SrI:
Dear BhakthAs of Lord DevanAtha PerumAL :
Macroscopic view of this Prabhandham
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In this Prabhandham of Nava MaNi Maalai , Swamy Desikan
speaks about the glories of EmperumAn's sacred feet and
next about His ten avathArams .He follows it up with
the salutation to the sacred theerthams creeated at
Thiruvaheendhrapuram by Brahma , Garudan , Aadhi Seshan
and BhUmi Piraatti on the banks of which the Lord stays
with affection . Swamy Desikan next elaborates on
the walk to the seas side during the month of Maasi
to enjoy His uthsavam at the sandy dunes and points out
that those who have not forgotten His beauty will be
freed from the cycles of births and deaths .He concludes
the Nava MaNi Maalai by pleading with the Lord to grant
him abhaya pradhAnam during his last moments on earth
and acknowledges his composition of nine SrI sookthis
( 2 in Sanskrit and 7 in Tamil) at the command of his Lord.
The Vaibhavam of the Lord's sacred feet
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oru mathi anbhar uLam kavarnthana
ulaham adanga vaLarnthu aLanthana
oru saDai onRiya Gangai tanthana
urha paDangaL angu koNDana ( LInes 1-4)
(Meaning ) : The sacred lotus feet of Lord DevanAthan ,
who is true to His devotees , enchant the minds of
the ParamaikAnthis and make them meditate on
those holy feet all the time. Such are their Vaibhavam !
Those sacred feet rose to a gigantic size and contained all
the worlds under them . They created the GangA river
and made Lord Siva a Parisuddhan by letting Him hold
that sacred river in His matted locks. During KrishNAvathAram ,
those sacred feet used the hoods of the fiercely
poisonous serpent , KaaLIngan as the theater
for their dance and danced there .
dharumam uyarnthathu ithu yenna ninRana
Dharuman iranthathu isainthu senRana
sakadam udainthu kalanga venRana
tamarkaL arunthum marunthu yenbana ( Lines 5-8)
(Meaning): These sacred feet are powerful to grant
adiyArs their desired phalans by manifesting as
the unique and wonderous upAyam . They dared to
go to DuryOdhanan's court even as an ambassador
at the request of Dharmaputhrar . Those feet destroyed
into shreds the asuran , who came in the form of a wheel
to kill Him during KrishNAvathAram .They are saluted by
the SaasthrAs as the insatiable nectar and medicine for
removing the sufferings from worldly afflictions (SamsAra
tApams) .
ThirumahaL seyya karankaL onRina
thihazh TuLavu unthum maNam kamazhnthana
sezhumaNi koNDa silambu ilangina
silai tanil anRu ohr aNangu umizhnthana(Lines 9-12)
(Meaning): Those sacred feet unite with the tender
hands of MahA Lakshmi , when She presses them .
They are fragrant with the perfume of sacred TuLasi
from the archanais of adiyArs. They shine with the lustre of
the gem-studded ankle ornament and add beauty to
the rathna silampu through their union . During RaamAvathAram ,
they blessed Ahalyai to appear again in her beautiful
form as the wife of Gouthama and freed her from
the curse of her husband .
aru maRai antham amarntha paNbina
Ayan mudi tannil amarnthu uyarnthana
aruL tara yeNNi Ayinthai vanthana
Adiyavar Meyyar malar PaadhangaLE ( Lines 13-16)
(Meaning): Those sacred feet have the vaibhavam of
housing themselves inside Upanishads (VedAnthams) .
They sat on the head of BrahmA and rose further up.
They arrived at Thiru Ayindhai to bless Their adiyArs .
Those are the lotus soft and beautiful feet of the Lord
eulogized as Natha Sathyan ( Adiyavar Meyyan) .
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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