ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series: Part 69: SlOkam 18 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs:

 

In the most beautiful 18th slOkam set in Vasanthatilaka meter ,

Swamy Desikan reflects on the collective beauty of

the Thirumukha MaNDalam of Lord DevanAthan and is

overtaken by that unique soundharyam:

 

BhimBhAdharam vikacha-pankaja-lOchanam tE

lamBhALakam laLitha-kunDala-darsaneeyam

kAntham mukham kanaka kaithaka karNapooram

svAntham vibhUshayathi dEvapathE madheeyam

 

--SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath: 18th SlOkam

 

(Extended Meaning):Oh the Lord of DevAs(Deva pathE)!

When adiyEn takes in the integrated beauty of Your

most beautiful face and reflect on it at the times

when Iam not in front of You , my mind is filled with

the flood of that nectarine beauty . That asAdhaarana

soundharyam of Your face decorates adiyEn's mind ( kAntham

tE mukham madheeyam svAntham vibhUshayathi).

 

What aspects do I visualize regarding Your beauty-laden face?

Five constituents contributing to that extraordinary

beauty of Your face stand out. Three of them --

BhimBhAdharam , Vikasa Pankaja lOchanam , lambha

aLakam -- are part of Your own dhivya ThirumEni.

The remaining two are aabharaNams presented to You

by Your bhakthAs , which add to the natural beauty

of Your limbs: (1) LaLitha KuNDalams (2) Kanaka

kaithaka karNapooram .

 

The hue of Your beautiful red lips remind me of

the ripe kovai fruit ( BhimBhAdharam). Your soft

and beautiful eyes with its tinge of red reminds

me of the just-blossomed lotus flower( Vikasa pankaja

lOchanam). Your dark and curly tresses (lamBhALakam)

extend down to Your hip. The two beautiful makara

KuNDalams (laLitha KuNDalam)are radiant with their

own jyOthi to enhance the overall beauty of Your face .

Over the ear region of Your face , symmetrically placed golden

aabharaNams resembling ThAzhampoo( Kanaka kaithaka

karNapooram) are seen . Thus the beauty of Your face

flows like a nectarine flood in my mind and makes it

sanctified and enriched. The unparalleled natural beauty of

Yours joins with the beauty of the aabharaNams presented

by Your bhakthAs and makes my mind a beautiful

abode for that integrated soundharyam .

 

Additional Observations:

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PerumAL in KurEsar's words is " Thunga MangaLa guNAspadhan "

( the abode of superior and auspicious guNas that bless

the bhakthAs with SrEyas and prEyas ). That wonderous Lord

in archA form at dhivya desams with unmatched glories

( " adhbhutham mahath aseema bhUmakam nisthulam kimchidh

vasthu " )displays not only His own dhivya soundharyam but

also adds beauty to the beautiful aabharanams

used in adorning Him like the makara kuNdalams, golden

sevvippoo in the form of woven Thaazhampoo leaves.

Because of their association with His dhivya Mukham ,

these aabharaNams have attained a special

status of auspiciousness ( " Thvadhgathataya

subheebhUyam yaathA " ).

 

PerumAL's ThirumEni is not created by anyone

( akruthathvatham). The aabharanams like the ear rings

(karna kuNDalam) , svarNa karNapooram and RathnAngi

are made by BhakthAs with great devotion with His

anugraham and thus are " kruthathvatham " . When the akruthathvatham

joins with the kruthathvatham , the combined effect

is multifold and indescribable. That is why we present

Aabharanams to perumAL following the sacred steps of

our AchAryaas. Swamy Desikan acknowledges

in this slOkam that the combination of the two ( the limbs

with the natural beauty of its own constituting the face

of the Lord and the aabharaNams associated with them) serves

as an aabharanam of a unique kind for his mind ( madheeyam

svAntham vibhUshayathi).

 

SrI DevanAtha Para BrahmaNE nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

There are just 121 days left before the planned 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?

 

Please contact me for details on the ways in which

you can join in this once in a life time Kaimkaryam to

the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram eulogized by Thiriumangai

Mannan , AchArya RaamAnujA , Swamy Desikan ,

and all AchAryAs thereafter.