Dear BhakthAs :
Today , we will study the two paasurams , where Brahma Devan
enjoys to his heart's content the dhivya soundharyam (divine beauty )
of Lord VaradarAjan , who presented Himself before him at
the end of his AswamEdha Yaagam .
227. Brahma's description of his bliss on seeing the Lord's beauty
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ThirumahaL MaNN MahaL NeeLai mudalA yellA-
Deviyarum TannudanE thihazhnthu niRkkat-
tarumam iru moonRu mudal anaithtum thOnRat-
Tann anaya Sooiyar Tannadik-keezh vAzha
aru maRai sEr aLavu illA avaniyin kaNN
aravaNai mEl veeRRiruppAl anaitthum kAkkum
karu maNiyaik Karigiri mEl kaNDEn yenRan
kaduvinaikaL anaitthum nAnn kaNDilanE
(Meaning): Brahma says: I have today seen with my own eyes at
Hasthigiri the Lord of SrI Vaikuntam with SrI , BhUmi and NeeLA DEvis
at His side along with the nithya sooris performing kaimkaryams for Him .
I am revelling in bliss at the darsanam of the Lord shining with all His
limitless auspicious guNams while being seated on His throne of
AdhisEshan and defending all the worlds with His glances .
Here , Brahma sees directly the Lord resplendent with His six guNams
( Jn~Anam , Sakthi , Bhalam , Isvaryam , Veeryam and Tejas) and
being served by the nithya Sooris and the VedAs eulogizing Him .
Brahma experiences the Lord's hue as being similar to that of a rare
blue gem . Brahma states that all his bad karmAs have been destroyed
at the sight of the Lord , who appeared on Hasthi Giri in response to
the AsvamEdha Yaagam that he had performed .
Lord is not easy to be seen by the physical eyes of humans or
celestials like Brahma . When Brahma was blessed to see Him ,
his joy knew no bounds .Brahma was immersed in the ocean of
bliss and embraced the Lord to make sure that what he was
experiencing is real . He performed pradakshiNams to the Lord .
He looke at the Lord from a distance and then came near to enjoy
His beauty at close quarters. In short , Brahma was immersed
in the waves of bliss over his good fortune to see the Lord
and enjoy Him .
The superlative joy of Brahma's experience is attested by
Swamy Desikan through use of the word "anaitthum " three
times in this Paasuram . "anaitthum " means all of them without
exception . The six guNams appearing together in unison is saluted
as " Dharumam iru moonRum ANAITTHUM thOnRa " .
His protection to all from His seat of AadhisEshan in
SrI Vaikuntam is saluted as " aravu aNai mEl veeRRiruppAl
ANAITTHUM kaakkum ".
The disappearance of all his fierce sins ( kadu vinaikaL )
is acknowledged as " yenRan kadu vinaikaL ANAITTHUM
nAnn kaNDilEn ".
228. Comparsion of the incomparable beauty of the Lord
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In this Paasuram , Brahma Devan attempts with the help of
comparisons to describe the aananda anubhavams of
the dhivya mangaLa vigraham of the Lord.
pedai iraNdai Ohr anam adainthu pirinthidavahai pEsalAm
peruhu aruvikaL aruhu maruviya periya maNi varai payilalAm
pidi iraNdodu kaLavam onRu piNaintha pEr azhahu OdhalAm
pirivu ill oLiyodu nizhalum aruh-uRum iravi ilahuthal paravalAm
kodi iraNDodu vidavi onRu kuLirnthavARu kulavalAm
kuRaivu ill surutiyum ninaivum ilahiya taruma aru nilai yennalAm
adi irandayum adayum anbar aRintha PeraruLALanAr
aNuhum Malar mahaL avani mahaLODu Karadi-giriyinil avirthalE
(meaning): At Hasthi Giri , PeraruLALa PerumAL is resplendent
eternally with SrI and BhU Devis like a male swan united with its
two female swans ; He is like a gem-studded mountain on whose
sides flow two cool water falls; He is like a male elephant enjoying
the company of two female consorts ; He is like the Sun enjoying
the company of the lustre and the shadow; He is like a tree embraced by
two beautiful creepers; He is like subtle dharmam mingling with
Sruthis and Smruthis. All of these comparisons ( upamAnams)
can be advanced to describe somewhat the Lord giving His
darsanam with His two divine consorts , SrI and BhU Devis
at Hasthigiri.
With six upamAnams , Swamy Desikan compares the Lord
with six unique guNams with the male Swan , elephant , mountain ,
Sun , Tree and Sookshma dharmam . adiyEn will leave it to
the imagination of the reader to decide which GuNam matches with
which comparison. As a starter , let me hint that Jn~Anam matches with
Swan , elephant matches with veeryam , mountain matches with Isvaryam ,
Sooryan with tEjas , Tree with Balam and Sookshma dharmam with Sakthi .
Individual readers on contemplation may come up with other matches.
One thing is clear . Swamy Desikan's poetic skills to conjure upamAnams
beat KaaLidAsan .
Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan
Srimate Sri Laksminrisimha Divya Paduka Sevaka
Srivan Satakopa Sri Narayana Yatindra Mahadesikaya Nama:
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