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SrI:

Dear BhakthAs of Lord Dhaiva Naayakan :

Thirty Third SlOkam ( VanamAlai VarNanam )
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varNakramENa VibhudEsa vichithrithAngee
smEra prasoona subhagA VanamAlikEyam
hrudhyA sugandhi rajahath KamalA maNeendhrA
nithyA Tava sphurathi Moorthiriva dhvitheeyA

General Meaning:
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Vanamalai adorned by You 
appears like another ThirumEni of Yours. It is 
made up of many colored flowers ( White, Red, Yellow and 
Blue flowers from the forest).It has this polychromed array ,
which makes it most enjoyable like Your own body , which
is wonderous in that the limbs of Your body has generated
many different categories of people like the Brahmins ,
Kings, VaisyAs and SudrAs. The just blossomed flowers 
in the VanamAlai make it bewitching to behold.It adorns 
Your sacred chest and has haunting fragrance.On that sacred
Chest of Yours are SrI Devi and Kousthubham gem along
with the VanamAlai. This wild flower garland never
fades and is Saasvatham like Your body .It is like Your 
second body in the sense that it has the natural fragrance 
and is eternal in its existence .

Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan incorporates double meanings for 
the following phrases of this slOkam:

1)"VarNa KramENa" can mean the array of colors associated with
the wild flowers constituting the VanamAlai or it can mean 
the order of the four VarNAsramams ( BrAhmaNa-Kshatriya-Vaisya-
SudrALs).

2)"VichithrithAngi" can mean the assembly of many colors
in VanamAlai or it can mean the various limbs of the Lord.

3)"SmEra Prasoona SubhagA" can mean the garland 
that is beautiful with fully blossomed flowers or 
the Lord's body that is beautiful like a just blossomed 
flower.

4)"hrudhyA" can mean on the chest region or delectable 
to experience . 

Both VanamAlai and the Lord's body have natural fragrance
(Sugandhi:). Both are eternal (nithyA); both are never
separated from MahA Lakshmi and Kousthubham ( ajahath 
KamalA , MaNeendhrA).

Therefore , Swamy Desikan concludes that the Lord's 
VanamAlai is a veritable second body of the Lord
( Iyam VanamAlikA Tava DhvitheeyA Moorthy iva sphurathi).

SlOkam 34: (VarNanam of the Lord's Mind/ThiruvuLLam )
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aardhram tamOmaTanam aasritha tArakam tE
suddham mana: sumanasAm amrutham duhAnam
taththAhdrusam ViBudhanATa samruddhakAmam
sargEshvidham bhavathi chandramasAm prasoothi:

General Meaning
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Sruthis declare that Chandran
is born out of Your mind (ChandramA mansO jaatha:).
There are a multitude of ChandrAs created by You 
in the many, many srushti activities during the many 
creations of Yours after each praLayam .

Your sacred mind is the KaaraNa PoruL ( the reason/basis
behind the Moon's existence) for these chandrans and latter 
are the Kaarya PoruL (Created objects).The clay is the 
KaaraNa PoruL and the pot made out of that clay
is the Kaariya PoruL. They (the clay & the pot)resemble 
each other in many respects . Similarly , You the Creator 
and the created object, Chandran have close similarities.
Like You , Chandran is cool and comforting , removes darkness,
serves as the Lord of stars, grants the DevAs the nectar of 
its kalais as food , induces love of those ,who see it. 
Your mind is similar in many ways to the rays of the Moon
in being filled with daya for others, removes aj~nAnam , 
stays pure, rejuvenates Your bhAgavathAs and shares 
other attributes. Therefore there is similiarity between 
KaaraNa and Kaarya Vasthus(Viz).,Yourself and the Moon that 
You created.

Additional Comments:
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Bhagavan is BhOgya BhUthan.He is like nectar for
His devotees. He is Aadhi KaaraNan ( vide: PeriyAzhwAr
Paasuram: "KannA! Naanmuhanaip-padaitthAnE! KaaraNA!").
At all places and times, BhagavAn is BhOgyan to MukthAs
through the display of His Svaroopa, GuNa , Vigraha , 
VibhUthi Isvaryams ( Mukthitha: Muktha BhOgya:).In PraNavam,
He is akAra Vaachyan and thereby denotes that He is 
the Moola KaaraNan for all creation including the Moon.
He becomes the VisEshaNam for all created beings.
In Vaikunta Sthavam slOkam , KurEsar points this 
out:"IcchAtha yEva Visva PatArttha SatthA"( Through
Your sankalpam alone , the existence as entity occurs
for all the objects created by You).They are maintained by 
Your power :

"DhyaouscchAndArkka NakashathrA kham dhisO-bhUr mahOdadhi:
VaasudEvasya VeeryENa VidhruthAni MahAthmana:"

--MahA BhAratham

The AakAsam consisting of Svargam, Chandran, Sooryan, Stars ,
the directions, BhUmi, the vast Oceans , all of these are sustained
by the sankalpa balam of Lord VaasudEvan.

In one of the adhikAra sangraha Paasuram , Swamy Desikan
refers to this Jagath KaaraNa , JagdhAthAra , Jaganniyamana
sakthi of the Lord: 

"nilai tantha tArakanAi niyamikkum IRaivanumAi 
ilathonRenaa vahai yellAm tanatenum YenthaiyumAi"

In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan focuses on Kaarya-KaaraNa
Ubhaya svaroopathvam of the Lord. He is the KaaraNam
( UpAdhAna, Nimittha and SahakAri KaaraNams) for this 
Universe consisting of sentients and insentients.

NamO SrI DevanATAya,
Daasan, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan 

P.S: May the Lord's beautiful VanamAlai and His cool 
ThiruvuLLam inspire you to join in His RathnAngi 
Kaimkaryam ! 







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