Sri VenkatEsa SuprabhAtham : Part III (SlOkams 17-29)
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• January 15, 2000
(17)dhADeeshu thE vihagarAja mrugAdhirAja
nAgAdhirAja gajarAja hayAdhirAjA:
svasvAdhikAra mahimAthikam arThayanthE
Sri VenkatAchalapathE tava suprabhAtham
Oh ThiruvEnkatanAthA ! When You go around
the rAja Veedhis of Your dhivya desam , You
move around in Garuda gathi (Nadai), Simha gathi,
Sarpa Gathi, Gaja gathi or asva gathi .Garudan,
Simham , Adhi Seshan , IrAvadham ( Indran's
white elephant)and Ucchaisravas ( Indran's
white horse) recognize that they have a lot to
learn from You, their Lord , with respect to perfection
of their gathis ; they are standing outside your
sannidhi at this time of dawn to seek Your blessings
for clues on the perfection of their gathis to serve
You better . Please arise and fulfil their wishes.
May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !
(Comments) : The word "dhADeeshu" has also been intrepreted
as Yuddha-Yathrai instead of travel around the raaja
Veedhis during the uthsavams. According to this
intrepretation , Garudan and others are said
to seek a larger share in the kaimkaryam to the Lord as
He sets out for His yuddham with asurAs to protect
His bhakthAs.
(18)SuryEndhu Bhouma Bhudha Vaakpathi kaavya souri
svarbhAnu Kethu dhivishath parishath pradhAnA:
tvaddh daasa charamAvadhi dhAsa dhAsa:
Sri VenkatachalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham
OH Lord of Thirumalai ! The Nava Grahams ( Sun, Moon,
AngArakan ,Bhudhan ,Guru, Sukran, Sani , Raahu
and Kethu) are quite capable of wielding their power
even over the DEvAs .They however control themselves ,
when it comes to Your bhakthAs and become the servant
of the servant of the servant of Your dAsAs so
that they can please You and thus receive Your
anugrahams .They are now standing in front of
Your sannidhi to receive Your blessings after
practising CharamAvathi Daasyam to Your bhakthAs .
Oh VenkatEsA ! May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !
(19)tvath paadha dhULi bharitha spurithOtthamAngA:
svargApavarga nirapEksha nijAntharangA:
kalpAgama aakalanayA aakulathAm labanthE
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava suprabhAtham
Sooryan and the other navagrahmas are adhikAra
purushAs ( appointees of the Lord with specific
time limits to execute their designated functions ).
Even if they wanted to get Moksha Siddhi right away ,
they can not give up their responsibilities until
the end of the Kalpam. Therefore , they perform
kaimkaryams to Your BhakthAs and through that
Kaimkaryam receive Your anugraham , place the
sacred dust from Your feet on their heads and
are in a state of bliss rejecting svargam and
Moksham. They are afraid of the onset of the next
kalpam , since they will lose this exalted status .
Oh VenkatEsA ! Please arise and remove their
worries. May it be an auspicious dawn to Thee !
(20)tvadh-gOpurAgra sikharANi nirIkshamAnA:
svargApavarga padhavIm paramAm srayantha:
marthyA manushyabhuvanE mathimAsrayanthE
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham
Those blessed human beings , who complete
the different Yaj~nAs to reach svargam and
those who follow Bhakthi or Prapatthi route
to gain Moksha siddhi are prepared to give up
those hard earned riches , when they ,by accident ,
have the darsanam of Your Gopurams ; after that
darsanam , they wish to return to earth to be
near You. Oh Lord of Seven Hills ! Please awaken
and bless these rare ones , who are waiting at
Your door step.May this be an auspicious dawn
to Thee!
(21)Sri BhUmi Naayaka! dayAdhiguNAmrutha aBhdhE !
dEvAdhidEva JagadhEka SaraNya mUrthE !
Srimann Anantha GaruDhaadhibir archithAngrE !
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham
Oh Lord of Sri DEvi and Bhumi PirAtti! Oh the Ocean
of DayA and other KalyANa GunAs!Oh ImayOr TalaivA
(DevAdhidEvA)!Oh the sole refuge of the entire Universe!
Srimann! Oh auspicious One , whose feet are
worshipped with affection by AdhisEshan , Garudan
and other Nithya Sooris! Please awaken . May this
be an auspicous dawn to Thee!
(Comments); This is a prayer for the Lord to
appear before the Nithya Sooris with His ubhaya
NaacchiyArs and bless them all.
(22)Sri PadhmanAbha! PurushOtthama! VaasudEva!
Vaikunta ! Maadhava! JanArdhana! ChakrapANE !
Srivatsa chihna ! SaraNAgatha PaarijAtha!
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava SuprabhAtham
Oh PadmanAbhA! PurushOtthamA! Oh VaasudEvA!
Oh VaikuntanAthA ! Oh Moksha dhAyakA ! Oh
JanArdhanA removing the rebirths of chEthanams!
Oh disc-wielding ChakrapANi !Oh Lord Srivatsan
with the mole of Srivathsam on Your chest!
Oh wish-granting PaarijAtha tree to those
who perform SaraNAgathi to You! Oh VenkatEsA !
May this be an auspicious dawn to Thee!
(23)kandharpa-darpa-Hara Sundara dhivyamUrthE !
kaanthA-kuchAmbhuruha-kutmala-lOladhrushtE
KalyANa-nirmala-guNakara dhivyakeerthe !
Sri VenaktAchalapathE! Tava SuprabhAtham
Oh Lord , who chases away the arrogance of Manmathan
with respect to his beauty ! Oh Lord with fond glances
directed at the lotus bud like breasts of MahA Lakshmi!
Oh treasure house of all auspicious and blemish-free
guNAs ! Oh Lord of enduring divine fame! May this be
an auspicious dawn to Thee!
(Comment): Oh Lord of Venkatam ! Your divine consort
engaged in the enjoyment of Your extraordinary beauty
would not let You get up from Your sleep. You enjoying
the beauty of Your divine consort's feminine charms
will not get up either. Inspite of these distractions,
You should think of keeping all of Your KalyANa guNams
in mind and awaken and bless Your BhakthAs as Bhaktha-
Vathsalan .
(24)MeenAkruthE ! kamaDa! Kola! Nrusimha! VarNin!
SvAmin ! parasvaTha tapOdhana! Raamachandra !
SeshAmsa Raama ! Yadhunandhana! kalki Roopa !
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! tava suprabhAtham
Oh DasAvathAra Roopi! As the supreme Lord of
this Universe , You descended from Srivaikuntam
to take on the nine avathArams so far and are going
to take the tenth incarnation as Kalki later. Your
avatharaNams (descent to earth) are to save
the world from unrighteousness and to show
the sanmArgam to the aasthikAs . It is only
proper that the owner protects His property .
Oh Lord of such auspicious aatributes ! Please
awaken and provide succor to Your BhakthAs
awaiting Your grace at the entrance of Your door.
May this be an auspicious dawn for Thee !
(25)yElA lavanga ghanasAra Sugandhi theertham
dhivyam viyath sarithi hEmagatEshu poorNam
dhruthvAdhya Vaidhika sikhAmaNaya: prahrushtA:
thishtanthi VenkatapathE ! Tava SuprabhAtham
The joyous Brahmins adept in Vedic rituals are standing
in front of Your sannidhi with golden vessels full
of AakAsa GangA theertham scented appropriately
with a mixture of cardamoms, cloves ,cinnamon
barks and green camphor to be used in Your daily
Thirumanjanam (sacred bath).Oh Lord ! Please
awaken and bless them . May this dawn be an
auspicious one to Thee!
(Commnets): Even today , ThOzappars belonging to
the vamsam of Thirumalai Nampi bring AakAsa GangA
theertham for the Lord's sacred abolutions along
with parimaLam .They receive the first theertham
at the Lord's ghOshtis.
(26)BhAsvan udhEthi vikachAni sarOruhANi
sampUrayanthi ninadhai: kakubhO vihangA:
SrivaishNavAs-sathatham arThitha mangalAsthE
dhAmaasrayanthi tava Venkata! SuprabhAtham
Oh Lord Of Venkatam ! The Sun has risen. The Lotuses
have bloomed. The birds are chirping about and raising
a lot of noises .The Sri VaishNava ghOshti that always
seek auspiciousness for You through their
mangaLAsAsanams are patiently waiting at
Your sannidhi for You to awake from Your sleep.
It is not fair for You to continue with Your
sleep befitting Your role as Bhaktha Sulabhan
and Natha-Satyan .Please wake up.May this dawn
be an auspicous one for Thee!
(Comments) The movements of birds and the blossoming of
the Lotus in the early morning time (soon after Sunrise)
are described by ANDAL in Her ThiruppAvai Paasurams
( PuLLum chilampina kANN , Keesu keesenRengum
AanaicchAtthAn --, UngaL puzhakkadai thOttatthu
vaaviyuLL , senkazhuneer Vaai nehinzhtu--).
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezucchi
Paasurams also seem to have inspired Sri ANNA
in constructing this slOkam .
(27)BrahmAdhaya: suravarA: samaharshayasthE
Santha: Sananthana mukhA: tava yOgivaryA:
DhAmanthikE tava hi mangala vasthu hasthA:
Sri VenkatAchalapathE! tava SuprabhAtham
Oh Lord of Thirumalai! The great Ones like
BrahmA , Honored Maharishis and MahA Yogis
like Sanandana are waiting at Your forecourt
with auspicious items like Mirror et al in
their hands for Your SuprabhAdha Kaimkaryam.
Please awaken ! May this dawn be an ausicious
one for Thee!
(Comments): This slOkam is a direct echo
of the paasages from eigth paasuram of
ThoNdaradippodi AzhwAr's ThiruppaLLiyezucchi
(-- Maanidhi KapilaiyoNN KaNNADi mudalA,
EmperumAn paDikkamalam KaaNDarkku
YerpanavAyina koNDu nann munivar
Thumburu Naaradhar puhanthanar ivarO--).
(28) LakshmInivAsa! Niravadhya guNaikasindhO!
SamsAra Saagara SamuttharaNaika sEthO !
VedAntha Vedhya nija Vaibhava Bhaktha bhOgya!
Sri VenkatAchalapathE ! Tava SuprabhAtham
This is a moving NaamArchanaa for the Lord
of Thirumalai : Oh abode of MahA LakshmI !
Oh the ocean house of all blemishless ,
auspicious attributes ! Oh the bridge to
cross the ocean of SamsAram ! Oh Supreme
One , whose glories are truly understood
and sung by Upanishads ! Oh Lord , who
thrives on the enjoyment of His bhakthAs!
Oh Lord of VenkatAchalam ! May this dawn
be an auspicious one for Thee!
(29) Ittham VrushAchchala pathE: iha SuprabhAtham
yE maanavA: prathi-dhinam paDithum pravrutthA:
thEshAm PrabhAthasamayE smruthirangabhAjAm
Praj~nAm pararTha sulabhAm paramAm prasUthE
Oh VrushAchalapathi ! Those humans , who recite
daily with bhakthi , this SuprabhAtham of Yours in
the early morning are blessed indeed . Anyone who
thinks about these blessed BhagyavAns will attain
true knowledge about Your Tatthvam effortlessly
and gain MOksha siddhi.
Concluding Observations:
Sri PrathivAdhi Bhayankaram ANNA followed
his Acharyan's niyamanam and composed this
beautiful SuprabhAdham for eternity to enjoy
and benefit from. This Sri Sookthi has 29 slOkams
just like Thiruppaavai without its Phalasruthi
Paasuram ( Vangak kadal kadaintha--). ThiruppAvai
can be considered as a SuprabhAtham to Lord KrishNA
by ANDAL in one sense. In this brilliant and moving
SuprabhAtham of ANNA , ThoNdardippodi AzhwAr's
Bhakthi-laden Paasuram pasages from ThiruppaLLIyezuchci
are also heard. AdiYen is grateful to the Lord of
Thirumalai for blessing me to write on this
important Sri Sookthi.
Subhamasthu,
Sri SrinivAsa ParabrahmaNE Nama:
Daasan, OppilA-appan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan