ThiruvahIndhrapuram & Swamy Desikan : The mutifaceted genius of Swamy Desikan: Part III

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of ThruvahIndhrapuram SaraNya dampathIs:

 

Happenings at ThiruvahIndhra puram:

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The RathnAngi kaimakryam for Uthsavar has started

in earnest. The Rathna KirItam, Sudarsanam , Paanchajanyam,

Ubhaya Hasthams are available from previous samarpaNams.

The 4 kilos of Silver for the base of the RathnAngi

has been pledged by adiyEn in memory of my revered parents.

To the above will be added the ThirumArbhu, waist , thighs,

legs and ThiruppAdham . With the dhivyAnugraham of

the SaraNya dampathis , the Kaimkaryam should see its Poorthi

by next PurattAsi SravaNam at ThituvahIndhrapuram.Please

join in this Kaimkaryam.

 

Swamy Desikan's Prabhandhams on Lord DhaivanAyakan

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On this Iypaasi Sukla Paksha DwAdasi day , it is appropriate

to focus on Swamy Desikan's limitless EedupAdu ( devout engagement)

with the anubhavam of the dhivya Soundharyam and

anantha kalyANa guNams of Lord DhaivanAyakan as

a part of this series saluting the multifacetted gnius

of our AchArya Saaravbhouman , Swamy Desikan.

 

The lsit of ThiruvahIndhra Puram SrI Sookthis

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The tenth Paasuram of Nava MaNi Maalai summarizes the many

SrI Sookthis constructed by Swamy Desikan for arpaNam at

the divine Thiruvadi of SrI DhiavanAyakan:

 

antham-il seer Ayindhai nahar amarntha Naatan

adiyiNai mEl adi urayAl iympathu yEtthi

chinthai kavar pirAkirutha nooRu kooRic-

chezhum Tamizh MummaNikkOvai seRiyac-chErtthup-

paravu Nava MaNI maalai ivayum sonnEn

munthai MaRai mozhiya vazhi mozhi Nee yenRu

Mukundhan aruL tantha payan peRREn naanE

 

Extended meanings of the Tenth Paasuram

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In this sum-up paasuram of Nava MaNi Maalai,

Swamy Desikan celebrates the Naama of Mukundhan for

SrI DhaivanAyakan.The sacred name of Mukundhan refers

to BhOga-Moksha Daayaka anugraham of SrI DhiavanAyakan.

He is the One , who can confer readily the ParipoorNa

BhOgam of enjoyment of Him even as in His SrI Vaikuntam

right here at Thiru Ayinndhai. Swamy reveals that he

was blessed to have this greatst of anubhavams in this

world itself. Swamy Desikan acknowledges that Lord

DhiavanAyakan of matchless yasas and vaibhavam

commanded him to create the many sthOthrams on Him ,

which contain the quinessence of vedAs. Swamy Desikan

states further that he placed the command of SrI DhaivanAyakan

on his head with reverence and created SrI DevanAyaka

PanchAsath in Sanskrit , the mother of all languages,

Achyutha sathakam in enchanting PrAkrutham , the lisp of

Sarasvathi Devi , MummaNikkOvai, Panthu, Kazhal, Oosal,

yEsal , ammAnai and NavamaNi Maalai as Prabhandhams

in the rich language of Tamizh.

 

Additional Comments on the tenth Paasuram

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The limitless Vaibhavam of SrI DevanAyakan is saluted as

"antham il seer" . Those "seer" (perumai) is anantham

(antham il). That Lord is seated in Thiru Ayindhai

( Ayindhai Nahar amarntha Naatan).The sthothrams in

sanskrit , PrAkrutham and Tamizh are about His glorious

pair of sacred feet ( Ayindhai nahar amarntha NaaTan

adi iNai mEl). The first of these sthothrams is in

Sanskrit (Mother of all languages: adi urai) consisting of

50 salutory slOkams ( Iympathu yEtthi) ; Next is

the 100 slOkams in the bewitching language of PrAkrutham

(Chinthai kavar prAkrutham nooRu kooRi) ; The above are

followed by prabhandhams in the nourishing and rich Tamizh

language ( Sezhum Tamizh ) : MummaNikkOvai, Panthu , Kazhal,

ammAnai, Oosal, yesal and NavamaNi Maalai . (Among these

Tamizh Prabhandhams) Panthu, Kazhal, yesal,ammAnai

as well as the 20 of the 30 paasurams of MummaNikkovai are

lost to posterity due to our misfortune).

 

Swamy Desikan says here that all of these SrI Sookthis

are a direct response to Lord DhaivnAyakan's (Mukundhan's)

command to create them as the condensed essence of the ancient

VrdAs ( Munthia maRai mozhiya nee vazhi mozhi ). Swamy Desikan

acknowledgs at the final slOkam of Nava maNI Maalai

that all of these prabhandha nirmANa kaimkaryam are a direct

result of the grace of Mukundha DEvanATan of Thiru Ayindhai.

 

adiyEn will cover the above SrI Sookthis as a part of

the RathnAngi Kaimkaryam for SrI Taranga Mukha Nandini

ThAyar SamEtha SrI DhaivnAyaka PerumAL of ThiruvEndhipuram.

 

adiyEn will start in the order prescribed by Swamy

Desikan and focus on SrI DhaivanAyaka PanchAsath slOkams

first in this series.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan