Prakrutham Srimath Azhagiya Singar's approaching 79th Thirunakshathram :: Bangalore , Dec 10, 2005 :Tributes to MahA Lakshmi : Part VIII

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SrI:

 

PaarTiva Samvathsaram , Kanyaa Maasam ,

KrishNa Paksha Thritheeyai , Revathy Nakshathram

 

Dear BhakthAs of BhagavAn Sri Lakshmi Narasimhan :

 

HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar is one of the greatest AchAryAs

having a unique Saili (style ) of writing and blessing us

with KaaakshEpams on ProuDa ( difficult) granthams .

His clarity of thought , felicity of diction and ability to

anticipate questions on the minds of his listeners & readers

are legendary . adiyEn will include some excerpts from his

writing from the latest issue of Sri Nrusimha Priya that is

related to the slOkam of today .

 

HH Srimath Azhagiya Singar's 79th birthday celebrations

are being planned for Dec 10 at Bangalore with Chathur Veda

PaarAyaNam in the Vaidhika Kramam . You are all invited

to take part in this joyous festival .

 

The Fourth SlOkam of SrI Sthuthi

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In the Fourth SlOkam , Swamy Desikan describes how SrI DEvi

reveals Her Lord as Para DEvathai to us .

 

yath-sankalpAth bhavathi KamalE yathra dEhinyameeshAm

janma-sTEma-praLaya rachanA jangamAjangamAnAm

tath kalyANam kimapy yaminAm yEka lakshyam samAdhou

poorNam tEja: sphurathy bhavathee paadhalAkshA rasAngam

 

(Meaning): Oh KamalE ! MahA Devi! Your Lord has many Vaibhavams :

 

(1) He has the sentients and the insentients as His Sareeram and stays

inside them as their antharAthmaa ( indweller=antharyAmi Brahmam) .

 

(2) His sankalpa sakthi is behind His acts of creation , protection

and dissolution of the Universe , which are just leelAs for Him .

 

(3) He stays as the Most auspicious One and confers auspiciousness on

all the auspicious vasthus . They become auspicous because of His MangaLa

Svaroopam .

 

(4) The Yogis control their senses through His anugraham ( practise of AshtAnga

yOgam ) and are blessed to visualize His dhivya MangaLa vigraham inside their

heart lotuses .

 

(5) He stays as ParipoorNa Nambi everywhere and every thing through

His unique Svaroopam ( inherent nature) and matchles kalyANa guNams .

 

Oh Mother MahA Lakshmi ! You stay on the chest of this tEjOmaya Moorthy without

ever leaving that place of residence of Yours . Not for a fraction of a second

do you

stay away from that cherished home of Yours . You confer on Him the name of

SrinivAsan through Your residence . He welcomes the contact of the red dye

adorning Your sacred feet as His defining mark . That red dye enhances

His natural beauty further. As a defining sign ( lakshaNam) , that red dye

associated with Your Thiruvadi becomes the reason for all of His unique

vaibhavam .The Upanishads take their cue from that lakshaNam and eulogize

Him as the Supreme Being . You are thus the root cause behind all the glories

of Your Lord . Oh SrI Devi ! That is Your glory !

 

Additional observations on the Individual sections of this slOkam

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Swamy Desikan lists First the unique guNams of the Lord , His leelais ,

His Sankalpam , His pervasive presence everywhere (anthar and Bahir-

VyApthi) , His conferral of auspiciousness to vasthus and Janthus and

His tEjas (Lustre) . He goes on then to reveal the power behind these all .

 

(1) Kimapi tEja: For describing the asAdharaNa tEjas of the Lord ,

Azhagiya Singar quotes from VishNu PurANa slOkam ( 1.9.67):

 

" apoorva-roopa-sanTAnam tEjasAm raasim Urjitham "

 

Sage ParAsara is describing here the asAdharana ( extraordinary) soundharyam

(beauty) of the Lord . That kind of roopam ( ThirumEni) and its structure

is not to be found anywhere else . That roopam is a tEjO raasi ( niravadhika

tEjOmaya ThirumEni ) . Before that limitlessradiance , every other lustre

shrinks

in to insignificance just as the lustre of a firefly before that of the Sooryan

..

 

Our Lord's soundharyam is niravadhika ( limitless ) soundharyam ( beauty

and proportion of His limbs) ; His niravadhika sougandhyam ( fragrance) ,

soukumAryam/Youvanam ( tenderness & youthfulness) and LaavaNyam

have been praised by AzhwArs and their conclusion is that He is an insatiable

nectar ( AarA amutham ). All of these aspects of youthful beauty of the Lord

has been referred to by Azhagiya Singar as : " Youvana unmukheebhUtha

sukumAra tanu : " . Our Lord's ThirumEni soundharyam is insatiable , whether

enjoyed for one day or one year or one yugam . This insatiable anubhavam of

the Nithya Sooris is saluted by the Vedams as : " SadhA pasyanthi Sooraya: " .

The Nithya Sooris can not even close their eye lids for a second since they do

not want to lose that aanandha anubhavam even for that second .

 

Our Lord's Sankalpa Balam : With the matchless power of His Sankalpam

(will and volition) , our Lord has the sentients and insentients as His body

and stays inside them as their antharyAmi Brahman ( indwelling Lord as

controller ,

commander and witness) . BrahadhAraNya Upanishad elaborates on His

antharyAmi Tatthvam . The Jeevans and the insentients are VisEshaNAmsa

and the indwelling Lord is the VisEshyAmsa . They are different from each

other and are real. BhagavAn through His sankalpa sakthi rules all other real

entities . He creates , protects and dissolves these various kinds of chEtanams

and achEtanams . Swamy Desikan salutes this sankalpa Balam as : " Yathra

Dehini ameeshAm jangama ajangamAnAm janma- sTEma-praLaya rachanA

Yath sankalpAth Bhavathi " ( The first two lines of this fourth slOkam ) .

Let us look now at the the other half of the slOkam (3rd and 4th lines) .

 

SamAdhi of the Yogis and BhagavAn's manifestation

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" tath kalyANam yaminAm yEka lakshyam " That auspicious and

beautiful ThirumEni of BhagavAn , the target of the Yogi's saadhana ,

becomes visible in their meditation inside their heart lotus.

 

" Yath PoorNam "

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That Sankalpam of BhagavAn results in His presence everywhere and

in every vasthu that he creates . The OmkArAthmaka Vasthu (BhagavAn)

pervades in this changable world in the spirit of what IsAvAsyOpanishad reveals

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" IsA vAsyam idham sarvam yathkinccha jagathyAm jagath " , " PoorNasya

PoorNamAdhAya PoorNamEva avaSishyathE " . That world is full ( PoorNamadha:);

This world is full ( PoorNamidham ). That is summed up by Swamy Desikan

succinctly as " Yath PoorNam " .

 

Sri Devi's place of residence in this tEjO raasi known for its Sankalpa Balam

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She resides on the chest of this ParamAthmA engaged in many vyApArams

through His Sankalpa Balam .Her feet are decorated with a radiant red lacquer

dye.

That rubs on the chest of the Lord , when She moves and leaves a mark of

Her presence . All the glories of the Lord arise from Her presence on His chest

and Her presence in turn is revealed by the mark of the red dye from Her

Thiruvadi .

The VedAnthAs recognize Him from that lakshaNam and eulogize Him as

the Supreme Being based on that revelation .She is the auspiciousness

behind our Lord's auspiciousness . She is SrI and He is SrInivAsan .

That is how He is recognized and revered says the 4th SlOkam .

 

Srimath Azhagiya Singar ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan

 

Your support for the 79th Birthday celebrations for our Revered AchAryan

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adiyEn seeks your valuable support . $250 per family would be most

welcome . Support of more than $250 is very much appreciated . Any amount

will ofcourse be recieved with anjali . Some have given $101 , some $1,000

sofar. We can never ever pay back for the MahOpakAram of Srimath Azhagiya

Singar and other AchAryAs for their matchless dayaa to bless us with

Jn~Anam to join the Sath SampradhAyam and Prapatthi anugraham .

At this time , adiyEn is interestd in your pledges and Your samarpaNams

can be sent before the third week in November .