Thiruvaheendhrapuram RathnAngi Kaimkaryam series: Posting 268/Desika Prabhandham : MummaNikkOvai/ Part 3

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAthan :

 

Today , we will study the Fourth Paasuram ,

where Swamy Desikan enjoys the dhivyAthma and

dhivya MangaLa Svaropams of Lord DhaivanAyakan

seated with His dear consort , MahA Lakshmi at

Thiruvaheendhrapuram .

 

The Fourth is a long paasuram having 36 lines set in

the Tamil metre of NilaimaNDila AasiriyappA .

We will study them one section at a time chosen by

self-contained messages .

 

Section 1( First 4 Lines ) :

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" Mazhayil yezhuntha mokkuL pOl

vyaam azhiya onRu azhiyA Adiyavar Meyya !

 

aru maRayin poruL aaynthu yedukkum kaal

Thiruvudan amarntha DhaivanAyaka nee ! "

 

Oh Lord of all gods ! Oh DhaivanAyakA ! When one

evaluates the essence of the message of the precious

Vedas , the greatness of Your Vaibhavam as Sriman NaarAyaNan

( One who is never seperated from His divine consort )

becomes crystal clear . The quintessence of the Vedic message

is that You are the eternal One even at the time of MahA PraLayam ,

when all worlds disappear like the transient bubbles formed from

the downpour of heavy rain into a puddle .Even if the impermanent

prapancham(world) is desstroyed during the time of PraLayam ,

You alone shine permanetly with no dimunition to Your Svaroopam ,

Roopam and GuNam. When one analyses all Veda , VedAntham ,

it becomes clear that You stand as the Supreme principle

( Para Tatthvam) as Sriya: Pathi ( The Lord of MahA Lakshmi).

 

Context for these lines

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ChetlUr Swamy has pointed out that the above four lines

stand in for the first two adhyAyams of Brahma Soothram

( essence of Poorva dhvikam ). The two lines at the very end of

the Paasuram ( KoNDida Yemmai adaikkalam ulahil kaNDilam

gathi Unai anRi maRRonRum ) summarize the third and

the fourth chapters of Brahma Soothram(Uttara dhvikam) .

 

The very last two lines of this Paasuram ( palvahai ninRa

ninn paDi anaitthinum tholvahai kAttum tuNinthu thU maRayE )

according to ChEtlUr Swamy , this is the essence of SaarIraka

Saasthram , where the chEthanams and achEthanams are

reconized as the prAkArams of the Lord as ascertained by

the Vedam . Thus the complete meaning of SaarIraka Saasthrams

is enshrined in this fourth paasuram through the genius of Swamy

Desikan with a few choice words .

 

Section2 ( Lines 5-10):

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Ninn Thirutthanakkum Nee ThiruvAhi

indhu tann nilavudan ilangu tanmainai

 

nanthuthal illA nall viLakkAhi

anthamil amudha aazhiyAi niRRi

 

PaaRkkadal tannil pann maNi anna

seer gaNam sErntha seelam yellai ilai

 

Oh Dhaiva Naayaka! You shine with Your divine

consort inseperably like the Moon with its rays

and enhances the Vaibhavam of PirAtti , who

magnifies Your glories as Her Lord . Oh Lord of

Thiru Ayindhai ! You exist as the insatiable ocean

of nectar for those , who sought Your refuge . You

shine as inextinguishable rathna dheepam and

bless the devotees with the wealth of true Jn~Anam .

Just as the milky ocean houses many kinds of gems ,

You house the assembly of Your limitless auspicious

guNams integrated into the limitless MahA guNam of

Souseelyam ( mingling with even the lowly ones).

 

Commenting on the passage (lines 7-8) , " nanthualillA

nall viLakkAhi , anthamil amudha aazhiyAi niRRi " ,

Chetlur Swamy identifies " nanthutalilla " with Sathyathvam,

" nall " with amalathvam , " ViLakkAhi " with Jn~Anathvam ,

" anthamil " with ananthathvam , " amudha aazhiyAi " with

Aanandhathvam . Thus , the five Svaroopa nirUpaka dharmams

associated with the Lord's inherent nature are hinted in

the lines 7-8. Next , Swamy Desikan goes on to describe

nirUpitha svarUpa visEshaNams of the Lord of Ayindhai.

 

Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,

 

Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan

Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka

SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: