SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAtha PerumAL :
Swamy Desikan named this SrI Sookthi as
"Nava Mani Maalai " following the Tamil grammar
traditions in observing the rules of poetry
metres . In such poetry , there are 9 paasurams
(verses) just like the nine gems in a Nava Rathna
MaNi Maalai .
These Paasurams shine like the nine gems representing
the nava grahams :
1. Ruby for Sun ( Sooryan)
2. Pearl for Moon (Chandran)
3. Red Coral for Mars(AnghArakan)
4. Emerald for Mercury (Budhan)
5. Yellow sapphire for Jupiter(Guru)
6. Diamond for Venus
7. Blue Sapphire for Saturn(Sani)
8. Hessonite for Raahu
9. Cat's eye for KEthu
Please refer to SrI Mutthuswamy Dheekshithar's
Nava Graha Keethanais to learn more about
these nine grahams .
There are Veda Manthrams for each of the above
nine grahams( Gems) for Navagraha Saanthi Homam
for those who wish to get the blessings of these
individual grahams . A prapanna SrI VaishNavan
does not perform worship to any one of these grahams
but only to SrIman NaarAyaNan , the indweller of
them all .
Many however wear Navarathna Maalai or ring
consisting of these nine gems with Ruby at the center
and the rest in their alloted positions around the Sun
in a square pattern to ward off Nava graha dhOshams .
Swamy Desikan in one of the powerful SrI RanganAtha
PaadhukA Sahasra slOkams paid tribute to the PaadhukAs
of Lord RanganAtha as the controller of the power of
these Nava grahams( SlOkam .
Two or three years ago , we were fortunate to
present a double strand Nava Mani Maalai to
Thiruvaheendhrapuram SrI DevanAtha PerumAl
and a MummaNikkOvai to His Divine Consort Sri
HemAbhjavalli ThAyAr . The concluding phase of
that series of Kaimkaryam will arrive soon with
the SamarpaNam of the RathnAngi for Lord DeavanAtha
PerumAL .
Garuda PurANam(68.17) and Agni PurANam (246.7-8)
dwell on the auspiciousness conferring power of these
gems as long as they are "high born " and blemishless
( SujanithA amalam ).
A synopsis of the nine paasurams of Nava MaNi Maalai
along with the Phala Sruthi Paasuram has been archived
at Oppiliappan List ( March 28 , 2003 : Thiruvhaeendhrapuram
RathnAngi series: Part XVIII):
http://www.ibiblio.org/sripedia/oppiliappan
In the subsequent postings related to Nava Mani
Maalai , adiyEn will cover the Paasurams one by
one in little more detail .
Sarvam KrishNArpaNam asthu ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan KOil VaradachAri SadagOpan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
SrivaNN Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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