KurEsar's Sri VaradarAja Sthavam :Part XIV-- SlOkam 3: Additional comments from Sri U.Ve.SrivathsAngAcchAr's VyAkhyAnam

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Dear BhakthAs of Lord VaradarAjA :

 

The Third slOkam originating from the mind and lips of

KurEsar in front of Lord Hasthi GirIsan and AchArya

RaamAnujA has this padha anvya kramam (prose order form ):

 

" Indhriya-padha-adhikam , yOginAm dhiya: api sudhUrakam ,

anusrava sirassu api dhurgraham , Maha: Karisaila MasthakE

NITHYAM PRAADHURASTHI " .

 

(1) Indhriya-Padha-adhikam (nithyam prAdhurasthi):

 

VedhAs point out that the Supreme Brahman can not be

seen , grasped , heard or experienced by physical senses

( maamsa Chakshus et al ):

 

" na chakshushA-gruhayathE naapi vaachA , yath tath adhrEsayam,

agrAhyam ..achakshushu: srOthram ...nithyam Vibhu, na

maamsachakshu: abhiveekshathE Tamm " .

 

(2) YoginAm dhiya: api SudhUrakam : There are only two ways to

see the Lord according to the Upanishads. One is by Vedha-adhyayanam

and the other is by practise of Yogam ( SvAdhayAyascchakshurutha

yEkamasya yOgO DhvidhIyam abhiveekshaNAya ). yOgam with the discipline

of yama-niyamA et al is done by yOgis like ParAsarar , the author of

VishNu PurANam .Even for them , the great effulgence on top

of the Hasthigiri is unreachable through their mental faculty.

It is far , far away (sudhUrakam ) from their ken .

 

(3) anusrava sirassu api dhurgraham : That which is taught by

an AchAryan and learnt through hearing is Anusravam or

Sruthi. Their head is the Upanishad part (anusrava Siras). Even

those Upanishads can not fully fathom that great Supreme effulgence

on top of the Hasthigiri.

 

(4) Maha: Karisaila masthakE: That supreme effulgence is like

crores of Suns ( PahalOn pahal ViLakkaha Param Sudar ThOnRiyathE).

It was like the rising of the thousand crores of Suns duirng

the day.When that Supreme effulgence appeared , the regular

Sun paled into insignificance , Chandran's jyOthi was bedimmed

as well as of the stars , Agni and Lightning . All of the latter

have their radiance from a miniscule portion of that Param Sudar

( na tathra SuryO BhAthi , Na chandra-tArakam nEmA vidhyuthO

Bhaanthi kuthOyamagni: , TamEva BhAnthumanubhAthi nithyam Tasya

BhAsA Sarvamidham VibhAthi). That mighty effulgence appeared on

top of Hasthigiri and stays there forever .

 

(5) Maha: Karisaila MasthakE Nithyam prAdhurasthi: On top of

the Elephant hill manifested the Supreme effulgence out of its own

sanklapam to stay there eternally. Kaanchipuram's Hasthigiri is

the center of that Svayam-Vyaktha KshEthram , where the Lord

appeared out of His own sankalpam . Swamy Desikan points out

that Lord VaradarAjan appeared in the first yugam in response to

the AsvamEdha Yaagam performed by BrahmA ; He protected

GajEndhran in the next yugam of TrEthA . In the DhvApara

Yugam that followed TrEthA , He blessed Deva Guru , Brahaspathi.

In Kali Yugam , He is worshipped by Adhi Seshan as

the Supreme effulgence on top of Hasthi Giri on the banks

of Anantha Saras .Thus He is present in all the four Yugams

for blessing His BhakthAs in His self-manifested form .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE saraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan