KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam: Part VII

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Dear BhakthAs of Lord VaradarAja PerumAL:

 

Our Lord of Kaanchi , Atthigiri AruLALa PerumAl

appeared before His Son , Chathur Mukha Brahma

on a ChithrA Sukla Paksha Chathurdasi Sunday

during the morning hours , when Hastha nakshathram

was in ascendance . He appeared out of the HomAgni,

of the AsvamEdha Yaaga Vethi.

 

His Tejas was like that of crores of SooryAs at noon

and He had a golden hue . He was like a giant mountain .

He appeared with His PuNya KOti VimAnam before all

the priests , who officiated at the AsvamEdha Yaagam

as well as before the wives of BrahmA (Sarasvathi,

Saavithri et al).He was like a SvarNa Parvatham .

 

The deva Dundhubis were heard and the Thirucchinna

Vaadhyams were played by Nithya Sooris. Swamy Desikan

describes the avathAram scene at the Yaaga Vethi on

the sacred Hasthi Giri:

 

perumaiudai Atthigirip PerumAL vanthAr

pErAtha aruL pozhiyum PerumAL vanthAr

aru maRayin ucchi-tanil ninRAr vanthAr

angamudan avaiyAhum aryOr vanthAr

ThiruurayAit thAmm poruLAi niRpAr vanthAr

ThiruvaruLAl sezhum-kalaikaL tanthAr vanthAr

maruvalarkku mayakku uraikkum MaayOr vanthAr

vAnERa vazhi TanthAr vanthAr thAmE

 

--Mey Viratha Maanmiyam: Paasuram 16

 

(meaning ): The Hasthigiri Lord of indescribable

glories has arrived . The Lord who drenches us with

the cool rains of His permanent karuNai has arrived.

The Lord saluted by the Upanishads has now arrived. He is

the One , who is Veda Svaroopan with all its six angams .

He has now arrived. The great One , who shines as

the artha svaroopam , while His PirAtti stands as

Sabdha Svaroopam has indeed arrived. The compassionate One ,

who has given us the highest SaasthrAs has incarnated

here. The same One , who gives deluding Mohana saasthrams

to nonbelievers is standing in front of us. The Para Brahmam ,

who shows us the way to ascend to His Parama Padham

has sanctified the Hasthi Giri now with His aavirbhAvam .

 

Swamy Desikan describes the Svayam JyOthi Purushan

Who arose from the Agni KuNdam in the 18th verse of

Mey Viratha Maanmiyam this way :

 

BrahmA and all those assembled for the performance of

the AsvamEdha Yaagam could not take their eyes off the Lord

of indescribable soundharyam. Atthigiri AruLALan's shining

KirItam had the lustre of the Sun . His face was cool like

the chandra Mandalam . The makara Kundalams on both ears

looked as though they were fighting with each other for

attention . The divine mole of Srivathsam and Periya

Piraatti were resplendent on His broad chest.With His

mysterious stomach that houses all the sentient and

insentient creations at the time of the great deluge

and with His sacred feet worshipped by the four VedhAs ,

the Para Brahmam gave His sevai to all. If one were to

compare , He was like the oasis in the middle of a scorching

desert ; He was like a great mountain that made Hasthigiri

bend under His immense weight ; He was like the radiant

effulgence , which banished the darkness of nescience

forever; He was the Supreme object sought by BrahmA

through His grand Yaagam ; He shone as AntharyAmi Brahmam

in all of His creations.He stood out as the divine nectar

sought after by all the BhaagavathAs.

 

Swamy Desikan salutes Lord VaradarAjan as the PEraruLALan

who is worshipped in all the Four Yugams in the 26th

Paasuram of Mey Vratha Maanmiyam this way:

 

In the first Yugam of Krutha Yugam , This embodiment of

karunai appeared before Chathur Mukha Brahma at Hasthigiri.

 

In the next yugam of ThrEthA Yugam , He rushed with

intense hurry to the side of the pond , where His

dear Bhakthan , the King of Elephants(GajEndhran)

was addressing Him as Aadhimoolam and cried out

for his protection from the jaws of the tormenting

Crocodile . He saved the GajEndhran and acquired

the name of GajEndhra Varadhan.

 

In the third yugam of DhvAparam , Lord VaradharAjan

removed the curse of Deva Guru, Bruhaspathi and

restored him to his former exalted posiiton.

 

In the fourth Yugam of Kali , He received AarAdhanam

from AdhisEshan , who wanted to have His sevai as

VarAhAvathAran .Even today , AdhisEshan lives at

an ant hill near the PushkaraNi named after him

(Anantha Saras) and performs AarAdhanam for His Lord.

Every 40 years , another archai of Lord VaradarAjan

made from Atthi Wood comes out of His special abode

under Anantha saras and gives us His Sevai and shares

that Sevai with His NithyArAdhakan, AdhisEshan .

 

In the next posting , adiyEn will start with

Sri VaradarAja Sthavam's First slOkam and seek

the anugraham of Sri PerumdEvi SamEtha PeraruLALan

to complete this kaimkaryam.

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan