ThiruvahIndhrapuram RathnAngi Series:Part 75: SlOkam 33-34 of Sri DevanAyaka PanchAsath

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SrI:

 

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

 

Thirty Third SlOkam ( VanamAlai VarNanam )

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varNakramENa VibhudEsa vichithrithAngee

smEra prasoona subhagA VanamAlikEyam

hrudhyA sugandhi rajahath KamalA maNeendhrA

nithyA Tava sphurathi Moorthiriva dhvitheeyA

 

General Meaning:

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Vanamalai adorned by You

appears like another ThirumEni of Yours. It is

made up of many colored flowers ( White, Red, Yellow and

Blue flowers from the forest).It has this polychromed array ,

which makes it most enjoyable like Your own body , which

is wonderous in that the limbs of Your body has generated

many different categories of people like the Brahmins ,

Kings, VaisyAs and SudrAs. The just blossomed flowers

in the VanamAlai make it bewitching to behold.It adorns

Your sacred chest and has haunting fragrance.On that sacred

Chest of Yours are SrI Devi and Kousthubham gem along

with the VanamAlai. This wild flower garland never

fades and is Saasvatham like Your body .It is like Your

second body in the sense that it has the natural fragrance

and is eternal in its existence .

 

Additional Comments:

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Swamy Desikan incorporates double meanings for

the following phrases of this slOkam:

 

1) " VarNa KramENa " can mean the array of colors associated with

the wild flowers constituting the VanamAlai or it can mean

the order of the four VarNAsramams ( BrAhmaNa-Kshatriya-Vaisya-

SudrALs).

 

2) " VichithrithAngi " can mean the assembly of many colors

in VanamAlai or it can mean the various limbs of the Lord.

 

3) " SmEra Prasoona SubhagA " can mean the garland

that is beautiful with fully blossomed flowers or

the Lord's body that is beautiful like a just blossomed

flower.

 

4) " hrudhyA " can mean on the chest region or delectable

to experience .

 

Both VanamAlai and the Lord's body have natural fragrance

(Sugandhi:). Both are eternal (nithyA); both are never

separated from MahA Lakshmi and Kousthubham ( ajahath

KamalA , MaNeendhrA).

 

Therefore , Swamy Desikan concludes that the Lord's

VanamAlai is a veritable second body of the Lord

( Iyam VanamAlikA Tava DhvitheeyA Moorthy iva sphurathi).

 

SlOkam 34: (VarNanam of the Lord's Mind/ThiruvuLLam )

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aardhram tamOmaTanam aasritha tArakam tE

suddham mana: sumanasAm amrutham duhAnam

taththAhdrusam ViBudhanATa samruddhakAmam

sargEshvidham bhavathi chandramasAm prasoothi:

 

General Meaning

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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Sruthis declare that Chandran

is born out of Your mind (ChandramA mansO jaatha:).

There are a multitude of ChandrAs created by You

in the many, many srushti activities during the many

creations of Yours after each praLayam .

 

Your sacred mind is the KaaraNa PoruL ( the reason/basis

behind the Moon's existence) for these chandrans and latter

are the Kaarya PoruL (Created objects).The clay is the

KaaraNa PoruL and the pot made out of that clay

is the Kaariya PoruL. They (the clay & the pot)resemble

each other in many respects . Similarly , You the Creator

and the created object, Chandran have close similarities.

Like You , Chandran is cool and comforting , removes darkness,

serves as the Lord of stars, grants the DevAs the nectar of

its kalais as food , induces love of those ,who see it.

Your mind is similar in many ways to the rays of the Moon

in being filled with daya for others, removes aj~nAnam ,

stays pure, rejuvenates Your bhAgavathAs and shares

other attributes. Therefore there is similiarity between

KaaraNa and Kaarya Vasthus(Viz).,Yourself and the Moon that

You created.

 

Additional Comments:

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Bhagavan is BhOgya BhUthan.He is like nectar for

His devotees. He is Aadhi KaaraNan ( vide: PeriyAzhwAr

Paasuram: " KannA! Naanmuhanaip-padaitthAnE! KaaraNA! " ).

At all places and times, BhagavAn is BhOgyan to MukthAs

through the display of His Svaroopa, GuNa , Vigraha ,

VibhUthi Isvaryams ( Mukthitha: Muktha BhOgya:).In PraNavam,

He is akAra Vaachyan and thereby denotes that He is

the Moola KaaraNan for all creation including the Moon.

He becomes the VisEshaNam for all created beings.

In Vaikunta Sthavam slOkam , KurEsar points this

out: " IcchAtha yEva Visva PatArttha SatthA " ( Through

Your sankalpam alone , the existence as entity occurs

for all the objects created by You).They are maintained by

Your power :

 

" DhyaouscchAndArkka NakashathrA kham dhisO-bhUr mahOdadhi:

VaasudEvasya VeeryENa VidhruthAni MahAthmana: "

 

--MahA BhAratham

 

The AakAsam consisting of Svargam, Chandran, Sooryan, Stars ,

the directions, BhUmi, the vast Oceans , all of these are sustained

by the sankalpa balam of Lord VaasudEvan.

 

In one of the adhikAra sangraha Paasuram , Swamy Desikan

refers to this Jagath KaaraNa , JagdhAthAra , Jaganniyamana

sakthi of the Lord:

 

" nilai tantha tArakanAi niyamikkum IRaivanumAi

ilathonRenaa vahai yellAm tanatenum YenthaiyumAi "

 

In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan focuses on Kaarya-KaaraNa

Ubhaya svaroopathvam of the Lord. He is the KaaraNam

( UpAdhAna, Nimittha and SahakAri KaaraNams) for this

Universe consisting of sentients and insentients.

 

NamO SrI DevanATAya,

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

P.S: May the Lord's beautiful VanamAlai and His cool

ThiruvuLLam inspire you to join in His RathnAngi

Kaimkaryam !