the embrace of Maragathavalli.

Swamy Desikan must have been moved by the Sriamadh RaamAyaNa

SlOkam ( AaraNya KaaNDam : 29th sargam , SlOkams: 39-41):

 

Thamm dhrushtvA Chathru-hanthAram MaharshINAm sukhAvaham

BhabhUva hrushtA VaidhEhi bharthAram PARISHASVAJE

 

Srimath RaamAyaNam goes on to say that SithA PirAtti was

proud of Her Lord's heroic deeds in the battle field

and embraced Him once again ( Puna: parishvajya) .

Her face lit up with Joy and She felt rejoiced

( MudhAnvitha AananA , HrushtA BhabhUva).

 

That is How Maragatha Valli felt at ThirutthaNkA ; Her

Aanandham lit up the entire Maragatha MaNi ThirumEni of

Her Lord (Maragatha prathimam Vapu:) to shine like

a Parama MangaLa DhIpam (DhIpa-sama-avabhAsam).

 

Swamy Deikan , the Master of words due to the anugraham of

Lord HayagrIvan chose the word "avabhAsam " to describe

the special radiance of the Lord caused by the embrace of

His Devi. Swamy Desikan describes the special lustre as

"Dhipa-sama-avabhAsam " . The word " avabhAsam " is a powerful one

in imagery . It means to shine with splendour. It also means

knowledge and perception of a divine kind. AvabhAsakan is

the Supreme luminous Being , the Lord . This DhIpam that

shines bright was brought to the view of all of us

through the embrace of Sri Devi taking Her ArchA form

at ThirutthaNkA.

 

Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa PrabhavE Nama:

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan)

 

P.S: Please come and join us in the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam

for Swamy Desikan and ThirutthaNkA Dhivya Dampathis.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa , NaarAyaNa

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan