GodhA Sthuthi: part XI- Six Slokams 9, 12, 13,

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Namo Narayanaya!

 

We will cover in this post 3 slOkams and the rest in the next

three posts and conclude the series on the GodhA Sthuthi before

this year's Aaadi Pooram day (August 2) dear to Our Godhai.

 

SlOkam 9:

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In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan salutes Godhai

as Lakshmi Sahajai or the One who is a sibling

of Periya PirAtti.

 

Maatha: SamuthtithavathIm adhivishNu chittham

visvOpjeevyamamrutham vachasA dhuhAnAm

taapacchidham himaruchEriva moorthymanyAm

sathna: payOdhi Duhithu: sahajAm vidhusthvAm

 

(meaning): Oh Mother GodhE! You are like the other

form of Chandran . Vedams declare that Chandran

was born out of the mind of VishNu( Chandramaa

ManasO Jaatha:). You incarnated as the darling

daughter of PeriyAzhwAr (VishNu Chitthar).Chandran

delights the heart of every one through His cool rays.

You uplift the people of the world independent

of their status through the nectar of Your dhivya

Prabhandhams and Your dhivya svarUpam .The learned

souls recognize Your similarities to Chandran and

comprehend You as the sibling (Koodap PiRanthavaL)

of Periya PirAtti, who arose out of the milky Ocean.

You are recognized as Lakshmi Sahajai just as

Chandran is a Lakshmi Sahajan for having born

out of the very same milky ocean.

 

" AdhivishNuchittham SamutthathivathIm " are the

words chosen by Swamy Desikan. He thus indicates

that Godhai was born out of the Sankalpam of the Lord

(VishNuchittham ) as a daughter of AdhivishNuchitthar.

 

SevA Swamigal points out that the amrutha Sahajai aspects

of Godhai . During Periya PirAtti's vivAha MahOthsavam ,

nectar was distributed to the DevAs and became

DevOpajeevyam. Amrutha Sahajai Godhai distributed

the nectar of Her prabhandhams for the upliftment

(ujjevanam) of the world (visvOpajeevyam) .

 

Like the cow yields from its full udder the milk for

its calf , Godhai blesses us with the nectar , which

removes the samsAric ThApams .This act of blessing

has been described by Swami Desikan as amrutha-

duhAnam ( Surappathu in Tamil or to yield milk/nectar).

She is Lakshmi Sahajai and thus distributes nectar

also but in a different way.

 

MahA Lakshmi is PayOdhi Duhithu : or the daughter

of milky ocean .VishNu thus becomes the payOdhi Duhithu:

pathi . That VishNu's sankalpam was behind Godhai's

avathAram as the daughter of VishNucchitthaa .Both

Chandran and GOdhai have the common trait that they

were born from the mind of VishNu (VishNuchittham).

MahA Lakshmi and Godhai have the saamyam of blessing

DevAsand people of the world respectively with nectar.

This is their common glory. Thus Godhai becomes

amrutha sahajai as well as Lakshmi Sahajai.

 

 

SlOkam 12:

 

This slokam deals with the glories that came by

the way of the river GodhAvari by having the same name.

 

prAyENa dEvi bhavathI vyapadEsayOgAth

Godhaavari Jagadhidham payasA puneethE

YasyAm samEthya samayEshu chiram nivAsAth

BhAgIrathI PrabhruthayOapi bhavanthi puNyA:

 

In the earlier slOkam , Swamy Desikan described

the glories that came to the Southern direction

thru the avathAram of Godhai. Here , he describes

the glories attained by the river GodhAvari

by having the name of Godhai.

 

(Meaning): Oh GodhA Devi! The river GodhAvari

seems to purify the world with its waters by

bearing Your name.Is it n't it so that the great

rivers like Ganga reside in GodhAvari for a long

time to become PuNya nadhis ?

 

When we call ourselves " RaamAnuja Daasan " , we

announce our relation as the servant of RaamAnujA.

That is the purpose of adorning Daasya naamams.

GodhAvari river takes on Your Naamam and gains

thereform the power to cleanse the whole world

with its waters including the puNya nadhis like

GangA et al.

 

" BhavathI vyapadEsa YogAth " means by virtue of

adorning Your name (ThirunAmam as mukhya vyavahAram).

 

All the puNya nadhis cleanse the sins of people,

who dip in them and become impure over time.

Swamy Desikan says that these soiled rivers

resort to the bath in GodhAvari at specific times

of the year to destroy their sins accumulated from

the bathers .By having the name of Godhai ,

GodhAvari has the power to annul all these sins and

restore the puNya nadhis to their pristine glory ,

while not being affected by their assembly of

accumulated sins .

 

SlOkam 13:

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The teasing of the friends of Godhai during

the occasion of marriage to Lord RanganAthA

is covered in this slOkam.

 

NaagEsaya: sutanu: Pakshiratha: Katham tE

Jaatha: svayamvarapathi: Purusha: PurANa:

Yevam vidhA samuchitham praNayam bhavathyA:

Samdarsayanthi ParihAsa Gira:SakheenAm

 

In traditional marriages , the lady friends of

the bride join together and sing teasing songs

about the poor qualifications of the groom and

question his fitness to receive the hand of

their friend in marriage. These are called

ParihAsa GirA: and fit well with the overall

joy of a wedding celebration.Here, Swami Desikan

becomes one of the Sakhis of Godhai and teases

Her about the fitness of the Groom she has chosen.

 

(meaning of the slOkam): Oh Godhai of the most beautiful

and tender limbs! How did it happen that this old man ,

who sleeps on a bed of snake and has a bird for

his transport become the man of Your choice as Your

husband ? Your dear husband of choice does not

even have a proper bed for You; further , if

you wish to travel to a destination of Your desire,

You have to sit with Him uncomfortably on a bird .

You can not go round the town on a procession on foot.

You can only use the bird to fly way high up.

The worst of it all is that Your husband is

an ancient(old) one, when it comes to His age , while

You are of tender age. How come You overlooked

all these negative factors , while making

Your choice of Him as Your future husband?

What happened? Thus Your friends tease You.

 

In actuality, the sakhis are congratulating

Godhai for the Bhagyam of obtaining the PurANa

Param Purushan who has Adhi Seshan as His bed and

Garudan as His vaahanam .

 

Godhai ThiuvadigaLE SaraNam,

Daasan, Oppilaippan Koil V.SatakOpan