Swamy Deshika - The Paravasudeva - Swamy Deshikan Thirunakshatram celebrations

[Guest guest]

Swamy Deshikan Thiruvadigale Sharanam !!!

 

Today at Thuppul Swamy adornes the Paravasudeva alankaram in the morning.

 

Following is the english translation of a verse composed on our mighty Deshikan

by one of the poorvacharyas. This verse extols Swamy Deshika on the same lines

as extoling the Supreme Para Vasudeva.

 

He whose eyes shine like the Sun and the Moon

 

Adorn him we do, on the preceptoral lotus throne

 

At his divine lotus feet, while we supplicate

 

Pray we for nothing, but, a glance with his eye on left

 

The two beautiful eyes of our Swamy are compared to the Sun and the Moon. They

are indeed bright and shine forth with lustre due to his immense Brahma jnanam.

His eyes are indeed powerful as they have the capacity to free one of all his

sins and to make him adopt the path of self-surrender. One benevolent glance

with his eyes stand no match even for glances with three eyes of Rudra, eight

eyes of Brahma or even a thousand eyes of Indra (Ref. Subhashitaneevi of Swamy

Deshika).

 

We indeed adorn this great an acharya of ours on the preceptoral lotus throne.

We now enjoy his beautiful posture with his fingers on the right hand adorning

the jnanamudra while his left hand enshrines the Srikosham. After enjoying this

beautiful panorama, we supplicate at his divine lotus feet in an act of

self-surrender. Doing so, we pray for nothing but just one benevolent glance

with his left eye.

 

The first three lines convey quite a beautiful intent but the charm of the verse

lies in the last line. The poet's imagination is indeed most beautiful. Our

Swamy's eyes here are compared to the Sun and the Moon, like Sriman Narayana. He

is here imagined to be seated on a beautiful lotus. A glance with the left eye

would mean that the moon's cool glances are being shed upon the Lotus. A lotus

blooms with the rays of Sun falling upon it and at the same time closes itself

with the rays of the Moon falling upon it. This way, it is intended that while

we are imploring at his divine feet, the lotus should close in and make us

eternal prisoners at his lotus feet, so much so that even if one wishes to come

out of it, it should not be possible to do so.

 

mangaLam deshikendrAya mahanIya guNAya cha

 

chakravarththi tanUjAya sArvabhoumAya mangaLam

 

vAzhi vyAkhyAmuddirak kai !!!

 

vEdAntasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!

 

vedAnthasUri charaNau sharaNam prapadye !!!