SrI :
Dear BhakthAs of SrI Lakshmi
Nrusimhan :
This 13th slOkam is recited
to realize the happenings of Subha Kaaryams.
This is a jewel of a slOkam
for dhyAnam about the PattAbhshEkam of
MahA Lakshmy and
Her ascent to the chest of the Lord after Her
Svayamvaram,
where She chose the Lord as
Her Divine Consort . It is also a delightful
coverage of the Thirumanjanam
(Sacred bath ) of MahA Lakshmi
described in great detail in
Srimath BhAgavatham , SrI NaarayaNeeyam
and Sri VishNu
PurANam
:
agrE bharthu: sarasijamayE
bhadhrapeeDE nishaNNAM
ambhOrASEradhigatha sudhA samplavAth utthiTAm ThvAm
pushpAsAra-sTakthitha
bhuvanai: pushkalAvarthakAdhyai:
klupthArambhA: kanaka kalasair-abhyashinjan gajEndhrA:
( anvya Karamam=Prose order)
: GajEndhrA: adhigatha sudhA samplavAth
ambhOrAsE: utthiTAm,
bharthu: agrE sarasijamayE nishaNNAm ThvAm ,
pushpa
aasAra sTagitha
bhuvanai: PushkalAvarthaka aadhyai:
kluptha aarambhA: , kanaka
kalasai: abhyashinjan ) .
GajEndhrA: = The famous
elephants of the 8 directions ( ashta dhig gajams)
Kanaka kalasi: abhyashinjan =
performed the sacred bath with golden vessels.
Who did they perform
AbhishEkam ?
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ambhOrASE: utthiTAm = for the One , who rose from the
Ocean
What kind of Ocean and what
happened there ?
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adhigatha
sudhA samplavAth ( ambhOrASE: utthiTAm = from the Milky Ocean
,
that on churning by the Lord
gave rise to the nectar for the DevAs and
" PeNNamudhu" ( nectar
among females , MahA Lakshmi ) for the enjoyment
of
the Lord
.
Where did MahA Lakshmi
sit after arising from the Milky Ocean ?
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bharthu:
agrE sarasijamayE bhadra peeDE nishaNNAm ThvAm =
She sat on the throne of a
thousand petalled lotus right in front of
Her Lord
.
What happened thereafter
?
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Svayamvara Uthsavam took
place and as PoorvAngam , a sacred bath
was performed by the famous
clouds like PushkalAvartakam .
ThvAm
pushpa aasAra sTakitha bhuvanai: PushkalAvartaka aadhyai:
=
The PushkalAvartaka mEgam and
its companions poured down
the rain of flowers from
the sky that almost covered the world .
What was the next event
on this joyous occasion ?
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The eight guardian elephants
of the world like IrAvadham , PuNDareekam
collected the
sacred waters from their quarters and perfomed
Thirumanjanam
for the Divine consort of the
Lord .
klupatha
aarambhA: kanaka kalasai: abhyashinjan = The Clouds started
the down pour of flowers
and concluded their reverential offerings . The
guardian
elephants from the eight directions continued with the next step . The
aarambham
( beginnig ) was from the
clouds and the continuation (kluptham ) was by
the Elephants . They held on
their trunks golden vessels full of the sacred
waters from their locations
and continued with the Thirumanjanam .
( Meaning according to
Dr. M.NarasimhAchAry ):
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Oh MahA Lakshmi ! As You
emerged from the Milky Ocean , the primordial
clouds PushkalA and
AavartakA showered flowers on You and the quarter
elephants performed
ablutions to You with golden pitchers .
(Meaning according
to Vaikunta Vaasi Villivalam NaarAyaNAcchAr Swamy )
:
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During that ancient time
when Your Lord churned the Milky Ocean to bring out
the nectar for the DevAs
, You arose from the flood of nectar and sat opposite
Your Lord on the
auspicious throne of a Lotus flower . The great clouds
showered on You their
downpour of flowers that made the world almost
disappear . the
activities of the clouds were followed by the elephants of
the eight quarters that
performed the sacred bath ceremony for Her as
the Patta Mahishi for
Your Lord with the waters held in golden vessels
.
The crowning ceremony as
Sarva LOkEswari was started by the PushkalA-
vartakam clouds and
concluded by the ashta dhig gajams to the
accompaniment
of the Veda Manthrams by
the Maharishis assembled to enjoy the MahOthsavam
.
Additional Observations on
the passages of the 13th slOkam of SrI Sthuthi **********************************************************************************************
Srimath BhAgavatham has
wonderful slOkams describing the PattAbhishEkam
of MahA Lakshmi
:
tathasccha aavirabhUth
SaakshAth Sri RamA bhagavath-parA
ranjayanthy disa: kaanthyA
vidhyuth-soudhAnanee yaTA ----BhAgavatham 8.8.8
(Meaning) : MahA Lakshmi ,
SaakshAth SrI Devi with the matchless affection
for Her Lord arose from
the Milky ocean with Her radiance illuminating all directions
.
TasyAm chakru: spruhAm sarvE
sasurAsuranAnavA:
roopoudhArya-vayO-varNa-mahimAkshiptha chEtasa: ----BhAgavatham:
8.8.9
(Meaning): The beauty ,
generous nature , youth , golden color
and glories
of MahA Lakshmi , who appered
thus from the Milky Ocean attracted the minds of
DevAs , asurAs and the
humans and all of them desired Her .
MahA Lakshmi's mind was made
up to marry Her Lord .She had given Her heart
to Her Lord ( "
Thvayi dhattha hrudhE" says SrI NaarAyaNeeyam ) . Once the
DevAs
and Rishis
recognized that MahA Lakshmi's mind was set only on Sriman NarayaNan
,
they all started
the kaimkaryams for Her PattAbhishEkam (SarvalOka RaajyAbhishEkam
).
DevEndhran
presented Her with a big golden throne embedded with many gems
.
The sacred rivers
brought pure water for the Thirumanjanam ; others
brought
the medicianal
plants to be added to those waters. The sages conducted the
sacred
bath with Veda
Mantrams ( Rushaya: ThAmm Sruthi gheerbhi: abhyashinjan )
.
GandharvAs sang ;
the apsaras danced ; the mangaLa vAdhyams played
.
The dhig gajams
helped in the abhishEkam with PoorNa kalasams
to
the accompaniment
of the Veda ghOsham like SrI Sooktham .
After the Thirumanjanam ,
Samudhra Raajan presented his daughter with
silken garments laced with
gold . VaruNan presented Her with Vyjayanthi
garland . ViswakarmA
presented Her with many specially made AabharaNams.
Saraswathy Devi presented
MahA Lkashmi with a strand of pearls ; Brahma dEvan
presented Her with the golden
Lotus ; the kings of snakes prsented Her with
a set of ear rings
(Kundalams) .Through such acts , they were desirous of
gaining Lakshmi
KatAksham ( SrIrmAdEvee jushathAm ; ThvAm SaraNamaham
PrapadhyE ). Now , MahA
Lakshmi took the Vyjayanthi Maalai in Her hands
and walked towards the Lord
to choose Him as Her Lord in that Svyamvaram
on the banks of the Milky
Ocean .
Sri NaarAyaNeyam describes
beautifully MahA Lakshmi placing the flower
garland around the neck of
Sriman Narayanan to choose Him as Her Lord :
giriSadhruhiNAdhi sarvadEvAn
guNabhAjAapyavimuktha dhOshalEsAn
avamrusya sadhaiva sarvaramyE
nihithA Thvayyanayaapi dhivyamAlA
-- Dasakam 28, 7th SlOkam
MahA Lakshmi rejected all the
dEvAs since they had one blemish or
the other and chose the Lord,
the abode of all auspicious attributes
as Her future husband and
placed the garland around His divine neck.
In the next slOkam , Sri
NarayaNa Bhattadhiri describes MahA Lakshmi
being welcomed by the Lord
and being placed on a BhadhrAsanam on
His chest so that She can
join with Him to perform the duties as Sarva
LokEswari :
urasA tarasA
mamAniTainAm BhuvanAnAm jananeem ananyabhAvAm
ThvadhurOvilasattha-dheekshaNa SrIparivrushDyA paripushtamAsa Viswam
(Meaning): Oh Lord of
GuruvAyUr ! did You not honor this Mother of the Universe ,
who is not intersted in
anyone except You by welcoming Her quickly to the special
throne
located on Your
chest and placing Her on it ?
GuruvAyUrappan acknowledged
Sri Bhattadhiri's question and affirmed
such a happening with a nod
of His head .
SrImath Azhagiya Singar
ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil
VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Dear BhakthAs : We have now
arrived at the half way mark of
Sri Sthuthi . We invoke MahA
Lakshmi's grace to bless You
all with Iswaryam to support
the 79th birthday of our revered
AchAryan as SishyAs and
abhimAnis of SrI Matam .
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