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 ************************************************* 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 ********************************************* 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: Yahoo! 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