ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 80: SlOkam 39-40 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

 

Thirty Ninth SlOkam ( Salutations to The Lord's Knees)

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lAvaNyapoora laLithOrdhva paribramAbham

LakshmI vihAra maNi-darpana Baddha-sakhyam

gOpAngaNEshu krutha-chankramaNam tavaithath

jAnudhvayam SurapathE na jahAthi chittham

 

General Meaning:

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! When one has the darsana soubhAgyam of

Your beautiful knees , they make us wonder whether these

knees are the whirlpools from the river of Your beautiful

ThirumEni.When one reflects on their beauty and lustre,

they appear like gem-decorated mirrors held for the benefit of

SrI Devi sitting on Your lap engaged in checking Her own

beauty. These knees of Yours crawled on the inner

chambers of the houses of the Gopis during Your

KrishNAvathAram.These knees never leave adiyEn's

mind and have become the object of adiyEn's

delectable meditation.

 

Additional Comments:

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The flood of beauty is flowing with

foam and froth past us at a high speed. In that flood

of Soundharyam of Your ThirumEni, the knees of Yours

look like a fast rotating whirlpool(SurapathE! Tava

Jaanu-dhvayam , laavaNyapoora laLitha Urdhva ParibhramAbham).

 

>From another perspective, the lustre and the beauty of

those knees makes adiyEn wonder , whether thay are a pair

gem-framed mirrors for Your dear consort , Hembhaja Valli,

to check Her beauty as She sits on Your lap( Lakshmi

VihAra MaNi darpaNa Baddha-sakhyam). Those are the same

knees that crawled over the insides of the houses of Gopis

and enchanted them ( yEthath Tava Jaanu: , gOpAngaNEshau

krutha chankaramaNam). Those beautiful pair of knees never

ever leave my mind ( Tava yEthath Jaanu dhvayam mama

chittham na jahAthi). They are anchored in my mind.

 

"Swamy Desikan's athyantha anubhavam of the beauty of

knees of Lord DevanAthan are echos of KurEsar's anubhavam

of the soundharyam of the knees of Lord VararAjan

(SrI VaradarAja Sthavam: SlOkam 57):

 

yaa tE gAthrE Varadha! janithA kAnthimayee yaa AapagAbhUth

tasyA: srOthO dhvitayamiha yadh yAthi pAdha-pravAdham

tajjAthOrdhvabrahmi-yugamivOdhbhAnunee jAnunee tE

syAth ushNOrvaa kakutha-yugaLam youvana-isvarya-nAmnO:

 

In enjoyment of the parama soundharyam of the Lord's knees,

KurEsar visualizes the Lord's soundharyam flowing like

a fast moving river and branching off in to two sections

and reaching His two Thiruvadis. In that flood, the two knees

appear like outward bound lustrous , circular whirlpools

(tE jaanuni tath soundharya janitha srOthA pravAhasya

urdhva brahmi yugmiva bhAthi).They also remind KurEsar

of two perfectly formed humps (thimil or KoNdai)of

a bull asserting its extraordinary youth and great

Isvaryam.

 

SlOkam 40: (VarNanam of the Lord's ankles)

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dhUthyE dhukoola-haraNE vraja-sundareeNAm

DhaithyAnudhAvana vidhou api labdha-sAhyam

kandarpa kAhaLa nishanga kaLAchikAbam

jangA-yugam jayathi DevapathE Thvadheeyam

 

General Meaning

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Oh Lord DhaivanAyakA! When You travelled as an ambassador

to the court of KouravAs, were n't these ankles of Yours

take You there to fulfil Your mission ? When you stole

the dresses of the Gopis, who were sporting in the pond ,

were n't these ankles helped You to climb the Kurukkatthi

tree and sit there watching the distress of the ashamed

Gopis ? When You chase the enemies of Your dear ones,

are n't these ankles that help You in Your transportation?

Are these beautiful ankles of Yours , which raise the love

of those , who see them stand for the KaahaLa vaadhyam

(percussion musical instrument) of Manmathan? Are these

ankles of Yours His arrow case from which flower arrows are

sent by him to kindle the affection of lovers? Are these well

shaped ankles the KaaLAnji cup held by Manmathan?

adiyEn's mind is lost over the myriad possibilities of

Your ankles because of their multifaceted beauty.

 

Additional Comments:

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Three activities that engaged the Lord's ankles are

recalled here: (1) Walking to DuryOdhanA's court as

a peace maker seeking five villages for the PaNDavAs

at the minimum /"dhUthyE"(2) Climbing the Kurukkatthi tree

( Pinnai Maram) after stealing and carrying the apparel

of the gOpis, who were taking their baths in the pond

below/vraja sundareeNAm dukoola haraNE (3) giving chase to

the offending asurAs(dhaithya anudhAvana vidhou).Swamy

Desikan's enjoyment of the beauty of those ankles

wanderst on to three other aspects relating to Manmathan,

the Kaama KadavuL:

 

(1)Lord's ankles are shaped like the beautiful KaahaLa

vaadhyam that is beaten by ManmathA to raise the fire of

love in the hearts of lovers (2) They have the beautiful

shape remeniscent of the arrow case of ManmathA used to

hold the flower arrows that he aims at the lovers to

kindle their love and (3)they are full of lustre reminding

Swamy Desikan of the KaaLanji vessel used by the Love God

during the amorous activiites.

 

The experience of the overwhelming beauty of the well

shaped and radiant ankles of the Lord makes Swamy Desikan

declare that those ankles stand victorious (JanghA yugam

Jayathi)in his mind.

 

NamO SrI DevanATAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: May Lord DevanAthan's beautiful knees that

crawled in the houses of the Gopis and His powerful

ankles, which were engaged in walking to the court

of KauravAs inspire you all to join in His RathnAngi

Kaimkaryam !