Sri DEvarAja Panchakam of DhoddyaachArya (MahAchAryA): Part II
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• November 23, 2001
Dear Sri VaradarAja BhakthAs: In the second slOkam , DoddhAchAryar celebrates the Lord's soundharyam further and pays particular attention to the lotus hands that adorn the abhaya-pradhAna Mudhrai : mukthAdha pathra yugaLOpaya saamarAnthA: vidhyOdhamAna VinathA-tanayAdhirooDam bhakthAbhaya-pradha karAmbhujam ambhujAksham nithyam namAmi Varadham ramaNIya vEsham (Meaning): Lord VaradarAjan is radiant on the back of Garudan --the son of Vinathai-- and is flanked on both sides by the twin sets of white umbrellas and Kavari deer tail chAmarams(fans). His sacred , lotus-soft right hand is held in abhaya mudhrA pose assuring all that He will free them from all their fears .His beautiful lotus-like eyes rain anugraham on all the beholders . adiyEn salutes always that Sarva MangaLa Moorthy emerging out of His aasthaanam through the western gOpuram on the third day of His VaikAsi BrahmOthsavam .AdiyEn enjoys without let the most enchanting beauty of the Lord (RamaNIya Vesham ) seated on the back of GarudAzhwAn and resting His sacred feet on the broad palms of His special vaahanam . GarudAzhwAn holds those Thiruvadis with reverence and points out to us that they are the refuge for all the chEthanams. Additional comments(V.S): Swamy Desikan prayed for the boon of enjoying Lord VaradarAjAn during His uthsavam days as well as all his days on earth without closing his eye lids : turaga VIHAGARAAJA syandhana aandhOLikEshu adhikam adhikam anyAm aathma sObhAm dadhAnam anavadhika VIBHOOTHIM HasthisailEsvaram ThvAm anudhinam animEshair lochanair nirvisEyam --48th slOkam of Sri VaradarAja PanchAsath Swamy Desikan points out here that the Lord of Hasthigiri displays different aspects of His matchless beauty when He uses the Horse, PakshirAjan , Car , Pallakku as His vahanams during His BrahmOthsavam. Swamy says that the soundharyam of the Lord is forever enhancing as He mounts these individual vaahanams. With His soundharyam and His VibhUthi ( Isvaryam) accompanying Him during these occasions , He heightens the aanandhAnubhavam of the bhakthAs , who have assembled on the raaja veedhis of Kanchi to have His darsana soubhAgyam. Swamy prays : " anavadhika vibhUthim HasthisailEsvaram ThvAm animEshai: lOchanai: anudhinam nirvisEyam " ( May adiyen be blessed to enjoy Your incomparable beauty and Isvaryam every day wihtout closing my eyes. He states that he does not want to take his eyes off from enjoying the beauty of the Lord even for a fraction of second . Swamy AlavanthAr has a similar prayer for the uninterrupted enjoyment of the Lord as GarudAroodan in one of his SthOthra Rathnam slOkams : Daasa: SakhA vaahanam aasanam dhvajO yasthE vidhAnam vyajanam Thrayeemaya: upasthitham tEna purO GaruthmathA Thavdangri SamarthakiNAnga sObhinA (meaning): When will adiyEn stand before Garudan the Veda Savaroopi , who serves as Your Daasan , Friend , Vaahanam (Transport) , seat , vidhAnam ( umbrella /cover over Your Thirumudi as at BrindhAvanam , when You played with Gopa KumArans in the heat of summer ),fan ( bringing in cool breeze through the swift movement of his wings) ? That bhAgyasAli, Garudan has the imprint of Your sacred feet in His palms as He transports You around . When will adiyEn have the bhAgyam of Your sevai (Garuda Vaahana sEvai) ? Thus Swamy AlavanthAr longs for the GarudArooda sEvai just as DoddhAcchAr Swamy wisged later ? Some of the VibhUthis of the Lord in display during the Uthsavams are the elephant , horse , Chaamarams , umbrellas , flags and other indicators of His status as the Emperor of the Universe and its beings(royal insignias) . DoddhAcchAr Swamy refers to two of the VibhUthis in his second slOkam : The two white Umbrellas stitched with pearls and the two white chAmarams(Fans) made of the tail hair of a special kind of deer(kavari Maan ). The color of white pearls reminds one of Suddha Satthvam . Another inner meaning of white pearls is that they are AzhwAr Paasurams that celebrate the Sarva Seshithvam of the Lord . The sEsha-sEshithva relationship is reminded here with AzhwAr being sEshan and the Lord being the sEshi. The paasurams of AzhwAr celebrate this indestructible relationship between sEshan and Seshi. The MukthAmaNi rasmi ( the radiant lustre of the rows of Quality pearls) is auspicious because of their nirmala prakAsam reminding one of prathipath chandrakalA (crescent moon on prathamai day).Swamy Desikan refers to this in the MukthA Paddhathi of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahasram. The pearl-studded white umbrellas serving as protection from the day's heat also reminds one of AdhisEshan stretching His hoods over the Lord's Thirumudi and performing his Kaimkaryam ( ThvAm Moorthim BhujangAdhipathE: pratheema:) . In yet another slOkam of MukthA Paddhathi of Sri RanganAtha PaadhukA Sahsram , Swamy Desikan compares the row of pearls to the rows of Nakshathrams created by the Lord for future ages .They provide coolness even during the heat of the day by spreading Satthva GuNam all around. Lord VaradarAjan is Yeka chakrAdhipathi ruling the Universe. Hence , the royal insignias like White Umbrellas , White Chaamarams remind us all of His status as SarvEsvaran. While seated on Garudan , He is displaying Abhaya Mudhrai. He sends out the message : " Maa Sucha: " . He provides Abhaya PradhAnam with His Hastha Mudhrai. This avyAja- vathsalan through His paasam ( affection ) for the suffering Jeevans sends out a rejuvenating message of hope through His abhaya mudhrai. Through His abhaya Mudhrai , Lord VaradharAjan confers so many boons that it would be impossible for us to count them or comprehend them: azhiyAtha AruLAzhipperumAn seyyum anthamilA udhavi yellAm aLappAr aarE ? --UpakAra sangraham of Swamy Desikan His udhavi ( help) has no end ( anthamilA udhavi). Through His abhya-pradhAna mudhrai , Swamy describes in the Charama SlOkAdhikAram section of ChillaRai Rahasyam , Saara-Saaram the following doctrine : " Oh Jeevan! You do not have the power to practise Moksha UpAyAntharams ( the various means to seek Moksham ). Perform SaraNAgathi at my feet and seek my protection . I am SaraNAgatha-VathsalathvAdhi- visishtan ( Natural affection towards those , who seek My protection as SaraNAgathan). I will therefore protect You as a Prapannan . I will remove all obstacles that stand in the way of reaching Me and make you a kruthArTan (" samastha-prathibhandhaka- nivrutthi -poorvaka MathprApthiyAlE kruthArTan aakuhirEn ").Therefore You do not need to fear anything from here on. The Lord is SarvalOka SaraNyan . His vaibhavam as SarvalOka SaraNyan is indicated to all of us through His Abhaya Mudrai. His SaraNya Vratha VisEsha PrakAsam ( The Lord's vow and its greatness) is revealed by Him in the famous Srimath RaamAyaNa SlOakm: sakrudhEva PrapannAya TavAsmIthi cha YaachathE ABHAYAM SarvabhUthEbhyO dadhAmi yEdhath vratham mama -- Yuddha KaaNDam: 18.33 In his second slOkma of the DeavrAja Panchakam , DoddhAcchArya MahA Desikan salutes the GarudArooda Sri Varadha Prabhu of "RamaNeeya Vesham" for " His Bhaktha abhaya-pradha KarAmbhujam " and what that abhaya-pradhAna Mudhrai signifies for us all . Sri VaradharAja ParabrahmaNE Nama: Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SatakOpan -------------------------------------------------------------- - SrImate rAmAnujAya namaH - To Post a message, send it to: bhakti-list@yahoogroups.com Archives: http://ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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