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Sri:
 
GodhAm udhArAm sthuma: ( Let us eulogize the Generous GodhA ) !
 
The Mutthangi Kaimkaryam fund seeking window will be open
until next Friday , July 15 . Inspite of the pressure of time , progress
is being made to get the Mutthangi ready for samarpaNam
to ANDAL on August 8, the Aadipporam day at Srivilliputthur .
 
The copper Kavacham , the base for Mutthangi has been
completed now and is travelling to Chennai soon  to start
the stitching of Velvet cloth-based Mutthangi on it .
 
The Mutthangi for Sri RangamannAr and PeriyAzhwAr will start soon after
Aadi Pooram . adiyEn will keep you posted . The August 3 dance drama
based on NaachiyAr Thirumozhi for performance before ANDAL is
being rehearsed . Please join in this kaimkaryam yathA sakthi
and visit SrivilliputthUr on Aug 3 & 8 .
 
From now until Next Friday , adiyEn will continue to write about
the  Vaibhavam of GodhA PirAtti .
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Additional reflections on the GodhA Sthuthi of Swamy  Desikan
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Second slOkam : Swamy Desikan addresses Godhai affectionately
here as " GodhE " and confesses that his mouna vratham was swept aside
by the power of the auspicious guNams of Godhai , which are outside
the reach of even the Veda manthrams . Swamy  Desikan says : "GodhE !
bhUyaseenAm ( enormous) Sruthi girAmapi vaidhEsika: tE mahimA ".
Oh GodhE ! Your mahimai is way beyond the reach or grasp of even
the huge assembly of the Vedic speech .  If the Vedams can not handle
the description of the glories of Your vaibhavam , how can the efforts of
poets like me succeed in tackling such a  task of praising Your guNams
( tE mahimA madhrusAm varNEshu na hi maathi) ?
Although I comprehend this impossibility ( ittham vidhanthamapi ) ,
Your auspicious guNams pulverize my silence (Mounam) on this
PradhOsham evening and propel me to speak powerfully about them
( ittham vidhanthamapi maam ThvadheeyA: guNA: mouna dhruha:
sahasA yEva mukharayanthy ) .
 
Third SlOkam
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Swamy Desikan prays to Godhai now for the blessings of auspicious
speech to eulogize Her in this slOkam . Swamy Desikan addresses
Godhai as  Mother GodhA " Janani GodhE ! " . Swamy Desikan seeks
the boon of clear and sweet speech for himself ( prasanna madhurAm
vaachAm mama Thvam samvidhEhi ). Swamy desires that the eulogy
should have the content fit to praise Her ( Thvath abhishDavArhAm
prasanna madhurAm vaacham mama ThvamEva samvidhEhi) .
Swamy asks that Godhai alone should grant him this boon . 
Swamy Desikan also suggests that GodhA PirAtti should grant him
the delectable vaak that will please Her Lord's ears ( Thvath prEyasa:
SravaNayO: amruthAyamAnam ) and which will sound sweet like
the  naadham from her gem studded ankle aabharaNams  that
she wears during Her walk towards Her divine consort
( Thvadheeya MaNi Noopura sinjithAnAm tulyam vaacham
mama Thvam samvidhEhi ) . 
 
Fourth SlOkam of GodhA Sthuthi
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Swamy Desikan points out here that the poets are blessed with
the power to compose delectable poems about Godhai's Vaibhavam
through the glances of Godhai ( KaruNA katAksham) falling on them 
( Bhavathee kaDAkshAth makarandha mucha: vaacha: sphuranthy) .
The words comprising the sthOthrams are like the rain of honey
( makarandha mucha: vacha: ) . The  Jn~Anam of the poets blossoms
( Vikaswara dhiyAm kaveenAm Vaacha: ) from the kaDAksham of Godhai .
 
Fifth SlOkam of GodhA Sthuthi
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Here , Swamy Desikan points out that Her compassionate KatAksham
makes even sinners gain the anugraham of Her Lord and goes on
to explain how that happens . Swamy says : We are those vowed to
commit trespasses against Your Lord's Saasthrams and we are skilled
in doing it for a long , long time ( Devi ! vayam apakruthou chira dikshithA: ) .
Even in the case of long term sinners like us , Your Lord hastens  to bless
us ( asou Mukundha: asmAdhrusAm ahnAya dayathE ) . What is the reason
for this special act of DayA of Your Lord ? What induces Him to   be
so compassionate to overlook of our mahA aparAdhams ? adiyEn
concludes that there are two reasons : (1) He is bound by You with
the flower garland that You wore ; He is thus bound and helpless
to go against Your wish ( Tava mouLi dhAmnA niyamitha: niscchitham ).
(2) He is also subservient to You as a result of being overcome by
the melodious nadham of your dhivya prabhandhams , which resemble
the delectable sound arising from the strings of the MangaLa VeeNA
vaadhyam  ( Tava tantree ninAdha madhurai: girAm nigumbhai: cha
niyamitha: niscchitham ) .
 
Sixth SlOkam of GodhA Sthuthi
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Here , Swamy Desikan visualizes GodhA PirAtti in the form of
many auspicious rivers like SONA , TungabhadhrA , Saraswathi ,
VirajA and NarmadhA . Swamy compares the individual attributes of
these rivers with specific traits of GodhA's choice of words and their
assemblies in Her dhivya Prabhandhams . Swamy states that GodhA's
aruLiccheyalkaLs are suddha satthva mayam just like the waters of
the divine VirajA river flowing in Sri Vaikuntam ( aprAkruthai: rasai:
VirAjA vaacha : ). In their intensity of flow , Her divine utterances
are like the flow of river Saraswathy (VaachAm pravAha nivahE
Saraswathy iva ) . Those dhivya Prabhandhams of Hers are natural
outpourings of Her love for Her husband ( GodhE ! Kamithu:
svabhAvath gOdhA asi ). Here " godhA " stands for Her aruLiccheyalkaL.
 
Seventh SlOkam : The Sweetness of Her Prabhandhams
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Oh GodhE !   adiyEn has understood why the ithihAsam of aadhi Kavi
Vaalmeeki is sweet to experience . He was born out of an  anthill that is
considerered as Your ( BhUmi DEvi's) ear ( VasudhA aathmana: tE SravaNatha:
ValmIkatha: jaatha: ) . As a result of that blessing , VaalmIki became an emperor
of poets ( ValmIkatha; jaatha: Sa: Muni: kavi saarvabhouma: BhabhUva ) .
If that were to be so, where is the wonder in  Your dhivya Prbhandams
being sweet like hony since they arose from the lotus like face of Yours?
( Vakthra aravindha makarandha nibhA:  amee Prabhandhaa: svadhanthE
Yadh idham kim adhbhutham ? ) .    
 
Eighth SlOkam : The anukaraNam of AzhwArs following GodhA
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Oh GodhE ! Your Acharyans like PeriyAzhwAr wished to enjoy
the Lord dear to You following Your footsteps ( GodhE ! ThavdheeyA:
Gurava: Tava priya tamam  Bhavatheeva bhOkthum icchithavantha: ) .
They wanted to express their love for Your Lord as PraNaya bhaavanai
and experienced the pangs of seperation and the joys of union in their
Prabhandhams ( ThvadheeyA: Gurava: nijAm bhakthim praNaya
bhAvanayA gruNantha: ucchAvachai: viraha-sangamajai: udhanthai:
hrudhayam srungArayanthy) .  They spoke  in their prabhandhams
about the many kinds of sorrows and joys resulting from
the experience of their seperation and union with Your Lord 
( UcchAvachai: viraha sangamajai: udhanthai: ) and
enjoyed the resulting SrungAra bhAvam . 
 
Ninth SlOkam : The Similarity of GodhA with Periya PirAtti
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Oh Mother GodhE ! Those learned ones , who comprehend
Your tatthvam see the close similarity between You and MahA Lakshmi
and consider You as a sahOdhari of latter ( ThvAm santha: PayOdhi
dhuhithu: sahajAm vidhu: ) .  One of the names for  MahA Lakshmi is
"Chandra SahOdhari " . They both arose out of the Milky ocean during
the churning for nectar . GodhE ! You are a veritable Lakshmi SahOdhari
because of the many similarites between yourselves . You arose in the kulam
of PeriyAzhwAr ( adhivishNuchittham samuTitthavathy) . MahA Lakshmi
arose from the milky ocean, which has the Lord at its center ( adhivishNu-
chittham samuTitthavathy) . Both of You shower through Your speech
the nectar that rejuvenates the world and its beings ( VachasA viswa
upajeevyam amrutham duhAnam ) and squelch the  tApams ( tApacchidham).
of Samsaaris . Therefore , adiyEn considers You like MahA Lakshmi ,
who is the sahOdhari of Chandran ( HimaruchE: anyAm moorthim iva
ThvAm santha: payOdhi dhuhithu: sahajAm vidhu: ) .Sahajam means
" kooDap-PiRanthavaL " .
 
The Glories recieved by PeriyAzhwAr due to GodhA
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Tenth SlOkam : Oh GodhA PirAtti ! Your Lord is easily influenced
by even a small amount of sthOthram about Him by His devotees
since He is sthuthi priyan ( sthuthi lEsa vasyath Madhubhidha: ) .
Your revered Father , PeriyAzhwAr composed hundreds of Paasurams
in praise of Your Lord , which are sweet like nectar ( Taatha: thu karNa
amruthai: sthuthi sathai: ) . Your Lord heard them but did not go out of
His way to recognize those eulogies . Afterwards , Your Father presented
to Your Lord those flower garlands that You adorned and sent to Your Lord .
What  did your Lord do now ? How did he react now ? He was overwhelmed
by Your Father bringing the garlands adorned by You . He responded by 
honoring Your father with the distinguished title of PeriyAzhwAr ,
a  honor that had eluded him until then inspite of composing hundreds of
sweet paasurams in praise of Your Lord ( sthuthi sathai: anavAptha poorvam
mahatthara padha: anuguNam prasAdham ThvathMouLi gandha subhagAm
mAlAm upahruthya lEbhE ) . What was not achieved earlier through hundreds of
delectable eulogies landed on VishNuchitthar's lap through the honor of
being recognized as PeriyAzhwAr . Such is the power of the fragrance
of the flower garlands having the sambhandham of Your tresses .Your
Father presented the Lord with those flower garlands and recieved
the highest of honors among the AzhwArs.
   
Our SrivilliputthUr ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE SaraNam ,
Daasan ,  Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri Sadagopan




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