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Fourteenth SlOkam of SrI DevanAyaka PanchAsath
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BhUshAyudhai: adhigatham nija-kAnthi-hEthO:
bhuktham PriyAbhi: animEsha vilOchanAbhi:
prathyanga-poorNa-sushumA-subhagam VapustE
dhrushtvA dhrusou VibhudhanATa na thrupyathO mE
Expanded meaning:
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Oh Supreme Master of the aasembly of DevAs! Every one
of Your limbs are filled with soundharyam and lAvaNyam.
hence , it is not easy to describe the incomparable beauty of
Your divine body. To that extraordinarily beautiful body
of Yours , the pieces of jewelery that You are adorning
are not going to add anything as enhancement in soundharyam.
In reality , the divine jewelery and the special weapons
gain special lustre and beauty through contact with
Your dhivya ThirumEni. They want to reside on Your body to
hold on to these special benefits. Your dearest consorts
enjoy this beauty of Your body and do not even wink their
eyelids for fear of missing out the aanandha anubhavam of
feasting on Your beauty with their eyes even for a fraction
of a second. As for adiyEn , the flood of beauty associated
with Your dhivya ThirunEni overwhelms me and adiyEn's eyes
enjoy this unparalleled beauty of Yours without satiety.
Additional Comments:
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Swamy Desikan is getting set to enjoy and salute
the beauty of Lord DevanAthan limb by limb ( Prathyangam).
That extraordinary beauty seen stored in every one of
the limbs of the Lord from head to the nails in His feet
makes the Lord mostdelightful to enjoy ( Prathyanga poorNa
sushumA subhagam tE vapu:). The dhivya aayudhams and
the dhivya Aabharanams vie with one another to enhance their
own beauty and lustre through sambhnadham with their Lord's
dhivya ThirumEni ( nija kAnthi hEthO: bhUshAyudhai:
tE vapu: adhigatham). Your dhivya ThirumEni with
its attendant weapons and jeweelery is the object of
single minded enjoyment by Your dear consorts and
they do not even wink for fear of missing the anubhavam
of Your dhivya soundharyam ( PriyAbhi: tE Vapu: animEsha-
vilOchanAbhi: bhuktham).adiyEn has the darsana soubhAgyam
of Your divine body ( ThirumEni) and my eyes do not ever
experience satiety from enjoying Your incomparable beauty
( tE vapu: dhrushtvA mE dhrusou na thrupyatha:).
PoorvAchAryA's enjoyment of the Lord's dhivya Soundharyam
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The First of the PoorvAchAryAs , who composed sthOthram
of the Lord in the form of exquisite poetry is Swamy AlavanthAr
(SthOthra Rathnam).KurEsar followed the foot steps of
Swamy AlavanthAr and blessed us with five brilliant
sthOthrams known for their poetic skills and depth of
devotion. Swamy Desikan was immensely influenced by
the poetic devotional works of his PoorvAchAryAs
and with the anugraham of Lord Hayagreevan composed
many sthOthra granthams . One can hear the echo of
KurEsar's slOkams in Swamy Desikan's devotional poetry.
The enjoyment of Lord VaradarAjan's dhivya soundharyam
(limb by limb) by KurEsar in His SrI VaradarAja Sthavam
(SlOkams 22-24) and its echos are seen in this fourteenth
slOkam:
ThvAm udhArabhujam unnasam aayath
karNapAsa-parikarmasadhamsam
aayathAksham abhijAtha kapOlam
paaraneeyathiVarapradha! dhrungmE
SlOkam 22 , SrI VaradarAja Sthavam
Here Kuresar points out that His mind set is like
that of those , who undertake upavAsam and look
forward at the end of that upavAsam to their PaaraNayais
(breaking of the fast ).My eyes wish to take in
the dhivya Soundharyam of Your limbs as the feast
after upavAsam .The most generous and beautiful
hands giving away limitless boons , the majestic
nose , the long ear lobes adornig the region above
the neck , broad and lovely eyes , the radiant cheeks
full of joy --all of these soundharyam displayed through
the limbs of Bhagavaan serve as feast for Kuresar.
It is similar experience like the Devis of the Lord
who do not close their eye lids even for a fraction of
a second lest the miss the aanandhAnubhavam of enjoying
the soundharyam of Their Lord's angams (priyAbhi: animEsha
vilOchanAbhiu: bhuktham tE vapu:)as described by
Swamy Desikan in this 14th slOkam.
neela mEgha nibham anjana punja
shyAma kunthaLam ananathasayam ThvAm
abhja-pANi-padham ambhuja nEthram
nEthrAsAth kuru KarIsa! sadhA mE
--SrI VaradarAja Sthavam: slOkam 23
Swamy Desikan sets his 14th slOkam of Devanaayaka
PanchAsath in the spirit of the enjoyment of the beauty of
the individual limbs by Kuresar on the DevarAja PerumAl
(ThEpperumAL ) of Kaanchi in the above slOkam. Here Kuresar
prays for the uninterrupted darsana soubhAgyam of
the incomparable beauty of the bluish-black hue of
the Lord, His black and curly tresses , His hands,
feet and eyes with the softeness and beauty of lotus.
Limb by limb, Kuresar enjoys the Lord's beauty and prays
to Him grant the boon of nithya sEvai to his eyes.
The most important occurence is that Lord VaradarAjan
granted the boon and Kuresar , who was blinded by
the fanatic chOLa king recoverd his eye sight as he
completed this slOkam. In addition to His darsanam
on the standing posture ( NinRa ThirukkOlam on top of
Hasthigiri ), the Lord also blessed KurEsar with
the sevai of His reclining posture on Adhiseshan
( Sayana ThirukkOlam ). Kuresar prays: "nEthrasAth
kuru KarIsa sadhA mE". Swamy Desikan says that
his eyes are never satiated with the enjoyemnt
of the beauty of the Lord's ThirumEni ( tE vapu:
dhrushtvA mE dhrusou na thrupyathE).
Such is the beauty of the PoorNa Soundharyam of
the ThirumEni of Lord DevanAthan that is being saluted
by Swamy Desikan in the manner of PoorvAchArya sthuthis.
Today , let us enjoy the 15th slOkam of SrI DevanAyaka
PanchAsath which pays tribute to the glories of
the beautiful limbs (avayavams) that created
the entire prapancham (universe and its beings
from DevAs to humans ). Special reference is made by
NigamAntha MahA Desikan to Purusha Sooktham in this slOkam ,
where the creation of the prapancham starting from
Brahma Devan from the beautiful limbs of the Lord
through the Purusha Yaj~nam is saluted.