ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 75: SlOkam 33-34 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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>SrI:

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>Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

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>Thirty Third SlOkam ( VanamAlai VarNanam )

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>varNakramENa VibhudEsa vichithrithAngee

> smEra prasoona subhagA VanamAlikEyam

>hrudhyA sugandhi rajahath KamalA maNeendhrA

> nithyA Tava sphurathi Moorthiriva dhvitheeyA

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>General Meaning:

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>Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Vanamalai adorned by You

>appears like another ThirumEni of Yours. It is

>made up of many colored flowers ( White, Red, Yellow and

>Blue flowers from the forest).It has this polychromed array ,

>which makes it most enjoyable like Your own body , which

>is wonderous in that the limbs of Your body has generated

>many different categories of people like the Brahmins ,

>Kings, VaisyAs and SudrAs. The just blossomed flowers

>in the VanamAlai make it bewitching to behold.It adorns

>Your sacred chest and has haunting fragrance.On that sacred

>Chest of Yours are SrI Devi and Kousthubham gem along

>with the VanamAlai. This wild flower garland never

>fades and is Saasvatham like Your body .It is like Your

>second body in the sense that it has the natural fragrance

>and is eternal in its existence .

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>Additional Comments:

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>Swamy Desikan incorporates double meanings for

>the following phrases of this slOkam:

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>1) " VarNa KramENa " can mean the array of colors associated with

>the wild flowers constituting the VanamAlai or it can mean

>the order of the four VarNAsramams ( BrAhmaNa-Kshatriya-Vaisya-

>SudrALs).

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>2) " VichithrithAngi " can mean the assembly of many colors

>in VanamAlai or it can mean the various limbs of the Lord.

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>3) " SmEra Prasoona SubhagA " can mean the garland

>that is beautiful with fully blossomed flowers or

>the Lord's body that is beautiful like a just blossomed

>flower.

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>4) " hrudhyA " can mean on the chest region or delectable

>to experience .

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>Both VanamAlai and the Lord's body have natural fragrance

>(Sugandhi:). Both are eternal (nithyA); both are never

>separated from MahA Lakshmi and Kousthubham ( ajahath

>KamalA , MaNeendhrA).

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>Therefore , Swamy Desikan concludes that the Lord's

>VanamAlai is a veritable second body of the Lord

>( Iyam VanamAlikA Tava DhvitheeyA Moorthy iva sphurathi).

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>SlOkam 34: (VarNanam of the Lord's Mind/ThiruvuLLam )

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>aardhram tamOmaTanam aasritha tArakam tE

> suddham mana: sumanasAm amrutham duhAnam

>taththAhdrusam ViBudhanATa samruddhakAmam

> sargEshvidham bhavathi chandramasAm prasoothi:

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>General Meaning

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>Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Sruthis declare that Chandran

>is born out of Your mind (ChandramA mansO jaatha:).

>There are a multitude of ChandrAs created by You

>in the many, many srushti activities during the many

>creations of Yours after each praLayam .

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>Your sacred mind is the KaaraNa PoruL ( the reason/basis

>behind the Moon's existence) for these chandrans and latter

>are the Kaarya PoruL (Created objects).The clay is the

>KaaraNa PoruL and the pot made out of that clay

>is the Kaariya PoruL. They (the clay & the pot)resemble

>each other in many respects . Similarly , You the Creator

>and the created object, Chandran have close similarities.

>Like You , Chandran is cool and comforting , removes darkness,

>serves as the Lord of stars, grants the DevAs the nectar of

>its kalais as food , induces love of those ,who see it.

>Your mind is similar in many ways to the rays of the Moon

>in being filled with daya for others, removes aj~nAnam ,

>stays pure, rejuvenates Your bhAgavathAs and shares

>other attributes. Therefore there is similiarity between

>KaaraNa and Kaarya Vasthus(Viz).,Yourself and the Moon that

>You created.

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>Additional Comments:

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>Bhagavan is BhOgya BhUthan.He is like nectar for

>His devotees. He is Aadhi KaaraNan ( vide: PeriyAzhwAr

>Paasuram: " KannA! Naanmuhanaip-padaitthAnE! KaaraNA! " ).

>At all places and times, BhagavAn is BhOgyan to MukthAs

>through the display of His Svaroopa, GuNa , Vigraha ,

>VibhUthi Isvaryams ( Mukthitha: Muktha BhOgya:).In PraNavam,

>He is akAra Vaachyan and thereby denotes that He is

>the Moola KaaraNan for all creation including the Moon.

>He becomes the VisEshaNam for all created beings.

>In Vaikunta Sthavam slOkam , KurEsar points this

>out: " IcchAtha yEva Visva PatArttha SatthA " ( Through

>Your sankalpam alone , the existence as entity occurs

>for all the objects created by You).They are maintained by

>Your power :

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> " DhyaouscchAndArkka NakashathrA kham dhisO-bhUr mahOdadhi:

> VaasudEvasya VeeryENa VidhruthAni MahAthmana: "

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>--MahA BhAratham

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>The AakAsam consisting of Svargam, Chandran, Sooryan, Stars ,

>the directions, BhUmi, the vast Oceans , all of these are sustained

>by the sankalpa balam of Lord VaasudEvan.

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>In one of the adhikAra sangraha Paasuram , Swamy Desikan

>refers to this Jagath KaaraNa , JagdhAthAra , Jaganniyamana

>sakthi of the Lord:

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> " nilai tantha tArakanAi niyamikkum IRaivanumAi

> ilathonRenaa vahai yellAm tanatenum YenthaiyumAi "

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>In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan focuses on Kaarya-KaaraNa

>Ubhaya svaroopathvam of the Lord. He is the KaaraNam

>( UpAdhAna, Nimittha and SahakAri KaaraNams) for this

>Universe consisting of sentients and insentients.

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>NamO SrI DevanATAya,

>Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

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>P.S: May the Lord's beautiful VanamAlai and His cool

>ThiruvuLLam inspire you to join in His RathnAngi

>Kaimkaryam !

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