Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 174 ( Mey Viratha Maanmiyam: Part 2 ): Paasurams 209-211

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

Today , we will study three additional paasurams of

Swamy Desikan 's Mey Viratha Maanmiyam .

 

209) Appeal to the Scholars to Listen to this SrI Sookthi

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YeNDisayum kadal yEzhum malaikaL yEzhum

yeerEshu vaiyakamum padayitthu ilangum

PuNDareehatthayan puNarttha periya vELvip-

punitha naRum bhOkkiyatthai uvanthu vanthu

ThoNDai-yenum maNDalatthin naduvil pAril

thU nilam Meyvirathatthut-tOnRi ninRa

koNDal aruL guNamE nAmm kUruhinROm

koormathyeer kuRiyAHak-koNmineerE

 

(Meaning ): Oh People of sharp intellect ! You know that Brahma

Devan created the eight directions , eight oceans , eight kula parvathams

( 8 mountains of MahEndhram , Malayam , Sahyam , SukthimAn ,

Ruksham , Vindhyam and PariyAthram ) and the fourteen lOkams

( athala , vithala , Suthala , TarAthala , MahAthala , RasAthala ,

PaathaLam as lower lOkAs and BhU: , Bhuva: , Suva: , Maha: ,

Jana: , Tapa: , Sathya lOkas as the upper lOkAs).

 

Brahma Devan was born in the lotus sprouting out of the navel

(Naabhi Kamalam) of the Lord . He created the worlds , performed tapas

at Sathya Vratha KshEthram and performed AswamEdha Yaagam there.

Our Lord appeared at Sathya Vratha KshEthram to accept the Havis

offered by His son , Brahma Devan and stays there eternally for the

enjoyment and

upliftment of all the chEthanams.He is the KaaLa mEgam that drenches

us with the nectarine rain of mercy . adiyEn (Swamy Desikan ) is saluting

the glories of this Boon-granting Emperor with Bhavam , Raagam and TaaLam .

Oh You people of sharp intellect should listen to these eulogies of our Lord

with

intensity !

 

Swamy Desikan's elaboration of the glories of Sathya Vratha KshEthram

follows the description of BrahmANDa PurANam .

 

210) Invitation to Poets to join Him to celebrate the glories of the Lord

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Vammeen pulaveer AruLALap-perumAL yenRum AruLAzhi

AmmAn yenRum ThirumahaLaip-peRRum yenn nenjam kOil koNDa

PeraruLALan yenRum viyappA virudhu UthumpaDi karai puraNDa

KaruNaik-kadalai yevaNNam pesuveer yeethenna paangE

 

(Meaning ): Oh Poets ! Come hither ! The Vaibhavam of Lord

VaradarAjan ( PeraruLALan , the grand conferrer of His grace)

is being sung by AzhwArs and Parama BhAgavathAs through

the recitation of His many titles (Birudhus) . How can You in

the backgroud of those incomparable salutations attempt to eulogize

the limitless glories of this ocean of Mercy ? It is not befitting for

you all to engage in such futile efforts to praise Him individually .

Come and join us. Let us together pool our talent in an attempt

somewhat to sing His glories in unison !

 

The ThirunAmams of " AruLALa PerumAL , AruLAzhi AmmAn

and PEraruLALar " arose because of His guNam of KaruNai

towards ChEthanams.

 

211) The removal of burden from the shoulders of Prapannan

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onRE puhal yenRu uNarnthavar kaattat-thiruvaruLAl

anRE adaikkalam koNDa namm Atthigirit-ThirumAl

inRE isayin iNai adi sErppAr inippiRavOm

nanRE varuvathellAm namaku bharam onRu ilathE

 

(Meaning) : The meaning of this slOkam is provided under

the 18th slOkam of Amrutha Ranjani that has been covered

earlier. This slOkam is selected from the Desika Prabhandham of

Rahasya RathnAvaLi for inclusion in both Amrutha Ranjani and

Mey Viratha Maanmiyam in view of the important message of

the Lord lifting off the burden of protection for PrapannAs .

 

For those PrapannAs , who are clear about the doctrines of

arTa Panchakam and SarIrAthma BhAva sambhandham and

place their entire trust in their AchAryAs know that SrIman

NaarAyaNan alone is the UpAyam for MOksham . They know

that that our Lord through His sahaja KaaruNyam and

the sipArsu of His Devi has accepted their Prapatthi performed

through a SadAchAryan. They know further that the Lord will

grant Moksham even today , if they wanted. He is ready, willing

and capable to grant that great boon of Moksham . They also

know that they will be freed from the cycles of births and deaths

after Prapatthi. They recognize that the happiness or sorrows

experienced during their post-prapatthi days is only for their

anukoolam . They are convinced that there is nothing special

to do anymore for their upliftment besides nithya karmaas

ordained by the Lord.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan