SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAthan : Let us have additional reflections on the first three Paasurams that we covered in the last posting . Insights of Vaikunta Vaasi Chetlur NarasimhAchAry Swamy are included here. Paasuram 1: (AruL tarum adiyAr...) *********************************** This paasuram starts with the AmruthAsharam of ( A) as in the case of the Prabhandham of AmalanAdhipirAn of ThiruppANa AazhwAr. AkAram , the first letter of the alphabet , "A" is the most auspicious because of its connection to VishNu ( AkArO VishNu Vaachaka: , "A" ithi BhagavathO NaarAyaNasya praTamAbhidhAnam abhidhadhathA kim nAma mangaLam na krutham ? ). All mangaLams arise from the links to AkAram . This amruthAkshara prayOgam through the choice of the word , "AruL" at the beginning of MummaNikkOvai Prabhandham (aruL tarum adiyavar paal meyyai vaitthu theruL tara ninRa DhaivanAyaka! ) makes this SrI Sookthi very auspicious. The Lord is at Thiruvaheendhrapurm to bless His dear devotees with dhivya Jn~Anam and He becomes " Adiyavarkku Meyyan/Natha Sathyan " this way . As Sathya PraTij~nan , He blesses the devotees with knowledge about His svaroopa , Roopa , GuNa vaibhavams . He is "Meyyan/Sathyan for all those who worship Him longingly and is " Poyyan/Asathyan " for those who have no sincerity in seeking His refuge . Swamy Desikan wishes to perform SaraNAgathi at the sacred feet of the Lord and as a first step in this anushtAnam performs PurushakAra Prapatthi at the divine feet of HemAbjavalli ThAyAr in the first paasuram . Second Paasuram ( ThirumAl adiyavarkku meyyanAr ---): ************************************************************ The thought that the Lord is "Sathyan " to those , who performed PurushakAra Prapatthi to His Devi is introduced here. All the six activities of HemAbhjavalli in the line of Her PurushakAram are reminded here ( SruNOthi/she listens , SrAvayathi/ Makes Her Lord listen to the cries of SamsAri , SruNAthi/She prepars the samsAri and purifies him for acceptance by the Lord , SreeyathE/She approaches Her Lord with Her recommendation , SreeNAthi/She gladdens the heart of Her Lord through Her VaseekaraNa sakthi nad display of Her dhivya Soundharyam in that context and srayathE/she joins with Her Lord to accept the Prapatthi after completing Her PurushakAra activities) . Such a powerful and influential Mother with Vaalabhyam ( power to hold the Lord under Her sway ) stays at he chest region of Her Lord along with Srivathsam and Kousthubha gem. Swamy Desikan prays for a place in that sacred chest region of the Lord for his SrI Sookthi of MummaNikkOvai through the appeal housed in this Paasuram . Third Paasuram ( MozhivAr Mozhivana -- -- ): ********************************************* This verse has been identified with the Bhakthi anubhavam of Swamy Desikan , when through His mind assumed the role of a Naayaki (Vankata Naayaki) to experience the dhivya soundharyam of Her Lord DhaivanAyakan . The sixth paasuram of MummaNikkOvai (Aarkkum KaruNai-- -- ) has been identified with Para Bhakthi and the 9th Paasuram ( VeRppudan onRi-- --) with Parama Bhakthi of an aasrithan . This is in line with the PramANam , " Bhakthi: srungAra VruthyA pariNamathi " ( Bhakthi grows and envelops one through the experience of love ). Another point of view relates the first three pAsurams of MummaNikkOvai this way : The first Paasuram is about PurushakAram ; the second paasuram is about Para Jn~Anam and the thirs paasuram deals with the blossoming of Parama Bhakthi. Next , we will study the fourth Paasuram , where Swamy Desikan enjoys the Svaroopa , Roopa , GuNa adhisayams of the Lord of Thiru Ayindhai in great detail (SavisthAram). Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu , Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama: ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor --------------------~--> Make a clean sweep of pop-up ads. Yahoo! Companion Toolbar. Now with Pop-Up Blocker. Get it for free! http://us.click.yahoo.com/L5YrjA/eSIIAA/yQLSAA/XUWolB/TM --------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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