Life's Journey to Achaaryan's Blessed feet :( Feb 6, 2000 ), Station : Oppilappan Koil , SaraNAgathi NavAham : Day 2

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Sri:

Sri LakshmI Nrusimha ParabrahmaNE Nama:

Sri Lakshmi Nrusimha Dhivya PaadhukA Sevaka

Sri NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

 

 

Sunday , Feb 6, 2000 : Prathamai , SravishtA nakshathram

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This was the day of preparation for prapatthi . KombUr

GhanapAdi Sri VasudEvAcchAr Swamy helped me perform

PrAjApathya Kruschnam , PrAyschittha PrayOgam after

the rites of vapanam to create Kudumi in the sampradhAyic

manner .

 

First , snAnam in the DakshiNa VirajA nadhi , one of the

three branches of Cauvery at Oppiliappan Koil ( NattAn

VaaikkAl, KeerthimAn, ArisilARu ) was performed . On return

home, Soorya madi was worn and visit to the temple to have

the Darsanam of the Lord with just His Kavacham was realized.

All the heavy ThuLasi Garlands of SravaNam day had been removed

and the Lord was resplendent in His svabhAvika Soundharyam .

The Moolavar was getting ready for His Thirumanjanam . The Uthsavar,

Ponnappan was at the archanai MaNdapam and the Udayavar Satari

was placed at both Moolavar's and Uthsavar's ThiruvadigaL

to seek their blessings for the Journey to Melkote. An angavasthram

worn by Uthsavar was presented to adiyEn .

 

P.M.Trip to KumbakONam/Thirukkudanthai

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(1)At Thirukkudanthai Sri KomaLavalli SamEtha Sri

AarAvamudhan's temple was resplendent with recent

SamprOkshanam renovations. The sevai of AarA Amudhuan

and His divine consort was eye filling . Our dear

Sri Sampath rengarajan was fortunate enough to

attend this function in person .

 

At the ThAyaar sannidhi , the prayer of Thirukkudanthai

Desikan ( Composer of Sri AparyApthAmrutha SopAnam ) was

reflected upon:

 

" Jaya DhugdhAbdhi tanayE , Jaya Saarngadhara PriyE

Jaya KaaruNya SurabhE , Jaya Laavanya VaaridhE "

 

(Meaning ): Oh Daughter of the Milky Ocean! Oh Consort

dear to Sri SaarngapANi ! Oh KaamadhEnu of KaaruNyam !

Oh Ocean of Beauty ! Hail to Thee ! May Thou be victorious !

 

" BhArathI VandhithE ! PaarvathI nandhithE !

VaasavI SevithE ! Kaa SamA Devi thE ? "

 

(Meaning ): Oh KomaLavalli ! Thou art worshipped

by Sarasvathi . You are the cause of Joy for

Paarvathi. You are saluted by IndirANi . Is there

any one equal to You in glories ?

 

" Paahi PadhmAlayE , Paahi PadhmAnanE , Paahi KaaruNya SindhO

NamasthE samasthEpsithArtha pradhAnaikathAnaika HasthE "

 

(meaning): Oh Divine One with Your home in the Lotus flower !

Oh the most beautiful One with the face like just blossomed

Lotus ! Oh Ocean of mercy ! Please protect me!

My salutations to You , who with Her blessed hand confers

all what one desires without hesitation ! May Thou protect me !

 

(2)The next stop was at Sri AarAvamudhan's sannidhi .This insatiable

nectar sung by 5 AlwArs with 51 paasurams gave His dhivya darsanam .

The Lord , who responded to the demanding Bhakthan's

(Thirumazhisai AzhwAr's )command gives us His sevai

in UtthAna Sayanam ( KidanthavARezhinthirunthu pEsu

Vaazhi KesanE ).BhoothatthAzhwAr addressed Him as ,

" YengaL perumAn imayOr talai mahan nee --paampaNai

mEl sErnthAi , Kudamookil kOilAkkoNDu " . AzhwAr

recognized the Lord resting on the thousand hooded

AdisEshan as DevAthi Devan here . NammAzhwAr saluted

the Lord as " Aaraa Amudhu " (Insatiable nectar /

aparyApthAmrutham ) and rcognized Him further as

" Yaazhiin IsayE amudhE aRivin payanEariyERE " .

 

The moving prayer of NammAzhwAr ( KaLaivAi Thunbam--

Paasuram : ThiruvAimozhi-5.8.8) came to my mind:

 

" Oh Lord of Thirukkudanthai wielding the powerful

Sudarsanam ! Oh Incomparable MaayAvi ! I do not have any

say about Your banishing my worries or not . AdiyEn only

wants to concede that I have no helper other than You.

My body is slowly deteriorating and the day when my

prANan leaves my body is not too far . At that moment,

adiyEn may be distracted with pains . My prayer to You now is

that my current steadfast devotion to Your holy feet

should stay at the same level during my last moments here " .

Prathishtai for the Udayavar SatAri was done both at

Sri KaomaLavalli ThAyAr's and Lord AarAvamudhan's sannidhi.

 

(3) Sri Pattbahi Raman gave His darsanam next at His

sannidhi built 400 years ago by the Naik Kings . Bhattar

intutively performed Thirumanjanam for the SatAri with

Purusha Sooktham and performed AarAdhanam . Garlands were

wrapped around the SatAri and returned to adiyEn .

 

(4) It was seven'o Clock by this time . Srimath Azhagiya

Singar was expected to arrive from ThiruveLLUr Vidhvath

Sadas for a two night stay at Thirukkudanthai . Young

boys learning Saama , Yajur , Rg vedams were there

at the entrance to KumbakONam to welcome the great

AchAryan with PoorNa Kumbham . Soon the four Vaahanams ( Buses )

came into the focus and the first one stopped in front

of the assembled sishyAs . AsmathAchAryan rose from His seat

and blessed us all without getting out of the Vaahanam .

AdiYen was asked to be at the front to receive His blessing .

The most merciful AchAryan inquired about the Prapatthi

set for the next day : " Is it n't it tomorrow

your BharanyAsam ? " . Inspite of His tiring journey

and the many things on His mind , Our AchAryan's sishya

Vaathsalyam has few comparisons . AdiyEn was near

tears and begged for the grace of receiving Prapatthi

from HH the Jeeyar the next day . Vij~yApanam was

thus made in a formal sense .

 

An hour later , adiyEn met HH the Jeeyar at His

temporary residence , while PuNyAvAchanam was being

done to set up the Silver maNtapam for Sri Lakshmi

Nrusimhan. Our compassionate AchAryan inquired about us

here and sugested that adiyEn return to Oppiliappan Koil

and rest since it would be nearly 1 AM for the arrangements

for settling down in the new place of residence for

Sri MalOlan . He suggested that adiyEn return early

next day to join in the GhOshti.

 

Thus ended another beautiful day in communion

with Srimath Azhagiya Singar of unparalleled

compassion for His sishya vargams .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil V.Sadagopan