ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 73: SlOkam 25-26 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

 

Twenty Fifth SlOkam ( The Power of Lord's KatAkshams)

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visvAbhirakshaNa vihArakruthakshaNaistE

VaimAnikAdhipa viDamBitha mugdha padhmai:

aamOdha vAhibhiranAmaya vAkyagarbhai:

aardhrIbhavAmi amrutha varshanibhai: apAngai:

 

Extended Meaning

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Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! Your glances are eager to

perfrom the leelai of protecting the Universe and

its beings effortlessly in a sportive manner.Your

auspicious eyes appear like the just blossomed lotuses.

When Your glances fall on a chEthanam , Your joy

over gaining that chEthanam as Your Prapannan is

evident. one wonders whether Your glances directed

at the chEthanams incorporate inside them the words of

inquiry about heir well being .When those glances of

Yours fall on a ChEthanam , that blessed one feels

like being soaked in the rain of life-granting nectar.

As those sacred glances fall on me , adiyEn's mind and

body are rid of all tApams and enjoy the cool comfort

like standing under a most shady tree on a broiling day.

 

Additional Comments:

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VaimAnika Adhipa! Oh Lord who is the Master of those

dEvAs, who travel in VimAnams in the sky (Whose feet

never touch the ground)! Your eyes move rapidly

to scan Your universe to perform the sport of

protecting the world and its beings ( Visva rakshana vihAram).

You are intent (krutha Kshanai:) on performing these

duties of protection and vichAram (inquiry )of Yoga KshEmam.

At those times, Your fast moving eyes are like the fully

blossomed red lotuses( viDamBitha mugdha Padhmai: iva)

and express great joy inside those glances. Those glances

are the rejuvenating showers of nectar ( amrutha varsha nibhai:)

and are filled with queries about the Yoga KshEmam of

the chEthanams ( anAmaya vAkyagarbhai: sahitha:)on

whom they fall. Through the dwelling of those nectar-

like glances , adiyEn feels cooled (relieved) from

the miserable samsAric tApams( tE apAngai: aardhrI bavAmi).

 

The thirty third slOkam of SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath

elaborates on the rejuvenating power of the Lord's

KaruNA KaDAkshams:

 

Oh VaradarAjA! DEva PerumALE! adiyEn is tossed about

and suffering in the rivers of mirage generated by

the severe heat of the endless SamsAric afflictions

( asrAntha samsaraNa karma niBhIDitasya bhOga marIchikAsu

brAnthasya mE).May Your avyAja KaruNA kadAkshams falling on

this suffering jeevan ( niravagraham yEthamAnA: ThvadhIya

KaruNAmrutha dhrushti pAdha:) be the reviving instruments

( jeevAthu asthu).When You have made the sankalpam to

protect , no one can stop You.The karunAmrutham arising

from Your dhivya chakshus rains in on us and brings us

back to life after being knocked out by the powerful

SamsAric tApams.

 

Poets Compare often the the Lord's eyes to beautiful

red lotuses . Examples are: "KaNNiNayum aravindham "

according to Thirumangai AzhwAr.KurEsar points out that

the eyes, Thirumukha Mandalam hosing the eyes, the hands

and the feet of the Lord are all Lotuses in the 21st slOkam of

SrI VaradarAja Sthavam):

 

"paaNi pAdha vadhana EekshaNa sabdhai:

ambhujAni apadhisan Varadha ! Thvam"

 

"aayathAksham , ambhuja nethram" are the additionsal

salutations of KurEsar regarding the Lord's lotus-like

beautiful eyes.

 

The richness and power of the Lord's glances are further

saluted by KurEsar in his 36th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja

Sthavam ( abhivarshathi harsham aardhrabhAvam tanuthE tE

Varadhaisha dhrushti paatha:). allaluRum jeevankaLidam

TangaLukku uLLa karuNai allavA itharkku kAraNam yenkirAr.

 

 

SlOkam 26: (The Beauty of the Lord's Nose)

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nithyOdhithair-nigama nissvasithais-TavaishA

nAsA nNabasccharapathE nayanAbdhi sEthu:

aamrEDitha priyatamA mukhapadhma gandhai:

aasvAsinee bhavathi samprathi muhyathO mE

 

Extended Meaning

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Oh Dhaiva NaayakA! Your eyes are like individual

Oceans in their sprawling size and coolness. Your

nose appears like a dam to separate these two oceans

from uniting with each other to create even a vaster

ocean.The breaths that come out without interruption

from Your sacred nose are the exhaled VedAs (Veda SvAsams).

When Youtr dear consort's lotus faces unite with Yours

on both cheeks, then the naturally fragrant breaths of

Theirs unite with Your breath and the fragrance of

the Veda SvAsam is multiplied manyfolds. When adiyEn

meditates on Your sacred nose and the Veda SvAsam

that emanates from there ,adiyEn's confusions and

ignorance are banished and adiyEn feels comforted.

 

Additional Comments:

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Oh Nabhascchara PathE!( Oh Lord of the DevAs ,

who travel in the skies!)Tava yEshA nAsA nayana abdhi

sEthu:( Your majestic nose is like a dam between Your

huge oceans of eyes).ThirukkaNNkaL of the Lord are

equated here to vast oceans in breadth and depth .

In the manner instructed , the nose is sending out

breaths , which are the exhalation of VedAs (Yasya

nissvasitham VedA:).Those fragrant vedic exhalations

mingle with the fragrant breaths of the dear Devis of

the Lord (PriyatamA Mukha Padhma gandhai:sangamam gathvA)

as they press their cheeks with those of the Lord.

The blending of their (Devis')naturally fragrant breaths

with those of the Lord carrying vedic fragrance enhances

the Veda Vaasanai manyfold(aamrEDithA:).

 

In the 35th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam , KurEsar

includes the comparison of the Lord's nose serving as

a dam between the two eyes: dhrukchala sindhO: Tava

naasikEva sEthu:". This passage is anusandhEyam here.

 

NamO SrI DevanATAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: May the Auspicious glances of Lord DeavanAthan

fall on You and motivate You to take part in His

RathnAngi Kaimkaryam !