SrI: Dear BhakthAs of Swamy Desikan : Today , we will study the next FOUR paasurams of Swamy Desikan's Mey Viratha Maanmiyam . 218) Brahma sending his son , Vasishta to Saraswathi ****************************************** KaamangaL pal koNDa vedam koNDu kaitavamE seyvArkkuk-kANahillAp- Poomangai kELvAnai nAnn kaNDu pORRap- puNNiyatthil niharillA viratham pooNDEn jaamangaL kazhivathan munn sadakkenap-pOyt tan aaRRil tani irunthu tavam seyhinRa Naamangai vanthida nee azhaippAyenRu nanmahanai Naanmuhan tAnn navinRittAnE (Meaning): Brahma Devan planned to perform AsvamEdha Yaagam .He appointed Marichee and other Brahma Rishis as the Rithviks .At that time , Saraswathi DEvi, the wife of BrahmA had left him due to a disagreement and was performing tapas at the bank of Saraswathi river in the north. SaasthrAs prohibit an yajamAnan without the wife to perform Yaagams. Therefore , BrahmA requested his wife through his son , Vasishtan , to return to Kaanchipuram , where he planned to perform the AswmEdha Yaj~nam to gain the boon of visualizing the Lord with His Devi . Brahma did not desire any other worldly fruits for his Yaj~nam . Brahma commanded his righteous son , Vasishtan to rush to the bank of Saraswathi river to fetch His mother quickly to commence the Yaj~nam . Vasishtan went and let his mother know of the request from his father. Sarswathi was still angry about the precieved insult by her husband and refused to participate in the Yaj~nam. Vasishtan passed on this message to his father , who decided thereafter to go ahead with the performance of the Yaj~nam with the help of his other wives (Saavithri and others). The asurAs were angry at the honors given by BrahmA to their sworn enemies , the DevAs and informed Saraswathi about the insult by her husband through ignoring her in favor of his other wives . Saraswathi got very angry and took the form of a fast moving river with the name of Vegavathi to wash away (destroy) the site of BrahmA's Yaj~nam. 219) The majesty & hateur of Saraswathi rushing as Vegavathi river **************************************************** anna vadivAL asayum anna nadayAL uyarum anna arasu yERi varuvAL atthan ayanattanayan utthhi tanai yatthitena utthi puriyAL nannadai vidA nadam ithenna nadavA naduvu naNNu kuvadu yERi izhivAL nall pathigaL al pathigaL kall puraLa aRputha maRur-kathiyinAl kall nadai vidA idam il unnathi siRA vikaDam mannu giri koodam idiya kattavidai iRRu vizha muRRum vizhiuRRu udaya vittu aruhu uRa vanna naya seer ayan eethenna vizhaa amarar mannu pathiyERa mahizha Acchuthanai aNaitthanuvil atthisai tahaya vara aRRu aNUhinAL This Paasuram is set in the PathinmoonRu SeerAsiriya chanda viruttham. The violent and angry rush of Saraswathi Devi in the form of a fast flowing river over hill and dale to destroy the Yaj~nam of her husband is beautifully brought out by Swamy Desikan through sound effects . The eight lines of the Paasuram can be appreciated individually : Line 1: The lakshaNams for Saraswathi Devi are given here : She has the beauty of a swan ( anna vadivAL); She has the charming gait of a moving swan ( asayum anna nadayAL) ; She has the beautiful swan / Raaja Hamsam ) as Her Vaahanam ( uyarum anna arasu yERi varuvAL) . This is the visualization of a tranquil Saraswathi engaged in performance of her Tapas on the bank of river Saraswathi . Line 2: Her refusal of the request from Brahma brought to her by her son Vasishtan is the subject matter of this line. Vasishtan , the son of the great Brahma is described as " atthan ayan atthanayan ". His prayerful request ( utthi tanai) was turned down by her .She would not say (Tathaasthu = ithu atthu yena utthi puriyAL ) . Line 3: She takes on the form of a frightening river now and moves violently from hill to dale and thinks that her husband was enacting a pious looking drama (nall nadai vida nadam yenna ) . She flowed rapidly as a dangerous river and ascended the cliffs that were on her way ( Nadavaa naNNU kuvadu yERi izhivAL ) and flowed downwards in her single-mided journey. Line 4. Her swift dash towards Hasthi Giri , the site of Yaagam is described here. She flowed over even ground and uneven ground with ups and downs ( nall pathikaL and al pathikaL ). She loosened up boulders on the way (Kall puraLa) and travelled at the speed of a whirlwind ( maruR-kathiyinAl) .She was mighty mad at the insult of her husband , who replaced her with his other wives to initiate the Yaagam. Line 5: The violence displayed and the anger behind that speed of flow as Vegavathi river is described here . She was making every thing on the way ("Tavidu Podi ") . She levelled every thing on the way and knocked off the peaks of mountains that lay in her path( Vikadam mannu giri koodam idiya ). She knocked off great boulders and destroyed the peaks of the mountains that stood in her way. Line 6: She fixed her angry eyes all around and flowed towards the Yaaga Vedhi of Hasthi Giri , where the Yaj~nam was underway ( vizhi muRRum uRRu adaya vittu aruhu uRa). Line 7: Brahma Devan was stupified at the sight of his angry wife intent on destruction( naya seer ayan ithu yenn yena ) ; the dEvas reached high ground to get out of the way of Saraswathi and were happy that they saved themselves from her fury ( vizhaa amarar mannu pathi yERi mahizha).Brahma Devan had Yaaga dheekshA and stopped the Yaj~nam and looked at the sight of angry Saraswathi with bewilderment. Line 8: BhagavAn , who never lets down His devotees now took the form of a dam (sEthu ) and stoped the flow of the river rushing toward Hasthi Giri, where His son was doing the Yaj~nam ( Acchuthan aNaittanuvil aittisai tahaya vara aRRu aNuhinAL). He arrested the fury of His daughter-in-law by stretching across her flow . 220) EmperumAn stretching Himself as a Dam in the middle of that river ******************************************************** anRu nayantha ayamEdha-maavELvi ponRa urai aNangu poompunalAik-kanRivara aadhi ayanukku aruL seythu aNay aanAn taathai aravaNayAn thaann (Meaning) : As the Vaak devathai , Saraswathi, flowed as an angry river to destroy the desired yaj~nma of her husband , Our Lord , who is the sEthu ( the bridge across the wild ocean of SamsAram) showed His mercy to Brahma and stretched Himself with His bed of Aadhi sEshan as a dam right across the fast flowing river and arrested Saraswathi's violent flow at the Dhivya dEsam of ThiruvehhA . VegA sEthu SthOthram was composed by Swamy Desikan to salute the Lord , who took the form of a sEthu to control the Vegavathi River .Saraswathi was chastised and stood with humility at the feet of YathOkthakAri PerumAL resting on AadhisEshan at ThiruvehhA kshEthram. Brahma invited her now to officiate as his wife at the asvamEdha Yaagam and at the end performed vapA homam to gain the blessings of the SaakshAthkAram of the Lord appearing as VaradarAjan with the PuNyakOti VimAnam . 221) The denizens of 3 worlds eulogizing the Divine Dam ****************************************** taraNiyin manniya ayanArtani-tavam kaattha pirAn karuNai yenum kadalaadit-thiruvaNai kaNDathaRppin narahut-thiRaL yeNNiya chitthirakutthan teritthu vaittha suruNail yERiya soozh vinai muRRum turanthanamE (Meaning): May we bathe in the ocean of mercy , Lord VaradarAjan , who protected the Yaagam of BrahmA and thereafter stayed permanently on top of Hasthigiri . We are blessed indeed to see Him as dhivya sEthu at ThiruvehhA to our heart's content . As a result , the lists of our sins recorded for narakAnubhavam by Chitra Gupthan have been made null and void. Swamy Desikan ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam , SrI NaarAyaNa YathIndhra MahA DesikAya Nama: Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri SadagOpan ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Buy Ink Cartridges or Refill Kits for your HP, Epson, Canon or Lexmark Printer at MyInks.com. Free s/h on orders $50 or more to the US & Canada. http://www.c1tracking.com/l.asp?cid=5511 http://us.click.yahoo.com/mOAaAA/3exGAA/qnsNAA/XUWolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> Yahoo! Groups Links To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/Oppiliappan/ To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: Oppiliappan-unsubscribe@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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