Guest guest Posted January 21, 2008 Report Share Posted January 21, 2008 44. grasthaananthanirvishtaan phaNina iva Suchaa gaaDam aaslishya dhuhkyan kshuNnaanekaH svabanDhoon kshDhamiva kupithaH peedayan veshtanena vyaalaH thaarkshyodharasThaH vipulagalaguhaa vaahiphoothkaaravaathyaa pounaHpunyenahanyaathpunarudharaguhaa gehavaasthavyathaam naH Let the big serpent which is singly wound round the stomach of Garuda, as though embracing the serpents of its clan swallowed by him and crumbled to pieces, and crushing him out of anger or prevent his hunger by tightly wrapping his stomach and gives out strong breath with the sound of `phooth' out of his cavelike neck, prevent us from abiding in the cave of the stomach, (womb) again. The serpent Thakshaka seen tightly wound round the stomach of Garuda, seems to embrace the serpents in his stomach which were eaten by him and crushed to pieces as though in grief, grasthaananthanirvishtaan phaNina iva Suchaa. He is perhaps wraps himself around the stomach of Garuda out of anger,kupithah, or to prevent him from getting hungry,kshudham peedayan iva and eating the serpents again. Thakshaka also emits often, pounahpunyena, a strong wind which comes out of his cave-like neck, with a sound of `phooth,' vipulagalaguhaa vaahiphoothkaaravaathyaa. Desika says that let the serpent who is wound round the stomach of Garuda prevent us from residing in the stomach (womb) of a mother, which is like a cave, again, punah udharaguhaa geha vaasthavyathaam hanyaath. 45.ghADaasaktho garuthmathkatithatanikate rakthachandathakaanke pakvathkaancheemahimnaa phaNamanimahasaa lohithaango bhujangaH satthaasAmsidDhikam naH sapadhi bahuviDham katmabanDham nirunDhyAth vinDhyAdhryAleenasanDhyA ghanaghatithathatith kAnthi chAthuryadhuryaH Let the serpent Thakshaka, who is clinging to Garuda, near hids red garment on the hip, forming his girdle, and looking like a lightning on the evening cloud at the top of the Vindhya mountain due to its body being rendered red by the gem on his hood, destroy our ever existing bondage due to various karma. This sloks is also about Thakshaka who forms the girdle of Garuda. The gem on his hood makes him appear red, phaNamaNimahassaa lohithAngaH and also he is clinging near the red garment on the hip of Garuda, ghaaDaasaktho garuthmath katithatanikate , and his white body is shining like a lightning on the red evenng clouds on the Vindhya mountain,vindhyaadgryaaleenasandhyaa ghanaghatithathatith, the legs of Garuda being compared to the Vindhya mountain due to their massive form. The next five slokas describe the service of Garuda to the Lord. 46.vegotthaanam vithaanam vyajanam anuguNam vyjayanthee jayanthee mithram nithyaabhyamithram yuDhi vijayaraTho yugyayogaanapekshaH dhaaso nishparyudhaaso dhanuthanayabhidho nissahaayassahaayaH dhoDhooyeth asmadheeyyam dhuritham aDhar ithArAthipakshaiH svapakshaiH May Garuda, who serves the Lord as covering over the head , fan, flag, friend who always opposes the enemies, the chariot without horses securing victory, a servant who cannot be ignored and a helper who needs no help, shrug off our sins as he did the enemy forces with his wings. Garuda serves the Lord in various ways. When He goes out Garuda goes speedily and forms a covering, vegotthaanam vithaanam on His head. He also serves the Lord as a fan,vyajanam, to refresh Him. He is the victory symbol in the flag,vyajayanthee jayanthee, of the Lord and is a friend to the Lord in his fight against those who oppose Him, nithya abhyamithram mithram. In battle he serves as the chariot of the Lord that needs no horses, yugmayoga anapeksha vijayaraThaH. Therefore even if the Lord ignores His other servants Garuda cannot be ignored, nishparyudhaasadhaasaH. He helps the Lord in all His ventures but he himself needs no help from anyone else, nisssahaayaH sahaayaH. How does he do this is illustrated in the next four slokas. Desika says that Garuda with his wings, which quelled the forces of enenmies, aDharithaaraathi pakshaiH svapakshaiH, may scatter our sins also. In this sloka the mastery of Desika of the language can be seen in his employing the pairs of words similar sounding and giving different or opposite meaning like vyjayanthee- jayanthee, abhyamithram- mithram, paryudhaasa- dhasa and nissahaaya-sahaaya. 47.ukshaa dhakshaanthakasya skhalathi valajithaH kunjaraH khanjareethiH klaantho DhaathuH sakuntho anuga ithi dhayayaa syaamirudDhsyadho api grahagrastha dhvipendhra kshathibhaya chakithaakunTa vaikunTachintha naaseera udhaaramoorthiH narakavihathaye sthaath vihangeSvaro naH May Garuda, who halved his speed out of pity seeing that the bull of Lord Siva faltered and the elephant of Indra was crippled and the Swan of Brahma was fatigued by his speed, but transformed himself according to the will of the Lord , who was hurrying anxiously to save the elephant Gajendrs from the clutches of the crocodile, prevent us from going to hell. The Lord seeing the plight of Gajendhra, graahagrastha dhvipendhra , willed to save him from the clutches of the crocodile and hurried on Garuda anxiously. The speed of Garuda upset that of other divine vehicles, making the bull on which Lord Siva rode to falter, ukshaa dhakshaanthakasya skhalathi, and the Airavatha, the vehicle of Indra to become crippled, valajithaH kunjaraH khanjareethiH and the swan carrying Brahma became fatigued, klaantho DhaathuHsakunthaH. So out of pity garuda reduced his speed by half. But seeing that the Lord wished to hurry, and that His will could not be obstructed, akunTavaikunTachinthaa, he made his form suitable to carry Him fast. 48. VegodhvelaH suvele kimidham ithi miThaHmanthritho vaanarendhraiH maayaamaanushyaleelaam abhinayathi harou labDhasevaaviSeshaH vaidheheekarNapoora sthabakasurabhiNaa yah samaaSleshi dhoshNaa thrshNaa paariplavaanaam sa bhavathu garudoduhkhavaariplavo naH May Garuda, who served the Lord when He acted as a man in Ramavathara , by reaching Him so fast that the monkey warriors were amazed not knowing who he was, and who was embraced by Rama, whose shoulders wore the fragrance of the flowers worn by Seetha on her ears, be the boat for us ,who are agitated by mean desires, from the sea of sorrow. The Lord incarnated as Rama to destroy Ravana and acted like a man, maayaamaanushyaleelaa throughout. During the battle with Ravana, Rama and LakshmaNa were hit by nagaasthra, sent by Indhrajith, son of ravana. and lost consciousness. Then Garuda came there with such force and the serpents forming the nagasthra ran away in fear. Then all who were struck by the nagasthra were released and Garuda was embraced by Rama in gratitude. The shoulders of Rama when he embraced Garuda, says Desika ,was fragrant with the scent og the flowers on the ears of Seetha. Thus he did the Ramakaarya effectively, playing his part as did the other devas who were born as vanaras. 49.dugdhodhanvathprabhoothaH svakamahimaprThuh vishNunaa krshNanAmnaa picChaakalpaanukalpaH samaghati sudhrDo yathpradhishtaH kireetaH veero vairochanaasthra vraNa kiNa guNitha udhagra nirghaatha ghaathaH sanghaatham sarpaghaathee sa harathu mahathaam asmath athyaahithaanaam May that Garuda, his body marked by the wounds made by the vajra already which were redoubled by fighting with Virochna from whom the crown, as big as the milky ocean and great by the glory of the Lord, was brought and given to Lord Vishnu ,incarnated as Krishna who fitted it on His head next to the peacock feathers , destroy our fierce sins. Virochana , son of Prahlada, while serving the Lord in the milky ocean, once tookaway the crown of the Lord while He was asleep and went to paathaala. Garuda went to paathaala and fought with Virochana and brought back the crown only to find that the Lord Vishnu has taken incarnation as Krishna at that time.Then he came to Brindavan and gave the crown to Krishna. The crown which was as big as the milky ocean, and as great as the glory of the Lord, dugdhodhanvathprabhoothaH svakamahimaprThuh, was made suitable to fit next to the peacock feathers, picChaakalpaanukalpaH samaghati, on the head of Krishna, sudhrDo yathpradhishtaH kireetaH, by His own maya.The body of Garuda already marked by the wounds from vajrayudha of Indra during the battle to bring the amrtha, was now marked by those from the weapons of Virochana and became doubled, vairochanaasthra vraNa kiNa guNitha udhagra nirghaatha ghaathaH. 50. runDhyaath samvarthasanDhyaa ghanapatala kanath pakshavikshepahelaa vaathoolaasphaala thoolaanchalanichaya thulaaDheyadhaitheyalokaH aasmaakaiH karmapaakaaiH abhigatham ahitha aneekam aprathyaneekaiH dheevyan dhivyaapadhaanaiH dhanuja vijayinaH vaijayanthee SakunthaH May Garuda, by the shaking of whose wings that resemble the clouds in the evening of deluge, the crowd of demons are like cotton fleece by the wind resulting from it, who shines by his wonderful deeds and who forms the flag of victory of the Lord on His destruction of the demons, stop the fruits of our actions both good and bad. When the Lord goes to fight with the asuras, Garuda forms the flag of Him,dhanujavijayinaH vyjayanthee SakunthaH ensuring victory. His wings are like the clouds on the eve of deluge,samvarthasanDhyaaghanapatala, and when he flaps them playfully, pakshavikshepahelaa, the army of asuras are like cotton fleece, thoolaanchalanichaya thullaDheya because they are scattered by the great wind produced by his wings,vaathoola aasphaala. The next sloka describes the glory of Garuda. 51.yathpakshasThaa thrivedhee thriguNajalaniDhiH langhyathe yath guNajnaiH vargasthraivargikaaNaam gathim iha labhathe naathavath yathsanaaThaH thraikAlyopasThithaath sa thriyuganiDhiH aghAth AyathAth thrAyathaam naH thraatha anekaH thriDhaamnaH thridhasaripuchamoo mohano vaahanendhraH Desika gives threefold enumeration of the glory of Garuda in this sloka. May Garuda, the embodiment of the Vedas since the threevedas, rk,yajus and sama are found in his wings, those knowing whose attributes are able to cross over the ocean of three gunas, by resorting to whom those who desire for the three attainments in this world attain salvation , who is the abode of the six qualities of Bhagavan, proteted many, deludd the army of the enemies of devas, and who is the vehicle for the Lord , who has three supreme abodes, protect us from abundance of sins that occur in the three periods of time. Garuda is the personification of Vedas, vedaathmaa, and the three Vedas , rk,yajus and sama are found in his wings, yathpakshasThaa thrivedhee. Knowing his three gunas, jnana, wisdom, shakthi, power and vibhoothi, glory, one crosses over the ocean of samsara made up of three gunas,satthav,rajas and thamas, thriguajalaniDhih. Even those who desire the three purusharthas, dharma, artha and kama, vargasthraivargikaaNaam get the fourth, moksha, gathim iha labhathe by resorting to Garuda as their master, yathsanaaThaH as the Lord, naaThavath, is able to travel around, gathim labhathe with his help. Here there is a pun on the word gathi, which means movement as well as state to be attained. Garuda possesses the six qualities of Bhagavan, thriyuganiDhiH namely, jnana, bala, aisvarya, veerya, shakthi and thejas. He has protected many during his exploits,thraatha anekaH and deluded the enemies of devas, thridhaSaa, who possess only three states of life, namely, childhood, boyhood and youth. Hence such Garuda may protect us from the abundance of sins that accrue during the three periods of time, past,present and future, thraikaalya upasThithaath aayathaath aghaath thraayathaam.. .. 52.saikaam panchaaSathamyaam athanutha vinthaanandhanam nandhayishyan krthvaa moulou thadhaajnaam kavikaThakaghataa kesaree venkar tesaH thaamethaam SeelayanthaH Samitha vishaDhara vyaaDhidhaivaahipeedaaH kAnkshApourasthyalaabhaaH krtham itharphalaiH thaarkshyakalpaa bhavanthi Those who learn these 51 slokas composed by Sri Venkatesa, who is like the lion among the hosts of poets and logicians, to please Garuda upon his command, will be freed from sufferings due to, physical and mental afflictions, demons and serpents and also get all their wises fulfilled unasked and nothing need be said of other benefits. These slokas composed by Desika on being commanded in his dream by Garuda himself when he chanted the garudamanthra, instructed by his acharya on the hill in Thiruvaheendhrapuram. Garuda appeared and instructwed the Hyagreeva manthra to him as a result of which Lord Hayagreeva became a prathyaksha dhevatha for Desika and by Hisgrace Desika rose to eminence as kaithaarkika kesari. By chanting these slokas all fear from demons, serpents and diseases of he body and mind evaporate.Thus by te grace of the great acharya this commentary of Garudapanchaka has also come to an end. kavithaarkika simhaaya kalyaanagunaSaaline Sreemathe venkateSaaya vedaanthagurave namaH Sreemathe nigamaanthamahaa dhesikaaya namah Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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