ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series: Part 58/SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath (Continued): SlOkma 10: Part II

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the previous posting , the focus was on the extended

meanings of the First place of residence of EmperumAn

( Dhivya padham/SrI Vaikuntam).

 

In this posting , we will continue with the second

residences of the Lord besides His permanent presence

at ThiruvahIndhrapuram in the archA form.

 

Tenth SlOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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dhivyE padhE JALANIDHOU nigamOtthamAngE

svAnthE sathAm savithru-maNDala-madhya-bhAgE

BrahmAchalE cha bahumAnapadhE muneenAm

vyakthim Tava ThridasanATa vadhanthi nithyAm

 

Lord's presence as AnanthasAyee at the Milky Ocean

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Swamy Desikan salutes EmperumAn here as " JALA NIDHOU

Tava vyakthim nithyAm vadahanthi " . The knowledgable ones

describe Your manifestation as the One , who is resting on

AdhisEshan permanently at the Milky Ocean.

 

References to ThiruppARkkadal Dhivya dEsam

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AzhwArs have saluted extensively this aprAkrutha dhivya

dEsam (beyond human perception) . The name of the Lord

at this dhivya dEsam is KsheerAbdhi NaaTan . He is

served by ThAyAr , Kadal MahaL NaacchiyAr. His vimAnam

is AshtAnga VimAnam .This is Lord's Vyuha manifestation.

He presents Himself to BrahmA , RudrA and DevAs at

this dhivya dEsam.

 

Ten AhwArs have enjoyed KsheerAbdhi NaaTan as VyUha

Moorthy and blessed us with 51 Paasurams.

 

We will refer to selected passages from some of

these paasurams:

 

1) " Paarkkadal VaNNA " --PeriyAzhwAr: 3.3.7

 

2) In the appotthaikkippOthE solli VaitthEn paasuram

decade , PeriyAzhwAr seeks the protection of Lord

KsheerAbhdhinATan:

 

" paiyya aravinaNaip-pARkkadaluL paLLi koLhinRa Parama Moorthy

---Iyya ini yennaik-Kaakka vENDum "

 

here , periyAzhwAr appeals to the Sukha Saayee at

the milky ocean and begs Him to protect him. In this

Paasuram, AzhwAr also refers to the creation of Brahma

Devan from the Lord's Naabhi Kamalam .

 

3) The Lord spreading His bed of AadhisEshan on the white

waves of Milky ocean (VeLLai veLLam)and resting in a state of

faked sleep (KaLLa Nidhrai) is beautifully visualized by the AzhwAr

and he gets horripulations over that vision of that Vyuha Moorthy

(PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi : 5.1.7).

 

4)In the pasuram 5.2.10,PeriyAzhwAr describes how this

Lord of KsheerAbdhi came and occupied his heart lotus to

offer protection (pattiNak-Kaapu). In this beautiful paasuram,

Azhwar describes how the Lord of KsheerAbdhi (Jala Nidhi)

came with His milky ocean, MahA Lakshmi(Aravindap-Paavai)

and the bed of AadhisEsha and entered in to him to rest.

 

5) In the famous SenniyOngu Paasuram decade , PeriyAzhwAr

again celebrates His SoubhAgyam in having the Lord of

the Milky Ocean (Panik-Kadal)and opting to rest in

the ocean of his mind (Manak-Kadal)and salutes the Lord as

Maaya MaNALa Nampi...PeriyAzhwAr Paasuram: 5.4.9

 

6) Andal salutes the Lord of KsheerAbdhi in the third

ThiruppAvai Paasuram as " PaaRkkadaluL Paiyat-thuyinRa

Paraman " and salutes His Thiruvadi as a part of the vratham.

Two more NacchiyAr Thirumozhi Paasurams also salute this

Jala Nidhi Naatan.

 

7)KulasEkharar visualizes KsheerAbdhinATan as :

" ONN PavaLa vElai ulavu taNN paaRRkkadalUL

KaNN thyuilum MaayOn " . The Asccharya GuNa seelan

(MaayOn) resting on the cool Milky ocean known

for its gentle waves bringing the bright coral

gems to the shore is visualized here ( PerumAL

Thirumozhi: 4.4).

 

8) Thirumazhisai, who gave us the Vyuham details based

on PaancharAthram first has 13 paasurams , where He refers to

the Jala Nidhi, KsheerAbdhi Naatan. The excerpts

from Thirucchanda Viruttham are:

 

" Naaka Moorthy sayanamAi nalam kadal kidanthu " ,

" Paal niRak-kadal kidantha ParpanAbhan " ( the Lord

PadmanAbhan resting on the milky ocean ),

" kadaintha PaaRkkadal kidanthu " ( resting on the Milky

Ocean, which He churned earlier to produce nectar

and to enjoy the nectar among women , MahA lakshmi).

 

In the 3rd paasuram of Naanmukhan ThiruvanthAdhi(NMT),

Thirumazhisai AzhwAr " boasts " about his unparalleled

knowledge of the Lord (Roopam, Svaroppam, GuNam ,

Vaibhavam ) and challenges others about their levels of

Comprehension of the Tatthvam of the Lord (Paalil

Kidanthavum--Paasuram). In the 36th paasuram of NMT,

Thirumazhisai salutes the Lord of jala nidhi as :

" NaahatthaNaip-PaaRkkadal kidakkum Aadhi nedumaal " .

He is ancient and eternal ( Tava Vyakthim nithyAm

Vadhanthi is Swamy Desikan's mangaLAsAsanam).

 

9) ThoNdardaippodi AzhwAr has a beautiful

Paasuram ( ThirumAlai: 18) , where he visualizes

in Lord RanganAtha as the KsheerAndhinAthan :

 

" inithirait-tivali mOdha veRiyum taNN paravai meethE

Tanik-kidanthu arasu seyyum Taamaraik-KaNNan yemmAn "

 

" Paravai " means the ocean and not the river CauvEri.

It can also mean the ocean like , huge Cauveri.

Here the sweet waves of milk are breaking on the shore

to form fine droplets(spray).There in His solitary

majesty , the Lord rests and rules the Universe.

What a beautiful visualization !

 

10) Thirumangai has 11 Paasurams relating to

KsheerAbdhinATan.In NaimichAraNya Paasuram ,

AzhwAr calls the Lord with great Aathuram

and decalres that he has sought and arrived at

the ThiruvadigaL of the Lord resting at the Milky

Ocean as the Supreme being: " ParamanE PaaRkkadal

KidanthAi, Naadi naan vanthu unn Thiruvadi adainthEn " .

At ThiruveLLiyankudi, Thirumangai acknowledges

the Sayana Moorthy as the KsheerAbdhinATan:

" PaaRk-Kadal thuyinRa ParamanAr PaLLIkoLL koil " .

 

11) At ThiruvazhunthUr , Thirumangia gives a total

description of the KsheerAbdhi NaaTan( Periya Thirumozhi 8.1.1):

 

Senkamalat-ThirumakaLum puviyum semponn

thiruvadiyininai varuda munivarEttha

vangamali tadam kadalul Ananthan yennum

vari aravinaNait-thuyinRa MaayOn kANmin "

 

The beatuiful domestic scene at Milky Ocean

with the Lord resting on the Serpent bed and

His divine consorts , SrI and BhU Devis pressing

His lotus soft feet and the sages eulogizing the Lord

are described here.

 

12) At ThirukkaNNapuram, Thirumangai has the vision of

the Lord as KsheerAbdhi Naatan( Periya Thirumozhi: 8.10.7):

 

" VeLLai neer veLLatthanaintha aravanai mEl

thuLLU neer meLlat-ThuyinRa PerumAne "

 

The whiteness of the Milky Ocean , the gently

swaying waves rocking the Lord for His enjoyable

sleep on the bed of AadhisEshan are saluted here.

 

13) At ThirumAlirumchOlai, Thirumangai visualizes

the Jagath SamrakshaNa , Srushti & samhAra VyApArams

( Bhuvanam padaitthu uNDu umizhntha DevarkaL

Naayakan) of the KsheerAbdhinATan and salutes Him

as " Moovaril Munn Mudhalvan (PradhAna Purushan) " .

The mangaLAsAsanam as " DevarkaL Naayakan " has

association with the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram,

SrI Deva Naathan.

 

14) Poygai salutes this Sayana Moorthy as " Thirai

mEl KidanthAn " . ButhatthAzwAr worships Him as

" PaaRRk-kadalAn " ( the One who has the abode of

the Milky Ocean).pEy AzhwAr has a beautiful salutation

of Him as Jala Nidhi :

 

" SankOthap-PaaRkkadalAn PaampaNain mElAn " .

 

pEy AzhwAr recognizes this Lord of ThiruppARkkadal

as the 0ne , who is the object of praise by all

the Four VedAs , who excels the sweetness of even honey ,

who is eulogized by the SaasthrAs and as the One resting

in the Conch-filled milky ocean on top of His bed of

AadhisEshan.

 

15) swamy NammaazhwAr has 9 paasurams devoted to

KsheerAbdhinATan. In Thiruviruttham (79th paasuram),

AzhwAr salutes the Lord as : " PaaRRkkadal PaampaNai

mEl PaLLI koNDaruLum seethanayE ThozhuvAr ,viNNuLArilum

SeeriyarE " ( AzhwAr declares that those who worship

this KsheerAbdhinATan with asanchala bhakthi/Single minded

devotion, even in the middle of the distractions of

this world , are far supeiror to the Nithyasooris ,

who worship Him at Parma Padham in tranquil surroundings).

 

16) In ThiruvAimozhi (2.6.5), Swamy NammazhwAr

visualizes the Lord of KsheerAbdhi engaged in Yoga nidhrA

on the Five-headed AadhisEshan symbolizing the proof of

Seshathvam :

 

" Iyndhu PaintalaiAdaravaNi mEvip-PaaRRkkadal yOga Nitthirai

sinthai seytha YenthAi "

 

here the AzhwAr declares that he has now got a good grip

on what his duties are. He states that his sins have now

disappeared and he has gained the state of endless beautitude

and Jn~Anam about nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord to dwell in

and drink deep the pleasures of such service to the Lord.

AzhwAr says that he contemplates on the KsheerAbdhinATan

without let just as the Lord contemplates during His Yoga nidhrai

on His duties to the aasrithALs and the Universe that is

His property.

 

The Payilum SudaroLi Paasuram (ThiruvAimozhi 3.7.1)

is a beautiful one saluting the Lord of PaaRRkkadal,

where AzhwAr points out the greatness of those,

who have the SrEyas (prosperity/Sampath) of pondering over

the anantha kalyANa gunams of Parama Purushan reclining in

the Milky Ocean. AzhwAr declares those SrI VaishNava BhagavathAs

are his (AzhwAr's)unexcelled Masters and he would take any number of

births just to have their association .The blessed life under

the sacred feet of such BhAgavathAs is extolled here.

 

In the next posting , the Lord's residence on top of Upanishads,

inside the heart lotus and in the middle of Sun's orbit will be covered.

 

NamO SrI DevanAthAya

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

inviting Your participation in the RathnAngi

Kaimkaryam for SrI DhaivanAyakan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram.