ThUppul Swamy Desikan SwarNa Kavacham Kaimkaryam : PrAthanA Poorvaka VijnApanam: Part I

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SrI:

 

Dear Swamy Desika BhakthAs :

 

Yesterday , I briefed You on the ongoing

Kaimakryam at ThUppul Swamy Desikan

Sannidhi and the need for just 5 Laks of

Rupees to complete the rest of the Kaimakryam .

 

adiyEn also mentioned about writing one

slOkam or Verse from Sri Desika Sri Sooktis

for 45 days. Here is the first arpaNam :

 

Let us start with the MangaLa slOkam of

Tatthva Mukta KalApam of Swamy Desikan

on this sacred EkAdasi day .

 

This Sri Sookti consists of 500 verses

set in Sragdhara meter .

 

Tatthva MUkta KalApam means that it

is an aabharaNam ( Jewelery/necklace/

Kalaapam) made up of the pearls of Tatthvams .

Muktaa means pearls; Tattvaa means metaphysical

doctrines .

 

Swamy has strung together these pearls

( Tatthvams) into a five strand pearl

necklace . Each of the five strands

(Sarams) have their own names:

 

1) JaDa dhravya Saram/about Jada

substances .

2) Jeeva Saram/about individual Self

3) Naayaka Saram/about the Lord

4) Buddhi Saram/about knowledge

5) adhravya Saram /about non-substance

The five strands(sarams) are combined to form

the Kalaapam (Ornament).

 

The key purpose of Tattva Mukta KalApam

is to establish the doctrines of VisishtAdhvaitam

on a sound basis through a critical evaluation of

the rival schools of Vedanta.

 

Those who are interested to learn more about

Tatthva Mukta Kalaapa are referred to the following

scholarly Texts:

 

1) VisistAdhvaita VedAnta: Dr.S.M.S. Chari

 

2)Tatthva Mukta KalApam: Dr.V.VasudEvAcchAr .

The scholarly author has covered 225 of the 500

slOkams sofar ( upto Naayaka saram). We are

working on bringing out the remaining 275 slOkams

as Volume II in six months time frame .

 

We will focus on the MangaLa slOkam of

Tatthva Mukta Kalaapam today:

 

LakshmInEtrOtpalaSrIsatataparichayAdhEsha samvardhamAna:

nAbheenALeekarinkhanmadhukara-paDaleedatthahastAvalamBha:

asmAkam sampadhOgaanaviralatulaseedhAmasanjAtaabhUmA

KaaLindheekAntihAri kalayatu vapusha: kaalimA KaiDabhArE:

 

Prose Order : Lakshmee-nEtrOtpalaSrI-satata-parichayAth samvardhamAna: nAbhee-nAleeka-rinkhan-madhukara-paDalee -datta hastAvalamBa: avirala-TuLaseedhAma-sanjAtha bhUmA , kAlindhee-kAnthi-haari KaiDabhArE: vapusha: yEsha: kAlimA asmAkam sampadhOghAn kalayatu !

 

Word by word Meaning :

 

Lakshmee-nEtrOtpalaSrI-satata-parichayAth= Because of the uninterrupted falling of the jyOti from the dark blue lotus eyes of Mahaa Lakshmi on Lord HayagrIvan's

ThirumEni ,

 

samvardhamAna:=consequent to which the dark hue of the Lord intensifies(grows).

 

naabhee-nAleekarinkhan-madhukara paDalee-hastaavalamBha:=This dark hue is given additional growth opportunities by the assembly of dark hued honey bees that buzz around ( making reenkAram) the Lotus arising from the navel of the Lord .

 

avirala-TuLasee-dhAma-sanjAta-bhUmA=This dark hue of the Lord's ThirumEni is further enhanced by the dense and dark green TuLasee garlands adorning His ThirumEni .

 

Kaalindhee-kAntihAri=As a result of the combined effect of Mahaa Lakshmi's glances ,the reflection from the black hue of the honey bees and the TuaLasee garlands , the dark hue of the Lord's divine body exceeds even the hue of the black waters of the Yamunaa river .

 

KaidabhArE: vapusha: yEsha : kaalimaa=May the dark color( kaalimaa) of Lord HayagrIvan's ( KaiDabhAri's) divine ThirumEni ( vapusha:)

 

asmakam sampadhOgAn kalayatu= enhance further the flood of our wealth !

 

This is a MangaLa slOkam seeking Lord HayagrIvan's anugraham for this granta nirmANa kainkaryam.

 

Swami Desikan's imagination as the lion among poets ( Kavi Simham) is abundantly displayed here . Normally , Lord HayagrIvan's hue is Suddha Sphadikam or brilliant white . Three factors complete with each other to make that hue become intensely dark : (1) Mahaa Lakshmi"s uninterrupted glances (2) lifting up of that dark hue by the black bees humming around the lotus arising from the Lord's navel and (3) the union of the dark green hue of the TuLasi garlands adorning His chest .This intense black hue superimposed thus on the Lord's ThirumEni defeats the color of the dark waters of Yamunaa river ( Kaalindhee-kaanti-haari).Swamy Desikan prays for this unique dark hue of Lord HayagrIvan to bless us continously for enhancing our wealth of bhakti and Tattva Jn~Anam .

 

adiyEn will write about one selected slOkam a day to request your yathaa sakti participation in the SwarNa Kavacha Kaimkkaryam to fill the gap of Five laks Rupees.

 

Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Oppiliappan Koil Sadagopa DhAsan

 

P.S: Tomorrow , adiyEn will select a slOkam from Sankalpa SooryOdhayam of Swamy Desikan .