ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series: Part 63/SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath : SlOkma 14

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

Today , let us enjoy the 14th slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka

PanchAsath which refers to the ParipoorNa Soundharyam of

the Lord and the beauty of His individual limbs

(Prathyanga poorNa sushumA subhagam vapu:).

 

The Fourteenth SlOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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BhUshAyudhai: adhigatham nija-kAnthi-hEthO:

bhuktham PriyAbhi: animEsha vilOchanAbhi:

prathyanga-poorNa-sushumA-subhagam VapustE

dhrushtvA dhrusou VibhudhanATa na thrupyathO mE

 

Expanded meaning:

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Oh Supreme Master of the aasembly of DevAs! Every one

of Your limbs are filled with soundharyam and lAvaNyam.

hence , it is not easy to describe the incomparable beauty of

Your divine body. To that extraordinarily beautiful body

of Yours , the pieces of jewelery that You are adorning

are not going to add anything as enhancement in soundharyam.

In reality , the divine jewelery and the special weapons

gain special lustre and beauty through contact with

Your dhivya ThirumEni. They want to reside on Your body to

hold on to these special benefits. Your dearest consorts

enjoy this beauty of Your body and do not even wink their

eyelids for fear of missing out the aanandha anubhavam of

feasting on Your beauty with their eyes even for a fraction

of a second. As for adiyEn , the flood of beauty associated

with Your dhivya ThirunEni overwhelms me and adiyEn's eyes

enjoy this unparalleled beauty of Yours without satiety.

 

Additional Comments:

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Swamy Desikan is getting set to enjoy and salute

the beauty of Lord DevanAthan limb by limb ( Prathyangam).

That extraordinary beauty seen stored in every one of

the limbs of the Lord from head to the nails in His feet

makes the Lord mostdelightful to enjoy ( Prathyanga poorNa

sushumA subhagam tE vapu:). The dhivya aayudhams and

the dhivya Aabharanams vie with one another to enhance their

own beauty and lustre through sambhnadham with their Lord's

dhivya ThirumEni ( nija kAnthi hEthO: bhUshAyudhai:

tE vapu: adhigatham). Your dhivya ThirumEni with

its attendant weapons and jeweelery is the object of

single minded enjoyment by Your dear consorts and

they do not even wink for fear of missing the anubhavam

of Your dhivya soundharyam ( PriyAbhi: tE Vapu: animEsha-

vilOchanAbhi: bhuktham).adiyEn has the darsana soubhAgyam

of Your divine body ( ThirumEni) and my eyes do not ever

experience satiety from enjoying Your incomparable beauty

( tE vapu: dhrushtvA mE dhrusou na thrupyatha:).

 

PoorvAchAryA's enjoyment of the Lord's dhivya Soundharyam

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The First of the PoorvAchAryAs , who composed sthOthram

of the Lord in the form of exquisite poetry is Swamy AlavanthAr

(SthOthra Rathnam).KurEsar followed the foot steps of

Swamy AlavanthAr and blessed us with five brilliant

sthOthrams known for their poetic skills and depth of

devotion. Swamy Desikan was immensely influenced by

the poetic devotional works of his PoorvAchAryAs

and with the anugraham of Lord Hayagreevan composed

many sthOthra granthams . One can hear the echo of

KurEsar's slOkams in Swamy Desikan's devotional poetry.

 

The enjoyment of Lord VaradarAjan's dhivya soundharyam

(limb by limb) by KurEsar in His SrI VaradarAja Sthavam

(SlOkams 22-24) and its echos are seen in this fourteenth

slOkam:

 

ThvAm udhArabhujam unnasam aayath

karNapAsa-parikarmasadhamsam

aayathAksham abhijAtha kapOlam

paaraneeyathiVarapradha! dhrungmE

 

SlOkam 22 , SrI VaradarAja Sthavam

 

Here Kuresar points out that His mind set is like

that of those , who undertake upavAsam and look

forward at the end of that upavAsam to their PaaraNayais

(breaking of the fast ).My eyes wish to take in

the dhivya Soundharyam of Your limbs as the feast

after upavAsam .The most generous and beautiful

hands giving away limitless boons , the majestic

nose , the long ear lobes adornig the region above

the neck , broad and lovely eyes , the radiant cheeks

full of joy --all of these soundharyam displayed through

the limbs of Bhagavaan serve as feast for Kuresar.

It is similar experience like the Devis of the Lord

who do not close their eye lids even for a fraction of

a second lest the miss the aanandhAnubhavam of enjoying

the soundharyam of Their Lord's angams (priyAbhi: animEsha

vilOchanAbhiu: bhuktham tE vapu:)as described by

Swamy Desikan in this 14th slOkam.

 

neela mEgha nibham anjana punja

shyAma kunthaLam ananathasayam ThvAm

abhja-pANi-padham ambhuja nEthram

nEthrAsAth kuru KarIsa! sadhA mE

 

--SrI VaradarAja Sthavam: slOkam 23

 

Swamy Desikan sets his 14th slOkam of Devanaayaka

PanchAsath in the spirit of the enjoyment of the beauty of

the individual limbs by Kuresar on the DevarAja PerumAl

(ThEpperumAL ) of Kaanchi in the above slOkam. Here Kuresar

prays for the uninterrupted darsana soubhAgyam of

the incomparable beauty of the bluish-black hue of

the Lord, His black and curly tresses , His hands,

feet and eyes with the softeness and beauty of lotus.

Limb by limb, Kuresar enjoys the Lord's beauty and prays

to Him grant the boon of nithya sEvai to his eyes.

The most important occurence is that Lord VaradarAjan

granted the boon and Kuresar , who was blinded by

the fanatic chOLa king recoverd his eye sight as he

completed this slOkam. In addition to His darsanam

on the standing posture ( NinRa ThirukkOlam on top of

Hasthigiri ), the Lord also blessed KurEsar with

the sevai of His reclining posture on Adhiseshan

( Sayana ThirukkOlam ). Kuresar prays: " nEthrasAth

kuru KarIsa sadhA mE " . Swamy Desikan says that

his eyes are never satiated with the enjoyemnt

of the beauty of the Lord's ThirumEni ( tE vapu:

dhrushtvA mE dhrusou na thrupyathE).

 

Such is the beauty of the PoorNa Soundharyam of

the ThirumEni of Lord DevanAthan that is being saluted

by Swamy Desikan in the manner of PoorvAchArya sthuthis.

 

SrI DevanAtha Para BrahmaNE nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: adiyEn invites Your participation in the RathnAngi

Kaimkaryam for SrI DhaivanAyakan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram

scheduled for poorthi with His anugraham on

October 5, 2003(PurattAsi SravaNam day).

 

There are just 137 days left before samarpaNam of

the RathnAngi for the Lord. Wont You please join in this

kaimkaryam , support it and recieve the paripoorNa

anugraham of Lord DevanAthan and SrI HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr?

We have assembled now 22% of the funds needed for

the completion of this kaimkaryam. There is a long

way to go over the next 137 days. Please help

with as little or as much you can.