79th Thirunakshathram of Srimath Azhagiya Singar : Dec 10 , 2005 at Bangalore , SrI sthuthi SlOkam 13 : Part XVII

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SrI :

 

Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi Nrusimhan :

 

This 13th slOkam is recited to realize the happenings of Subha Kaaryams.

 

This is a jewel of a slOkam for dhyAnam about the PattAbhshEkam of

MahA Lakshmy and Her ascent to the chest of the Lord after Her Svayamvaram,

where She chose the Lord as Her Divine Consort . It is also a delightful

coverage of the Thirumanjanam (Sacred bath ) of MahA Lakshmi

described in great detail in Srimath BhAgavatham , SrI NaarayaNeeyam

and Sri VishNu PurANam :

 

agrE bharthu: sarasijamayE bhadhrapeeDE nishaNNAM

ambhOrASEradhigatha sudhA samplavAth utthiTAm ThvAm

pushpAsAra-sTakthitha bhuvanai: pushkalAvarthakAdhyai:

klupthArambhA: kanaka kalasair-abhyashinjan gajEndhrA:

 

( anvya Karamam=Prose order) : GajEndhrA: adhigatha sudhA samplavAth

ambhOrAsE: utthiTAm, bharthu: agrE sarasijamayE nishaNNAm ThvAm ,

pushpa aasAra sTagitha bhuvanai: PushkalAvarthaka aadhyai:

kluptha aarambhA: , kanaka kalasai: abhyashinjan ) .

 

GajEndhrA: = The famous elephants of the 8 directions ( ashta dhig gajams)

 

Kanaka kalasi: abhyashinjan = performed the sacred bath with golden vessels.

 

Who did they perform AbhishEkam ?

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ambhOrASE: utthiTAm = for the One , who rose from the Ocean

 

What kind of Ocean and what happened there ?

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adhigatha sudhA samplavAth ( ambhOrASE: utthiTAm = from the Milky Ocean ,

that on churning by the Lord gave rise to the nectar for the DevAs and

" PeNNamudhu " ( nectar among females , MahA Lakshmi ) for the enjoyment

of the Lord .

 

Where did MahA Lakshmi sit after arising from the Milky Ocean ?

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bharthu: agrE sarasijamayE bhadra peeDE nishaNNAm ThvAm =

 

She sat on the throne of a thousand petalled lotus right in front of

Her Lord .

 

What happened thereafter ?

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Svayamvara Uthsavam took place and as PoorvAngam , a sacred bath

was performed by the famous clouds like PushkalAvartakam .

 

ThvAm pushpa aasAra sTakitha bhuvanai: PushkalAvartaka aadhyai: =

The PushkalAvartaka mEgam and its companions poured down

the rain of flowers from the sky that almost covered the world .

 

What was the next event on this joyous occasion ?

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The eight guardian elephants of the world like IrAvadham , PuNDareekam

collected the sacred waters from their quarters and perfomed Thirumanjanam

for the Divine consort of the Lord .

 

klupatha aarambhA: kanaka kalasai: abhyashinjan = The Clouds started

the down pour of flowers and concluded their reverential offerings . The

guardian

elephants from the eight directions continued with the next step . The aarambham

( beginnig ) was from the clouds and the continuation (kluptham ) was by

the Elephants . They held on their trunks golden vessels full of the sacred

waters from their locations and continued with the Thirumanjanam .

 

( Meaning according to Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):

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Oh MahA Lakshmi ! As You emerged from the Milky Ocean , the primordial

clouds PushkalA and AavartakA showered flowers on You and the quarter

elephants performed ablutions to You with golden pitchers .

 

(Meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy ) :

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During that ancient time when Your Lord churned the Milky Ocean to bring out

the nectar for the DevAs , You arose from the flood of nectar and sat opposite

Your Lord on the auspicious throne of a Lotus flower . The great clouds

showered on You their downpour of flowers that made the world almost

disappear . the activities of the clouds were followed by the elephants of

the eight quarters that performed the sacred bath ceremony for Her as

the Patta Mahishi for Your Lord with the waters held in golden vessels .

The crowning ceremony as Sarva LOkEswari was started by the PushkalA-

vartakam clouds and concluded by the ashta dhig gajams to the accompaniment

of the Veda Manthrams by the Maharishis assembled to enjoy the MahOthsavam .

 

Additional Observations on the passages of the 13th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi

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Srimath BhAgavatham has wonderful slOkams describing the PattAbhishEkam

of MahA Lakshmi :

 

tathasccha aavirabhUth SaakshAth Sri RamA bhagavath-parA

ranjayanthy disa: kaanthyA vidhyuth-soudhAnanee yaTA ----BhAgavatham 8.8.8

 

(Meaning) : MahA Lakshmi , SaakshAth SrI Devi with the matchless affection

for Her Lord arose from the Milky ocean with Her radiance illuminating all

directions .

 

TasyAm chakru: spruhAm sarvE sasurAsuranAnavA:

roopoudhArya-vayO-varNa-mahimAkshiptha chEtasa: ----BhAgavatham: 8.8.9

 

(Meaning): The beauty , generous nature , youth , golden color and glories

of MahA Lakshmi , who appered thus from the Milky Ocean attracted the minds of

DevAs , asurAs and the humans and all of them desired Her .

 

MahA Lakshmi's mind was made up to marry Her Lord .She had given Her heart

to Her Lord ( " Thvayi dhattha hrudhE " says SrI NaarAyaNeeyam ) . Once the DevAs

and Rishis recognized that MahA Lakshmi's mind was set only on Sriman NarayaNan

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they all started the kaimkaryams for Her PattAbhishEkam (SarvalOka

RaajyAbhishEkam ).

 

DevEndhran presented Her with a big golden throne embedded with many gems .

The sacred rivers brought pure water for the Thirumanjanam ; others brought

the medicianal plants to be added to those waters. The sages conducted the

sacred

bath with Veda Mantrams ( Rushaya: ThAmm Sruthi gheerbhi: abhyashinjan ) .

GandharvAs sang ; the apsaras danced ; the mangaLa vAdhyams played .

The dhig gajams helped in the abhishEkam with PoorNa kalasams to

the accompaniment of the Veda ghOsham like SrI Sooktham .

 

After the Thirumanjanam , Samudhra Raajan presented his daughter with

silken garments laced with gold . VaruNan presented Her with Vyjayanthi

garland . ViswakarmA presented Her with many specially made AabharaNams.

Saraswathy Devi presented MahA Lkashmi with a strand of pearls ; Brahma dEvan

presented Her with the golden Lotus ; the kings of snakes prsented Her with

a set of ear rings (Kundalams) .Through such acts , they were desirous of

gaining Lakshmi KatAksham ( SrIrmAdEvee jushathAm ; ThvAm SaraNamaham

PrapadhyE ). Now , MahA Lakshmi took the Vyjayanthi Maalai in Her hands

and walked towards the Lord to choose Him as Her Lord in that Svyamvaram

on the banks of the Milky Ocean .

 

Sri NaarAyaNeyam describes beautifully MahA Lakshmi placing the flower

garland around the neck of Sriman Narayanan to choose Him as Her Lord :

 

giriSadhruhiNAdhi sarvadEvAn guNabhAjAapyavimuktha dhOshalEsAn

avamrusya sadhaiva sarvaramyE nihithA Thvayyanayaapi dhivyamAlA

-- Dasakam 28, 7th SlOkam

 

MahA Lakshmi rejected all the dEvAs since they had one blemish or

the other and chose the Lord, the abode of all auspicious attributes

as Her future husband and placed the garland around His divine neck.

 

In the next slOkam , Sri NarayaNa Bhattadhiri describes MahA Lakshmi

being welcomed by the Lord and being placed on a BhadhrAsanam on

His chest so that She can join with Him to perform the duties as Sarva

LokEswari :

 

urasA tarasA mamAniTainAm BhuvanAnAm jananeem ananyabhAvAm

ThvadhurOvilasattha-dheekshaNa SrIparivrushDyA paripushtamAsa Viswam

 

(Meaning): Oh Lord of GuruvAyUr ! did You not honor this Mother of the Universe

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who is not intersted in anyone except You by welcoming Her quickly to the

special

throne located on Your chest and placing Her on it ?

 

GuruvAyUrappan acknowledged Sri Bhattadhiri's question and affirmed

such a happening with a nod of His head .

 

SrImath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan

 

Dear BhakthAs : We have now arrived at the half way mark of

Sri Sthuthi . We invoke MahA Lakshmi's grace to bless You

all with Iswaryam to support the 79th birthday of our revered

AchAryan as SishyAs and abhimAnis of SrI Matam .

 

P.S: Please do not forget to support the 79th Thirunakshathra

Uthsavam of Srimath Azhagiya Singar generously . Please contact

adiyEn for the number of ways in which You can support this Uthsavam

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