ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 83: SlOkams 45-46 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Fourty FifthSlOkam ( Salutations to the dust from Lord's Feet)

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Chithram Thvadheeya padha padhma parAga yOgAth

yOgam vinAapi yugadh vilayam prayAnthi

vishvanji NirjarapathE sirasi prajAnAm

vEdha: sva-hastha likithAni dhuraksharANi

 

General Meaning:

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! Brahma dEvan writes with his own hands

on the skulls of the created beings about the ills that would

befall them in their lives.These are called Duraksharams or

those which portend mishaps and inauspiciousness to be

expected. The knowledgable ones practise Bhakthi or Prapatthi

Yogam and transform these duraksharams to subhAksharams

and attain Moksham.Those fortunate ones , who wear the dust

particles from Your Thiruvadi on their heads erase all

these duraksharams written by Brahma in one moment

without the help from any other yOgam (Bhakthi or

Prapatthi yOgam).Those fortunate ones attain Sathgathi.

Oh DevanAthA ! Matchless indeed is the Vaibhavam of

even the dust speck from Your Thiruvadi!

 

Additional Comments:

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Swamy Desikan uses the double meaning of the word,

" Yogam " in this slOkam : " yOgam vinAapi parAga yOgAth

vilayam prAyanthi " . Yogam means either Bhakthi/

prapatthi yOgam or association with some other entity.

When the Padha Padhma ParAgas (the dust particles

from the lotus feet of the Lord) associates/comes

in to contact with (yOgam) the heads of the chEthanams,

then all the duraksharams there written by BrahmA's own

hand at the time of birth are instantly destroyed

(yugapadh vilayam prayAnthi).Swamy Desikan states that

it is indeed a mystery (Chithram).

 

SlOkam 46: (VarNanam of the vaibhavam of Bhakthi Yogis)

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yE janma kODibhir-upArjitha suddha dharmA:

tEshAm bhavaccharaNa bhakthirateeva bhOgyA

thvajjIvithais Thridasa nAyaka dhurlabhais-thai:

aAthmAnamapyakaTaya: svayam aathmavantham

 

General Meaning

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Oh Dhaiva NaayAkA! It is not an easy task to

have uninterrupted meditation of Your sacred

feet as is required for Bhakthi yOga anushtAnam.

For that , the BhAgyasaalee should have performed

in crores of births before , lofty dharmAs and

placed the fruits of such dharmAs at Your sacred

feet thru SaathvIka ThyAgam.Only such fortunate ones

find now delight in displaying Bhakthi at Your

sacred feet. It is not easy to come across

such great BhaagavathAs.You adore them to such

an extent that You have declared in GithA that

they are antharyAmis ( in dwellers ) to You.

Marvellous indeed is the glory of the Bhakthi Yogis !

 

Additional Comments:

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In the 59th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam ,

KurEsar described that the Lord as being seated on

a fully blossomed Lotus in the heart cavity of

a Bhakthi yOgi ( BhakthAnAm yadh vapushi daharam

paNDitham PunDareekam).KurEsar asks the Lord of

Kaanchi whether the Hrudhaya PuNDareekam (heart

lotus ) is most enjoyable to the ThiruvadikaL

of the Lord ( tE paadhAbhjayO: athisukhadham Kim ?).

KurEsar salutes the greatness of Bhakthi yOgis herre

 

In the 46th slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath,

Swamy Desikan refers in this context to a declaration by

GeethAchAryan ( Jn~Ani ThvAthmaiva mE matham) ,

whic is in acknowledgement of the dearness of

the Bhakthi Yogis to the Lord. BhagavAn says:

" They are my antharyAmis " . Such is the glory of

the Bhakthi yOgis of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan!

 

NamO SrI DevanATAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: May Lord DevanAthan's most sacred dust from

His Thiruvadis empower You all to join in the

RathnAngi Kaimkaryam for Him and become practioners

of Bhakthi yOgam !