SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan :
Today , we will study the next FOUR paasurams of
Swamy Desikan's Mey Viratha Maanmiyam .
218) Brahma sending his son , Vasishta to Saraswathi
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KaamangaL pal koNDa vedam koNDu
kaitavamE seyvArkkuk-kANahillAp-
Poomangai kELvAnai nAnn kaNDu pORRap-
puNNiyatthil niharillA viratham pooNDEn
jaamangaL kazhivathan munn sadakkenap-pOyt
tan aaRRil tani irunthu tavam seyhinRa
Naamangai vanthida nee azhaippAyenRu
nanmahanai Naanmuhan tAnn navinRittAnE
(Meaning): Brahma Devan planned to perform AsvamEdha
Yaagam .He appointed Marichee and other Brahma Rishis as
the Rithviks .At that time , Saraswathi DEvi, the wife of BrahmA
had left him due to a disagreement and was performing tapas
at the bank of Saraswathi river in the north. SaasthrAs prohibit
an yajamAnan without the wife to perform Yaagams. Therefore ,
BrahmA requested his wife through his son , Vasishtan ,
to return to Kaanchipuram , where he planned to perform
the AswmEdha Yaj~nam to gain the boon of visualizing
the Lord with His Devi . Brahma did not desire any other
worldly fruits for his Yaj~nam . Brahma commanded his
righteous son , Vasishtan to rush to the bank of Saraswathi
river to fetch His mother quickly to commence the Yaj~nam .
Vasishtan went and let his mother know of the request from his father.
Sarswathi was still angry about the precieved insult by her husband and
refused to participate in the Yaj~nam. Vasishtan passed on this message
to his father , who decided thereafter to go ahead with the performance
of the Yaj~nam with the help of his other wives (Saavithri and others).
The asurAs were angry at the honors given by BrahmA to their sworn
enemies , the DevAs and informed Saraswathi about the insult by her
husband through ignoring her in favor of his other wives . Saraswathi
got very angry and took the form of a fast moving river with the name of
Vegavathi to wash away (destroy) the site of BrahmA's Yaj~nam.
219) The majesty & hateur of Saraswathi rushing as Vegavathi river
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anna vadivAL asayum anna nadayAL uyarum anna arasu yERi varuvAL
atthan ayanattanayan utthhi tanai yatthitena utthi puriyAL
nannadai vidA nadam ithenna nadavA naduvu naNNu kuvadu yERi izhivAL
nall pathigaL al pathigaL kall puraLa aRputha maRur-kathiyinAl
kall nadai vidA idam il unnathi siRA vikaDam mannu giri koodam idiya
kattavidai iRRu vizha muRRum vizhiuRRu udaya vittu aruhu uRa
vanna naya seer ayan eethenna vizhaa amarar mannu pathiyERa mahizha
Acchuthanai aNaitthanuvil atthisai tahaya vara aRRu aNUhinAL
This Paasuram is set in the PathinmoonRu SeerAsiriya chanda viruttham.
The violent and angry rush of Saraswathi Devi in the form of a fast flowing
river over hill and dale to destroy the Yaj~nam of her husband is
beautifully brought out by Swamy Desikan through sound effects .
The eight lines of the Paasuram can be appreciated individually :
Line 1: The lakshaNams for Saraswathi Devi are given here : She has
the beauty of a swan ( anna vadivAL); She has the charming gait of
a moving swan ( asayum anna nadayAL) ; She has the beautiful
swan / Raaja Hamsam ) as Her Vaahanam ( uyarum anna arasu yERi
varuvAL) . This is the visualization of a tranquil Saraswathi engaged
in performance of her Tapas on the bank of river Saraswathi .
Line 2: Her refusal of the request from Brahma brought to her
by her son Vasishtan is the subject matter of this line. Vasishtan ,
the son of the great Brahma is described as " atthan ayan atthanayan ".
His prayerful request ( utthi tanai) was turned down by her .She would not
say (Tathaasthu = ithu atthu yena utthi puriyAL ) .
Line 3: She takes on the form of a frightening river now and
moves violently from hill to dale and thinks that her husband was
enacting a pious looking drama (nall nadai vida nadam yenna ) .
She flowed rapidly as a dangerous river and ascended the cliffs that
were on her way ( Nadavaa naNNU kuvadu yERi izhivAL )
and flowed downwards in her single-mided journey.
Line 4. Her swift dash towards Hasthi Giri , the site of Yaagam is
described here. She flowed over even ground and uneven ground with
ups and downs ( nall pathikaL and al pathikaL ). She loosened up
boulders on the way (Kall puraLa) and travelled at the speed of
a whirlwind ( maruR-kathiyinAl) .She was mighty mad at the insult of
her husband , who replaced her with his other wives to initiate
the Yaagam.
Line 5: The violence displayed and the anger behind that speed of
flow as Vegavathi river is described here . She was making every
thing on the way ("Tavidu Podi ") . She levelled every thing on
the way and knocked off the peaks of mountains that lay in her
path( Vikadam mannu giri koodam idiya ). She knocked off
great boulders and destroyed the peaks of the mountains that
stood in her way.
Line 6: She fixed her angry eyes all around and flowed towards
the Yaaga Vedhi of Hasthi Giri , where the Yaj~nam was underway
( vizhi muRRum uRRu adaya vittu aruhu uRa).
Line 7: Brahma Devan was stupified at the sight of his angry wife
intent on destruction( naya seer ayan ithu yenn yena ) ; the dEvas
reached high ground to get out of the way of Saraswathi and were
happy that they saved themselves from her fury ( vizhaa amarar
mannu pathi yERi mahizha).Brahma Devan had Yaaga dheekshA
and stopped the Yaj~nam and looked at the sight of angry Saraswathi
with bewilderment.
Line 8: BhagavAn , who never lets down His devotees now took
the form of a dam (sEthu ) and stoped the flow of the river rushing
toward Hasthi Giri, where His son was doing the Yaj~nam ( Acchuthan
aNaittanuvil aittisai tahaya vara aRRu aNuhinAL). He arrested the fury
of His daughter-in-law by stretching across her flow .
220) EmperumAn stretching Himself as a Dam in the middle of that river
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anRu nayantha ayamEdha-maavELvi
ponRa urai aNangu poompunalAik-kanRivara
aadhi ayanukku aruL seythu aNay aanAn
taathai aravaNayAn thaann
(Meaning) : As the Vaak devathai , Saraswathi, flowed
as an angry river to destroy the desired yaj~nma of her
husband , Our Lord , who is the sEthu ( the bridge across
the wild ocean of SamsAram) showed His mercy to Brahma
and stretched Himself with His bed of Aadhi sEshan as a dam
right across the fast flowing river and arrested Saraswathi's
violent flow at the Dhivya dEsam of ThiruvehhA .
VegA sEthu SthOthram was composed by Swamy Desikan
to salute the Lord , who took the form of a sEthu to control
the Vegavathi River .Saraswathi was chastised and stood
with humility at the feet of YathOkthakAri PerumAL
resting on AadhisEshan at ThiruvehhA kshEthram.
Brahma invited her now to officiate as his wife at the asvamEdha
Yaagam and at the end performed vapA homam to gain
the blessings of the SaakshAthkAram of the Lord appearing as
VaradarAjan with the PuNyakOti VimAnam .
221) The denizens of 3 worlds eulogizing the Divine Dam
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taraNiyin manniya ayanArtani-tavam kaattha pirAn
karuNai yenum kadalaadit-thiruvaNai kaNDathaRppin
narahut-thiRaL yeNNiya chitthirakutthan teritthu vaittha
suruNail yERiya soozh vinai muRRum turanthanamE
(Meaning): May we bathe in the ocean of mercy ,
Lord VaradarAjan , who protected the Yaagam of
BrahmA and thereafter stayed permanently on top of
Hasthigiri . We are blessed indeed to see Him as dhivya sEthu
at ThiruvehhA to our heart's content . As a result , the lists
of our sins recorded for narakAnubhavam by Chitra Gupthan
have been made null and void.
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama:
Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan
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