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SrI:

SrImathE Gopaladesika mahadesikaya namah:
Dearest Srivaishnavas, 

AzhwAr blesses us with various roopams [forms] of
EmperumAn Sriman Narayanan. 

moonRumuppa dhaaRinOto
  raindhumaindhu maindhumaay,
moonRumoorththi yaagimoonRu
  moonRumoonRu moonRumaaya,
thOnRusOthi moonRumaayth
  thuLakkamil viLakkamaay,
EnRenaavi yuLpugundha
  then_kolOvem meesanE!     (4)
             
My nAThA! [Master- Lord!]- One who has taken 3+ 36= 39
vibhava forms; out of which the three fives (15)
important ones! One who is at Milky Ocean (PaaRkadal),
Soorya maNdalam, and at Sri Vishnu lOkam! Who is of
twelve forms, Kesavan, Narayanan? Dhamodharan, who are
from the lustrous three vyUha avathAr (Sankarshana,
Pradhyumnan, Aniruddhan)! Who is eternal jyOthI at
Paramapadham! In spite of all these glorious forms,
You have also most compassionately and mercifully
entered into my heart and reside there as Haardan!
What a dayaa of Yours! [Why? That itself is the
wonder!]

Swamy Desikan mentions thirty plus avatarams in
tattvathrayaadhikaaram of Srimad Rahasyathrayasaram,
[perhaps based on this verse]. In the commentary
SaaraswAdhini, based on Paancharaathram and SrI
Saasvatham statements, the vibhava avathArams are
enlisted as thirty nine avathArams. (Sri SMS Chari
lists them in his book on Vaishnavism). There is also
a SrI Sookthi that says: Mathsya koorma varaaha
avathArams? are specially mentioned due to a specific
purpose for these avatharams. (ivaRRil mathsya
koormAdhya avathArangaL oru prayOjanavasatthAlE
visEshitthuch chollappattana..). 

Aindhum aindhum aindhumaay- The first five are mathsya
koorma, varaaha, narasimha vaamana avathArams. Next
the human avathArams with parents: RamO Ramaccha
raamaccha Krishna: kalkI janArdhana: Parasurama, Rama,
Balarama, Krishna Kalki avatharam. For teaching
[upadEsans] and connected with Vedas: five
avathArams: Hamsa, Hayagriva, Nara Narayanan ?
dhatthAthrEya avathArams. 

kANadha Saakya pAshandai: tharI dharmO vilOpitha:-
thridhaNdadhAriNA pUrvam vishunaa raksithA thrayI-
thus dhatthAthrEya was glorified by Acharyas. 

[From Sri Varadan?s post few years ago: 
there was a rishi nammed aTri. He and his wife
anuSuyai performed penance requesting that brahmA,
siva and mahAvishNu be born to them as sons. As a
fruit of that successful penance, perumAL came as
their son dattAtrEya rishi, siva was born as durvAsA
and chandra was born as brahmA's amsam. When the sons
reached a certain age, aTri educated them and sent
them to perform penance. dattAtrEya went to
the himAlayAs, durvAsA went to kailAsam and chandran
went to satyavrata kshEtram. Since brahmA's day is
spent performing penance to perumAL, chandran, being
brahmA's amsam performed penance to perumAL in this
kshEtram. perumAL appeared to chandran in the form
of vAmanA and asked for his wish. chandran requested
perumAL to come to chandramaNdalam and be there so
that he can perform nitya kainkaryam to perumAL.
perumAL did the same and went to chandra maNdalam.]

moonRu mUrthy- Sriman Narayanan enters into Brahmaa
and Rudran [anupravEsham] and performed as indweller
and thus He is TrimUrthy. 

MoonRumaay- Kesava, Narayanan ? 12 which are divided
into four three ; with each four from each of the
three vyuha namely, SankarshaNan, Pradyumnan and
Aniruddhan. [Swamy desikan had established thus with
three vyUha vivahaaram when he mentions about
Paancharaathra perhaps based on this AzhwAr?s
moonRumaay- Swamy desikan always states based on
AzhwAr, AchArya Sri Sookthis.

KuResa also mentions beautifully in Varadarajasthavam
The VyUhaa states are four in number: 
VaasudEvan-SankarshaNan-Pradhyumnan-Aniruddhan .
In the above Four VyUha roopams, the first One 
( VaasudEvan) is identical with Para VaasudEvan of 
SrI Vaikuntam . Both have all the Six guNams 
( Jn~Anam , Bhalam , Veeryam , Isvaryam , Sakthi
and Tejas ). Thus PaancharAthra Saasthrams inform us
that the other three VyUha Moorthys have unique pairs
of the above six guNams between Them . According to
this view , SankarshaNan has exclusive ownership of
Jn~Anam and Bhalam pair ; Pradhyumnan has Veeryam and
Isvaryam;Aniruddhan has Sakthi and Tejas. This is the
view of PaancharAthra Aagamam. The VaikAnasa Aagamam
identifies on the other hand the Four Moorthys of the
VyUham as : Purusha-Sathya-Achyutha-Aniruddha Roopams
.Aniruddhan is thus common to both the Aagamams. 

If Para VaasudEvan is identical to the VaasudEva
Roopam of the four VyUhams of PaancharAthram , 
then the total number of VyUhams can be reduced 
to just three ( Thri-vyUha Paksham ). Even with
all these splits of the six guNams between the three
VyUha Moorthys, they have inherently all the six 
guNams at all states. It is only for the convenience
of UpAsakAs , the six GuNams are split as three diads
and are linked to each of the three VyUha Moorthys. 
We have to remember again the ShAdguNya Poorthi 
( embodiment of all the Six GuNams) is manifested in 
all the five states of the Lord ( Para-VyUha-Vibhava-
ArchA and antharyAmi).That is why KurEsar chooses 
the word " Sarvathra" to emphasize this fact.

Swamy Desikan has chosen this SlOkam of Sri VardarAja 
Sthavam as the pramANam for his elaboration of the
VyUhA and other derivative VyUhA concepts (
vyUhAntharam). In Srimath Rahasya Thraya Saaram ,
Swamy Desikan has used this slOkam to reconcile the
fact that the VyUham can be either Three or Four.
Swamy Desikan has also referred to the meanings
of this slOkam in the context of his commentary on
VyUham in the Chillarai Rahasyams of Sri Tatthva
Maathurkai and Sri Tatthva Thraya chuLakam . Swamy
Desikan provided pramANam for the three fold VyUham
view ( Thri-VyUha-paksham View) in His Taathparya
Chandrikai, which is a commentary on
GithOpanishad of Lord KrishNaa.

Out of the Four VyUhams arise the twelve KesavAdhi
Roopams. Three VyUhantharams are linked to each of the
four VyUhams to yield the Twelve VyUhAnthara Roopams ,
which we wear as Urdhva PuNDrams at different parts of
the upper torso invoking
the presence of these 12 VyUhAnthara Moorthys:

1.Kesavan : Chathuscchakram namasyAmi Kesavam
Kanakaprabham
2.NaarAyaNam :NaarAyaNam ghana-shyAmam chathussankham
  namAmyaham
3.Maadhavan (4) Govindhan (5) VishNu (6)Madhusoodhanan
7.Thrivikraman (8) Vaamana (9)Sridharan
(10)HrishIkEsan (11) PadhmanAbhan and (12)
DhAmOdharan. 

Each of these 12 VyUha Moorthys are linked to each of
the Twelve AdhithyAs ; Each of these 12 VyUha Moorthys
are also associated with each of the twelve months
starting from Maarghazhi. 

Thus the Four VyUhams and their derivative Twelve
VyUhAntharams are linked to the 12 PuNDrams, 12 Months
and 12 AdhithyAs (as NirvAhakars for them). All of
these glories are assoicated with Lord VaradarAjan is
the upadEsam by KurEsar in this slOkam] 

SrI UttamUr Swamy says: it may also mean: Koil,
Thirumalai, PerumAL Koil (Srirangam RanganAthan,
Thirumalai Srinivasan and Kanchi Varadharaja PerumAL].


yEnRu- Thus having taken mercifully all the above
forms and Roopams for the sake of devotees:
[yERRukkoNdu]. When You can perform as indweller in
chEthana and achAEthana everything with your sheer
will[sankalpam],
   
You have taken all these roopmas (forms- dhivya
mangaLa vigraham] only for the sake of devotees and
NithyasUris; thus You are with form ever and always
with full entirety.  [nathE rUpam nachAkArO nAyudhAni
nachAspadham. thathApi purushAkArO bhakthAnaam tvam
prakASayE..- jithanthE sthOthra- 1-5].  Thus You have
on Your own accord have taken so many forms? 
yen AviyuL- Other external forms- my physical eyes
always can never see. Some are in Other world.
(Paramapadham); Some were there only during sometime
(Rama, Krishna avatarams). ArchAvathAram- also one has
to go and see and enjoy. But in order to be with me
always blessing me compassionately, You are there in
my heart as Haarda rUpan- what a dayA of Yours! Your
vaathsalyam, vyAmOham- is beyond my words of
expression. I can never ever put them in words- Your
mercy on me ? affection on me is indescribable. What a
wonder! What a dayAparan You are! KrupAkaran. Parama
dhayALu!

In spite of all those great places, You have chosen to
reside in my heart too!. 

Now Sri UttamUr Swamy elaborates the Poorvachaarya
commentary. 
Swamy says: Since the Hitha was described with various
kinds of learning and development of jnAnam, there can
be a link of the individual alphabet of Sanskrit to
these. 
moonRu muppatthu  -33 letters. Ka, cha, ta, tha,
pa- each five (ka, kha, ga, gha, nga- thus 5) time
five= 25; ya, ra, la, va- four; Sa, ksha, sa,
ha....four ).

ARinOdu oru aindhum aindhum sixteen letters- akaram to
am? a, aa, yi, yee.. etc..]

Aindhum- LakAram-
mooNru mUrthy- rk, yajur, saamam- three Vedas.
moonRu moonRu moonRu moonRum- 12 lettered VasudEva
mantra. [AzhwAr ? why did he leave ashtAksharam and
chose dwAdasAksharam? This also is as great [if not
greater than] as ashtAksharam. Every number may mean
a mantra- one may ask. Yes. But they may not be as
powerful as 2, 8, and 12.]

moonRu thOnRu jyOthi- the three lettered praNavam and
the jyOthiswarUpi- is the One enshrined in praNavam-
as Sarva sEshi; JagathkaaraNan. 

With all such glories, and still, You have mercifully
entered into my heart.. what a sowlabhyam! [etthiRam !
etthiRam!]
AzhwAr ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam
Regards
namo Narayana
dAsan

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