devanayaka panchasat

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SlOkam 34: (VarNanam of the Lord's Mind/ThiruvuLLam )
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aardhram tamOmaTanam aasritha tArakam tE
suddham mana: sumanasAm amrutham duhAnam
taththAhdrusam ViBudhanATa samruddhakAmam
sargEshvidham bhavathi chandramasAm prasoothi:

General Meaning
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Oh DhaivanAyakA! The Sruthis declare that Chandran
is born out of Your mind (ChandramA mansO jaatha:).
There are a multitude of ChandrAs created by You
in the many, many srushti activities during the many
creations of Yours after each praLayam .

Your sacred mind is the KaaraNa PoruL ( the reason/basis
behind the Moon's existence) for these chandrans and latter
are the Kaarya PoruL (Created objects).The clay is the
KaaraNa PoruL and the pot made out of that clay
is the Kaariya PoruL. They (the clay & the pot)resemble
each other in many respects . Similarly , You the Creator
and the created object, Chandran have close similarities.
Like You , Chandran is cool and comforting , removes darkness,
serves as the Lord of stars, grants the DevAs the nectar of
its kalais as food , induces love of those ,who see it.
Your mind is similar in many ways to the rays of the Moon
in being filled with daya for others, removes aj~nAnam ,
stays pure, rejuvenates Your bhAgavathAs and shares
other attributes. Therefore there is similiarity between
KaaraNa and Kaarya Vasthus(Viz).,Yourself and the Moon that
You created.

Additional Comments:
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Bhagavan is BhOgya BhUthan.He is like nectar for
His devotees. He is Aadhi KaaraNan ( vide: PeriyAzhwAr
Paasuram: "KannA! Naanmuhanaip-padaitthAnE! KaaraNA!").
At all places and times, BhagavAn is BhOgyan to MukthAs
through the display of His Svaroopa, GuNa , Vigraha ,
VibhUthi Isvaryams ( Mukthitha: Muktha BhOgya:).In PraNavam,
He is akAra Vaachyan and thereby denotes that He is
the Moola KaaraNan for all creation including the Moon.
He becomes the VisEshaNam for all created beings.
In Vaikunta Sthavam slOkam , KurEsar points this
out:"IcchAtha yEva Visva PatArttha SatthA"( Through
Your sankalpam alone , the existence as entity occurs
for all the objects created by You).They are maintained by
Your power :

"DhyaouscchAndArkka NakashathrA kham dhisO-bhUr mahOdadhi:
VaasudEvasya VeeryENa VidhruthAni MahAthmana:"

--MahA BhAratham

The AakAsam consisting of Svargam, Chandran, Sooryan, Stars ,
the directions, BhUmi, the vast Oceans , all of these are sustained
by the sankalpa balam of Lord VaasudEvan.

In one of the adhikAra sangraha Paasuram , Swamy Desikan
refers to this Jagath KaaraNa , JagdhAthAra , Jaganniyamana
sakthi of the Lord:

"nilai tantha tArakanAi niyamikkum IRaivanumAi
ilathonRenaa vahai yellAm tanatenum YenthaiyumAi"

In this slOkam , Swamy Desikan focuses on Kaarya-KaaraNa
Ubhaya svaroopathvam of the Lord. He is the KaaraNam
( UpAdhAna, Nimittha and SahakAri KaaraNams) for this
Universe consisting of sentients and insentients.