VAIBHAVAM OF VYNATHEYAR (GARUDAN): THIRUNAANGOOR GARUDA SEVAI

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SrI:

 

SrI GarudAya Namas Thubhyam

Sarva SarpEndhra chathravE

VahAnAya MahA VishNu:

ThArkshAya amitha tEjasE

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Garuda BhagavAn alias Pakshi Raajan alias

VynathEyan alias VihagEsvaran is the vAhanam

for SrIman NaarAyanan.Swamy AlavandhAr saluted

Him in the first slOkam of Chathus SlOki as :

" VedAthmA VihagEsvarO vaahanam tE " and reminded

us of Garuda BhagavAn in the context of the VibhUthi

dhvaya sEshathvam of PirAtti .

 

Swamy Desikan recieved Garuda manthram from his uncle/

AchAryan and performed japam on this powerful manthram at

Oushada Giri and had the bhAgyam of saakshAthkAram of

Garuda BhagavAn. VynathEyan presented Swamy Desikan with

a Moortham of YOga hayagrIvan and also blessed

Swamy Desikan with SrI HayagrIva manthram. Swamy

Desikan performed japam of SrI HayagrIva manthram

and was blessed with the sEvai of Lord HayagrIvan,

who is the foundation of all VidhyAs (AadhAram

Sarva VidhyAnAm). Lord Hayagrivan's laalamrutham

fell on Swamy Desikan's lips and that divine prasAdham

caused Swamy Desikan to become Sarva Tantra Svatantrar,

Kavi Taarkika Simham and Nigamaantha MahA Desikan .

Swamy prayed to Lord HayagrIvan to be seated on the throne

of the tip of his tongue to guide him in all the debates

with para matha vaadhis and the Lord agreed . Swamy

Desikan also says that all granthams that he wrote

were nothing but the writings of Lord HayagrIvan on

his uLLam .He was just an instrument in the hands of

Lord HayagrIvan.

 

Thus Swamy Sesikan's links to Lord HayagrIvan originated

from the recitation of the powerful Garuda manthram ,

which was his kula dhanam . Swamy Desikan out of a sense

of gratefulness to Garuda BhagavAn composed two

sthOthrams on Pakshi Raajan. One of them is revered as

Garuda DhaNDakam set in DhaNDakam metre. The other is

the Garuda panchAsath.

 

adiyEn wrote two postings on Garuda DhaNDakam back in 1995

and covered the meanings of this majestic salutation of

Swamy Desikan .They are available in the Bhakthi archives

(dates of November 4 and November 5, 1995).

 

Tomorow is the day of 12 Garuda Sevai at ThirunAngUr ,

when Thirumangai Mannan is blessed to have the darsanam

of the 12 Dhivya Desa EmperumAns in and around ThirunAngUr.

GhOshti recites Thirumangai's paasurams on these

twelve dhivya desa EmperumAns.

 

Those who have the bhAgyam of the darsanam of the 12

KshEthra Naathans of ThirunAngUr dhivya desams on

the back of Garudan at ThirunAngUr are truly blessed

ones. Their bhAgyam is comparable to those who witness

Garuda Sevai at Kaanchi ( VaikAsi and Aadi ThiruvONam ),

SrIrangam ( Thai , Maasi, Panguni and Chitthirai) ,

NaacchiyAr Koil ( Kall Garuda Sevai about which

SrI Rengarajan posted an article in the Bhakthi

list few months back ), AzhwAr Thirunagari Nine Garuda

Sevais for Swamy NammAzhwAr.

 

Garuda BhagavAn is Veda Moorthy .His nakshathram

is SvAthi , which is the same as for Lord Narasimhan.

Garudan incarnated as PeriyAzhwAr at SrI VilliputthUr

and became the Father-in-Law of Lord RanganAthan

and had the privelege of having his daughter and

son-in-law live at his home in SrI VilliputthUr,

which is known today as NaacchiyAr ThirumALigai.

 

At TheruzhunDUr dhivya desam , Garudan stands next

to Aaamuruviyappan (GhOsakhan) awaiting His Lord's

wish.At AhObilam, Garudan performed penance for

the darsanam of Lord Narasimhan as He appeared

before PrahlAdhan and the Lord responded to his tapas

by giving Darsanam to Garudan as JwAlA Narasimhan.

Hence one of the names for AhObilam is Gaaruda

Sailam/GarudAdhri.

 

At BadarikAsramam , Garudan is blessing us with

his darsanam in the ghOshti of Nara-NaarAyaNAL,

(Badari NaarAyaNan ), ThirumahaL and other sevakAs

of Sriman NaarAyaNan such as GaNEsa and KubhEran.

 

At ThiruveLLiyangudi dhivya dEsam , He is present

in PerumAL Sannidhi with Sankham and Chakram as

a Nithya Soori.

 

At ThiruvallikkENi, He gives the darsanam with His

Lord , GajEndra Varadhan , in a separate Sannidhi.

 

Since Garudan is Veda Svaroopan , adiyEn will conclude

this posting in salutation of Him with a Saama veda

Mantram , which is also seen in Rg Vedam and Atharva

Vedam :

 

yadhindra prAg apAg udannyagavA hUyasE nrubhi:

simA purUnrushUthO asyAnavesi praSardha turvaSE

--UttarArchika Saaman: 1231, Rg Vedam:VIII.4.1,

ATarava Vedam: XX.120.1

 

(Meaning): Oh Magnificently luminous Lord !

in whatever quarter You may be residing ,

be it East, west, north or south , Your BhakthAs

invoke You to hasten to their sides to protect

them and give them comfort. Oh PraNata-arTi-hara

PrabhO! Oh Magnanimous One! May Thou readily come

without delay -when You are invoked- to them ,

who vigorously follow You .

 

When such invocations are made by dear bhakthAs like

GajEndran , our Lord is carried on the back of Garudan

in great haste for Bhaktha SamrakshaNam.

 

TannO Garuda: PrachOtayAth ,

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan