Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam: Part 185 ( 20th& 21st paasuram of Mey Viratha Maanmiyam: Part 9 ): Paasuram 227-228 of Desika Prabhandham

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Dear BhakthAs :

 

Today , we will study the two paasurams , where Brahma Devan

enjoys to his heart's content the dhivya soundharyam (divine beauty )

of Lord VaradarAjan , who presented Himself before him at

the end of his AswamEdha Yaagam .

 

227. Brahma's description of his bliss on seeing the Lord's beauty

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ThirumahaL MaNN MahaL NeeLai mudalA yellA-

Deviyarum TannudanE thihazhnthu niRkkat-

tarumam iru moonRu mudal anaithtum thOnRat-

Tann anaya Sooiyar Tannadik-keezh vAzha

aru maRai sEr aLavu illA avaniyin kaNN

aravaNai mEl veeRRiruppAl anaitthum kAkkum

karu maNiyaik Karigiri mEl kaNDEn yenRan

kaduvinaikaL anaitthum nAnn kaNDilanE

 

(Meaning): Brahma says: I have today seen with my own eyes at

Hasthigiri the Lord of SrI Vaikuntam with SrI , BhUmi and NeeLA DEvis

at His side along with the nithya sooris performing kaimkaryams for Him .

I am revelling in bliss at the darsanam of the Lord shining with all His

limitless auspicious guNams while being seated on His throne of

AdhisEshan and defending all the worlds with His glances .

 

Here , Brahma sees directly the Lord resplendent with His six guNams

( Jn~Anam , Sakthi , Bhalam , Isvaryam , Veeryam and Tejas) and

being served by the nithya Sooris and the VedAs eulogizing Him .

Brahma experiences the Lord's hue as being similar to that of a rare

blue gem . Brahma states that all his bad karmAs have been destroyed

at the sight of the Lord , who appeared on Hasthi Giri in response to

the AsvamEdha Yaagam that he had performed .

 

Lord is not easy to be seen by the physical eyes of humans or

celestials like Brahma . When Brahma was blessed to see Him ,

his joy knew no bounds .Brahma was immersed in the ocean of

bliss and embraced the Lord to make sure that what he was

experiencing is real . He performed pradakshiNams to the Lord .

He looke at the Lord from a distance and then came near to enjoy

His beauty at close quarters. In short , Brahma was immersed

in the waves of bliss over his good fortune to see the Lord

and enjoy Him .

 

The superlative joy of Brahma's experience is attested by

Swamy Desikan through use of the word " anaitthum " three

times in this Paasuram . " anaitthum " means all of them without

exception . The six guNams appearing together in unison is saluted

as " Dharumam iru moonRum ANAITTHUM thOnRa " .

 

His protection to all from His seat of AadhisEshan in

SrI Vaikuntam is saluted as " aravu aNai mEl veeRRiruppAl

ANAITTHUM kaakkum " .

 

The disappearance of all his fierce sins ( kadu vinaikaL )

is acknowledged as " yenRan kadu vinaikaL ANAITTHUM

nAnn kaNDilEn " .

 

228. Comparsion of the incomparable beauty of the Lord

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In this Paasuram , Brahma Devan attempts with the help of

comparisons to describe the aananda anubhavams of

the dhivya mangaLa vigraham of the Lord.

 

pedai iraNdai Ohr anam adainthu pirinthidavahai pEsalAm

peruhu aruvikaL aruhu maruviya periya maNi varai payilalAm

pidi iraNdodu kaLavam onRu piNaintha pEr azhahu OdhalAm

pirivu ill oLiyodu nizhalum aruh-uRum iravi ilahuthal paravalAm

kodi iraNDodu vidavi onRu kuLirnthavARu kulavalAm

kuRaivu ill surutiyum ninaivum ilahiya taruma aru nilai yennalAm

adi irandayum adayum anbar aRintha PeraruLALanAr

aNuhum Malar mahaL avani mahaLODu Karadi-giriyinil avirthalE

 

(meaning): At Hasthi Giri , PeraruLALa PerumAL is resplendent

eternally with SrI and BhU Devis like a male swan united with its

two female swans ; He is like a gem-studded mountain on whose

sides flow two cool water falls; He is like a male elephant enjoying

the company of two female consorts ; He is like the Sun enjoying

the company of the lustre and the shadow; He is like a tree embraced by

two beautiful creepers; He is like subtle dharmam mingling with

Sruthis and Smruthis. All of these comparisons ( upamAnams)

can be advanced to describe somewhat the Lord giving His

darsanam with His two divine consorts , SrI and BhU Devis

at Hasthigiri.

 

With six upamAnams , Swamy Desikan compares the Lord

with six unique guNams with the male Swan , elephant , mountain ,

Sun , Tree and Sookshma dharmam . adiyEn will leave it to

the imagination of the reader to decide which GuNam matches with

which comparison. As a starter , let me hint that Jn~Anam matches with

Swan , elephant matches with veeryam , mountain matches with Isvaryam ,

Sooryan with tEjas , Tree with Balam and Sookshma dharmam with Sakthi .

Individual readers on contemplation may come up with other matches.

One thing is clear . Swamy Desikan's poetic skills to conjure upamAnams

beat KaaLidAsan .

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: