Sri Vilakkoli Perumal, Thoopul/ThirutthaNkA dhivya Desam: Nithya AarAdhana kaimkaryam for VilakkoLi PerumAL and Swamy Desikan : Part XXI: Eighteenth SlOkam

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , adiyEn will cover the Eighteenth slOkam

of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan

salutes the Soulabhyam and the souseelya guNams of

ViLakkoLi PerumAL :

 

nimnOnnathAni nikhilAni padhAni ghADam

majjanthitE mahima saagara seekarEshu

nIrIndhram aasrayasi neecha janaamsthaTApi

seelEna hantha SisirOpavanEswara Thvam

 

--SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 18

 

(Meaning):The Lord of ThirutthaNkA Dhivya dEsam !

Oh ViLakkoLi PerumAnE ! Your glories are immeasurable

like the vastness of the ocean .In each droplet of that

ocean of Your vaibhavam , the entire world is contained.

All the positions starting from Brahmaa downwards are

contained in these miniscule droplets of Your Viabhavam.

Inspite of this immeasurable and limitless glory , You

seek the help of lowly ones like Guhan , the hunter king

and SugrIvan , the monkey king ! You mix with them as if

they are Your equals . Wonderous indeed is the course of

Your souseelya guNam ! ( The most exalted one in every

way mixing readily with lowly ones without holding back

is indeed the guNam of Souseelyam and soulabhyam/ease of

access without let ).

 

Additional Comments:

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Oh Lord Of ThirutthaNkA! " tE mahima seekarEshu nimna unnathAni

nikhilAni padhAni ghADam majjanthi " . All the noble sthAnams

like the padhavi of Chathur-mukha BrahmA , DevEndhran, the king

of Svargam , KubEran , the lord of wealth , the ten forms of

Fire(Agni), the twelve AdhithyAs , the sphere of Space and

the Lord of the wind (Vaayu), the sky, the constellations ,

the Moon , the Maruths , the EkAdasa RudrAs , the sthAnams of

the regents of Directions, the sthAnams of ashta Vasus and

ALL other sthAnams and their glories are totally submerged

inside a singe droplet of Your Mahimai. Such is YOur immense

glory and splendor and Yet , You put all these aside in

the most disarming manner and mingle with a unlettered

king of hunters and establish friendship with a Monkey

king and seek their help . What a Souseelyam that You

display ! It is matchless indeed !

 

The references here are to the Vibhava avathAram of

SrI DhIpa PrakAsan as Raamachandra and His meeting

with Guhan , the hunter king at his capital of

SrungavErapuram on the banks of Gangaa river.

 

Souseelyam display(1): Affectionate Interaction with Guhan

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RaamA's embrace of Guhan and affectionate conversation

with him are beautiful portrayals of the Lord's

souseelya GuNam . Ramaa consoled Guhan and asked

him to stay with his relatives and subjects instead of

accompanying Him into the forest to serve Him ;

 

" Yenn uyir AanAi nee iLaval unniLayAn

innnanuthalAL ninn kEL naLir kadal nilam yellAm

unnuduyathu naan unn thozhil urimaiyin uLLEn "

 

--Kambha RaamAyaNam: AyOdhyA KaaNDam:Guha Padalam:verse 676

 

(meaning): Oh My dear GuhA ! You are precious to Me like

My very life . My beloved brother LakshmaNan and My beautiful

wife with a lovely forehead are Your relatives. This land

girdled by the Ocean is Yours.

 

munpu uLem oru naalvEm mudivu uLathu yena unnaa

anpu uLa ini Naam ohr IYVAKAL aanOm

 

--Guha padalam Passage : 677

 

(meaning): Before befriending you, Oh GuhA , we were

four brothers . Now , We have become a family of

Five brothers with limitless love between us.

 

Aadhi Kavi VaalmIki describes the affectionate way

in which RaamA embraced the NishAda RaajA Guhan and

spoke to him :

 

" bhuJabhyaam saadhu vrutthAbhyAm peeDayan vAkyam abraveeeth "

 

(meaning): Pressing GuhA tightly once more with his

rounded arms , SrI RaamA spoke to Guhan .

 

Souseelyam Display (2): Friendship with Monkey King

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In Kishkindaa KaanDam , SrI Raamachandran meets SugrIvan,

who has been badly treated by Vaali , his brother. Raama

is introduced to the distraught SugrIvan by HanumAn

and Raama joyously embraces SugrIvan as a dear friend .

This friendship between the scion of Raghu race and

a monkey is lovingly described by Aadhi Kavi VaalmIki

in many sargams of SrImath RaamAyaNam . SugrIvan promises to

reunite SrI Raamachandran with His dear consort , SitA Piraatti.

After Vaali is punished , Raamachandran consoles SugrIvan

in the most tender manner .Our Lord , the Sarvaj~nan

Sought the counsel of Monkey king , SugrIva during

VibhIshana saraNAgathy and on the battle field

at LankA . On return to AyOdhyA , Raamachandran honors

SugrIvan during His Coronation ceremony and bids him farewell

with great affection . The souseelyam of the Lord is

beautifully displayed by our Lord.

 

Swamy Desikan salutes this souseelya guNam of

Lord DhIpa PrakAsan magnificently in this

sOkam .

 

Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama:

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam,

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan)

 

P.S : Dear BhakthAs: although we have passed the first

plateau of raising the funds needed for the NithyArAdhana

Kaimkaryam at ThUppul and ThiruthtaNkA DhIpa PrakAsan's

sannidhi, we have a little more way to go to complete

this kaimkaryam. Hence I appeal to you to particpate

in this NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam . Please contact me

for details on how you could help move this project

farther towards its goal. Thank You all !