Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 267/Desika Prabhandham : MummaNikkOvai/ Part 2

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAthan :

 

Let us have additional reflections on the first three

Paasurams that we covered in the last posting .

Insights of Vaikunta Vaasi Chetlur NarasimhAchAry

Swamy are included here.

 

Paasuram 1: (AruL tarum adiyAr...)

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This paasuram starts with the AmruthAsharam of

( A) as in the case of the Prabhandham of AmalanAdhipirAn

of ThiruppANa AazhwAr. AkAram , the first letter of

the alphabet , "A" is the most auspicious because of its

connection to VishNu ( AkArO VishNu Vaachaka: ,

"A" ithi BhagavathO NaarAyaNasya praTamAbhidhAnam

abhidhadhathA kim nAma mangaLam na krutham ? ).

All mangaLams arise from the links to AkAram . This

amruthAkshara prayOgam through the choice of

the word , "AruL" at the beginning of MummaNikkOvai

Prabhandham (aruL tarum adiyavar paal meyyai

vaitthu theruL tara ninRa DhaivanAyaka! ) makes this

SrI Sookthi very auspicious.

 

The Lord is at Thiruvaheendhrapurm to bless His dear

devotees with dhivya Jn~Anam and He becomes

" Adiyavarkku Meyyan/Natha Sathyan " this way .

As Sathya PraTij~nan , He blesses the devotees with

knowledge about His svaroopa , Roopa , GuNa vaibhavams .

He is "Meyyan/Sathyan for all those who worship Him

longingly and is " Poyyan/Asathyan " for those

who have no sincerity in seeking His refuge .

 

Swamy Desikan wishes to perform SaraNAgathi at

the sacred feet of the Lord and as a first step in this

anushtAnam performs PurushakAra Prapatthi at the

divine feet of HemAbjavalli ThAyAr in the first paasuram .

 

Second Paasuram ( ThirumAl adiyavarkku meyyanAr ---):

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The thought that the Lord is "Sathyan " to those , who

performed PurushakAra Prapatthi to His Devi is introduced

here. All the six activities of HemAbhjavalli in the line of

Her PurushakAram are reminded here ( SruNOthi/she listens ,

SrAvayathi/ Makes Her Lord listen to the cries of SamsAri ,

SruNAthi/She prepars the samsAri and purifies him for

acceptance by the Lord , SreeyathE/She approaches

Her Lord with Her recommendation , SreeNAthi/She gladdens

the heart of Her Lord through Her VaseekaraNa sakthi nad

display of Her dhivya Soundharyam in that context

and srayathE/she joins with Her Lord to accept the Prapatthi after

completing Her PurushakAra activities) . Such a powerful

and influential Mother with Vaalabhyam ( power to hold

the Lord under Her sway ) stays at he chest region of

Her Lord along with Srivathsam and Kousthubha gem.

Swamy Desikan prays for a place in that sacred chest region

of the Lord for his SrI Sookthi of MummaNikkOvai through

the appeal housed in this Paasuram .

 

Third Paasuram ( MozhivAr Mozhivana -- -- ):

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This verse has been identified with the Bhakthi

anubhavam of Swamy Desikan , when through

His mind assumed the role of a Naayaki (Vankata

Naayaki) to experience the dhivya soundharyam

of Her Lord DhaivanAyakan . The sixth paasuram of

MummaNikkOvai (Aarkkum KaruNai-- -- ) has been

identified with Para Bhakthi and the 9th Paasuram

( VeRppudan onRi-- --) with Parama Bhakthi of

an aasrithan . This is in line with the PramANam ,

" Bhakthi: srungAra VruthyA pariNamathi "

( Bhakthi grows and envelops one through

the experience of love ).

 

Another point of view relates the first three pAsurams

of MummaNikkOvai this way : The first Paasuram is

about PurushakAram ; the second paasuram is about

Para Jn~Anam and the thirs paasuram deals with

the blossoming of Parama Bhakthi.

 

Next , we will study the fourth Paasuram , where

Swamy Desikan enjoys the Svaroopa , Roopa ,

GuNa adhisayams of the Lord of Thiru Ayindhai

in great detail (SavisthAram).

 

Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: