SrI: Dear BhakthAs: Today , adiyEn will cover the Eighteenth slOkam of Sri SaraNAgathi DhIpikai , where Swamy Desikan salutes the Soulabhyam and the souseelya guNams of ViLakkoLi PerumAL : nimnOnnathAni nikhilAni padhAni ghADam majjanthitE mahima saagara seekarEshu nIrIndhram aasrayasi neecha janaamsthaTApi seelEna hantha SisirOpavanEswara Thvam --SrI SaraNAgathi DhIpikai: SlOkam 18 (Meaning):The Lord of ThirutthaNkA Dhivya dEsam ! Oh ViLakkoLi PerumAnE ! Your glories are immeasurable like the vastness of the ocean .In each droplet of that ocean of Your vaibhavam , the entire world is contained. All the positions starting from Brahmaa downwards are contained in these miniscule droplets of Your Viabhavam. Inspite of this immeasurable and limitless glory , You seek the help of lowly ones like Guhan , the hunter king and SugrIvan , the monkey king ! You mix with them as if they are Your equals . Wonderous indeed is the course of Your souseelya guNam ! ( The most exalted one in every way mixing readily with lowly ones without holding back is indeed the guNam of Souseelyam and soulabhyam/ease of access without let ). Additional Comments: ********************* Oh Lord Of ThirutthaNkA! "tE mahima seekarEshu nimna unnathAni nikhilAni padhAni ghADam majjanthi" . All the noble sthAnams like the padhavi of Chathur-mukha BrahmA , DevEndhran, the king of Svargam , KubEran , the lord of wealth , the ten forms of Fire(Agni), the twelve AdhithyAs , the sphere of Space and the Lord of the wind (Vaayu), the sky, the constellations , the Moon , the Maruths , the EkAdasa RudrAs , the sthAnams of the regents of Directions, the sthAnams of ashta Vasus and ALL other sthAnams and their glories are totally submerged inside a singe droplet of Your Mahimai. Such is YOur immense glory and splendor and Yet , You put all these aside in the most disarming manner and mingle with a unlettered king of hunters and establish friendship with a Monkey king and seek their help . What a Souseelyam that You display ! It is matchless indeed ! The references here are to the Vibhava avathAram of SrI DhIpa PrakAsan as Raamachandra and His meeting with Guhan , the hunter king at his capital of SrungavErapuram on the banks of Gangaa river. Souseelyam display(1): Affectionate Interaction with Guhan ******************************************************** RaamA's embrace of Guhan and affectionate conversation with him are beautiful portrayals of the Lord's souseelya GuNam . Ramaa consoled Guhan and asked him to stay with his relatives and subjects instead of accompanying Him into the forest to serve Him ; "Yenn uyir AanAi nee iLaval unniLayAn innnanuthalAL ninn kEL naLir kadal nilam yellAm unnuduyathu naan unn thozhil urimaiyin uLLEn" --Kambha RaamAyaNam: AyOdhyA KaaNDam:Guha Padalam:verse 676 (meaning): Oh My dear GuhA ! You are precious to Me like My very life . My beloved brother LakshmaNan and My beautiful wife with a lovely forehead are Your relatives. This land girdled by the Ocean is Yours. munpu uLem oru naalvEm mudivu uLathu yena unnaa anpu uLa ini Naam ohr IYVAKAL aanOm --Guha padalam Passage : 677 (meaning): Before befriending you, Oh GuhA , we were four brothers . Now , We have become a family of Five brothers with limitless love between us. Aadhi Kavi VaalmIki describes the affectionate way in which RaamA embraced the NishAda RaajA Guhan and spoke to him : " bhuJabhyaam saadhu vrutthAbhyAm peeDayan vAkyam abraveeeth " (meaning): Pressing GuhA tightly once more with his rounded arms , SrI RaamA spoke to Guhan . Souseelyam Display (2): Friendship with Monkey King **************************************************** In Kishkindaa KaanDam , SrI Raamachandran meets SugrIvan, who has been badly treated by Vaali , his brother. Raama is introduced to the distraught SugrIvan by HanumAn and Raama joyously embraces SugrIvan as a dear friend . This friendship between the scion of Raghu race and a monkey is lovingly described by Aadhi Kavi VaalmIki in many sargams of SrImath RaamAyaNam . SugrIvan promises to reunite SrI Raamachandran with His dear consort , SitA Piraatti. After Vaali is punished , Raamachandran consoles SugrIvan in the most tender manner .Our Lord , the Sarvaj~nan Sought the counsel of Monkey king , SugrIva during VibhIshana saraNAgathy and on the battle field at LankA . On return to AyOdhyA , Raamachandran honors SugrIvan during His Coronation ceremony and bids him farewell with great affection . The souseelyam of the Lord is beautifully displayed by our Lord. Swamy Desikan salutes this souseelya guNam of Lord DhIpa PrakAsan magnificently in this sOkam . Sri Maragathavalli SamEtha Sri DhIpa PrakAsa ParabhramaNE Nama: Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam, Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SaThakOpan(Sadagopan) P.S: Dear BhakthAs: although we have passed the first plateau of raising the funds needed for the NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam at ThUppul and ThiruthtaNkA DhIpa PrakAsan's sannidhi, we have a little more way to go to complete this kaimkaryam. Hence I appeal to you to particpate in this NithyArAdhana Kaimkaryam . Please contact me for details on how you could help move this project farther towards its goal. Thank You all !
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