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[sv-rituals] PurattAsi SravaNam: Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of the Dhivya Dampathis of KanchIpuram on Vijaya Dasami Day, October 15: Part I

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Sadagopan • Wed Oct 16 2002 - 17:31:22 PDT 


October 16 ,2002

SrI:

SrI MahA Devi SamEtha Sri VaradarAja ParabrahmaNE nama:

Dear BhakthAs:

Yesterday , many fortunate ones participated in
the MahOthsavam of Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of 
his divine parents , SrI PerumdEvi ThAyAr and Lord
VaradarAjan of Hasthigiri. 

There are special kramam (order)to perform mangaLAsAsanam 
of the Lord of Atthigiri practised by AchAryAs of 
Kaanchi from ancient times . The  special kramam and 
vaikari ( style) of Swamy Desikan's mangaLAsAsanam
of Lord VaradarAjan on His avathAra dinam is an unique 
bliss to experience in one's life on this earth.
The great AchAryan , Thirupputtkkuzhi SrI KrishNa
TaatArya MahA Desikan has protected this kramam 
and this has been embellished further by another
great AchAryan of Kaanchi known as SrI AyyAtthu 
Swamy . Varadaha GuNAmrutha Varshi,SrI R.SrinivAsa Varadha
TatachAr , the disciple of MahA VidvAn , Thirupputtkkuzhi
SrI Nrusimha TaathArya Swamy's disciple and ThUppul 
NarasimhAcchAr  Swamy have described the events of
the MangaLAsAasanam day at  different places.
AdiyEn will attempt to synthesize these accounts 
and present an integrated picture in rememberance of 
this special day at Kaanchipuram and hope that some of 
the BhakthAs , who read these postings will be fortunate to
experience this bliss personally during the next 
PurattAsi SravaNam day at Kaanchi. adiyEn is grateful
to SrIman SaTakOpa TatAchAr  Swamy , who presented me
a special souvenir on this event and asked me to write
about this auspcious event.

This MangalAsAsana kramam uses mostly the slOkams from
Swamy Desikan's various SrI Sookthis and Tamil Prabhandhams
and relates specifically to the individual sannidhis located
on the way from the temple entrance to all the way to Hasthigiri ,
where the Lord waits for Swamy  Desikan to arirve on this 
special day .

Let us start from the Sannidhi of Swamy  Desikan at ThUppul
around 9 A.M and follow the journey to the sannidhi of VaradarAja ,
the various stops in between, the descent from Hasthigiri ,
the PiriyA Vidai given by the doting Father and Swamy Desikan's
return to his aasthAnam around 9 P.M  this day reluctantly.

1.The day before PurattAsi SravaNam at ThUppul
**********************************************
For nine days before this SravaNam day , Swamy Desikan
has PurattAsi Uthsavam , when He blesses us the sEvai on 
YaaLi , Elephant Vaahanams et al. On this day before SravaNam ,
around 4 P.M , Swamy  Desikan will leave His aasthAnam 
and will arrive at the Thiru MaaLikai , where He used 
to live during His stay at ThUppul .This year , a new MaNTapam 
has been consecrated . The areas including the Nadai KiNaRu 
(Nada Vaapi)are near by. This is where , Swamy Desikan had His 
nithyAnushtAnams .

THIRUMANJANAM AT THE THRIUMAALIKAI MANTAPAM
********************************************
Once  Swamy Desikan gets seated in the center of that 
special MaNtapam , He is ready to have His Thirumanjana 
uthsavam  with a simple vasthram and ThirumEni displaying 
Brahma tEjas. His bewitching smile and VyAkhyA mudhrai
makes one think of His being alive right in front of us 
across the span of seven centuries. 

ANJALI MUDHRAI ADORNMENT
*************************
At the end of the traditional Thirumanjanam , He adorns 
dhivyAbharaNams like ThoppAram and PeethAmbharam and
travels on a small kaitthaLam to Lord HayagrIvan's sannidhi 
nearby. His Hastha  Mudhrai has changed now (after
Thirumanjanam) from VyAkhyA to Anjali Mudrai to indicate that 
He is going to perform MangaLAsAsanam of the Lord of 
His birth place ,SrI DhIpa PrakAsan and SrI Maragatha Valli 
ThAyAr of ThirutthaNkA that evening and the dhivya dampathis
of Hasthigiri the next day .The power of anjali mudrai has
been celebrated by Swamy  desikan in His SrI Sookthi,
"Anjali Vaibhavam" and in the 30th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja
PanchAsath (prathyasthram anjalirasou Tava nigrahAsthrE).
It is the counter arrow for the arrow of anger of
the Lord over our trespasses. Lord's anger is quenched
on seeing His devotee's anjali bhaddha hastham.

Anjali is recognized as  " am + jalayathi " , melting 
the Lord as water on seeing the anjali mudhrai shown
by the devotee. The power of this mudhrai/Folded hand
gesture is described by Swamy  Desikan to confer all
the following soubhAgyams in Anjali Vaibhavam :

1. Giving the desired phalans quickly ( aasu- kaarithvam), 

2. Power to destroy all sins ( asEsha-dhOsha-
   nivarthakathvam )

3. Power to confer all auspiciousness (asesha kalyANa 
   Kaaranathvam)

4. Protecting those , who have links to Him (PrapannAs)
  ( anubhandhi-rakshakathvam)

5. Power to confer eternal soubhAgyams
   ( akshaya phala pradhathvam)

6. Offering Himself as the final fruit for the Prapannan
   ( Phala roopa sajAthIya pariNathimathvam) 

MangaLAsAsanam at ThirutthaNkA
*******************************
At 6 P.M  , one hears the sound of the mangaLa vaadhyam
of Thirucchinnam to signify that the VedAntha Guru is on
His way to ViLakkoLi PerumAl Koil. He performs PradhakshiNam 
and engages in the MangaLAsAsanam of GodhA PirAtti and
Maragathavalli ThAyAr prior to entering the  sannidhi of 
Lord DhIpa PrakAsan . There the SrI Sookthi that He composed for
Lord DhIpa PrakAsan (SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai ) will be 
recited majestically by the assembled GhOshti . Swamy Desikan
will now recieve SaThAri, garland , Theerttham and other maryAdhais
(PrasAdham) from the Lord . After the mangaLAsAsanam of the Lord , 
Swamy  Desikan would continue with His salutations to the AzhwArs
and return to His aasthAnam at ThUppul by 9 P.M.

By this time , the golden pallAkku (palanquin) of
Lord VaradarAjan for use next day by Swamy  Desikan 
would have arrived. The Lord of Kaanchi  sends one of 
His two golden palanquins for Swamy  Desikan's use 
during the PurattAsi SravaNam day. One of the two
PallAkkus is for His use during the 5th day of BrahmOthsavam ,
when He gives us His sEvai in Mohini alankAram.
The other pallAkku is used for transporting the Lord 
with His Ubhaya NaacchiyArs on the 3rd day of BrahmOthsavam ,
ThOtta Uthsavam and VidaiyARRi. This  pallaakku with 
the special sambhandham of NaacchiyArkaL is sent for
the use of Swamy  Desikan next day.Dhivya Dampathi Tatthvam 
is perhaps revealed here (YuvAm DampathI dhaivatham na:).

The day of PurattAsi SravaNam 
*******************************
The Kaanchi temple Elephant , Horse , ParivArams of Lord
VaradarAja would have  arrived early at ThUppul in the morning. 
Swamy  Desikan will ascend the Golden PallAkku 
and start His journey around 9.30 A.M to Hasthigiri 
followed by Veda PaarAyana ghOshti and preceded by 
Dhivya Prabahndha GhOshti. 

At the entrance of Swamy  Desikan Sannidhi at  ThUppul,
as He starts out , the first of the slOkams
describing the celebrations in the sky is
recited : There are yaksha-KinnarAs playing on 
dhundubhi Vaadhyam frequently amd that auspicious
dhvani is heard  all directions ( dhivyA samprathi 
dhundhubhir-dhisi dhvAnair-muhu:srUyathE) ; 
DEvAs are performing Saama ghAnam (dEvAnAmapi 
hAvU hAvU laharI vikshObhyathyamBaram )and
the assembly of Lord's kaimkaryaparALs , the aadhivAhikAs
group are showing the archirAdhi maargam to prapannAs
and leading them thru the dEvayAna path :

dhivyA samprathi dhundhibhirdisi disi dhavaanairmuhu: srUyathe
dEvaanAmapi haavUhaavU-laharO vikshObhayathyambaram
aarabdha-prathisamskruthi: kruthamukairarchimukhai:SrIpathE:
aj~nAdhAribhirAthivAhika ganai: aadhisyathE paddhathi  

The Paadham ThAngis lift Swamy  Desikan's Pallakku
on their back once the following Yethsarikai is heard:

SrImath VenkatanATArya ! PhaNidharaNidharAdhIsa 
dhivya GaNDAvathara!

yethsarikai Swamy yethsarikai 
vijayee Bhava Vijayee Bhava
Vijayee Bhava Vijayee Bhava 
yetharikai Swamy Yethsarikai 

Taniyan for Swamy  Desikan is recited here:

SrImAn VenkatanATArya: kavi-tArkika kEsarI
vEdAnthAchArya-varyO mE SannidhatthAm sadha hrudhi 

MangaLa Vaadhyams will be playing on ground 
now as well as Swamy Desikan progresses towards 
the Western gOpuram entrance of VaradarAja temple after going 
around YathOkthakAri Temple on the way .It would be around 
10.30 A.M now and people in the Sannidhi Street will be
waiting for Swamy  Desikan's arrival with PoorNa Kumbham.

After entering the Western gOpuram , the veda PaarAyaNa
and the adhyApAka GhOshti bid farewell to Swamy  Desikan,
who proceeds now towards Lakshmi KumAra  Thaatha Desikan 
sannidhi, where latter's archai is with his dharmapathni,
AmmangAr. Darsana ThaambhUlam is presented by Lakshmi-
KumAra ThAtha Desikan and Swamy  Desikan honors
the ThAtha Desikan dampathis with His garland and 
SaThAri ( NayinAchAryan). Swamy  desikan descends now from 
the Tanga pallAkku and is seated on a Golden Kaittalam
for mangaLAsAsanam inside the Temple of Lord VaradarAjan.
The Kattiyams for Swamy  Desikan are recited by the special
GhOshti. The bavani inside the temple starts from  here 
now. GhOshti follows reciting Swamy  Desikan's SrI sookthis
until he returns back to this same mantapam in the evening.

(To be continued)

SrI MahA Devi samEtha Sri HasthigirIsAya namO nama:

Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 



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