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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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