Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 175 ( Mey Viratha Maanmiyam: Part 3 ): Paasurams 212-214

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :

 

Today , we will study three more paasurams of

Swamy Desikan 's Mey Viratha Maanmiyam .

 

212) Brahma Devan's sorrow over his failed attempt

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vampu avizh pOthu amar mAthar uhantha ammAnidhiyai

tann balamE koNDu kaaNak-karuthiya ThAmarayOn

munn pala kuRRatthu vall vinai moykka mahizh mathiyAyi

ampuli vENDiya Baalanaip-pOla azhuthananE

 

(Meaning) : Our Lord is Sriya: Pathi . He is the object of

love of SrI Devi. He is the huge treasure of SrI Devi known for Her

celebrated tresses adorned with just-blossomed , fragrant flowers.

Brahma Devan wished to visualize that Lord of Lakshmi

with his own yogic strength . His karmAs however interfered

with his attempts and he could not succeed in his efforts.

Recognizing his failure , Brahma cried in frustration like

the child , which tried to reach and touch the Moon but

failed miserably in its efforts .

 

Additional comments: SrIman NaarAyaNan is the Supreme

Lord and Master of the Universe. He has limitless auspicious

attributes and has no blemishes whatsoever. He is an ocean of

Mercy , Simplicity , Love , Strength and Wealth . When there

were no gods or the world or beings ( at the time of MahA

PraLayam ) , He created in sequence the Tatthvams of MahAn,

AhankAram and all the way up to BrahmANDam. Afterwards ,

He created BrahmA in the navel lotus so that he can create the DevAs

and all others (ChEthana -achEthanams) .This He did by entering

(anupravEsam ) in to Brahma " s body and created the Jeeva vargams ,

their BhOgya vasthus and BhOgyOpakaraNams for the Jeevans .

He stood as all of these . Next , He taught His son , BrahmA

all the four VedAs and appointed him as the Lord of all

the fourteen worlds .

 

Brahma Devan was thus well blessed by the Lord , His Father .

Instead of understanding where all his powers came from and being

thankful to his Father , Brahma was deluded to think that he is

the clever and scholarly one possessing immense powers of

creation and Lordship over the universes. He felt independent and

became haughty through the thought that he was high born and

possessed great vedic jn~Anam and mastered all the Vaidhika

anushtAnams. In this mood of haughtiness , Brahma tried to

visualize the Lord , who is the antharyAmi of all chEthanams

and achEthanams like the ghee hidden in the milk .He thought

that he can accomplish this task with the power of his Yogic

attainments. BrahmA's karmAs interfered however with his

efforts to visualize the Lord and His Svaroopam . His intellect got

dulled and he fell down from his yogic stance. He cried intensely

over his failure in a state similar to the baby , which reaches out to

hold the Moon with its puny hands and fails miserably.

 

213) Brahma dEvan's disgust with himself

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adangAk-karaNangaL aindhudan aaRum adakki munam

nedunkAlam innilamE nilayAppooNDu needu uRaivAn

sadangAl periya tavangaL seythEn yenna tanmai thu yenRu

idam kAtthiruntha Tisaimukhan tannai ihazhnthananE

 

(Meaning): The disturbed Brahma Devan began to think about

the reason for his failure .He was keen on knowing why his Yogic

attempt failed to visualize the Lord , who is present in every thing and

everywhere as SarvAntharyAmi . He recognized that his unsteady

mind (sanchala buddhi) behaving like a monkey jumping from branch to

branch was the cause for that failure. Brahma felt despondent over his

wasted days spent enjoying the power assigned to him by His Father

and developing ego and haughtiness thinking that he was the source of

all that power. Brahma dEvan recognized his fault in thinking that

Brahma lOkam was permanent and that he was going to rule over it

forever . He felt terrible over his mighty confidence in his prowess

to gain control over his fast moving indhriyams that caused the mental

agitations leading ultimately to failure He regretted over his efforts

to perform penance and causing harm to his body in the execution of

that tapas. Brahma dEvan became despondent over his wasted efforts ,

cried intensely and developed disgust over his futile act.

 

214) BrahmA's vow perform Tapas in the land of BhAratham

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ViNNUlahil VeeRRurintha mEnmayAlum

Vedangal eeriraNDum viritthathAlum

KaNnanai nAnn karutthuRavE kANpan yennak-

kANAmal vilakkiya tann vinayaik-kANA

yeNNiya nall bhuvanangaL yEzhum aaRum

iru moonRu dheevamum yettu idamum vittup-

paNNiya nall virathamelAm palikkumenRu

Bharathatthil PankayatthOn padinthittAnE

 

(Meaning ): For thousand crores of yugams , a special jeevan

performed the worship (AarAdhanam) for the Lord with lotuses

and recieved the boon from SarvEswaran to attain the status of

Brahma dEvan. After attaining this mighty status and power ,

the ego accompanying that power and status sunk Brahma dEvan

in the mud of ahankAram and MamakAram and prevented him

from the visualization of (SaakshAthkAram of ) the Lord

through Yogam and Tapas. Brahma wanted to banish that karma

visEsham and sought a place where he will be blessed with

the darsana soubhAgyam of the SarvEswaran without failure .

He analysed the suitability of the places that would be ideal

to perform this tapas . He recognized that all the fourteen lOkams

with the exception of BhU lOkam , the seven dhveepams with

the exception of Jambhu dhveepam , the nine varshms except

Bhaaratha varsham are unfit for his tapas since all of them are

places for the sole enjoyemnt of the fruits of one's karmAs .

Hence Brahma dEvan chose BhAratha Varsham in Jambhu

dhveepam located in BhU lOkam as the most appropriate

place for performing the most auspicious tapas aimed at

visaulizing the LOrd (SarvAntharyAmi) in palpable , physical form.

He thus chose the southern most lOkam of BhU lOkam ,

which is ideal for the successful observance of Sakala dharmams .

 

Additional Notes: SrImath BhAgavatham describes the seven

dhveepams as Jambhu , Plaksham , Saalmali , Kusam , Krouncham ,

Saakam and Pushkaram . The nine Varshams are recognized there as

BhAratham , Kimpurusham , Hari , ILAvrutham , Ramyam ,

HiraNyakam , Kuru , BhadhrAsuvam and kEthumAlam .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:

Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan