Sri Bhu Sthuthi Part 2
From the Bhakti List Archives
• March 11, 1998
Dar BhakthAs of Sri Bhu Devi SamEtha Sri Oppiliappan : We will now cover the individual slOkAs of the eulogy of Swami Desikan on BhU PirAtti of ThiruviNNagar Divya Desam . Yaj~na VarAha dayithai is BHU PirAtti ************************************* This slOkam salutes BhUmi Devi as the consort of Yaj~na VarAha PerumAn .She later incasrnated as SitA Piratti and ANDAL , when the earth was ploughed by King JanakA and PeriyAzhwAr respectively in different yugAs . She incarnated at ThiruviNNagar ( TuLasi Vanam ) as the beautiful child under a TuLasi plant . Sage MarkandEya picked up the lovely child and raised as his daughter and gave her away in marriage to ThiruviNNagarAn . In one of the previous yugAs , an asuran by the name of HiranyAkshan stole Her and hid under the ocaean to escape the wrath of Her Lord . Sriman NaarAyaNA took the form of a gigantic VarAham and entered the ocean , sought after the cowardly HiraNyksahan , destroyed him in battle and recovered HIs dear Consort . The VarAha PerumAn's svarUpam is the embodiment of Yaj~nams and is the most sacred . He has taken a kapata VarAha rUpam saluted by Swami Desikan in the DasAvathAra sthOthram as " guhanA pOthri " . The magnificent Veda Dhvani arising out of the nostrils of that Kapata VarAhan joyously lifting His consort ( BhU VarAha Mahishee )on His tusk is saluted by Swami Desikan as purifying all the worlds (Pavithreekrutha BrahManda : ) . The PraLaya kaal samudhram is like a little ditch under his feet . There He holds His consort (DharaNI ) as DharaNIdharan and blesses us all in that happy frame of mind . Srimadh BhAgavatham's & Sri NaarAyaNa- *************************************** Bhattadhiri's salutation to Yaj~na VarAhan : ******************************************* At the end of destruction of the offending HiraNyAkshan , BhU VarAhan gave the darsanam to the assembled DevAs and Sages as Yaj~na VarAhan . Consisten to the adoraation , " Yaj~nO vai VishNu : " He prsented Himself as Yaj~na VarAhan . His Sareeram is recognized as the embodiment of VedAs . The sages came from JanO lOkam , TapO lOkam and Sathya lOkam to have the darsanam of this Yaj~na/Veda rUpi as described by Srimadh Bhagavatha slOkam in the third canto ( 3.13.44 ): vidhunvathA VEDAMAYAM nijam VAPUR Janastapa: Sathya nivAsinO vayam I satA sikhothbhUtha SivAmbhu Bindhubir vimrujyamAnA bhrusameesa bhaavithA : II When he Lord shook His gigantic body as He came out of the Ocean water , those droplets of water leaving His body ( Veda maya sareeram )went all the way upto the JanO , TapO and Sathya lOkams and fell on the sages there and purified them in every way . They got a clear picture of waht was happening and came running to have the darsanam of the Veda mUrthy and Yaj~na SvarUpi carrying His dear consort on His tusk . What they saw there is described by the following two SlOkams of Srimadh Bhagavatham ( 3.13.35,36 ): rUpam tavaithanannanu dushlruthAthmanAm dudarsanam DevayadhadhvarAthmakam I cchAndhAmsi yasya tvachi barhirOma- svAjyam dhrusi tvangrishu chAthurhOthram II srugh tunda aaseeth sruva yeesa nAsayO ridOdharE chamasA karNarandhrE I prAsithramAsyE grasanE grahAsthu thE yaccha varNam thE BhagavannagnihOthram II ( meaning ) : The sges and the DevAs saw the cchandas like Gaayathri et al on this Yaj~na VarAha mUrthy's shoulders ( Tvachi ) ; the Dharba grass assembly on the hair ; ghee offered in the Yaj~nam in the eyes of that Yaj~na Purushan ; the karmAs performed by ht efour Rthviks were found on the feet ; the Juhu named Srugh was seen on the face ofthe Lord ;the karunkAli spoon used to lift the ghee in yaj~nam known as sruvam was found on the noseof the Lord ; the vessel used to hold the havis known as purOdasam was found on the stomach; the wodden shallow vessel used to hold sOma rasam for homam and ingestion were found in the ears of the Lord ; the vessel used to hold the havis for BrahmA known as PrAsithram was found in the mouth of the Yaj~na VarAhan ; the mortar like yaj~nA vessel known as graham used for collecting sOma rasam was found inside the deepr cavities of the mouth ; the food ( havis ) consumed by the Lord was seen as agnihOthram . The assembled bhAgyavantha: saw further in the body of the Yaj~na VarAha mUrthy the following aspects : ** bhagavadh svarUpam appearing frequently as the ishti of the Yaj~nam known as DheekshiNyA ** The upasath ishti as the neck of the Lord ** the PrAyaNeeya ishti observed at the beginning of Yaj~nam and the udhayaNeeya ishti observed at the end of the Yaj~nam as the two cannine tusks (teeths ) **Pravarkya vessel as the Tongue ** the two agnis ( Sappayam and Aavasathyam ) as the head of the Yaj~na NaaraayaNan ** the stacked up ishtakais as prANans ** the rethas of the Lord as soma rasam ** the three savanams ( PrAthas, MaadhyAntheena and trutheeya savanam ) as the seat of the Lord ** agnishtOmam , athyagnishtOmam , Ukthyam , Shodasee , VaajabhEyam , athirAthram , AbdhOryAmam ( seven Soma Yaj~na samsthAs ) were seen as the skin , blood , flesh , methas , bones , majjai , sukram ( seven dhAthus ) ** DhvAdhAsAha sathrams as the junctions ( sandhees) of the body ** BhagavAn HImself as the Yaj~na svarUpi without affiliation to the sOma rasam and with the ishtis as ropes . Sri NaarAyaNa Bhatthadhiri condenses these two slOkams in the ninth slOkam of the thirteenth dasakam of Sri NaarAyaNeeyam : tvachi chandhO romasvapi kusagaNascchakshushi grutham chathurhOthArOangraou srugapi vadanE chOdara iDA I grahA jihvAyAm thE parapurusha karNE cha chamasA: vibhO sOmO veeryam Varadha galadEsEapyupasadha : II Sri Bhattadhiri addresses the Lord as Para(ma) purusha and Varadha( boon grating Lord )for those who see Him in this form . These descriptions point out that all the Veda karmAs are performed for raching the Lord and that Yaj~nAs , Yaj~na vessels , rthviks , Ishtis andf Homams are Bhagavdh rUpam . The inner meaning is that those , who learn and understand VedAs properly will not see all the karmAs and the