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SrI: 

SrI HemAbhja Naayaki samEtha SrI DEvanAtha ParabrahmaNE nama:

Dear BhakthAs:

After enjoying the 10 Paasurams of Thirumangai Mannan on
the Lord of ThiruvahIndhrapuram , let us focus now on the Tamil
SrI Sookthis of Swamy  Desikan on Lord DevanAthan .There are
seven of them .

The Divine Beauty of Lord  DevanAthan
***************************************
Swamy  Desikan was totally overcome by the divine beauty of 
the Lord here and assumed the role of a damsel in love 
(Venkata Naayaki) and composed the beautiful work in
Praakrutham named "Achyutha  sathakam" . In taking on the role of
the love-stricken damsel , Swamy  Desikan emulated the divine
anubhavams of ParakAla  Naayaki ( Thirumangai) and 
ParAnkusa Naayaki (Swamy  NammazhwAr). It was Swamy Desikan ,
who celebrated the unparalleled beauty of Lord DevanAthan 
with the exclamation: " ninn vadivazhagu maRavAthAr piravAthArE"
( Those who have not forgotten Your divine beauty will never
ever be born again on this earth/karma Bhoomi).

A kaimkaryam to salute the Lord of ThiruvahIndrapuram
*******************************************************
adiyEn is starting again the delayed postings on 
ThiruvahIndhrapuram rathnAngi Kaimkaryam for Lord
DevanAthan from this day and invites all of Your
particpation in this Kaimkarya MahOthsavam for
our Lord at this celebrated Dhivya desam.

Information on this Dhivya Desam & its EmperumAn
*************************************************
The Sthala PurANam and details about this dhivya desam
assembled in 1996 for that year's SamprOkkshaNam
are available at:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/May96/0096.html

Additional information about this dhivya desam and beautiful
color images of the Dhivya Dampathis , Yoga  HayagrIvan ,
Swamy  Desikan and SeethA LakshmaNa Hanumath SamEtha 
Raamachandran are all available at another web site:

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/temples/tiruvahindrapuram/index.html

The introduction to MummaNikkOvai by adiyEn is available to
you at :

http://www.ramanuja.org/sv/bhakti/archives/dec99/0029.html

adiyEn wrote one more article on the First verse of
MummaNikkOvai few years ago . I can not locate it. If you 
do find it, please share it withthe others. Thanks.

Earlier Aabharana SamarpaNams at this dhivya dEsam
***************************************************
On a holy  day in October 2001 ( PurattAsi SravaNam  day),
SrI HemAbhja Valli ThAyAr was presented with a new MummaNikkOvai
Aabharanam with the funds raised by 14 BhakthAs from overseas.

This aabharaNam is made up of three stands of pearls linked by
three bridges of rubies and our ThAyAr at ThiruvahIndhrapuram adorns
this gift from Her children today .

MummaNikkOvai stands for assembly (Kovai) of three strands 
of gems . In this case , three stands of pearls were selected. 
>From a Tamil poetry point of view , the three strands of verses
in three different poetic metres (AaasiriyappA  et al) are 
assembled to form a MummaNikkOvai. There are 10 verses in 
each of the three metres. In MummaNikkOvai of Swamy Desikan ,
there are 30 Paasurams  well set in aasiriyappaa , VeNNpaa 
and KattaLai KlaitthuRai metres. Due to our misfortune only 
ten of the thirty paasurams are available to us today.

Swamy  Desikan's Tamil prabhandhams on Lord DevanAthan
********************************************************
Swamy  Desikan composed 7 Tamil prabhandhams on 
the dhivya dampathis of ThiruvahIndhrapuram(Thiruvayindhai):
MummaNikkOvai, Panthu , Kazhal, AmmAnai, Oosal, yEsal and
NavamaNi Maalai (garland of nine gems). Only MuMManikkOvai
(10 out of 30 Paasurams) and NavamaNi Maalai are available 
to us today. 

A new AabharaNam nmaed "Nava MaNI Maalai was also 
presented to the Uthsavar of ThiruvahIndhrapuram 
during the 2001 PurattAsi SravaNam day . This aabharaNam 
consists of two strands of necklace with each strand 
strung together with the traditional nine gems like
Sapphire, Ruby, Maragatham , Diamond , Coral , Vaidooryam ,
Pearl et al. 

The RathnAngi Kaimkaryam of SvabhAnu Samavthsaram (2003 CE)
***********************************************************
It is Bhagavath Sankalpam that a gem-bedecked Kavacham 
(RathnAngi ) be presented to the Uthsavar during this
purattAsi Sravanam at ThiruvahIndhrapuram from 
the hands of Swamy  Desikan . The date is October 5 ,2003.
We do not have much time left to complete this Kaimkaryam. 
All of your help is vital to conclude this Kaimkaryam 
this year. Please contact me regarding your participation.

Brief comments on the MummaNikkOvai Prabhandham
*************************************************
There are 10 individual verses that are available to us.
Four of them are in the format of Aasiriyappaa and 
the remaining six are equally divided in veNNpaa and 
KattaLikkalitthuRai format of tamil poetry . These 
verses are also in the anthAdhi style chosen by 
Swamy NammAzhwAr for His Periya ThiruvandhAdhi 
and ThiruvAimozhi .

Propelled by his limitless love for the Lord , Swamy
Desikan relates to DevanAthan as "her" Naayakan 
and identifies herself as His Naayaki. Some of the
paasurams are set as conversations between the Naayaki and 
her dear friend (ThOzhi) and her mother.

In the first of  the ten pasurams available to us , 
Swamy  Desikan speaks about the glories of SrI HemAbhjavalli 
ThAyAr and performs PurushakAra prapatthi at Her feet as 
a time honored first step prior to Prapatthi at Her Lord's 
sacred feet. In the second Paasuram , Swamy  Desikan
reminds us that his dhivya sookthi of MummaNikkOvai
is worn by Lord DevanAthan with great relish (Parama
BhOgyam).

The third paasuram is set in the words of the dear
friend of SrI Venkata Naayaki ( the assumed female
from of Swamy  Desikan as the Lord's Naayaki) . 
The dear friend of Venkata Naayaki takes pity on 
the sufferings of her dear friend over separation from
her Naayakan  and describes the sad mental state of 
Venkata Naayaki in a  mood of "irangal" (Compassion).

The fourth and the fifth Paasurams are outpourings of
Venakta Naayaki in response to her Naayakan's anugraham
that makes it possible for her to enjoy the Svaroopam ,
Roopam , GuNam and Vibhoothi of her Lord. 

The sixth paasuram is set as compassionate words 
from the lips of the ThOzhi , who once again describes 
the sorrowful mind set of Venkata Naayaki. The Lord who
blessed her with the enjoyment of His Svarropa-Roopa-GuNa-
Vibhoothi disappears  suddenly and the impact is profound
on Venkata Naayaki. Thozhi takes pity on the suffering of
her friend.

The Lord can not bear the suffering of His dear one and
reappears before Venkata Naayaki , who in turn sings
movingly  about the glories of her Naayakan in the 7th 
and the 8th paasurams . 

The ninth paasuram is in the form of comments from
the Mother of Venkata Naayaki about the intoxicating
influece of the beauty of the Lord on her little 
daughter and her helplessness.

The tenth paasuram is a celebratory response by Venkata Naayaki,
when the Lord appears before her once  again so that she
can continue to enjoy Him. Here Venkata Naayaki salutes her 
Naayakan as Jagath KaaraNa Vasthu and  as the end reciepint
of all aarAdhanams in this world.

Te remaining 20 Pasurams are lost (luptham) now due
to our misfortune .

The highest quality poetry brimming with Tamil Prabhandha
LakshaNams in MummaNikkOvai is matched only by the housing of
the central doctrines of SrI VaishNavam .

Let us enjoy the individual Paasurams of MummaNikkOvai
during the next few days before we move on to our salutation
to the other available Tamil Prabhandham on the Lord of
ThiruvahIndhrapuram: NavamaNi Maalai.

Swamy  Dedsikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam 

Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VardAchAri SadagOpan   
 

 
   

 
  


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