SrI :
Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi
Nrusimhan :
This slOkam is recited to
obtain high positions :
pasyantheeshu Sruthishu paritha: soori-BrundhEna
sArdham
madhyE kruthya thriguNa phalakam
nirmitha-sTAna bhEdham
VisvAdheesa PraNayini ! sadhA
vibrama-dhyUthavrittau
BrahmEsAdhyA dhadhathi
yuvayOr-akhasAra-prachAram
( Meaning according to
Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):
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Both of You play a game
of chess
with primordial Nature (Moola Prakruthi)
as the chess board marked
by different colored squares . Brahma , Iswara
and other devathAs are
the pawns to be moved ; the VedAs and ever-liberated
souls watch this game
.
(Meaning according to
Vakunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy )
:
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Oh Empress of the World ! PerumdEvi ThAyArE ! Watched by the nithya Sooris (eternally
liberated souls) and the Veda MaathAs , Your chess game with Your
Lord known as Viswa
Srushti takes place ; this game is played by both of You
on the chess board
clearly marked by the three guNams (hues) of Moola
Prakruthi
( Satthva , Rajas and
Tamas) . The pawns used in this game are Brahma ,
Rudra
and other DevAs
.
(Expanded
meaning according to Vaikunta Vaasi Sri V.N.SrIrAma DesikAchAr )
:
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Oh Periya PirAtti ! Yourself and Your
Lord displaying great love for You engage in
the playing of a game of Chess /
Chathurangam to amuse yourselves . This is
consistent with the practise of all loving
couples to spend plesant times together .
The couple will position the chess board
between themselves .There will be
demarcations of squares with the colors of
white and black as places to position
and to move the pawns with the roll of the
dice . As the couple joyously engage
in this game , men and women friends will
watch the progress of this game .
Oh Sri DEvi ! You and Your divine
consort play a simialr game to amuse Yourselves.
This game of Yours is watched and cheered
by the assembly of Nithya Sooris ,
MukthAs ( liberated souls) and Veda MaathAs .
Your Chess Board is somewhat unique in that
it is made up of Moola Prakruthi .
The colors of the squares on that
ches Board are the colors of the three guNams :
white for Satthvam , Red for Rajas and
Black for Tamas . Brahma Lokam , Siva LOkam .
Indhra Lokam(Svargam) are the places for
the rolling of the dice . BrahmA , Sivan ,
Indhran are the pawns used in this game .
Both of You roll the dice of their KarmAs
and move the above dEvAs in the appropriate
squares . In other words ,
Both of You
amuse Yourselves by assigning Brahma ,
Siva , IndhrAdhi DEvAs to appropraite
positions befitting their karmaas in the
Prakruthi MaNDalam having the three guNams
as their defining features . Both of
You enjoy the joy arising from your play . These
acts
of Yours are according to the dictates of
the VedAs . Both of You make these moves
with a unified mind set (i-e) without any
discord . The NithyAs ( eternally liberated
Souls ) and MukthAs ( liberated Jeevans)
witness this game .
Additional Observations
on the passages of the 7th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi
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1) Swamy Desikan
addresses SrI Devi here as " ViswAdheesa PraNayini
".
Oh Periya PirAtti , who
has the right to Your Lord's love ! Your Lord is
SarvEswaran
( the Emperor of all )
and You are the SarvEswari ( Empress of All ) . Hence
both
of You are equally
matched for loving the other and display
Vaathsalyam
and PraNayam between
Yourselves .
2) Both of You are engaged in
playing the game of Chess : " YuvayO : vibhrama
dhyUtha vrutthi: ".
" Vibhrama: " means playful . " dhyUtha vrutthi:
" means
the game
of Chess .
This is a
royal game .
3) There is a chess
board named Moola Prakruthi known for its three colors
that is positioned between
Yourselves : " YuvayO: madhyE thriguNa phalakam
(asthi)
". One needs a chess Board to move the pawns , Minister, Camel , Horse etc
.
Moola Prakruthi serves as the
Board . Its sixty four squares are alternatively
painted with the colors of
White or Red or Black ( "nirmitha sTAna bhEdham
thriguNa phalakam " ) .
4) The dices are rolled to
determine the extent and direction of the movement of
the pawns et al ( the dEvAs)
. The dices are the KarmAs of the DevAs . As a result
of the roll of the dices
, the positions of the devAs go up or down or sideways and
they attain new
positions based on the sweep of their KarmAs . The dhivya
dampathis
play this game with great
amusement ( " (Idham ) dhUtha vrutthau , Brahma-Isa
aadhyA: akshaSAra prachAram
dhadhathi "). " akshaSAram is the dice that is
rolled.
PrachAram is the movement
from sTAnam to sTAnam ( Position to position on
the Chess Board ).
" PrachAram dhadhathi " means they experience these
position
changes on the chess Board of
Moola Prakruthi .
6) Who are the bemused and
cheering spectators in this diviine chess game ?
On the four sides of the chess Board are the assembly of NithyAs and MukthAs as well as the
VedAs , who witness always this most fascinating game played
strictly
according to the
rules ( " Sruthishu , soori brundhEna
paritha:
sadhA pasyantheeshu)
by the Dhivya Dampahtis
.
SrI Devi plays
this extraordinary game of chess in a concordant manner
with Her Lord and
the movements in that game determines the
assignments for
the DEvAs like
BrahmA , Rudhra , IndhrA and
others .
SrImath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
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