ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 78: SlOkam 35-36 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

 

Thirty Fifth SlOkam ( Salutations to The Udharam)

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visvam nigeerya ViBhudhEswara jAthakArsyam

madhyam valithraya vibhAvya jagath vibhAgham

aamOdhi nAbhi naLinastha virincha bhrungam

aakalapayath udhara-Bhandha ivAsayO mE

 

General Meaning:

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Oh Lord DeavanAthA! During the PraLya kAlam ,

You swallow the whole worlds and their beings

and keep them in a small portion of your stomach

for safe keeping. Inspite of holding all these three

worlds and their beings, Your stomach looks lean

and small. When one enjoys the three folds associated

with Your stomach, one wonders whether those three folds

are the hints of the three separate worlds residing

in Your stomach. When one looks at the fragrant lotus

growing out of Your Naabhi dEsam and sees BrahmA there,

one is reminded of a huge lotus to which is attached

a honey bee.adiyEn's mind revolves round and round

the beauty of Your waist region like the encircling

belt.

 

Additional Comments:

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" aNDaraNDa bakiraNDaitthoru maanilamezhu-

maal varai muRRum uNDavan " is the salutation for

the Lord , who swallowed the three worlds with all

its mountains and beings . Such a Lord keeps all

that in a very small portion of the stomach and

sails down the PraLayam waters as VaDapathra Saayee.

Swamy KurEsar describes the wonder this way

as the Brahma Jn~Anis know:

 

" Varadha ! Thvath Udharam aNDAnAm sTAnam (ithi)

santha: aamananthi " .

 

Inspite of swallowing of such gigantic three worlds,

Your stomach still looks lean and trim .What happened ?

where did all that go asks Swamy Kuresar:

" Tath asya kArsyam kaTam nu? " . How does it stay

slim? Swamy Desikan answers that those worlds

are not making the Lord's stomach bloated but

their presence is hinted however by the three folds

seen on the stomach (valithraya vibhAvya jagath

vibhAgam). One has to guess and conclude from

the three folds on the lean stomach that they are

linked to the presence of the three worlds inside

the Lord's stomach. The Vali Thrayam or the three

welt marks on the stomach is usually associated

with the name of DaamOdharan , which arose from

the impressions of the three strands of ropes

used by YasOdhA to tie down the mischevous

Baala KrishNan (KaNNinuNN siRu thAMpinAL

kattuNNappatta Peru Maayan).

 

Swamy Desikan also refers to the Lord as the small

child , VaDapathra sAyee holding in a small portion of

His stomach , the entire world during praLya kAlam

this way:

 

" BaalAkruthEr-vaDapalAsamithasya yasya

BrahmANDa maNDalam abhUth udharaikadesE "

 

SlOkam 36: (VarNanam of the Lord's Naabhi)

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nAkoukasam praTamathAm adhikurvathE tE

naabhi sarOja rajasAm parINAma bhEdhA:

aarAdhyadhbhiriha thair Bhavatha: sameechee

virOchithA ViBhudhanAyaka ithyabhikhyA

 

General Meaning

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Oh Lord Dhaiva NaayakA! The dust from the Lotus on Your

naabhi becomes transformed in to various BrahmAs and DevAs.

BrahmA and those DevAs arrive at Your dhivya dEsam to perform

aarAdhanam for You.Through Your valour, You destroy their

(DevA's) enemies , protect them as their Swamy and therefore

it is appropriate for You to have the title of DevanAthan.

 

Additional Comments:

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" Veera! Bhavatha: sameechee Vibhutha Naayaka ithi

abhikhyA uchithA " . Oh Mighty Hero! For You

the precious title of Deva NaaTan is very

appropriate based on the samrakshaNam provided by You

to the DevAs in their battles against the asurAs.

You display Your unmatched valor and save the DevAs

(Your Daasans) from misery. They are grateful

and worship You at Your dhivya dEsam of ThiruvahIndhrapuram

(iha aarAdhayathbhi: thai: ).Why are they so dear

to You so that You elect to rush to their rescue?

They are dear to you and close to You since

they are born from the transformation of

the pollen dusts of the lotus springing out

of Your nAbhi ( tE naabhi sarOja rajasAm

pariNAma bhEdhA: nAkoukasAm praTamathAm

adhikurvathE). Brahma was Your first born.

He arose out of the Lotus on Your navel.

The pollen dust from that Lotus transformed

in to the thirty three crores of DEvAs ,

who have thus become very dear to You. Hence You are

their Lord (Deva Naathan/ViBhudha Naayakan)and

the Title of ViBhudha Naayakan is an apt fit for You .

 

NamO SrI DevanATAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: May the Lord's beautiful Udharam of the Lord

protecting the world and its beings during the PraLayam

and serving as the janana sthAnam for the world after

PraLayam inspire you to join in Lord DeavanAthan's

RathnAngi Kaimkaryam !