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VAIBHAVAM OF VYNATHEYAR (GARUDAN): THIRUNAANGOOR GARUDA SEVAI

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Sadagopan • Tue Feb 12 2002 - 14:55:47 PST 


SrI:

SrI GarudAya Namas Thubhyam
Sarva SarpEndhra chathravE
VahAnAya MahA VishNu:
ThArkshAya amitha tEjasE

Dear BhakthAs:

Garuda BhagavAn alias Pakshi Raajan alias 
VynathEyan alias VihagEsvaran is the vAhanam 
for SrIman NaarAyanan.Swamy AlavandhAr saluted
Him in the first slOkam of Chathus SlOki as :
" VedAthmA VihagEsvarO vaahanam tE " and reminded
us of Garuda BhagavAn in the context of the VibhUthi
dhvaya sEshathvam of PirAtti . 

Swamy Desikan recieved Garuda manthram from his uncle/
AchAryan and performed japam on this powerful manthram at 
Oushada Giri and had the bhAgyam of saakshAthkAram of 
Garuda BhagavAn. VynathEyan presented Swamy Desikan with
a Moortham of YOga hayagrIvan and also blessed 
Swamy Desikan with SrI HayagrIva manthram. Swamy
Desikan performed japam of SrI HayagrIva manthram 
and was blessed with the sEvai of Lord HayagrIvan,
who is the foundation of all VidhyAs (AadhAram 
Sarva VidhyAnAm). Lord Hayagrivan's laalamrutham 
fell on Swamy Desikan's lips and that divine prasAdham
caused Swamy Desikan to become Sarva Tantra Svatantrar,
Kavi Taarkika Simham and Nigamaantha MahA Desikan .
Swamy prayed to Lord HayagrIvan to be seated on the throne 
of the tip of his tongue to guide him in all the debates 
with para matha vaadhis and the Lord  agreed . Swamy
Desikan also says that all granthams that he wrote 
were nothing but the writings of Lord HayagrIvan on
his uLLam .He was just an instrument in the hands of
Lord HayagrIvan.

Thus Swamy Sesikan's links to Lord HayagrIvan originated 
from the recitation of the powerful Garuda manthram ,
which was his kula dhanam . Swamy Desikan out of a sense
of gratefulness to Garuda BhagavAn composed two 
sthOthrams on Pakshi Raajan. One of them is revered as
Garuda DhaNDakam set in DhaNDakam metre. The other is
the Garuda panchAsath. 

adiyEn wrote two postings on Garuda DhaNDakam back in 1995 
and covered the meanings of this majestic salutation of
Swamy Desikan .They are available in the Bhakthi archives
(dates of November 4 and November 5, 1995). 

Tomorow is the day of 12 Garuda Sevai at ThirunAngUr ,
when Thirumangai Mannan is blessed to have the darsanam
of the 12 Dhivya Desa EmperumAns in and around ThirunAngUr.
GhOshti recites Thirumangai's paasurams on these 
twelve dhivya desa EmperumAns.

Those who have the bhAgyam of the darsanam of the 12 
KshEthra Naathans of ThirunAngUr dhivya desams on 
the back of Garudan at ThirunAngUr are truly blessed
ones. Their bhAgyam is comparable to those who witness
Garuda Sevai at Kaanchi ( VaikAsi and Aadi ThiruvONam ),
SrIrangam ( Thai , Maasi, Panguni and Chitthirai) ,
NaacchiyAr Koil ( Kall Garuda Sevai about which
SrI Rengarajan  posted an article in the Bhakthi
list few months back ), AzhwAr Thirunagari Nine Garuda 
Sevais for Swamy NammAzhwAr.

Garuda BhagavAn is Veda Moorthy .His nakshathram 
is SvAthi , which is the same as for Lord Narasimhan.
Garudan incarnated as PeriyAzhwAr at SrI VilliputthUr
and became the Father-in-Law of Lord RanganAthan
and had the privelege of having his daughter and 
son-in-law live at his home in SrI VilliputthUr,
which is known today as NaacchiyAr ThirumALigai. 

At TheruzhunDUr dhivya desam , Garudan stands next
to Aaamuruviyappan (GhOsakhan) awaiting His Lord's
wish.At AhObilam, Garudan performed penance for
the darsanam of Lord Narasimhan as He appeared 
before PrahlAdhan and the Lord responded to his tapas
by giving Darsanam to Garudan as JwAlA Narasimhan.
Hence one of the names for AhObilam is Gaaruda 
Sailam/GarudAdhri. 

At BadarikAsramam , Garudan is blessing us with
his darsanam in the ghOshti of Nara-NaarAyaNAL,
(Badari NaarAyaNan ), ThirumahaL and other sevakAs 
of Sriman NaarAyaNan such as GaNEsa and KubhEran.

At ThiruveLLiyangudi dhivya dEsam , He is present 
in PerumAL Sannidhi with Sankham and Chakram as 
a Nithya Soori. 

At ThiruvallikkENi, He gives the darsanam with His
Lord , GajEndra Varadhan , in a separate Sannidhi.

Since Garudan is Veda Svaroopan , adiyEn will conclude
this posting in salutation of Him with a Saama veda 
Mantram , which is also seen in Rg Vedam and Atharva
Vedam :

yadhindra prAg apAg udannyagavA hUyasE nrubhi:
simA purUnrushUthO asyAnavesi praSardha turvaSE
--UttarArchika Saaman: 1231, Rg Vedam:VIII.4.1,
ATarava Vedam: XX.120.1

(Meaning): Oh Magnificently luminous Lord ! 
in whatever quarter You may be residing , 
be it East, west, north or south , Your BhakthAs
invoke You to hasten to their sides to protect 
them and give them comfort. Oh PraNata-arTi-hara
PrabhO! Oh Magnanimous One! May Thou readily come
without delay -when You are invoked- to them ,
who vigorously follow You .

When such invocations are made by dear bhakthAs like
GajEndran , our Lord is carried on the back of Garudan
in great haste for Bhaktha SamrakshaNam. 

TannO Garuda: PrachOtayAth ,

Srimath Azhagiya Singar Thiruvadi,
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 

 



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