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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs:

In the previous posting , the focus was on the extended
meanings of the First place of residence of EmperumAn
( Dhivya padham/SrI Vaikuntam).

In this posting , we will continue with the second
residences of the Lord besides His permanent presence 
at ThiruvahIndhrapuram in the archA form.

Tenth SlOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath
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dhivyE padhE JALANIDHOU nigamOtthamAngE
svAnthE sathAm savithru-maNDala-madhya-bhAgE
BrahmAchalE cha bahumAnapadhE muneenAm
vyakthim Tava ThridasanATa vadhanthi nithyAm 

Lord's presence as AnanthasAyee at the Milky Ocean
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Swamy Desikan salutes EmperumAn here as " JALA NIDHOU
Tava vyakthim nithyAm vadahanthi" . The knowledgable ones 
describe Your manifestation as the One , who is resting on
AdhisEshan permanently at the Milky Ocean. 

References to ThiruppARkkadal Dhivya dEsam 
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AzhwArs have saluted extensively this aprAkrutha dhivya 
dEsam (beyond human perception) . The name of the Lord 
at this dhivya dEsam is KsheerAbdhi NaaTan . He is 
served by ThAyAr , Kadal MahaL NaacchiyAr. His vimAnam
is AshtAnga VimAnam .This is Lord's Vyuha manifestation.
He presents Himself to BrahmA , RudrA and DevAs at 
this dhivya dEsam. 

Ten AhwArs have enjoyed KsheerAbdhi NaaTan as VyUha
Moorthy and blessed us with 51 Paasurams.

We will refer to selected passages from some of
these paasurams:

1) "Paarkkadal VaNNA" --PeriyAzhwAr: 3.3.7 

2) In the appotthaikkippOthE solli VaitthEn paasuram
decade , PeriyAzhwAr seeks the protection of Lord
KsheerAbhdhinATan:

" paiyya aravinaNaip-pARkkadaluL paLLi koLhinRa Parama Moorthy
---Iyya ini yennaik-Kaakka vENDum"

here , periyAzhwAr appeals to the Sukha Saayee at 
the milky ocean and begs Him to protect him. In this
Paasuram, AzhwAr also refers to the creation of Brahma
Devan from the Lord's Naabhi Kamalam .

3) The Lord spreading His bed of AadhisEshan on the white
waves of Milky ocean (VeLLai veLLam)and resting in a state of 
faked sleep (KaLLa Nidhrai) is beautifully visualized by the AzhwAr
and he gets horripulations over that vision of that Vyuha Moorthy
(PeriyAzhwAr Thirumozhi : 5.1.7).

4)In the pasuram 5.2.10,PeriyAzhwAr describes how this 
Lord of KsheerAbdhi came and occupied his heart lotus to
offer protection (pattiNak-Kaapu). In this beautiful paasuram,
Azhwar describes how the Lord of KsheerAbdhi (Jala Nidhi) 
came with His milky ocean, MahA Lakshmi(Aravindap-Paavai)
and the bed of AadhisEsha and entered in to him to rest.

5) In the famous SenniyOngu Paasuram decade , PeriyAzhwAr 
again celebrates His SoubhAgyam in having the Lord of 
the Milky Ocean (Panik-Kadal)and opting to rest in 
the ocean of his mind (Manak-Kadal)and salutes the Lord as 
Maaya MaNALa Nampi...PeriyAzhwAr Paasuram: 5.4.9

6) Andal salutes the Lord of KsheerAbdhi in the third
ThiruppAvai Paasuram as " PaaRkkadaluL Paiyat-thuyinRa
Paraman " and salutes His Thiruvadi as a part of the vratham.
Two more NacchiyAr Thirumozhi Paasurams also salute this
Jala Nidhi Naatan.

7)KulasEkharar visualizes KsheerAbdhinATan as :
" ONN PavaLa vElai ulavu taNN paaRRkkadalUL
KaNN thyuilum MaayOn" . The Asccharya GuNa seelan
(MaayOn) resting on the cool Milky ocean known
for its gentle waves bringing the bright coral
gems to the shore is visualized here ( PerumAL
Thirumozhi: 4.4).

8) Thirumazhisai, who gave us the Vyuham details based
on PaancharAthram first has 13 paasurams , where He refers to 
the Jala Nidhi, KsheerAbdhi Naatan. The excerpts 
from Thirucchanda Viruttham are:

"Naaka Moorthy sayanamAi nalam kadal kidanthu" ,
" Paal niRak-kadal kidantha ParpanAbhan " ( the Lord
PadmanAbhan resting on the milky ocean ), 
"kadaintha PaaRkkadal kidanthu" ( resting on the Milky
Ocean, which He churned earlier to produce nectar 
and to enjoy the nectar among women , MahA lakshmi).

In the 3rd paasuram of Naanmukhan ThiruvanthAdhi(NMT), 
Thirumazhisai AzhwAr "boasts " about his unparalleled
knowledge of the Lord (Roopam, Svaroppam, GuNam ,
Vaibhavam ) and challenges others about their levels of 
Comprehension of the Tatthvam of the Lord (Paalil
Kidanthavum--Paasuram). In the 36th paasuram of NMT,
Thirumazhisai salutes the Lord of jala nidhi as :
" NaahatthaNaip-PaaRkkadal kidakkum Aadhi nedumaal ".
He is ancient and eternal ( Tava Vyakthim nithyAm
Vadhanthi is Swamy Desikan's mangaLAsAsanam).

9) ThoNdardaippodi AzhwAr has a beautiful 
Paasuram ( ThirumAlai: 18) , where he visualizes 
in Lord RanganAtha as the KsheerAndhinAthan :

"inithirait-tivali mOdha veRiyum taNN paravai meethE
Tanik-kidanthu arasu seyyum Taamaraik-KaNNan yemmAn "

"Paravai" means the ocean and not the river CauvEri.
It can also mean the ocean like , huge Cauveri.
Here the sweet waves of milk are breaking on the shore 
to form fine droplets(spray).There in His solitary 
majesty , the Lord rests and rules the Universe.
What a beautiful visualization !

10) Thirumangai has 11 Paasurams relating to
KsheerAbdhinATan.In NaimichAraNya Paasuram , 
AzhwAr calls the Lord with great Aathuram
and decalres that he has sought and arrived at 
the ThiruvadigaL of the Lord resting at the Milky
Ocean as the Supreme being: " ParamanE PaaRkkadal 
KidanthAi, Naadi naan vanthu unn Thiruvadi adainthEn".
At ThiruveLLiyankudi, Thirumangai acknowledges
the Sayana Moorthy as the KsheerAbdhinATan: 
" PaaRk-Kadal thuyinRa ParamanAr PaLLIkoLL koil".

11) At ThiruvazhunthUr , Thirumangia gives a total
description of the KsheerAbdhi NaaTan( Periya Thirumozhi 8.1.1):

Senkamalat-ThirumakaLum puviyum semponn
thiruvadiyininai varuda munivarEttha
vangamali tadam kadalul Ananthan yennum
vari aravinaNait-thuyinRa MaayOn kANmin"

The beatuiful domestic scene at Milky Ocean 
with the Lord resting on the Serpent bed and 
His divine consorts , SrI and BhU Devis pressing 
His lotus soft feet and the sages eulogizing the Lord 
are described here. 

12) At ThirukkaNNapuram, Thirumangai has the vision of 
the Lord as KsheerAbdhi Naatan( Periya Thirumozhi: 8.10.7):

"VeLLai neer veLLatthanaintha aravanai mEl
thuLLU neer meLlat-ThuyinRa PerumAne"

The whiteness of the Milky Ocean , the gently
swaying waves rocking the Lord for His enjoyable
sleep on the bed of AadhisEshan are saluted here.

13) At ThirumAlirumchOlai, Thirumangai visualizes 
the Jagath SamrakshaNa , Srushti& samhAra VyApArams 
( Bhuvanam padaitthu uNDu umizhntha DevarkaL
Naayakan) of the KsheerAbdhinATan and salutes Him 
as "Moovaril Munn Mudhalvan (PradhAna Purushan)".
The mangaLAsAsanam as "DevarkaL Naayakan" has
association with the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram,
SrI Deva Naathan.

14) Poygai salutes this Sayana Moorthy as " Thirai 
mEl KidanthAn". ButhatthAzwAr worships Him as 
" PaaRRk-kadalAn" ( the One who has the abode of
the Milky Ocean).pEy AzhwAr has a beautiful salutation
of Him as Jala Nidhi :

" SankOthap-PaaRkkadalAn PaampaNain mElAn".

pEy AzhwAr recognizes this Lord of ThiruppARkkadal
as the 0ne , who is the object of praise by all
the Four VedAs , who excels the sweetness of even honey ,
who is eulogized by the SaasthrAs and as the One resting 
in the Conch-filled milky ocean on top of His bed of 
AadhisEshan.

15) swamy NammaazhwAr has 9 paasurams devoted to
KsheerAbdhinATan. In Thiruviruttham (79th paasuram),
AzhwAr salutes the Lord as : " PaaRRkkadal PaampaNai
mEl PaLLI koNDaruLum seethanayE ThozhuvAr ,viNNuLArilum
SeeriyarE" ( AzhwAr declares that those who worship
this KsheerAbdhinATan with asanchala bhakthi/Single minded
devotion, even in the middle of the distractions of
this world , are far supeiror to the Nithyasooris ,
who worship Him at Parma Padham in tranquil surroundings). 

16) In ThiruvAimozhi (2.6.5), Swamy NammazhwAr 
visualizes the Lord of KsheerAbdhi engaged in Yoga nidhrA
on the Five-headed AadhisEshan symbolizing the proof of
Seshathvam :

" Iyndhu PaintalaiAdaravaNi mEvip-PaaRRkkadal yOga Nitthirai
sinthai seytha YenthAi "

here the AzhwAr declares that he has now got a good grip
on what his duties are. He states that his sins have now
disappeared and he has gained the state of endless beautitude
and Jn~Anam about nithya kaimkaryam to the Lord to dwell in
and drink deep the pleasures of such service to the Lord.
AzhwAr says that he contemplates on the KsheerAbdhinATan 
without let just as the Lord contemplates during His Yoga nidhrai
on His duties to the aasrithALs and the Universe that is
His property. 

The Payilum SudaroLi Paasuram (ThiruvAimozhi 3.7.1)
is a beautiful one saluting the Lord of PaaRRkkadal, 
where AzhwAr points out the greatness of those, 
who have the SrEyas (prosperity/Sampath) of pondering over 
the anantha kalyANa gunams of Parama Purushan reclining in 
the Milky Ocean. AzhwAr declares those SrI VaishNava BhagavathAs
are his (AzhwAr's)unexcelled Masters and he would take any number of
births just to have their association .The blessed life under 
the sacred feet of such BhAgavathAs is extolled here.

In the next posting , the Lord's residence on top of Upanishads,
inside the heart lotus and in the middle of Sun's orbit will be covered.

NamO SrI DevanAthAya 
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
inviting Your participation in the RathnAngi 
Kaimkaryam for SrI DhaivanAyakan of ThiruvahIndhrapuram.













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