Sri:
GodhAm udhArAm sthuma: ( Let
us eulogize the Generous GodhA ) !
Andal Mutthangi Kaimkaryam is
making progress . It looks like
the Mutthangi SamarpaNam
would take place on Aug 3 instead of on
Aug 8(Aadi Pooram day) . I
will keep you posted . Please take part
in this kaimkaryam and
recieve ANDAL's blessings ! I will not be
appealing for funds
in the first round
beyond Friday , July 15 . We still
have the Mutthangis to be
prepared for Sri RangamannAr and
PeriyAzhwAr . That will be
stage II of the Kaimkaryam after Adi Pooram .
SlOkam 21 :Exchange of
Garlands between GodhA and RanganAthan
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Here Swamy Desikan addresses GodhA as "
VasudhE " to remind us that
She is the amsam of BhU Devi .
Swamy Desikan refers to the great love
between GodhA Devi and RanganAthan ( Ranga Iswarasya Tava cha
PraNaya anubhandham
) . That led to the divine wedding between them .
During that wedding , the exchange of
garalnds between the divine
couple took place (
anyOnya malaya parivrutthi ) . The friends and
relatives (as raskikAs) from both the
bride's and bridegroom's side
enjoyed immensely this auspicious scene
( maalya parivrutthim
abhishtuvantha: rasikA
: ) . They took sides on that occasion
to position either
Ranganathan's superiority over GodhA
or Godhai being superior to
RanganAthan ; others considered
both as being equal in their vaibhavams .
They argued about their
positions noisily (
RasikA: nyUna adhikathva samathA vishayai:
vivAdhai:
vaachalayanthi) . Swamy Desikan reminds us that
these noisy debates echoed
around the world ( VivAdhai:
thrilOkeem
vaachalayanthy ) .
SlOkam 22: The Neck of Lord RanganAthan gaining
the multihue
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GodhE ! YOur Lord's ThirumEni (Sacred
body ) , which confers auspiciousness
on those who bow before Him has the hue
of dark blue rainy
cloud
(PraNamathAm
MaangaLyadham Madhu-Vairi gAthram ) . As His
consort , You stay right next to Him .
GodhE ! Your hue is tender green like
panic grass / aruham pull
( dhUrvAdhaLa prathimayA Tava dEha
kAnthi).
MahA Lakshmi , who resides on the
chest of the Lord
has a golden hue
( gOrOchana
ruchirayA IndhirAyA: ruchA ) . When these green and golden hues
mingle with His dark blue
ThirumEni , His neck takes on the man y colors
seen on a peacock's neck ( SikhAvaLa kaNDaSObham aaseeth)
.
SlOkam 23: GodhA's
anugraham to the ruling Kings of the Land
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Here , Swamy Desikan
addresses GodhA as Maatha: ( Mother) .
Oh compassionate Mother!
when ancient kings like Manu worship
Your Lord with MahA
Lakshmi and Yourself with the flowers prescribed
in the aagamAs , they
enjoy their rulerships (nijam aadhirAjyam)for
a very long time . Your
anugraham
made that dream come true for them .
The flowers used
in the
Aagamic worship are : Ahimsai , Sathyam ,
Brahmacharyam
,Soucham
and Tapas ( nonviolence , truthfulness,
celebacy ,cleanliness
and
penance ) . Those kings enjoyed their
kingdoms for extended
periods of times through such Aagamic
worship
of Your Lord and both of
You ( ThvayA KamalayA cha
samEyivAmsam archyam
NaaTam niyamai: nigama prasoonai:
samarchya nijam aadhirAjyam chiram niraviaSan ) . The
phalan
for worship with Nigama
Prasoonam ( aagamic flowers) of the dhivya
dampathis for the ancient
kings
is the blessings of long rulership as
their empires
.
SlOkam 24: Godhai
pleading with Her Lord on behalf of the sinners
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The Bhaddha Jeevans
continue piling up a vast assembly of sins
and suffer hence in
SamsAram .They keep on accumulating more sins .
MahA Lakshmi keeps on
interceding on behalf of these sinners
and pleads with the
Lord to forgive their trespasses . When the Lord
gets tired of listening
to those persistent pleas , He turns His face
away and then He sees You
there making similar pleas . The Lord
gives up and responds
favorably to the SipArsu of MahA Lakshmi .
If both of You as the
Compassionate Mothers do not intervene with
Your Lord , where is the
chance for the erring chEthanams to redeem
themselves ? (athra pArsvE Ramaa asi ; parathra paarsvE , GodhE ,
Thvamasi) . Ramaa pleads for the the aardhrAparAdhi janams
.
Her goal is to protect
them from the Lord's anger over the trespasses
of Your Lord's Saasthrams
( Tathra aardhrAparAdhini api
abhirakshaNArTam
RamayA RangEswarasya VinivEdhyamAnam ) .You are on
the oppositee side .
Our Lord turns His face
towards You to escape from the pressures of
RamA's pleadings . He is
hoping that You will agree with His position .
He has no such luck . You
support MahA Lakshmi's pleadings and
add Your own . Our
Lord gives up and accepts the
recommendations
of MahA lakshmi
.
SlOkam 25: RanganAthan
losing His independence through GodhA's Brow movement
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GodhE ! Your compassion
for the suffering samsAris is illustrious. Your Lord
wants to keep His
impartiality by granting the appropriate phalans for the
PuNyams
and Paapams of chEthanams
. For that purpose , He strives to maintain His
independence (Svatantram)
. You have the sankalpam to protect these sinners
from Your Lord's anger
and wish to move the Lord to Your side . You
exercise
your charms and express
them through the different kinds of movements of
Your eye brows . Your
Lord takes the cues from there and loses His
svatantram
utterly and ends up
protecting the sinners and sets them on the path to Moksham
.
You win . You become thus
the primary reasoning behind the Lord's DayA .
SlOkam 26: Godhai
becoming the rejuveanting nectar for SamsAra tApams
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GodhE ! Your Lord is the
dark rainy cloud (KaaLa MEgham) . MahA Lakshmi
is the lightning that
announces
the onset of the outpouring of rain from
that Kaala mEgham .
You are created as a river of nectar from that outpouring
.
to serve as a
rejuvenating flow of nectar to destroy the poison of SamsAram
.
Those blessed ones , who
read and reflect on Your divine Sri Sookthis
are freed from their
samsAric afflictions and are saved . Our Lord is
the KrushNAmBhudham (
Kaala mEgham) . Periya PirAtti (Sriranga Naayaki)
is taDithguNavathy ( like
the bright , golden streak of lightninng ). The rain
that comes forth form
that KaaLa mEgham is the Suvrushti named Bhagavath
KrupA . GodhE ! You
become the river of nectar (SudhA
Nadhi) and those
who immerse themselves in
You quench quickly the unbearable heat of
SamsAram and the effects
of that poison ( dhourgathya dhurvisha
vinAsa
SudhA Nadheem ThvAm
prapadhya santha: taapAn achirENa Samayanthy).
SlOkam 27: Godhai staying
as the Mother of the Universe
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It is only natural that
You as my loving Mother protect me even
when I committ aparAdhams
. You become my protectress
and make me the object of
Your affection and save me ( Thvam
Jaatha aparAdham api mAmm
anukampya gOpthree asi).
This is only natural for
You as KaaruNya Moorthy ( idham
BhavathyA: yuktham ) . As
the compassionate and loving
Mother , you nourish Your
infants with Your breast milk
even if the angry infant
bites Your breasts ( Jananee !
dhashta payOdharA api ,
Thvam vAthsalya nirbharathayA
KumAram sthanyEna
vardhayaty) .
SlOkam 28: DhyAna SlOkam of
Godhai
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May
Godha , the
daughter of PeriyAzhwAr adorning a red lilly flower
in one of Her hands ,
who is slightly bent from the weight of
Her breasts and
is an ocean
of affection for Her children be present
in our hearts always !
She has the hue of Indhra neelam gem (sapphire)
and has Her Lord under Her
control through the gift of the fragrant
garlands that she wore on Her
dark , curly tresses . May this GodhA
PirAtti shine in our hearts
always ! She is SathamaNi neela ( having
the hue of sapphire ) ; She
has a beautiful red Alli pushpam in one of
Her hands ( ChAru KalhAra hasthA ). Her frame is slightly bent from
the weight of her
breasts ( sthana-bhara namithAngee) . She is an ocean
of Vaathsalyam for us ( Saandhra Vaathsalya sindhu: ) .She is the daughter of
VishNu Chittar (
VishNuchitthAthmajaa) . She has under Her control Her
Lord through the garlands
that She wore on Her KONDai ( aLaga
vinihithAbhi:
sragbhi:
aakrushta NaaTaa ); May that GodhA reside in our
hearts
( GodhA na: hrudhi
vilasathu).
SlOkam 29: Phala Sruthi
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This sthOthram arose from poet VenkatEsan out of his
well blossomed Bhakthi
for Godha. Whoever recites this GodhA
sthuthi with multisided beauty will become
very dear to the Lord of Srirangam, who is forever
associated with Sri RanganAyaki .
That blessed person will have the BhAgyam
of performing kaimkaryam at
the sacred feet of the Sri RanganAthan forever
.
Our SrivilliputthUr ANDAL ThiruvadigaLE
SaraNam ,
Daasan , Oppiliappan Koil VaradAchAri
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