[sv-rituals] PurattAsi SravaNam: Swamy Desikan's MangaLAsAsanam of the dhivya damapthis: Part II

SrI:

SrI MahA Devi SamEtha Sri VaradarAja ParabrahmaNE nama:

Dear BhakthAs:

After being seated on the Tanga Kaittalam , Swamy  Desikan 
goes around the Dhvaja sthambham and arrives at the UdhayabhAnu
manTapam prior to entering the ThoNDaradippodi Vaasal. From
the Vaahana Mantapam , the sthOthra Paata GhOshti follows
Swamy  Desikan and recites Kattiyams in between the selected
passages form  a wide ranging sthOthrams of Swamy  Desikan .
This recitations continue from the time of starting from 
UdhayabhAnu Mantapam to return to Vaahana  Mantapam 
during the late evening.

WE WILL FOLLOW THIS SPECIAL JOURNEY OF SWAMY DESIKAN 
STEP BY STEP IN THIS AND SUBSEQUENT POSTINGS .

1.UDHAYA BHAANU  MANTAPAM HALT & PRAYER
****************************************
Here, AbhIthI sthavam slOkam (25th ) is recited 
by the ghOshti:

Bhujanga Vihangama pravarasainyanATa : PrabhO
  TaTaiva KumadhAdhayO nagara-gOpura-dhvArapA:
achinthya Bala vikramA: Thvamiha desasamrakshakA:
  Jithantha ithi vaadhinO jagadanugrahE jaagrathu

What  a  beautiful choice of a slOkam for benediction
prior to start of the MahOthsavam of MangaLAsAsanam !

(meaning of the SlOkam ): Oh Lord of SrIrangam (standing 
on Hasthigiri as SrI Varada NaarAyaNan)! AdhisEshan, Garudan, 
VishvaksEnar , Kumudhan and other leaders of the sEnai, 
the defenders of Your city, gOpuram and the gates have 
valor , heroism and strength that is difficult to comprehend
and grasp( achinthya Bala vikramA:). They are determined 
to defend Your dhivya dEsam (APARAAJITHA)like you and 
share Your zeal in this matter. They are thinking constantly 
about Your victory over all evil forces and are performing 
MangaLAsAsanams for You(JithanthE ithi vaadhina:/ May  Thou
be victorious)). we pray that these divine servants of 
yours will protect not only Your dhivya desam but will extend
the intensity of their protection to the entire world 
(JagadhanugrahE jaagrathu)!  

ARRIVAL AT THONDARDIPPODI VAASAL 
********************************
After the prayer for Jagath RakshaNam , Swamy arrives 
at ThoNDardippodi gate and the sthOthra ghOshti recites
the following slOkam :

visvaprINana visvakarma-rachanA-chAthurya-kaatharyathai:
 silpai: kalpayathIva maNDanamasou chEthasTithEr MaNTapa:
ratna-sthambha bhuvOpi rasmaya imE sOpAna gOpAnasI-
 madhyam yathra kavakshayanthi vihitha-prathyagra chithrakramA:

One is reminded of the aananda Maya maNTapam referred to
by the Upanishad Vaakyam : " Sahasras-sTUNE ". It is filled
with the ghOshti of the Lord's nithya kinkarALs.Swamy 
ParAsara  Bhattar refers to this Aanandha Maya MaNTapam 
in one slOkam of His SrI RangarAja Sthavam .

The Kattiyam for Swamy  Desikan rings forth thereafter:

VisvathisAyee VisvAmithra gOthra-bhUshaNa:!
ananthaguNa sEvathE: AnanthasoorE: aathmasambhava!

Oh Swamy who is the aabharaNam of VisvAmithra gOthram ,
the object of salutation of the entire world ! Oh Swamy
who is worshipped by all limitless aathma guNams!
Oh the celebrated son of Ananthasoori!

After this Kattiyam , Yethsarikai to start the PuRappAdu
is recited:

Yethsarikai Swamy Yethsarikai
Vijayee bhava ! Vijayee Bhava! Vijayee Bhava!
yethsarikai Swamy yethsarikai!

As Swamy  Desikan crosses the ThoNDaradippodi gate ,
Lord VaradarAjan's PuNyakOti VimAnam comes into sight .

SALUTATION TO PUNYA KOTI VIMAANAM
**********************************
The sthOthra ghOshti salutes now the PuNyakOti VimAnam 
which arose out of the Agni Kuntam in the Yaaga Vedhi of
Chathurmukha BrahmA with the Lord inside it:

YacchAyamAsrithya vinirmitham yath- 
puNyam bhavEth kODiguNam vivruddham 
Tath PuNyakODithi bhuvi prasiddham 
vimAnarAjam bhuvi bhAvayAma:

The world celebrated king of VimAnams named
PuNyakODi VimAnam is worshipped here.The origin of
the name , PuNyakODi is addressed here .

MANGALAASAASANAM FOR RAGHUVEERAN
*********************************
After PuNyakODi VImAna Darsanam in the yonder horizon,
Swamy  Desikan arrives now at the first Sannidhi 
( Ramar Sannidhi ) for His MangaLAsAsanam. Here 
SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam is recited with great 
majesty( The text and commentary on SrI Raghu Veera Gadhyam
has been archived in Bhakthi postings of previous years) 
and the recitation of eight slOkams celebrating 
RaamAvatharam follow.Two of the eight slOkams are from 
DasAvathaara SthOthram (8th slOkam) and
from SrI VaradarAja PanchAsath (25th slOkam):

The 8th slOkam of SrI DasAvathAra sthothram commencing
with the line , " PaarAvArapayO viSoshana kalApArINa
kAlAnala--" :

(Meaning ): Lord Ramachandran is a matchless villALan/dhanvI
(brilliant handler of the bow and arrows). He is the embodiment
of all dharmams (Dharma svaroopi). The activities of
the arrows sent by Him are terror striking . His arrows
have the power to dry up even the waters of the ocean ,
when Samudhra Raajan ignored His request for help to
build  a sEthu (dam) over his (samudhrarAjan's ) waters. 
Lord Ramachandran's arrows have the power greater than 
the agni at the time of PraLayam. Our Lord of such valor 
and glory has the mukhya vratham of protecting every one
who sought His refuge even once ( sakruth prapanna janathA
samrakshaNaika vrathI) . This Lord of ours known for 
His soulabhyam and anantha kalyANa guNams should bless us
with freedom from practising adharmams of every kind.

The 25th slOkam of SrI VaradarAja Sthavam saluting 
Lord VaradarAjan as SrI Ramachandran takes this form:

yEnAchala prakruthinA ripu samkshayArTI
  vArAm nidhim Varadha poorvam alangyasthvam 
tamm veekshya sEthu manunApi sarIravantha: 
  sarvE shaDUrmi bhauLam jaladhim taranthi

(meaning): Oh the Matchless Boon giver ! Today's
samsAris cross the ocean of worldly afflictions
known for its six terror causing waves--Hunger ,
thirst , suffering , ajn~Anam , old  age , death--
by having the darsanam of the bridge (dam ) that you
built with the help of monkeys and bears to cross over
to LankA to destroy the raakshasAs there and their
king , RaavaNan. The samsAris also overcome their
inauspicious six guNAs --desire, anger , greed, ignorance ,
pride and jealousy--and gain auspicious aathma guNams by 
the darsanam of Your Sethu (Raama Sethu) .

The other slOkams in praise of Lord Raamachnadra are:

1) Nama: Tasmai kasmaichana bhavathu nishkinchanajana-
   svayamrakshA dhIkshA samadhika samindhAna yasasE 
   SurAdhIsa svaira KshaNa kupitha sApAyudhavadhU--
   dhrushatthA dhurjAtha prasamana padhAmbhOja rajasE 

(Here , Lord Raamachandran's matchless glory of
 protecting without fail those , who sought His refuge
 and AhalyA Saapa VimOchanam through the power of 
 the dust from His Thiruvadi is celebrated).

2)rAkAnthE ruddhalanka: chyuthaphaNikadanO DhUmradhrugvajradhamshtrou
  bangthvAkampam Prahastham Dasamukhamakutam KumbakarNathikAyou
  BrahmAsthracchinna KumbhaadhikamaTa MakarAksham cha hathvEndhra chathrum
  jithvaa gasrais thribhstham sahabalamavadhIth RaavaNam Raamabhadra:

(Here , the Yuddha KhANDam activities of Raghuveeran  
are remembered and saluted.All the events leading up to
RaavaNA's death from the arrows of the Lord are recalled).

3) vishayibhirasou vakthrair-ghOram manOrajanIcharam
   prasamayathi yO yunjAnAnAm prabhOdhasarOthkaram
   Janaka suthayA DevyA jushtO disAthabhayam sathAm
   DasaraTa suthO Deva: SrImAN DayAmrutha Vaarithi:

( The nectarine waves of DayA of the Lord Raamabhadran , 
  who grants   Abhaya pradhAnam  in the company of His Devi, 
  Janaka SuthA is remembered here. The entire Abhaya PradhAna Saaram
  dealing with Paratatthva NirNayam of the Lord ,His SaraNAgatha
  Rakshakathvam , SaraNyaseela Prakasa Tatthvam ( Varadha !
  SakalamEthath-samsrithArTam chakarTa , the salutation of 
  KurEsar in SrI VaradarAja Sthavam reminding us that 
  the Lord has put at the disposal of His adiyArs His
  ubhaya VibhUthi , ThirumEni and Aathma Svaroopam),
  SaraNya Vratha visEsha PrakAsam are implied here).

4) AyOdhyA dhivyEyam vahathi SarayUrathra VirajA
   vibHOrEthE yoopA vidhi niyama nirmuktha pasava:
   akuNDa svAtanthrya svapadham adhirOhannvasarE
   SahAnaishIdhEsha sTira Charamasesham Raghupathi:

Here, the vaibhavam of SrI Raghupathi granting the superior 
lokams to  all chethanams and achEthanams at the time of 
His return to SrI Vaikuntam at the end of His avathAram 
as described in the Utthara KaaNdam section of SrImad
RaamAyaNam and the ThiruvAimozhi Paasuram of Swamy
NammAzhwar ThiruvAimozhi : 7.5.1 

( kaRpAr RaamapirAnaiallAl maRRum kaRparO , 
  puRppA muthalA pulleRumpAthiyonRinRiyE,
  NaRppAl AyOthtiyil vaazhum charAcharam muRRavum ,
  naRppAlukkuyutthanan NaanmuhanAr peRRa nAttuLE ). 

5) Bhagavathi BharadhvAjE Bukthi: TaTA SabarIgruhE 
   PrabhuranusruthO VisvAmithra: plavangapathis-taTA
   BhrugupathitapO loonam dhrushti: KhagasTa cha DakshiNA
   Jayathi lalaithOtthungaa vrutthi: dasaasyaripOrithi

(Some other incidents from SrImad RaamayaNam --Enjoyable 
Feast for  Rama and his retinue at BhardhvAja Aasramam ,
Sabari's offering of fruits , journey with VisvAmithrA ,
travel with the chiefs of monkeys , loss of penance by
ParasurAma , loss of one eye by Kaakam --are activities 
of the enemy of RaavaNa , Our Lord Raamachandran.

6) silAdhE: sthrIthvAdhi vipariNathirasthvadhbhutham idham
   tathOapyEtacchithram yadhutha dahanasyaiva himathA
   thruNasyaivAsthrathvam ripushu nihatharEva hithathA
   padhathrENaivEha thribhuvana parithrANamithi cha

The glories of Raamachandran in protecting beings of
the three worlds are saluted here.

7. dharpOdhagradhasEndhriyAnana manO nakthanjarAdhishtathE
   dEhEasmin bhaavasindhunA parigathO dhInAm dasAm aasthitha:
   adhyathvE Hanumath-samEtha guruNA prakhyApithArTa: pumAn
   LankAruddha VidEharAja tanayA nyAyEna laalapyathE

Additional vaibhavam of Lord Raamachandran , who besieged
LankA in helping the suffering samsAris are saluted here. 
HanumAn is mentioned here in anticipation a special
Haaratthi for him , whose Vaibhavam is the subject 
matter of Sundara KaaNDam. 

After the recitation of the sthOthrams on Raghu Veeran ,
aaratthi for HanumAn in His sannidhi takes place . A slOkam 
praising the valour and vaibhavam of AnjanEyar is recited :

pariNatha phalagrAsa sraddhAjigrkshitha BhAskara:
PavanagarudaspardhAna praveeNa javOlpana:
dasamukhapurIdhAhOthsiktha svavAladhi Vaibhava:
Raghupathi RaNArambha kreeDAraTOayamupasthitha:

The early exploits of Baala HanumAn in jumping at 
Sooryan thinking that latter was a fruit to eat ,
the quenching of His lit tail in the ocean 
after burning LankA city and the sportful but  
deadly activities of HanumAn in the war of 
Raghupathi at LankA are saluted here 

Swamy  Desikan recieves now MaryAdhais from Lord Raamachandra
(Theertham , Garland , SaThAri ) and this kattiyam rings forth:

KavithArkika kalabhavraja kaBalIkruthi Simha!
Sakala VidhyA vaahinI Janmasaila!

Yethsarikai is announced and Swamy  Desikan 
proceeds to the next sannidhi of Thiru AnanthAzhwAn,
who is a  Nithyasoori and serves the Lord in
SrI Vaikuntam and VibhavAvathArams .

SALUTATION TO AADHISESHAN AT AALAVANTHAAR MURRAM
************************************************
 
Anantha-khyAthisampanna: suddha sathva sudhIbala:
dhatthE bahuvidham bhOgai: sruthidhrushti sTiraasraya: 

Many glories associated with AdhisEshan as prathama nithyasoori
( Umbrella when the Lord is standing , Throne when He is sitting ,
Bed when He is reclining and sandals , when He walks as 
well as  accompaniment in Raama-KrishNa avathArams and 
later as AchArya RaamAnuja in Kali yugam) are hinted here.  

JagathyasEshANi yadhEkasEshE paryankathAm yasccha gatha: praTimnA
alankaneeyam mahimAnamanyai: bhajathyasou bhAvitha sEshabhAva:

AdhisEshan's unparalleled sEsha Vrutthi is saluted here once more.

After AdhisEsha mnagaLAsAsanam with the above two slOkams ,
Swamy Desikan recieves MaryAdhais from AadhisEshan at 
the MadaipaLLI prAkAram or AaLavanthAr MURRam , where 
AaLavanthAr first saw from distance RaamAnujA . This is 
followed by the recitation of the 43rd slOkam of Garuda 
PanchAsath that begins with : "Slishyath  RudrAsukeerthi---"
where Garuda Bhagavan's mighty arms are eulogized.The other
top nithyasoori is saluted with the above 43rd slOkam .

KARUMAANIKKA VARADHAR SANNIDHI MANGALAASAASANAM
*************************************************
In the same MadaipaLLi prAkAram is the sannidhi of
KarumANikka Varadhar.This is exactly where AaLavanthar
saw RaamAnujA as a student and prayed to Lord Varadhan 
to enable RaamAnujA to become the illustrious
SampradhAya Pravarthakar. That famous SaraNaagathi
prayer by AaLavanthAr salutes the limitless power of 
Lord VaradarAjan that makes deaf hear , blind  see, lame run ,
the dumb speak and even the maladi gets a child :

yasya prasAdhakalayA Bdhira: sruNothi
  pankhu: pradhAvathi javEna cha vakthi Mooka:
andha: prapasyathi sutham labahdhE cha VandhyA
  Tamm DevamEva Varadham SaraNam gathOsmi

Another SlOkam starting with , " LakshmI nEthrOthpala-
SrIsatataparichayAdEsha samvardhamAna:" is recited next
at KarumANikka Varadar Sannidhi.

Kattiyam for Swamy  Desikan follows:

sraddhAtavya Saranya dhivya dampathi dayA dhivyApagAvyApaka!
thrayyanthaprathinandahaneeya vividhOdhanatha!

After Yeccharikai , Swamy moves on to the MangaLAsAsanam
of MadaipaLLi NaacchiyArkaL with the first slOkam of
SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai:

PadhmApathE: sthuthipadhEna vipachyamAnam
 pasyanthviha prapadanapravaNA mahAntha:
madhvAkyasamvalithamapyajahath svabhAgam
 maanyam YathIsvara MahAnasa sampradhAyam

Here the salutation is to MadaipaLLi Vazhi vantha 
SampradhAyam . The reference is to MadaipaLLI
AacchAn , who performed MadaipaLLi Kaimkaryam
and served as a prime disciple of AchArya RaamAnujA.
another slOkam saluting this tradition that came to
us via Kidambi (MadaipaLLi) AacchAn ( 1057-1157 A.D)
is the subject of another Kattiyam:

After MaryAdhai at MadaipaLLI NaacchiyArkal,
two more verses are recited to salute KidAmbi
(AthrEya) AcchAn :

ithi YathirAjamahAnasa parimaLa parivAha vaasithAm piBhatha
vibhudha parishannishEvyAm VedAnthOdayana sampradhAya sudhAm 

VedAnthOdayana was a title given by AchArya RaamAnujA
in recognition of his erudition in VedAntha.

The salutation to KidAmbi AacchAn is  followed by
a Kattiyam for Swamy  Desikan  :

YathirAjamahAnasa parimaLa  parivAha vaasitha 
VedanthOdayana sampradhAya paripOshaka!
yathipathi sampradhAya nirapAyadhanOpachitha!

Yethsarikai is announced and Swamy  Desikan
now travels further and has the darsanam of 
SrI PerumdEvi ThAyAr's KalyANa Koti VimAnam .

(To Be continued)

Swamy  Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan  


 

 





 


 




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Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan 



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